Washington’s Growing CBD Market: The Secret Is Out

Executive Summary

This report is your guide to the steadily growing Washington State market for products high in Cannabidiol, more commonly known as CBD. Second only to THC, CBD is the most well-known and well-studied of the many cannabinoid molecules found in cannabis.

Various factors are driving the increase demand, including recent legislation combining the recreational and medical markets in Washington State, as well as increasing consumer awareness of CBD.

What is CBD?

There are, by some estimates, in the area of 200 unique cannabinoid molecules that naturally occur in the cannabis plant. However, THC usually takes top billing, as it is the one primarily responsible for the psychoactive properties of the plant.