CBD Drug Approval Not A Sign FDA Will Allow Its Use In Supplements

As a Schedule I controlled substance, CBD is not allowed by FDA for use in dietary supplements. Although CBD will be rescheduled by DEA to a less prohibitive Controlled Substances Act classification before GW Pharmaceuticals can launch its drug FDA approved June 25, its status for use in supplements won't change.

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FDA's approval of a cannabidiol-based drug might have the dietary supplement sector buzzing with anticipation about the agency potentially changing its policy prohibiting the ingredient's use in supplements.

Supplement manufacturers and marketers shouldn't get their hopes up, though, for the ingredient extracted from cannabis and hemp plants having...

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