Rite Aid poised to sell its first cannabis-derived drug - Cannabis News

Rite Aid and other US pharmacies could soon sell a drug derived from cannabis.

The Food and Drug Administration on June 25 approved Epidiolex, a treatment for epilepsy created by British drugmaker GW Pharmaceuticals.

The Drug Enforcement Administration has 90 days to schedule the medication, and it is widely expected to allow doctors to prescribe it. That will open the cannabis industry to mainstream pharmacies and medical practitioners.

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