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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Whittaker

Company claims to have made first non-addictive cannabis painkiller

The painkiller is made from cannabis extract and includes low levels of THC - (Getty Images)

A cannabis-derived drug is the first non-addictive and clinically-proven painkiller made using the plant, a drug maker claims.

Developed under the name VER-01 by German drug company Vertanical, the painkiller is made from a cannabis extract and includes low levels of THC – the compound contained in the plant that produces a high.

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