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Hemp cultivation draws hesitation in Navajo Nation

By Marcella Baietto

Health Feb 19

As pharma companies underwrite three-fourths of the FDA’s budget for scientific reviews, the agency is increasingly fast-tracking expensive drugs with significant side effects and unproven health benefits. Photo by Zero Creatives/Getty Images
Analysis: Some natural supplements can be dangerously contaminated

Consumers take real risks if they use diet supplements not independently verified by reputable outside labs.

By C. Michael White, The Conversation

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Even if your CBD is pure, some federal agencies and state laws still forbid it — even in places where medical or recreational cannabis is legal. The PBS NewsHour visited the nation's only college course for growing weed -- at the University of Connecticut -- to explore the science and legality behind growing hemp to make CBD. Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post via Getty Images
Is CBD legal? Here’s what you need to know, according to science

If you buy or sell CBD, you could be breaking the law. These science lessons can explain why.

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Politics Jun 01

Candy made with cannabidiol, or CBD, is displayed at The Cannabis World Congress & Business Exposition trade show in New York City on May 30. Photo by Mike Segar/Reuters
At first-ever public hearing on CBD, advocates and FDA try to blaze trail to regulatory compromise

The meeting on Friday was the public kickoff of the FDA’s quest to sketch a clear framework to regulate CBD, or cannabidiol, products.

By Nicholas Florko, STAT

Health Apr 02

FDA says it’s exploring CBD’s uses. Does it work — and is it legal?

Products containing CBD are already in stores and sold online, so it's easy to believe there must be something special about the ingredient. But the claims are largely unproven and quality control standards don't exist.

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