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FDA issues warning letters to companies illegally selling CBD and Delta-8 THC products
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued warning letters to five companies for selling products labeled as containing delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-8 THC) in ways that violate the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act). This action is the...
Frequent marijuana smoking linked to higher risk of heart attack, study suggests
Smoking marijuana at least once a month is linked to an elevated risk of heart attack, according to a new study conducted among nearly 160,000 people in the U.K. The research, published Friday in the journal Cell, looked at more than 11,000 people between ages 40 and...
NIH to fund basic science research on the role of cannabis in cancer
The NIH published a Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) this month to “promote research in understanding the mechanisms by which cannabis and cannabinoids affect cancer biology, cancer interception, cancer treatment and resistance, and management of cancer symptoms.”...
