CBD Market Provides ‘Enormous Incentive’ For FDA's Regulatory Answer But Decision Remains TBD
Executive Summary
FDA commissioner’s office representative Joseph Franklin explained, as other agency officials have previously, at FDLI confereice that determining whether to make lawful cannabinoids’ use in products other than drugs is both a priority and a challenge.
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