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Is CBD legal in New York? NYCurious

AM NEWYORK

Nicole Brown

April 8, 2019

CBD has shown promise as a therapeutic product, but its effectiveness is still being researched.

Under the Farm Bill, it also is legal to buy hemp-derived CBD online and ship it, said Jonathan Miller, the general counsel at the U.S. Hemp Roundtable. That legal status applies to CBD products that have a THC concentration of .3 percent or less. So how do consumers trust that their favored product adheres to the standard? One of the biggest challenges the nascent industry faces is proving how CBD has been extracted, as the product isn't regulated by any governmental entity. Increased interest in CBD-infused products, however, spurred the Food and Drug Administration to hold a hearing on May 31. The agency is soliciting public comment until July 16.

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