By Jonathan Bucks For The Mail On Sunday
Published: 00:52 BST, 16 June 2019 | Updated: 00:55 BST, 16 June 2019
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Sales reps earning a lucrative living from the legal version of cannabis are breaking health regulations by making unproven claims that their products can treat cancer and other diseases, a Mail on Sunday investigation has revealed.
Cannabidiol, known as CBD, is increasingly popular as a supposed ‘wellness’ supplement and sold by freelance reps at up to £60 a bottle through the internet.
This form of cannabis is legal because it contains less than 0.2 per cent of the psychoactive ingredient THC. Strict rules enforced by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) forbid adverts claiming unlicensed CBD products have ‘properties for treating or preventing diseases in human beings’.
A cannabis oil promoter takes to Facebook and announces she has been taking CBD oil for three months writing: 'I want to help you'
British reps are working for US firm HempWorx after being promised TVs, watches and cruises as incentives, are claiming unproven medical benefits
Yet scores of British reps working for US firm HempWorx, promised TVs, watches and cruises as incentives, are claiming unproven medical benefits.
In one shocking example, Zoe McCardle, a British rep for HempWorx, told customers on Facebook: ‘Some of the conditions CBD oil can help with are... diabetes, epilepsy, cancer. Who’s interested?’
She added: ‘Taking CBD… helps major organs perform functions to the best of their
