Category Archives: Food and Drug Administration

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Officials list pot vape brands reported in US outbreak

By MIKE STOBBE NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials investigating a nationwide outbreak of vaping [...]

09
Dec
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A Quick Guide to the Vaping Health Scare: What We Know So Far

Fear-driven misinformation is permeating the national conversation about the vaping-related deaths. Here’s what you need [...]

02
Dec
Former FDA head Scott Gottlieb called for legalization to solve the vape crisis, but Wall Street Journal editors blamed legalization for causing the crisis—over Gottlieb's own story. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
How mainstream media botched the vape lung story

In 1989, a mysterious figure known as Dr. Lunglife sent High Times a set of [...]

17
Oct
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How CBD Oil Can Result in a Failed Drug Test

Hemp may be legal, but you could still get fired for using CBD. [...]

15
Oct
FDA rejects proposal to intensify crackdowns on cannabis industry
FDA discloses criminal probe into vaping health crisis, putting added scrutiny on cannabis industry

By Bart Schaneman (This story has been updated to reflect that an eighth person has [...]

19
Sep
FDA Official To Keynote Major Hemp Industry Conference Next Month

A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official will be a keynote speaker at a hemp [...]

15
Jul
Key Takeaways From FDA’s Historic CBD Regulations Meeting
Key Takeaways From FDA’s Historic CBD Regulations Meeting

By Kyle Jaeger Advocates, industry representatives, regulators, health professionals and marijuana legalization opponents stood up [...]

06
Jun
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FDA Sends Warning Letters to Three Online CBD Sellers

The FDA last month warned three U.S. companies who were distributing hemp-derived CBD products that [...]

16
Apr
Chances are ‘good’ that Whole Foods will sell marijuana products, CEO says
Chances are ‘good’ that Whole Foods will sell marijuana products, CEO says

by Tom Angell If marijuana is legalized you can expect Whole Foods Market to start [...]

07
Mar
Lawmakers Push FDA To Allow CBD-Infused Food Products
Lawmakers Push FDA To Allow CBD-Infused Food Products

By Tom Angell Read more from the source: MarijuanaMoment.net A bipartisan group of members of Congress [...]

22
Feb
Lawmakers Push FDA To Allow CBD-Infused Food Products
Lawmakers Push FDA To Allow CBD-Infused Food Products

By Tom Angell A bipartisan group of members of Congress is pushing the Trump administration to [...]

19
Feb
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The FDA Just Got A Truckload Of Marijuana Comments Delivered To Them

By Kyle Jaeger Last month, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requested public input on the [...]

02
Nov
FDA: CBD shouldn’t be a controlled substance, but treaties require it

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration noted that cannabidiol shouldn’t be a controlled substance, but [...]

02
Oct
Alcohol is More Dangerous Than Cannabis. When Will Lawmakers Act Like It?
Alcohol is More Dangerous Than Cannabis. When Will Lawmakers Act Like It?

Our regulations don’t reflect what we know. By ROB HOFFMAN   As cannabis legalization spreads across [...]

17
Aug
First FDA-Approved CBD Medication to Cost More than $32,000 Per Year
First FDA-Approved CBD Medication to Cost More than $32,000 Per Year

GW Pharmaceuticals has revealed the expected consumer price for Epidiolex, the first cannabidiol-based medication to [...]

09
Aug