image

THE CBD MARKET: STILL CONFUSING

Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell(R), who opposes REC legalization, is pressuring the FDA to speedily regulate CBD.
Marijuana Moment

  • McConnell, who is up for re-election next year, was key to legalizing industrial help in the 2018 Farm Bill.

Leafly published a three-part report on the CBD market.

  • Reporters tested 47 CBD products and found only about half contained within 20% of the advertised amount of CBD.
  • Five of the 47 products contained no CBD.
  • Of the various product types, tinctures and gummies were the most reliable. Water was the least, and the four capsule brands contained more

Read the whole report.

Quick Hits

  1. An observational study found “mostly positive outcomes” for autism spectrum patients who took “CBD-enriched cannabis.”
    Frontiers in Neurology