FILE - An employee adds drops of water-soluble CBD, or cannabidiol ... life in prison and a 5 million Hong Kong dollar ($638,000) fine. Some users said the ban shows the international financial ...

CBD, a non-psychoactive derivative of the cannabis plant, is touted by its users as reducing pain, stress, anxiety and inflammation. Hong Kong authorities, however, have said those claims "lack ...

Previously the government had limited the ban to cannabis and its psychoactive derivative tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), allowing a nascent CBD industry to grow. Hong Kong’s zero-tolerance pivot ...

13, 2020.Hong Kong banned cannibidiol, also known as CBD, as a "dangerous drug" and imposed ... Some users said the ban shows the international financial hub is going backward.