Scott Gottlieb warns that Rite Aid risks regulatory trouble selling CBD cosmetics

Published April 11, 2019 8:56pm ET



Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said Thursday that Rite Aid is likely to run into regulatory trouble with its decision to begin selling cannabidiol cosmetic products.

Rite Aid had announced Thursday that it planned to sell CBD in creams, lotions, and lip balms this month in 200 stores across Washington and Oregon. The chain will not file drug claims and instead call their products cosmetics.

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