In early August, Forbes published an article claiming a new survey showed that “Nearly Half Of People Who Use Cannabidiol Products Stop Taking Traditional Medicines.” Since that article’s release, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a request for interested persons to submit comments “concerning abuse potential, actual abuse, medical usefulness, trafficking, and impact of scheduling changes on availability for medical use of 17 drug substances.”
To clarify, this means that the FDA wants experienced “drug” users to leave informative comments about 17 different substances, CBD and cannabis included.
FDA Requesting Comments About CBD
After doing some research on Leafly and Regulations.Gov, I found that these comments will be considered in the preparation of a response from the United States to the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO will use this information to consider whether to recommend that certain international restrictions be placed on these “drugs”.
To me, it only makes sense to learn as much as possible from people who actually consume and interact with cannabis every day. Why would the FDA and our government wait this long for input from the public? Let me know what you think in the comments.
