PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) – The Arizona Attorney General's Office (AGO) has ordered a Phoenix marijuana dispensary to stop touting one of its products as a "treatment or cure for COVID-19."

“In this time of crisis, we shouldn't have these kinds of people peddling ‘snake oil’ or miracle cure, especially when there is so much uncertainty in this country," Attorney General Mark Brnovich told 3 On Your Side.

According to Brnovich, YiLo has been advertising products that claim to treat or cure the coronavirus. To make such a claim, he says, is simply wrong and misleading.

“We allege that what they're doing is essentially promising a cure for the coronavirus when it was all nonsense,” he said.

At this point, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not approved any treatment or preventative for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.

Brnovich tells 3 On Your Side that YiLo was sending out text messages and publishing on their website saying COVID-19 cautions continue and that YiLo has a CoronaV Immunization Stabilizer available for sale. But there is no FDA approved vaccine that exists.

As a result, Brnovich and his office issued a cease and desist letter to YiLo, saying the company is violating the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act and ordered the company to stop. “You know this, Gary, with all the stories that you've run that in times of crisis that there will always be a small group of degenerates that will try to take advantage of people and sell them something that isn't true," said Brnovich.

3 On Your Side contacted YiLO but a manager told us he was unable to speak about the issue.

Brnovich says it should be a warning to other companies not to play on the fears of Arizonans.

“Now, the next question becomes how many people actually bought this crap and the second question is what does this office need to do to send a message not only to YiLo but other businesses that you can't do this. You can't make false promises," said Brnovich.

Brnovich says it appears his cease and desist letter worked because he says the company stopped its text messaging and advertisements.

The AGO ordered the company to provide "written confirmation of compliance" by the end of business on Monday. The AGO also instructed YiLo "to preserve all written and electronic materials related to YiLoLife, LLC's sale or advertisement of any products related to COVID-19 in anticipation of consumer fraud litigation."

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the internet has been rife with "treatments" and "cures" for the disease.

Stopping the spread of coronavirus: Myths vs. facts “A lot of what we’re seeing on the internet is myth, made up. I would caution people because some of it could be dangerous.”

Last month, a Phoenix man died and his wife got sick after they ingested non-pharmaceutical chloroquine phosphate to try and self-medicate for COVID-19. The version of the chemical that they took was intended to be an aquarium additive and not meant for human consumption. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health advisory about the incident.

CDC to public: Do not take chemicals containing chloroquine phosphate for COVID-19 "At this time, there are no routinely available pharmaceutical products that are FDA-approved for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19."

"Given the uncertainty around COVID-19, we understand that people are trying to find new ways to prevent or treat this virus, but self-medicating is not the way to do so," Dr. Daniel Brooks, the medical director of the Banner Poison and Drug Information Center, shortly after it happened. "The last thing that we want right now is to inundate our emergency departments with patients who believe they found a vague and risky solution that could potentially jeopardize their health."

While scientists are looking into treatment and vaccination possibilities for COVID-19, nothing, including cannabis, has been approved by the FDA.

"The AGO will not tolerate attempts by businesses to prey on the fears of Arizonans during this public health crisis by using misrepresentations to sell or advertise products," the AGO's letter said.

According to YiLo's website, the company began with a "quest to create the finest medicated chocolates, drinks, brownies, candies and snacks for medical marijuana patients." It then expanded to include cannabis-infused drinks and "potions."