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Approval of drug derived from cannabis not necessarily a win for weed

  • Written by Timothy Welty, Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Drake University
Small vials of CBD, an ingredient in a drug just approved by the FDA to treat two types of epilepsy.. Roxana Gonzalez/Shutterstock.com

The Food and Drug Administration on June 25 approved for the first time a drug made from cannabidiol (CBD), a molecule derived from the cannabis plant. The drug, Epidiolex, was approved for the treatment of two...

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