The federal hemp ban arrives in November. It was aimed at intoxicating products, but the language is broad enough to take therapeutic CBD with it.
Cannabis started as a medical story, then the green rush buried it. The FDA's botanical drug pathway is what brings the original thesis back.
CBD didn't earn acceptance through branding. It earned it because results showed up where nothing else worked — and Schedule III raises the bar again.
Schedule III put CBD first for a reason: it's the lowest-friction entry point for FDA oversight. The agency will apply the playbook it knows.
When billions are on the line, research gets messy. Read closely, stay skeptical — and know which meta-analysis actually put the numbers on the table.
What if cannabis operators had to buy cannabinoids from GMP-licensed manufacturers instead of retrofitting facilities? The supply chain flips overnight.
Nobody buys wine by ABV. THC% is pushing cannabis toward commodity, and sensory science backed by data is the missing lexicon.