The TGA is taking a cannabis company to court for allegedly advertising CBD oils directly to patients as possible treatments for gonorrhoea, autism and stress.

The watchdog alleges that 21 blog posts and links on the website of CDA Clinics Qld, called CDA Express, breached its advertising rules between April and July 2021.

These included a list of ‘conditions’ for several cannabis products that allegedly included anxiety, epilepsy, fibromyalgia, autoimmune conditions and autism.

In a blog post titled ‘Is CBD legal in Australia?’, the TGA alleges the company said “CBD samples and analogues” had been “shown to kill a wide range of difficult-to-treat bacteria … some of which are responsible for gonorrhoea and meningitis”.