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Legal Tetrahydrocannabinol in the US—Regulatory Loopholes

JAMA Health Forum 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2026.1385

May 29, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This Viewpoint identifies regulatory loopholes in the legal manufacture and sale of nonmedical products with intoxicating tetrahydrocannabinol levels in the US, and it calls for increased congressional oversight and research funding to address these regulatory gaps.

Corresponding Author: Abigail S. Friedman, PhD, Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health, 60 College St, Room 303, New Haven, CT 06520 (abigail.friedman@yale.edu).

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