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The FDA has grown increasingly aggressive in enforcing food and drug laws. It not only asserts the power to regulate interstate commerce; it also often asserts the authority to regulate food and drugs within state lines, including raw milk, CBD, and even meat. But the...
On May 31, the FDA held its first hearing on CBD. After the meeting, the same questions remain as before: will the federal agency continue to maintain its current regulation and prohibition of hemp-derived cannabinoids? Or will it give in to market forces and open the...
On Dec. 20, Pres. Donald Trump sign the 2018 farm bill, which included provisions to legalize industrial hemp. But despite removing the plant from the list of controlled substances, the federal government still bans the sale of CBD products under FDA rules. With the...