Giving Compass' Take:

• The Atlantic writes about how health departments in New York City and other areas are stopping restaurants and cafes from using CBD oil.

• CBD oil has shown real promise as a treatment for things like anxiety, but as a consumer product, it’s largely unproven and unregulated. How will these new restrictions effect the marijuana industry? Will other states begin to crackdown harder on regulations?

• Here's an article from The Marshall Project on the case against cannabis. 

If you like cannabidiol cupcakes and live in New York City, it’s time to learn how to bake your own. The city’s health department confirmed in a statement Tuesday that it had begun a crackdown on restaurants that use the compound—better known as CBD—as a food additive, embargoing products and warning of fines to come. In doing so, New York becomes the first major American city to begin enforcement on CBD’s questionably legal but enormously popular use in prepared food and drink. Until now, NYC consumers could find CBD in a wide range of products, including brownies, lattes, cocktails, and empanadas.

“Restaurants in New York City are not permitted to add anything to food or drink that is not approved as safe to eat,” according to a New York City Department of Health spokesperson. “Until cannabidiol … is deemed safe as a food additive, the department is ordering restaurants not to offer products containing CBD.” Eater reports that five restaurants in the city have been visited by the DOH and issued CBD embargoes so far, but because of the compound’s explosive popularity in the past year, scores more could be affected. Starting in July, restaurants that violate the ban could be subjected to fines of up to $650, according to the New York Post.

Read the full article on New York cracking down on CBD products by Amanda Mull at The Atlantic.