A London entrepreneur is tapping the healing power of cannabis roots for a new line of skin-care products.

Jen Grant, a biochemical engineer with a 15-year track record of launching and running companies, is the founder of empyri, a skin-care line that uses extracts from the roots of marijuana and hemp plants.

“There is not a single consumer product on the market with cannabis roots in it,” Grant said.

Grant’s products don’t contain any tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) or cannabidiol (CBD), two of the most-known components in marijuana, allowing her company to sell directly to customers, unlike cannabis products that must be sold though the Ontario Cannabis Store.

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