Red Yeast Rice History Offers Blueprint For Clearing CBD As Dietary Ingredient
Executive Summary
Legal dispute between FDA and Pharmanex decided in 1999 could be precedent for using hemp-derived ingredients including CBD in supplements, even though CBD already has been authorized for clinical drug evaluation and for use in a drug, says attorney Miriam Guggenheim.
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