Synthetic Cannabis

The future of the green industry may not be so leafy. Think: beakers, petri dishes, yeast—and big money.

ALEX SOMJEN

Most cannabis producers are busy growing plants, but scientists at biotech companies are actively developing what they believe could be the future of the industry: It’s “synthetic” CBD, created in the lab. Because the synthetic cannabinoid could cut the massive costs of cultivating the crop and quicken the FDA approval process, the quest has taken hold especially among medical marijuana pharmaceutical companies focused on developing new drugs. Already, researchers, universities, and a handful of startups are in the early stages of synthesizing cannabis’s CBD. But the first company to actually patent a compound (or the process to make it) in a way that’s both therapeutic and scalable would command a serious edge in this fast-growing industry. What exactly is synthetic CBD? We’re not talking about so-called synthetic marijuana, a misnomer…

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Green Entrepreneur (Digital) - 1 Issue, Summer 2019

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