Trump administration cracks down on claims that CBD can treat cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
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There are all sorts of claims out there about CBD: It can cure cancer. It can protect against Alzheimer’s disease. It can treat autoimmune diseases and autism.
These and other claims about cannabidiol were advertised by companies that sell those products. And they all had one thing in common, according to the Federal Trade Commission: They were false.
The FTC announced on Thursday that it was penalizing six CBD companies for making such claims, including requiring some of them to pay more than $246,000 to the government from shares of their revenues.