The agency will consider these comments prior to preparing a formal response to the World Health Organization, which is considering placing the substances within their international drug scheduling code.
Now, to be frank, it’s a little silly that the FDA is seeking public comment on a topic that would normally be judged based on the merits of evidence-based science and data. But prohibition itself would be considered silly if not for the detrimental effects of a criminal record and lifelong penalties and stigma associated with it.
That being said, cannabidiol is defined by the US Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule I controlled substance, despite:
- Its therapeutic properties and lack of abuse potential, despite the safety trials which have determined the substance to be non-toxic and well-tolerated in human subjects
- Seventeen states explicitly recognizing by state-law that CBD as a therapeutic agent
- The head of the US National Institute on Drug Abuse publically acknowledging that CBD is “a safe drug with no addictive effects”
So a request for public comment should never go unfulfilled. So we made it incredibly easy for you to do so.