While this lawsuit is unlikely to win, it is a reminder of the power of medical cannabis and its current irrational status. Read more in this post from SOL*CBD! Alexis Bortell, a 12-year-old girl from Colorado, has had enough of Jeff Sessions and the government's stance on Cannabis. Bortell has epilepsy and uses medical marijuana to treat it. She credits the fact that ... Continue Reading
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Use of CBD to Treat Drug Resistant Seizures
Treatment of drug resistant seizures in Dravet Syndrome has had the attention of CBD researchers. This post from Medical News Bulletin highlights the results of a recent study. A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine investigates the use of cannabidiol for treating drug resistant seizures in patients with Dravet syndrome. Dravet syndrome is a rare form ... Continue Reading
Cannabidiol Cures a Rare Form of Epilepsy
Medics sought permission to treat a rare form of epilepsy with cannabidiol, giving a 12-year-old patient a new lease on life. This post from Deccan Chronicle shares the story of Annalise Lujan from Arizona. Doctors diagnosed Annalise Lujan with a rare form of epilepsy. A 12-year-old American girl stopped suffering from life-threatening seizures after doctors treated her ... Continue Reading
CBD Treatment for Rare and Severe Epilepsy
Cannabidiol, which is found in marijuana, may help people who get certain types of seizures. This post from Live Science shares how CBD treatment benefited the patients. A drug made from marijuana that does not produce a "high" may help reduce seizures in people with certain types of epilepsy that are difficult to treat, new research suggests. In two new studies, ... Continue Reading
Child Patients in Need of Safe Access to CBD
Children suffering from Dravet Syndrome have a remarkable reduction in seizures, if they get safe access to CBD. This post from VolteFace brings to the fore child victims of the CBD ban. Sophia Gibson, a five year old girl from Northern Ireland, suffers from a rare form of epilepsy called Dravet Syndrome. Sophia has recently been accepted onto hospital trials to test the ... Continue Reading