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Did You Know? Pharmaceutical Drugs Based on Cannabis, on ProCon.org

Submitted by David Borden on (Issue #623)
Consequences of Prohibition
Drug War Issues

Did you know that there are 13 approved pharmaceutical drugs based directly or indirectly on cannabis (marijuana)?

See Pharmaceutical Drugs Based on Cannabis, on the web site medicalmarijuana.procon.org, part of the ProCon family.

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