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By Associate Attorney Lauren Mendelsohn April 8, 2019 Last week, the Commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Scott Gottlieb, M.D., issued a press release regarding the FDA’s current standpoint with regards to cannabinoids including CBD. In the press release, the FDA states that interest in products […]
by Lauren Mendelsohn & Omar Figueroa, December 31, 2018 On December 20, 2018, President Donald Trump signed the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (“Farm Bill”), which decriminalizes hemp and products derived from hemp under federal law. The Farm Bill defines “hemp” as follows: HEMP.—The term ‘hemp’ means the plant […]