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Re:Vice Ventures is investing in taboo industries that other... by gatherhunterer on Thursday November 14, 2019 @05:10PM (#21540020)
There are well-established benefits of CBD use in some patients covering a wide variety of symptoms, but pushing skin care pseudoscience is wrong. Isolated evidence like that of anti-inflammatory effects is not the same as an extensive clinical trial. This is why we need an actual healthcare system: to allow people to see doctors rather than falling victim to the junk CBD products that this person is excited to fund.
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Re:Vice Ventures is investing in taboo industries that other... by cwkoss on Thursday November 14, 2019 @05:17PM (#21540081)
Recess's CBD sparkling water sounds kind of cool, but its $5 a can! Yikes, that's one hell of a markup. I'd try it at half the price, and might be a customer at 1/3 the price, but $30/6pk is pretty wild.

Each can contains 10mg of broad spectrum hemp extract: high quality broad spectrum CBD oils are $0.80 for 10mg CBD (10mg of broad spectrum oil means the CBD content probably 5mg+/-3). Price compare with TonicVibes's 1500mg CBD (from whole plant extract) for $120 - best quality CBD oils I've found so far.

Even if the other herbs are extremely high quality as well, the margins on this product are insane.

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Re:Vice Ventures is investing in taboo industries that other... by harryaka on Thursday November 14, 2019 @05:25PM (#21540167)
CBD products in general are quite expensive, for example CBD extracts are similarly priced to their THC counterparts. I assume this is in large part due to marijuana prohibition laws. Prices will hopefully come down as those laws are relaxed around the country and more players enter the market.
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Re:Vice Ventures is investing in taboo industries that other... by derekdahmer on Friday November 15, 2019 @02:03AM (#21542883)
There's some 50% off promos for Feals - check out the /Filmcast podcast notes. I recently ordered 2400mg for $120.
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Re:Vice Ventures is investing in taboo industries that other... by edw on Thursday November 14, 2019 @07:31PM (#21541146)
Walking around my neighborhood in NYC, I wonder how human life expectancy got beyond thirty-five years before the arrival of CBD based on the claims being made in shop windows and on sandwich boards obstructing sidewalk traffic.
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