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Local Fort Myers Business Sells CBD-Infused Products

WGCU | By Julie Glenn,

Published April 24, 2019 at 12:11 PM EDT

A new business in downtown Fort Myers is selling products that containCBD, or cannabidol, which is a naturally occurring compound found incannabis.Seed & Bean Markethas an extensive selection of teas, coffees, cosmetics, face masks, lotions, vape pens and much more, all infused with CBD.

We’re joined by one of the founders ofSeed & Bean Market, Cole Peacock. He joins us in the studio to provide an update onCBDand its effects, as well as its legality in the state of Florida. Click HERE to see a visualization of scientific evidence for the medical benefits of CBD.

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Julie Glenn

Julie Glenn is the host of Gulf Coast Live. She has been working in southwest Florida as a freelance writer since 2007, most recently as a regular columnist for the Naples Daily News. She began her broadcasting career in 1993 as a reporter/anchor/producer for a local CBS affiliate in Quincy, Illinois. After also working for the NBC affiliate, she decided to move to Parma, Italy where she earned her Master’s degree in communication from the University of Gastronomic Sciences. Her undergraduate degree in Mass Communication is from the University of Missouri at Kansas City.

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Mike Kiniry

Mike Kiniry is producer of Gulf Coast Live, and co-creator and host of the WGCU podcast Three Song Stories: Biography Through Music. He first joined the WGCU team in the summer of 2003 as an intern while studying Communication at Florida Gulf Coast University.

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