Feds Tell Ex-NFL Star to Stop Saying His Weed Can Cure Coronavirus
Posted on AllSides April 1st, 2020
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The federal government is warning a former National Football League player's company to stop advertising his medicinal cannabis products as treatments for the novel coronavirus.
The Federal Trade Commission and the Food and Drug Administration sent a warning letter to that effect on Tuesday to the Las Vegas headquarters of Neuro XPF, which is owned by former NFL offensive tackle Kyle Turley. Turley insists that CBD, a popular non-psychoactive cannabis derivative, can cure the coronavirus.
In fact, Neuro XPF had an entire page of its website, headlined “CRUSH CORONA,” devoted...
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