>>> WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE, WE'RE BACK WITH DR. JEN AND THE FDA IS OUT SAYING A NEW PROCESS IS NEEDED WHEN IT COMES TO REGULATING CBD PRODUCTS DUE TO RISKS >> WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOW THE USE OF CANNABIS, BOTH MEDICINAL CANNABIS AND RECREATIONAL CANNABIS IS SKYROCKETING. CBD, WHICH IS ONE OF THE CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS IN THE CANNABIS PLANT, IS ALSO SKYROCKETING, AND THERE IS REALLY NO GOOD REGULATION, SO THE FDA IS TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THIS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN A WHILE, AND THEY'RE PROPOSING THAT CONGRESS BE INVOLVED, THAT THERE BE SOME REGULATORY PROCEDURES AND PATHWAYS PUT IN PLACE FOR EVERYONE'S PROTECTION, WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING, WHICH I THINK IS SO IMPORTANT, THAT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN THIS. THEY WANT TO USE IT. THEY WANT TO USE IT SAFELY, AND THERE IS GROWING RESEARCH TO SUPPORT THAT, LIKE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN USE OR INGEST OR CONSUME, THERE ARE RISKS, AND THERE ARE BENEFITS, AND SO THE FDA IS JUST, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO REGULATE THIS IN SOME WAY FOR EVERYONE'S PROTECTION, AND THAT INCLUDES ANIMALS. THAT INCLUDES SMALL CHILDREN, AND THAT INCLUDES HUMAN BEINGS AS WELL. ADULTS. >> AND I WAS GOING TO SAY, YOU SEE IT IN PET PRODUCTS. YOU SEE THE LITTLE TREATS WITH THE CBD. ARE THEY GOING TO REGULATE THAT AS WELL? >> WELL, I MEAN, POSSIBLY. I THINK THE THING IS, ANY TIME THERE'S AN INGREDIENT THAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE A SUPPLEMENT OR A PRODUCT THAT'S A SUPPLEMENT, THE FDA HAS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SAFE BEFORE IT COMES TO MARKET AND THEN AFTER IT'S ON THE SHELF, THERE'S KIND OF A DIFFERENT TYPE OF OVERSIGHT, AND THEY JUST WANT TO MAKE IT SAFER AND MORE EFFICIENT, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THERE'S INTEREST. THEY KNOW THAT IT'S POPULAR. THEY KNOW THAT IT'S BEING USED, AND YOU KNOW, THEY JUST WANT TO HAVE SOME KIND OF SAFETY CHECKS AND VALVES IN PLACE, WHICH I THINK IS A GOOD IDEA. >> SOUNDS CLICHE, BUT BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. >> OH,