The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it plans to use Reddit and other \u201cnovel\u201d data sources to gain a better understanding of public health issues surrounding use of CBD and other \u201cemerging\u201d marijuana derivatives like delta-8 THC.<\/p>\n
The agency published a report on its new Cannabis-Derived Products Data Acceleration Plan this week, explaining that the federal agency \u201cneeds robust information about potential safety problems or adverse events associated with FDA-regulated products, including [cannabis-derived products],\u201d or CDPs.<\/p>\n
\u201cFDA also needs information about general patterns of product use and emerging trends\u2014and it needs this information in close to real time, so that the FDA can deploy its limited resources quickly and effectively,\u201d it said. \u201cThe FDA believes that new approaches to detecting safety signals and other insights using diverse data sources and rigorous analytical methods can contribute significantly to FDA\u2019s ability to respond to emerging and rapidly evolving product areas, like the CDP market.\u201d<\/p>\n
To get the new initiative started, FDA first examined existing data collection and analysis methods, including \u201cthird party purchase data and surveys to traceability systems and mobile apps.\u201d This initial step enabled the agency to identify data gaps and refine the process.<\/p>\n
As it solicits partnerships to further advance data-based health research into the cannabinoids, the agency said there are a series of projects that are in the \u201cfeasibility assessment phase.\u201d One of those would involve looking at consumer-generated content such as posts on Reddit in order to \u201cidentify issues that may not be easily captured via traditional systems.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another potential project<\/a> would involve comparing FDA\u2019s database of CBD product samples with Certificates of Analysis to identify \u201cinconsistencies and quality issues.\u201d<\/p>\n The agency also wants to develop a system of finding \u201csafety signals and usage patterns associated with emerging CDPs in real-time.\u201d That includes delta-8 THC, a cannabinoid that the agency recently warned consumers about<\/a>, as it has not yet evaluated its safety or efficacy.<\/p>\n Other cannabis-derived compounds the agency is interested in learning about include delta-10 tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-10 THC), cannabinol (CBN), tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV) and cannabigerol (CBG).<\/p>\n \u201cOverall, the growth of the CDP market continues to outpace the growth in the science and our understanding of the public health implications of these products. The size and complexity of the CDP market\u2014coupled with the public health concerns associated with CDPs\u2014requires the efforts of diverse stakeholders, including FDA and other federal, state, local, territorial, and tribal government entities, academia, and industry, to identify new ways of detecting safety signals and accelerating appropriate research studies, including but not limited to rigorous toxicology studies.\u201d<\/p>\n In January, FDA separately said that it would be taking steps to fill gaps in research<\/a> about the safety and efficacy of CBD.<\/p>\n The agency said it would be working to improve CBD product identification, increase product sampling as it relates to reports of adverse effects, help develop a register of CBD consumers, look at market research data and evaluate \u201cwhich strategies are best for safety and quality monitoring for different types of CBD products,\u201d among other practices.<\/p>\n Last year, FDA released draft guidelines that are meant to streamline approvals<\/a> for generic oral CBD medications. The agency also held a comment period on separate draft guidance on developing cannabis-derived medications<\/a>.<\/p>\n The agency was mandated under appropriations legislation enacted in 2019 to\u00a0provide an update on its regulatory approach to CBD<\/a>, and it did so in March 2020.<\/p>\n New York Employers Can\u2019t Drug Test Most Workers For Marijuana, State Announces<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n The post FDA Will Search Reddit To Learn About Effects Of CBD And \u2018Emerging\u2019 Cannabinoids Like Delta-8 THC<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it plans to use Reddit and other \u201cnovel\u201d data sources to gain a better understanding of public health issues surrounding use of CBD and other \u201cemerging\u201d marijuana derivatives like delta-8 THC. The agency published a report on its new Cannabis-Derived Products DataContinue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":458,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18,81],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50620"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/458"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50620"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50621,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50620\/revisions\/50621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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