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The Epidiolex Effect: Will Other CBD Drugs Receive FDA and DEA Approval?

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Though it doesn’t get users high like THC-dominant products, CBD is all the rage these days due to its medical benefits and gray-area legality. On September 28, the DEA designated Epidiolex —a plant-based CBD pharmaceutical manufactured by the UK-based GW Pharmaceuticals—a Schedule V drug in the government’s list of controlled substances.

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Delta-8 Study Finds Products Used More In States Without Legal Cannabis

Veriheal

Cannabidiol (CBD) use is also higher in states without legal cannabis. Two methods are employed to process delta-8: one involves the chemical conversion of CBD into delta-8 and delta-9, while the other entails extracting natural delta-8 THC from hemp plants. The laws surrounding these products have some stipulations.

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DEA Approves MMJ International Holdings THC Shipment for Multiple Sclerosis, Huntington’s Disease Drug Development

Cannabis Law Report

MMJ International Holdings, the premier medical cannabis research company, announced that it has received DEA approval to ship THC and CBD from Canada. MMJ International Holdings is developing oral drug products from natural whole plant extract derivatives from the marijuana plant containing THC and CBD.

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US Federal Air Surgeon Clarifies Rules On Pilots And THC /CBD

Cannabis Law Report

Specifically, airmen are concerned about the safety of cannabidiol (CBD) oil use and how such use impacts an airman’s medical certificate. One such compound being widely marketed is CBD oil. Commercially available CBD, by contrast, is not regulated and may be contaminated with a variety of substances, most significantly, THC.

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Is your CBD what it says it is? Study finds high-THC weed sold as hemp

SpeedWeed

As federal and state governments tackle the legalization of hemp as a distinct product from cannabis, the safety of the products produced from hemp isn’t getting the same attention as those produced from THC-based cannabis. However, a handful of states have regulations on the books that will require some testing of hemp-based CBD products.

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Cannabis Administration And Opportunity Act: What The Proposed Federal Cannabis Laws Would Mean For Hemp

Cannabis Law Report

The FDA is currently in an ongoing process evaluating the science and safety of CBD and hemp derivatives in order to determine potential regulatory pathways for hemp. Cannabis products could not be marketed as dietary supplements, but hemp and CBD products could be. Providing a Legal Pathway for CBD in Dietary Supplements.

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Buyer Beware: Unlicensed CBD Products Could Contain a “Powerful Street Drug”

WeedAdvisor

Hemp-based CBD supplements just became dangerous and unpredictable thanks to a “powerful street drug” finding its way into some products, according to USA Today. We covered a lot about the progress of CBD in recent months. First, CBD vapes in general are not to blame here. The Jenkins incident prompted further investigation.

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