Cannabis Advocacy Org Urges Fed Action On CBD Regulation – Law360

By Katryna Perera (December 15, 2021, 9:13 PM EST) — The Council for Federal Cannabis Regulation has requested a meeting with the head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to address what the organization says is a public health crisis “unfolding with increasing severity” due to a federal reading of a rule that has “needlessly hamstrung” the regulation of cannabinoids.

The CFCR sent a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on Sunday stating that the two organizations must work together to overcome the restrictions of the so-called drug exclusion rule under the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act.

Called a “choke point” by the CFCR, the drug exclusion…