The FDA Is About to Crack Down on Shady CBD Products

This ‘Wild West’ industry could be facing some law and order

Tim McDonnell
Elemental
Published in
7 min readJun 28, 2019

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FFederal officials are coming for America’s latest health trend. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is gearing up to tighten its oversight of cannabidiol, better known as CBD — the non-intoxicating chemical cousin of THC that is marketed as a natural remedy for a wide…

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Tim McDonnell
Elemental

Journalist & Nat Geo Explorer covering climate change, politics, business, food, science, energy, and culture in U.S. and Africa. www.timmcdonnell.org