USA Agriculture Chair Collin Peterson, a Minnesota Democrat, has mooted changing the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FD&C) to include the regulation of hemp-derived CBD and products containing the substance.
For months now, hemp-friendly lawmakers have been asking for regulations allowing the sale of hemp-derived CBD without a doctor’s prescription.
The bill introduced this week signals that legislators are considering requiring such changes to open market opportunities for CBD.
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Congress ramping up pressure to ‘provide a pathway forward’ for hemp, CBD
