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"The fight over federal regulation of CBD just got more interesting":
Sept. 27, 2022

Nick Florko here with two new interesting developments on the FDA’s sloooooow efforts to regulate CBD foods and dietary supplements.

First, the FDA has hired a bonafide cannabis expert, Norman Birenbaum, to focus on “advancing [FDA’s] efforts related to research and regulation of cannabis,” according to an agency announcement shared with the media. Birenbaum previously led cannabis policy for both New York state and Rhode Island – in fact he’s apparently such a cannabis nerd he even founded the Cannabis Regulators Association, according to the FDA note.

Second, Paige Figi, who gained national fame in 2013 after treating her young daughter’s seizure disorder with CBD, is restarting the Coalition for Access Now, per a new registration.

Figi founded the coalition in 2015 to advocate for allowing children living in states other than Colorado to access CBD for serious illnesses. CBD is now available nationwide largely thanks to the group’s advocacy: A version of its signature bill was included in the 2018 Farm Bill that made it legal to grow cannabis, so long as the crops were not high in THC, the compound in marijuana that makes you high.

Now Figi’s coalition is reorganizing to support a bipartisan bill that would legalize CBD supplements. Figi’s involvement is catching our eye not just because of her national notoriety in the cannabis world – her daughter was even featured on the cover of High Times – but because of her unique perspective on the FDA’s often confusing CBD rules: Figi treated her daughter in 2013 with a CBD supplement, but the FDA’s 2018 decision to approve a CBD-based pharmaceutical drug to treat the exact condition Figi’s daughter suffered from – ironically enough – made it illegal to sell CBD as a dietary supplement. The bill Figi is now supporting would essentially override that rule.

https://www.statnews.com/2022/09/27/health-funding-battles-a-nutrition-policy-overhaul-and-two-cbd-developments/