Global Widget’s founders have made it their mission to set the gold standard not only in producing the highest quality cannabidiol (CBD) products but in educating both consumers and regulators about CBD in an industry that is still very hazy on its side effects because of its frequent misassociation with marijuana.
With industry regulations still developing at a federal level and a patchwork of state laws to contend with at the local level, the company’s goals are besieged with legal and regulatory hurdles. Few realize this more than Global Widget Chief Compliance and Legal Officer Margaret Richardson, who caught up with Compliance Week to talk about the company’s self-proclaimed “relentless focus on federal and state compliance” and how it’s leading the way in a currently unregulated, but burgeoning, industry.
