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FDA Hints It May Explore Marijuana Health Claims

The agency's commissioner said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration may start cracking down on claims that cannabis has health benefits that have not been proven.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration may start cracking down on claims that marijuana has health benefits that haven’t been proven, the agency’s commissioner said Tuesday.

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“I see people who are developing products who are making claims that marijuana has antitumor effects in the setting of cancer,” FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said at a hearing before Congress on a separate matter. “It’s a much broader question about where our responsibility is to step into this.”

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