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Advertising and Regulation of CBD Products

By Lee H. Rosebush, Randal M. Shaheen, Laura Macherelli and John P. Ferry on August 9, 2022 Posted in Advertising, CBD

If you have been to any kind of spa, beauty supply store or health food store in the past four years, chances are you have seen, if not purchased, a product with cannabidiol (CBD). The 2018 passage of the Farm Bill removed hemp-deprived products, like CBD, from the Controlled Substances Act, leading to a flood … Continue Reading

FDA Slow but Steady on CBD

By Lee H. Rosebush, Randal M. Shaheen and John P. Ferry on April 5, 2019 Posted in CBD, FDA

It seems like CBD oil is all we talk about, but honestly, it’s almost all that our clients are talking about. If your marketing folks haven’t come to you yet with an idea to add CBD oil to something, they will almost certainly show up soon. In this latest installment, the FDA giveth, and the … Continue Reading

A Quick Hit on CBD – Departing Commissioner Gottlieb Talks CBD With Congress

By Lee H. Rosebush, Randal M. Shaheen and John P. Ferry on April 1, 2019 Posted in CBD

Departing Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Gottlieb reiterated many of the things we have blogged about here recently in his testimony before a Senate subcommittee this past Thursday. Among other things, Gottlieb acknowledged that: The FDA was exercising enforcement discretion with respect to the multitude of CBD oil products in the marketplace that the … Continue Reading

CBD: Coming to a Store Near You TBD

By Randal M. Shaheen, Lee H. Rosebush and John P. Ferry on March 27, 2019 Posted in CBD

There are both positive and negative developments regarding the likelihood of widespread legal sales of CBD oil products. Last week, a major retailer announced that it will begin selling cannabidiol (CBD) creams and salves in eight states. As a reminder, federal law now permits hemp production under the 2018 Farm Bill if the product contains … Continue Reading