The FDA’s acting Chief Information Officer said it will accelerate it’s work determining regulations for CBD. The agency’s public comment period ends tomorrow. Submit your comment here.
MarketWatch
- Cannabis Wire found some of the most noteworthy comments in the 3,500 plus which have been submitted.
The question of how to govern CBD is sowing confusion in states:
- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and other senior state officials reminded law enforcement that legal hemp is not the same thing as legal marijuana.
Rivard Report - Legal hemp is complicating pot arrests in Florida since “sniff and search” rules may lead to cops initiating a search after sniffing hemp.
Palm Beach Post
But business can’t wait:
- Hemp is the “cannabis cash crop” BusinessWeek says. Products for pets could become 10% of the CBD market.
- Hemp company HeavenlyRx, which is owned by SOL Global Investments, acquired 25% of Jones Soda for $9M.
CNN
The Evening Standard compares the lives of two sisters with epilepsy. Chelsea Leyland could access CBD because she lives in New York and her sister, Tamsin can’t because she lives in the U.K.
