Cannabis  May 1, 2023

MLB, Charlotte’s Web partnership indicative of sports’ changing cannabis mindset

COLORADO SPRINGS — When you think of professional baseball and drugs, what comes to mind? The cocaine-fueled 1986 New York Mets? The 1990s steroid era? The 2019 opioid overdose death of Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs?

You’re probably not thinking about cannabis products, but perhaps someday you will — at least that’s what Boulder-born CBD company Charlotte’s Web Holdings Inc. (OTCQX: CWBHF) is hoping. 

Last year CW inked a sponsorship deal with Major League Baseball, making it the first CBD company to partner with a professional sports league. Simultaneously, the company launched a line of sports products starting with Daily Edge, a CBD…

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A Maryland native, Lucas has worked at news agencies from Wyoming to South Carolina before putting roots down in Colorado.
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