LOS ANGELES, CA, Dec. 28, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE – Agritek Holdings, Inc. (OTC PINK: AGTK) www.AgritekHoldings.com, a fully integrated, active real estate investor for the cannabis sector in the United States and Canada, today announced the first purchase orders for bulk and wholesale production and sales of the Company’s MD Vapes (www.mdvapes.com) brand. The MD Vape brand will be known for its unique high CBD broad spectrum distillate oils which contain no traceable amounts of Delta 9 THC and is derived from our Colorado partners licensed to sell registered industrial hemp. As CBD vape grows in massive popularity, demand for high quality CBD vape products is expected to explode.
The MD Vape brand will contain, CBD, CBG, CBN, CBC, CBDV, and will be created through a distillation process that removes not only THC, but also destabilizing impurities including waxes, fatty acids, and chlorophyll. The product will also be sold as a white label brand by the kilogram and is available immediately for delivery to our partners and companies in the nutraceutical, vape, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, personal care, and medical cannabis industries who demand a product of the highest efficacy with no traceable amounts of THC.
“Our new management team at Agritek Holdings will work closely with our new customers for the MD Vape brand as well as our other proprietary brands now coming to mass markets as we enter the global cannabis industry at a low valuation in my opinion, and position ourselves for robust sales and success,” stated Suneil Singh Mundie, Interim CEO of Agritek Holdings.
Last week, President Donald Trump signed the 2018 Farm Bill—which legalized industrial hemp after decades of the crop being caught up in broader cannabis prohibition—into law.
This signing ceremony represents the culmination of a months-long debate over various provisions of the wide-ranging agriculture legislation. But after the House and Senate Agriculture Committees reconciled their respective versions, the final Farm Bill easily passed in full floor votes last week. Hemp is explicitly removed from the list of federally banned drugs under the Controlled Substances Act.
Hemp legalization, a provision of the bill championed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), received bipartisan support, with members on both sides of the aisle celebrating its inclusion in the now signed law. Hemp legalization is now set to technically take effect on January 1, according to Vote Hemp. However, it will take additional time to submit regulatory plans to the USDA before farmers can legally cultivate the crop.
“This law marks the first change in the federal classification of the cannabis plant in the US since it was initially classified as a schedule I controlled substance by Congress in 1970, and paves the way for the first federally-sanctioned commercial hemp grows since World War II. As we move into 2019, I will work to aggressively monetize our assets in Colorado, Puerto Rico and Canada,” further stated Mundie.
About Agritek Holdings, Inc.
Agritek Holdings, Inc. (www.AgritekHoldings.com), is a fully integrated, active investor and operator in the legal cannabis sector. Specifically, Agritek Holdings provides strategic capital and functional expertise to accelerate the commercialization of its diversified portfolio of cannabis related holdings. Currently, the Company is focused on three high-value segments of the cannabis market, including real estate investment, intellectual property/brands, and infrastructure, with operations in three U.S. States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Agritek Holdings, Inc. presently owns or manages property in Colorado, Washington State, Puerto Rico and Canada and has licenses with permitted facilities in California approved for cultivation as well as manufacturing capabilities. The company owns several Hemp and cannabis brands for distribution including "Hemp Pops", Hemp oil wellness products and "California Premiums". Agritek Holdings, Inc. does not directly grow, harvest, or distribute or sell cannabis or any substances that violate or contravene United States law or the Controlled Substances Act, nor does it intend to do so in the future.
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