Search results for "FDA"
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Legal
FDA Issues Guidance for Psychedelics Clinical Trials
July 6, 2023The FDA has released new guidance for researchers studying the therapeutic potential of psychedelics including psilocybin,...
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Current Events
FDA Hires New Cannabis Policy Advisor
October 10, 2022The US Food and Drug Administration has named former New York state Director of Cannabis Programs...
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Politics
Congress Talks Pot with DEA, FDA & NIDA
January 15, 2020Cannabis advocates were disappointed to hear many of the same old anti-pot talking points in a...
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CBD
FDA Says CBD Products Run ‘Real Risks’
November 30, 2019Rather than regulate, FDA issues misinformation.
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Medical
FDA Promotes CBD Liver Damage Scare, Though Advocates Remain Skeptical
July 19, 2019With industry waiting on the FDA to issue regulations for CBD products, the agency instead released...
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Politics
The FDA Could Decide Today If CBD in Your Food Is Legal (But Probably Won’t)
May 31, 2019The CBD craze hinges on action from the Food and Drug Administration, which is likely to...
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Legal
FDA Announces CBD Hearings To Begin In May
April 3, 2019FDA commissioner says it could take years to resolve the issue of how to regulate CBD.
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Politics
FDA Chief Resigns, Leaves CBD Purveyors in the Lurch
March 8, 2019FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb has suddenly announced that he is stepping down, leaving lots of unfinished...
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Politics
Congress Members Demand FDA Clarification on CBD
February 20, 2019Following the crackdown on CBD-infused foods and beverages by local authorities, Capitol Hill lawmakers formally called...
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Legal
FDA Chief: Marijuana Not Likely Recognized for Medical Value, But Will be Legalized
November 28, 2018Is victory imminent in the War on Drugs?
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Politics
Report: The DEA Ignored the FDA’s Call to Deschedule CBD
October 3, 2018Last month, the DEA re-scheduled the drug Epidiolex — but not CBD, the cannabinoid that makes...
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Medical
FDA Approves Cannabis-Based Medicine for Seizures
June 25, 2018Cannabinoid-based medicine expected to be available in pharmacies.
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Medical
Smokable Forms of Marijuana Not Likely to Receive FDA Approval
May 9, 2018The FDA’s commissioner Scott Gottlieb earlier this week said there’s very little chance the regulatory agency...
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Medical
FDA Signals Support for Marijuana-Derived Pharmaceutical
April 19, 2018Epidiolex inches closer to prescription approval, while government exposes own hypocrisy towards CBD, its active ingredient.
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Politics
FDA Wants to Hear From the Experts on Pot, THC and CBD
April 10, 2018The federal government is seeking comments on cannabis safety and medical uses before it presents before...
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Politics
FDA Issues Warning Letters Over CBD Claims
November 1, 2017Four CBD companies were warned on Tuesday to stop asserting that their products can achieve unproven...
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Politics
Gateway Theory Destroyed: Even FDA Admits It’s Bunk
October 19, 2016This summer, the DEA declined to reschedule cannabis from Schedule I, meaning the federal government is...
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Cannabis
FDA Fails to Call Attention to Consumer Fraud in CBD Hemp Market
March 1, 2016Over the past several years, FDA has issued several warning letters to firms that market unapproved...
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Legal
FDA Evaluates the Reclassification of Cannabis as Schedule I Substance
June 25, 2014The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is currently evaluating the drug classification of cannabis, an action...
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Current Events
FDA Approves CBD Treatment for Children
November 15, 2013Jason David administers oral drops of a medical marijuana tincture that he says has greatly helped...