The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has approved four medications made from synthetic or real plant marijuana extract. Such approval is indicative of the FDA’s confirmation that marijuana has medicinal benefits as evidenced by rigorous clinical trials. Those drugs include:

Epidiolex: an oral solution, made from real plant marijuana extract, approved for the treatment of seizures associated with two rare and severe forms of epilepsy, Lennox-Gestaut syndrome and Dravet syndrome.

Marinol and Syndros: capsules and oral solution, made from synthetic marijuana extract, approved for the treatment of nausea and vomiting associated with cancer chemotherapy.

Cesamet: capsules, made from synthetic marijuana extract, approved for the treatment of nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy.