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Does CBD Cause Physical Dependency?

Written by International Cannabis Chronicle on May 9, 2022. Posted in Archives, Science.

Cannabidiol (CBD) is arguably the most popular cannabinoid on the planet right now. As evidence of that, consider the fact that ‘CBD’ is Google’d more often than ‘THC’, and that has been the case for multiple years now. Interest in CBD has spiked partially because of...

Does CBD Help Reduce Methamphetamine Withdrawal Issues?

Written by Johnny Green on March 2, 2022. Posted in Science.

Stigmatizing drug use and treating drug addiction as a crime are both wrong. Drug addiction should be treated as a serious public health issue and not as a criminal justice issue. Part of battling drug addiction issues is implementing meaningful strategies for mitigating harm and helping people that...

British Food Standards Agency To Publish CBD Guidelines

Written by Marguerite Arnold on January 6, 2022. Posted in Politics.

The regulatory agency is about to release a guide of legal CBD products in the UK market Sometime in the next few weeks, the British Food Standards Agency (FSA) will publish details about the CBD companies and products allowed to remain on sale in the UK market. The move comes as 210 applications...

Does CBD Impair Driving Ability?

Written by Johnny Green on December 22, 2021. Posted in Science.

Cannabidiol (CBD) is one of the several dozens of cannabinoids that are contained within the cannabis plant. When it comes to popularity, not all cannabinoids are created equal, and that is particularly true when comparing CBD to other cannabinoids. For many years the most popular and well-known...

Is The FDA Going To Issue Commercial CBD Regulations Soon?

Written by Johnny Green on December 8, 2021. Posted in Politics.

Three years ago the United States Congress, via the 2018 Farm Bill, legalized hemp nationwide, and with it, cannabidiol (CBD) products derived from hemp. Given how long domestic hemp cultivation was previously illegal in the United States, it was a very big deal. Since that time domestic CBD products...

Lidl Supermarket Faces Issues Over CBD Products Across Europe

Written by Marguerite Arnold on September 15, 2021. Posted in Business.

One of the world’s largest grocery stores faces repeated problems over “cannabis” products in its European outlets The going has not been easy for Lidl this summer on the cannabis front. The supermarket giant, with over 12,000 brick and mortar stores across Europe and the United...

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Spanish Court References European Decision On CBD

Written by Marguerite Arnold on July 14, 2021. Posted in Medical.

A Spanish lawsuit acquitting a CBD store owner in Spain becomes the first legal judgment in the country to reference the EU decision that the cannabinoid is not a narcotic. Legal eagles are paying attention to an interesting Spanish case this month which is likely to be as influential in the country...

The European Commission Revises Its Stance On CBD As A Narcotic

Written by Johnny Green on December 7, 2020. Posted in Politics.

While the WHO essentially punted on cannabis reform last week, there was a bit of bright news on the horizon in Europe – namely that the European Commission revised its stance on the idea that CBD should be treated as a narcotic. This is a huge development, although not unsurprising given the...

European Commission Is Considering Classifying CBD As A Narcotic

Written by Marguerite Arnold on July 20, 2020. Posted in Business.

As if the confusion over Novel food in the EU was not daunting enough! The news just surfaced late last week that the European Commission has delayed 50 CBD-related Novel food applicants through September to consider the question of whether CBD extracted from the plant should be considered a narcotic. The...

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