The FDA was once an independent entity that worked for the monies that WE THE PEOPLE paid them through our tax dollars. At that time in history, the FDA worked long and hard to safeguard our family's health for we were the hand that fed the FDA. Now other hands feed the FDA with quote unquote FEES!!

The FDA was authorized in 2018 to receive the following fees in fiscal year 2019: New Drug Application (NDA) requiring Clinical data $2,588,478; New Drug Application not requiring clinical data $1,294,239 and for Prescription Drug Program Fees $309,915. These fees are non-refundable and are required

The bottom-line is, if the FDA approves cannabis as Generally Regarded As Safe (GRAS) and allow cannabis to be taken off of the Controlled Substances Act and as a result the people's and their animal's health return to the point very few New Drugs are needed then what happens to the FDA and its fees