THE US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a formal warning about companies marketing unproved products derived from marijuana that claim to treat or cure cancer.
Letters have been issued to four companies illegally selling products claiming to prevent, diagnose, treat or cure cancer without evidence to support these outcomes.
"The FDA has grown increasingly concerned at the proliferation of products claiming to treat or cure serious diseases like cancer... in this case the illegally sold products allegedly contain cannabidiol (CBD), a component of the marijuana plant that is not FDA approved in any drug product for any indication," the agency warned.
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