Can CBD Really Do All That? (Published 2019)

But Recess has faced an even bigger retail growth challenge since the beginning: While CBD has attracted a lot of attention and investment, it’s still a legal gray area, and national chains like Whole Foods and Target won’t stock it. Witte says he still spends about half his time working on regulation.

Is the Controlled Substances Act really responsible for the general decline since 1970? We’re not sure, but what is clear is that drugs are foundational technologies, like the motor, combustion engine, semiconductor, or the concept of an experiment. New drugs lead to scientific revolutions. Some of those drugs, like coffee, continue to fuel fields ... See more

“The only reason Recess isn’t available on Amazon and everywhere right now is because the regulation around CBD isn’t clear. Recess would be orders of magnitude bigger today if the regulation around CBD was clarified. I’m a proponent. I get why some founders, Emily at Glossier, don’t want to sell on Amazon right now. But a drink is a different type... See more

Cannabis is one of the bright spots in the pandemic

Ten Drugs- thomas Hager

People have different diseases, doctors hold different ideas about those diseases, and diseases carry different meanings in society

No drug is good, no drug is bad, for every drug is both

Poppy seeds- over 10,000 years ago- in today’s Syria

Opium was appealing because it always pitched the body while romancing the imagination... See more