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As you may have already seen, the Swiss government has just decided to make CBD oil unfit for consumption by adding a chemical to it, making it toxic and dangerous !
Despite all the benefits that this oil can bring to many consumers, whether it is simply to fight insomnia, or to deal with acute pain that medication struggles to curb, the confederation seems to prefer to let people suffer whereas until now CBD oil helped them cope with their often disabling daily situation.
This decision by the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) leaves us speechless. As they do not consider CBD oil to be a therapeutic product or a foodstuff, they have simply decided to force producers to add a denaturant to "discourage" its consumption. It's a short step from there to saying that they prefer people to poison themselves.
Doctors in Switzerland do not want to denaturalise CBD oil
Besides consumers and producers, doctors do not seem to be satisfied with this decision either. As you can see in the report made by RTS, Barbara Broers, vice-president of the Swiss society of cannabis in medicine, regrets with her colleagues that the FOPH took this decision alone without trying to consult with the different parties concerned. Although Barbara Broers approves of the fact that the CBD market is more regulated, she nevertheless declares: "As a doctor, this worries me because we are going to make a product that was not dangerous for health, and to which some people find a benefit, dangerous."
She even adds that CBD is less dangerous than many other products prescribed by doctors. CBD oil is a product that can be relatively expensive, would people who take it really buy it if they didn't need it and if it couldn't help them with their problems? Will the FOPH maintain its decision or will it agree to listen to the various parties concerned by this measure? We hope so, for all the people who need it, and also for all the professionals in the sector !