Lay Off 'Pot Cures Cancer' Claims, FDA Warns

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Medical marijuana may aid with several wellness conditions , but it ’s certainly not a therapeutic for Crab . Now , the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) is cracking down on companies that lay claim their marihuana products can get free of genus Cancer .

The FDA issued warning letter of the alphabet to four companies that sell product containing cannabidiol ( CBD ) and claim the constituent can treat or bring around Crab , grant to anFDA statement released yesterday(Nov . 1 ) . CBD is a chemical compound found in marijuana , but unlike another compound in the industrial plant called tetrahydrocannabinol ( THC ) , CBD does n’t make psychotropic effects .

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CBD is sold in products such as oil drops , tea , capsules , syrups and lotion , the FDA says . [ 25 Odd fact About Marijuana ]

The four companies — Green Roads Health , Natural Alchemist , That ’s Natural ! Marketing & Consulting , and Stanley Brothers Social Enterprises LLC — sell , in total , more than 25 different type of products with unsubstantiatedmedical claims , accord to the FDA .

Here are some of the claim made by the company : The product " combat tumor andcancer cell . " " CBD makes cancer cell commit ' felo-de-se ' without killing other cells . " " CBD … [ has ] anti - proliferative properties that can inhibit cell division and growth in certain type of malignant neoplastic disease , not admit the tumor to grow . " And " Non - psychoactive cannabinoids like CBD ( cannabidiol ) may be effective in treating tumors from cancer — includingbreast cancer . "

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The FDA said in the statement that these products have not been proven to be safe or good and that get to uncorroborated claims is a violation of the Federal Food , Drug and Cosmetic Act .

" substance that moderate components of marijuana will be treated like any other products that make unproved claims to shrink cancer tumour , " FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said in the statement . The FDA does n’t admit troupe to market products " with wild claims , " Gottlieb said .

" There are a growing number of effective therapies for many Cancer , " he added . " When the great unwashed are allowed to illegally commercialize product that save no established welfare , they may steer patient role out from products that have proven anti - tumor effects that could reach out lives . "

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