The US Hemp Roundtable is the hemp industry’s national business association that represents over thirty firms and organizations across the country – at each link of the hemp supply and sales chain – as well as all of its major national grassroots organizations, submitted its formal comments yesterday.
In sum, the Roundtable strongly recommends against the scheduling of hemp-derived CBD as an international controlled substance.
The Roundtable argues that CBD derived from hemp is not a controlled substance and has many medicinal and non-medicinal uses.
It further urges FDA to include in its evaluation the evidence demonstrating the low abuse and dependence potential, safety, and health benefits of hemp-derived CBD – all of which were recognized by WHO in its recent report on CBD and have been confirmed by the totality of scientific evidence.
Here is their full submission
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