FDA Bans JUUL Products From US Market
Cannabis industry stakeholders weigh in on what the decision could mean for businesses in the cannabis space.
By Melissa Schiller
On the other hand, Jonathan Havens, co-chair of Saul Ewing’s Cannabis Law Practice and chair of the firm’s Food, Beverage and Agribusiness Practice, told Cannabis Business Times that is unlikely that any crackdown will come from a federal regulator like the FDA. If anything, he said state regulators may be the ones to place additional scrutiny on cannabis vape products.
“If the question is, what’s the FDA going to do with regard to cannabis vapes? The answer in my mind is nothing. They’re going to continue to do nothing,” Havens said. “If the question is, what are states going to do in response? I guess it’s possible there could be more scrutiny, but frankly, cannabis vapes have been out there for a long time. Even when we’re thinking about the vaping crisis of a couple of years ago, that didn’t relate to any of the products sold lawfully within these state-regulated markets. It was illicit THC. So, I’m cautiously optimistic that state regulators will be able to tell the difference between what happened at the FDA yesterday and what cannabis operators under their jurisdiction are selling in these state cannabis markets.”
