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Document: Barr Responses To QFR’s: CLR Digs Out The Relevant Q’s & A’s

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved Epidiolex, whose main active ingredient is CBD. Senator Feinstein and I wrote to DOJ and Health and Human Services (HHS) on two occasions requesting that a scientific and medical evaluation of CBD be conducted. Do you intend to reinstate the Cole Memorandum?

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Further Consideration of the STATES Act

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The Attorney General forwards the request to the Health and Human Services Secretary and requests a scientific and medical evaluation and recommendation, as specified by 23 USC 811(b-c). HHS, through the Food and Drug Administration, conducts an assessment and returns a recommendation to the Attorney General “in a timely manner.”.

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