Former President Bill Clinton has apparently been hearing a lot about the therapeutic potential of CBD products for pain management lately, and, according to a now-deleted media report, said at a recent conference appearance that broad interest in the topic should spur regulators to develop standards for the cannabinoid.<\/p>\n
An article covering Clinton\u2019s on-stage conversation with CNN medical expert Sanjay Gupta at the Impact Forum in Orlando appeared in Cannabis & Tech Today last week, quoting the former president as saying there is some evidence that cannabidiol can help \u201ccombat pain.\u201d<\/p>\n
But the story<\/a> was taken down at the writer\u2019s request after the outlet allegedly faced pressure from Clinton\u2019s public relations team.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was all quoted accurately and live\u2014it was pressure from the Clinton camp PR team that the comments were supposed to be closed to the press\u2014so we respected the writers request,\u201d a Cannabis & Tech Today editor wrote to Marijuana Moment in a Twitter direct message.<\/p>\n That said, the publication told Marijuana Moment that they \u201cnever want to retract a story and stand by the quotes\u201d included in the story as reported by the journalist Sara Brittany Somerset.<\/p>\n A representative of the Impact Forum told Marijuana Moment in an email that the event \u201cis private and we do not issue transcripts, audio or video.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNo press were authorized to attend this panel,\u201d she said. \u201cWe cannot verify how the content was obtained nor confirm quotes.\u201d<\/p>\n Clinton\u2019s team did not reply to repeated requests for comment from Marijuana Moment, nor did Gupta\u2019s.<\/p>\n #BreakingNews<\/a>: During the #ImpactForum<\/a> in Orlando, Florida, Former #President<\/a> Bill Clinton came out full force in #support<\/a> of CBD plus a small amount of THC for pain management. https:\/\/t.co\/4UEvCQ1ljj<\/a>#news<\/a> #cannatechtoday<\/a> #breaking<\/a> #thc<\/a> #florida<\/a> #orlando<\/a> #clinton<\/a> #cbd<\/a> #pain<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Cannabis & Tech Today (@cannatechtoday) February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n Clinton reportedly said at the event that he\u2019s heard from people about how low-THC cannabis products can help in pain management, and while he\u2019s doesn\u2019t typically \u201canswer any of those hype calls,\u201d he receives \u201cmore messages about CBD than any man alive.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cGo figure. There is some evidence that you can get CBD with a low-THC count that will combat pain. Some of these products have been tested more or less to FDA standards and some [haven\u2019t been tested] not at all,\u201d he said, according to the since-deleted article from Cannabis & Tech Today.<\/p>\n Clinton\u2019s drug policy record while in office has been widely criticized by advocates.<\/p>\n Despite having admitted to using marijuana \u201conce or twice\u201d\u2014though making the questionable caveat that he \u201cdidn\u2019t inhale it\u201d\u2014the Clinton administration opposed efforts to legalize medical cannabis and even took the extreme step of threatening<\/a> to revoke Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) prescribing licenses for doctors who recommended marijuana to patients in accordance with state law.<\/p>\n Also in spite of pleas to reduce the racially disparate crack-cocaine sentencing disparity, for example, the former president took no action to remediate the issue. He also rejected requests to lift a federal ban on harm reduction policies like syringe exchange programs.<\/p>\n Yet in an exit interview<\/a> published by Rolling Stone in 2000, Clinton appeared to endorse cannabis reform, saying that he thinks that \u201cmost small amounts of marijuana have been decriminalized in some places, and should be.\u201d<\/p>\n Last week, at the Impact Forum event<\/a>, the former president reportedly stressed the \u201cneed to have a national standard of the THC count of these products and what the tests show.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNYU Langone does some of this testing and CBD could be a viable outlet for pain relief,\u201d the outlet quoted him as saying. \u201cWe could potentially not lose so many people.\u201d<\/p>\n Gupta, for his part, has become a high-profile figure who has raised national attention to the medical potential of marijuana and its constituents after formally expressing skepticism about the health impact of the cannabis reform movement.<\/p>\n He reportedly said definitively at the event that \u201cCBD works.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve done six documentaries on the subject<\/a> and I wasn\u2019t a believer before, but I am now,\u201d Gupta remarked, according to Cannabis & Tech Today. \u201cI\u2019ve worked on this for so long that I know not only can it work, sometimes it\u2019s the only thing that works for some of these conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe have to figure out the regulatory framework,\u201d the medical expert was quoted as saying. \u201cYou got to make sure people aren\u2019t getting harmed by it, but to have a non-addictive option at a time when so many people are dying, I think it\u2019s absolutely true.\u201d<\/p>\n Last year, Gupta said that he was ultimately convinced of the therapeutic potential of cannabis after reviewing international studies, because there seemed to be a \u201cvery biased set of data\u201d<\/a> in the U.S. that focused almost exclusively on the potential harms rather than benefits.<\/p>\n Somerset, the reporter behind the event write-up, declined to expand on the reasoning behind the decision to scrap the article from the cannabis outlet\u2019s site.<\/p>\n Pennsylvania Senate Committee Holds Second Marijuana Legalization Hearing As Reform Bill Is Drafted<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n Photo element courtesy of Gage Skidmore<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The post Article On Bill Clinton\u2019s CBD Comments Deleted Following Alleged Pressure From Former President\u2019s Team<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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