Here we
go again…
Las Vegas
If you’re a CANNAVIST regular, you’ll know by now that the
team travels on a continuous basis. Following a successful jaunt
to Las Vegas in November, we returned in February to launch
The CANNAVIST USA at a three-day event geared towards
the most infl uential professionals in this multi-billion-dollar
industry. Words by Róisín Delaney
The USA CBD Expo Las Vegas had
a lot to live up to. After a successful
debut into the ever-expanding
realms of CBD last August in Miami,
the New York-based expo team had a
reputation to live up to.
The USA CBD Expo is known for its
thorough check list of essentials,
working only with the most
upstanding members of this legal
cannabis community, encouraging
exhibitors to put their best foot
forward and ultimately setting a goal
to achieve a higher standard than
many other events on the circuit.
A spokesperson told me:
“We follow all rules and regulations
set at the federal and state level in
terms of sampling products.”
But this exhibition did seem very
put-together when it came to brands
having all their ducks in a row.
One noticeable difference this
time around was the lack of vape
companies exhibiting. Up until this
year, vape has dominated at CBD
trade shows. What’s changed? A USA
CBD Expo spokesperson said it’s a
sign of the market maturing amid
many months of bad press for the
unregulated US vape industry.
“At our show in Miami in August,
we had more vape companies that
[had] recently transitioned into CBD.
The vape industry took a massive
hit in the fourth quarter and a lot
of those companies are still feeling
the pressure fi nancially. We did
have quite a few vapeable CBD
products and vendors at the show
in Vegas. We think our show is a fair
representation of the market.”