approved for the treatment of seizures associated with two rare and severe forms of epilepsy, contains cannabidiol (CBD), a chemical constituent of the cannabis plant. Te CBD in Epidiolex is extracted from the cannabis plant and is the first FDA-approved drug to contain a purified extract from the plant. Marijuana and CBD derived from marijuana remain against the law, except for the limited circumstances when it has been determined there is a medically approved benefit. In those instances, the drug will be made available to the public for medical use. For more information, see the full announcement at htps://
www.justice.gov/ opa/pr/fda-approved-drug-epidiolex-placed- schedule-v-controlled-substances-act.
FMCSA Changes
“and” to “or” in Definition of “Commerce”
Te Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) changed “and” to “or” in its definition of “commerce” in the Controlled Substances and Alcohol Use and Testing regulations. At the end of paragraph (1) in the definition of ‘‘commerce’’ in § 382.107, FMCSA changed the conjunctive ‘‘and’’ to ‘‘or’’ to be consistent with the definition of ‘‘commerce’’ in 49 U.S.C. 31301(2). Tis action corrects an error that was in § 382.107 since the regulation was inherited from the FHWA and later revised by FMCSA on August 17, 2001 (66 FR 43103).
Paragraph (2) of 49 U.S.C. 31301 provides
that ‘‘commerce’’ means trade, traffic, and transportation in the United States between a place in a State and a place outside that State (including a place outside the United States)—‘‘or’’ in the United States that affects trade, traffic, and transportation between a place in a State and a place outside that State. Tis definition applies to 49 U.S.C. 31306 (‘‘alcohol and controlled substances testing’’), including the definition of ‘‘commerce’’ in § 382.107 of 49 CFR part 382 (‘‘Controlled substances and alcohol use and testing’’). To ensure consistency with the applicable statutory authority, the conjunction ‘‘and’’ is replaced with ‘‘or’’ in § 382.107 to correct an inadvertent draſting error. ❚
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