The government has agreed to drop its appeal of a D.C. federal district court decision permitting the use of copay accumulator adjustment programs to help patients pay for their medicines.
Marijuana has a lower potential for abuse than other drugs that are subjected to the same restrictions, with scientific support for its use as a medical treatment, the FDA says.
But the FDA also says officials cannot definitively rule out that "a small risk may exist” and that they’ll continue to look into reports regarding more than a dozen drugs.