An online CBD retailer will open their second pop up store, this time in Notting Hill.
A growing market
The CBD market is projected to expand exponentially in 2019. Companies like thedrug.store are looking to change the cannabinoid’s image.
Thedrug.store founder Clemens Borninger. According to founder Clemens Boninger, the company want to tap into a more high end market.
He has opened pop ups in Chelsea and Notting Hill.
Many see Savid Javid downgrading Cannabis from a schedule 1 drug as a step towards full legalisation.
United Patients Association campaigner Henry Hobart says the increase in interest in CBD “shows a need.”
The UPA is a company which advocates on behalf of medicinal cannabis users.
However, there are concerns a change in image could also mean a change in the market.
CBD oil user Mark is concerned that if CBD does become a high end ingredient, more traditional users may be priced out.
“Consuming cannabis and cannabinoids is not allowed, that’s what we’ve been told. Now it’s going to become another consumer product.”
Medical impact
CBD user Mark, who feels traditional users will be priced out. Mr Hobart compares CBD to Quinine, an ingredient used in tonic water.
This is also one of the main treatments for malaria.
“People can take these things as supplements. But I don’t think that changes the overall availability of the product,” he argues.
“We have no problem with pastes, balms and other CBD products… there isn’t really a direct overlap with what we do.”
But the current situation is transitional, Mark says.
The only problem is when people seek out CBD consumer products “as an alternative to medically prescribed treatments.”
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An online CBD retailer will open their second pop up store, this time in Notting Hill.
A growing market
The CBD market is projected to expand exponentially in 2019. Companies like thedrug.store are looking to change the cannabinoid’s image.
Thedrug.store founder Clemens Borninger. According to founder Clemens Boninger, the company want to tap into a more high end market.
He has opened pop ups in Chelsea and Notting Hill.
Many see Savid Javid downgrading Cannabis from a schedule 1 drug as a step towards full legalisation.
United Patients Association campaigner Henry Hobart says the increase in interest in CBD “shows a need.”
The UPA is a company which advocates on behalf of medicinal cannabis users.
However, there are concerns a change in image could also mean a change in the market.
CBD oil user Mark is concerned that if CBD does become a high end ingredient, more traditional users may be priced out.
“Consuming cannabis and cannabinoids is not allowed, that’s what we’ve been told. Now it’s going to become another consumer product.”
Medical impact
CBD user Mark, who feels traditional users will be priced out. Mr Hobart compares CBD to Quinine, an ingredient used in tonic water.
This is also one of the main treatments for malaria.
“People can take these things as supplements. But I don’t think that changes the overall availability of the product,” he argues.
“We have no problem with pastes, balms and other CBD products… there isn’t really a direct overlap with what we do.”
But the current situation is transitional, Mark says.
The only problem is when people seek out CBD consumer products “as an alternative to medically prescribed treatments.”
