Walgreens follows CVS, will offer CBD products in 1,500 stores

Following its rival drugstore chain CVS Health, Walgreens plans to sell CBD creams, patches and sprays in 1,500 stores in nine states, according to CNBC.

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The drugstore chain will offer the cannabis-based products in Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, New Mexico, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee and Vermont.

“This product offering is in line with our efforts to provide a wider range of accessible health and well-being products and services to best meet the needs and preferences of our customers,” Walgreens spokesman Brian Faith told CNBC.

CVS introduced CBD products in stores in eight states earlier in March.

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