Former Hampshire commando sets up CBD oil business now worth £5M – Medical Marijuana Program Connection

A former army commando and boyband star, who now lives in Lymington, Hampshire, has created a company selling CBD oil now worth £5 million.

Farard Darver, 45, is the founder (in 2019) of Wimborne-based Healthcare International Research Ltd. He has turned down eye-watering offers for the company and received backing from businessman Sir Ian Prosser and ex-Ruffer Investment director and partner Tim Youngman.

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But the firm’s story starts when Darver suffered a leg injury after his vehicle hit a Taliban trap during an operational tour of Afghanistan.

He underwent three operations on his left leg, culminating in a total hip replacement and tried everything to manage the pain, finally discovering CBD.

“Getting injured in Afghanistan thwarted my ambition of joining the special forces but I used the tools the army gave me to plan the business and launch it,” said Darver.

“My best friend suggested trying CBD oil. He was living in the Czech Republic where the healing effects of CBD were discovered in 1955 and it was really good. It actually worked. I’d tried everything else.

“Although I stayed in the army after the first two operations I was never the same and after using CBD I decided I had to leave and set up my own business – the CBD was that good.

“Before I left the army I did my research and prepared as much as I could, then after leaving I invested everything I had. I even…