Pot plant In a crucial vote. a panel of outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration unanimously voted that the benefits of the drug made from cannabis outweigh its risk. (Photo: Bloomberg)

(Bloomberg) –U.S. drug regulators are edging closer to approving the first-ever medicine derived from a marijuana plant, an experimental epilepsy treatment developed by GW Pharmaceuticals Plc.

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