Medical Marijuana Update (2014.07.30)
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Utah Children’s Hospital Looking for Subjects for Epilepsy / CBD Study
The Primary Children's Hospital in Utah is recruiting a total of 25 children with intractable epilepsy, age 2-17. The cannabis extract study, led by Neurologist Francis Filloux, has yet to be assigned a start date, pending approval from the United States Drug Enforcement Agency.
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New Canadian Rules Force Epileptic Boy to Smoke Marijuana?
Recent changes to Health Canada’s medical marijuana regulations have forced a six-year-old boy suffering from Dravet syndrome to smoke marijuana in order to tame his seizures because the health agency prohibited the use of edibles and concentrates.
Marijuana Refugees: Changing States to Save Their Kids
The stigma around cannabis dissolves quickly when you're a parent with a sick baby. You will move the stars and box glaciers to make them well.
Medical Marijuana Update (2014.07.16)
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Missouri Governor Approves Cannabis Extract Law
Missourians with epilepsy that cannot be effectively treated by conventional means will now be able to use a cannabis extract under legislation signed into law Monday by Gov. Jay Nixon.
Medical Marijuana Update (2014.07.09)
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Medical Marijuana Update (2014.07.02)
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CT Pharmacists Meet to Prepare for Dispensing Medical Marijuana
Pharmacists preparing for the advent of Connecticut's medical marijuana industry gathered Wednesday to talk about the clinical aspects of dispensing a drug that has no federal approval nor the guidelines that go along with it.
Medical Marijuana Update (2014.06.25)
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Charlatan’s Web: A CBD Debacle
The medical cannabis community has recently received some major support from well known doctors, Dr. Oz and Dr. Sanjay Gupta. This trend of physicians supporting medical cannabis in droves has to do primarily with the spread of information about CBD rich cannabis and its numerous medicinal benefits.
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Group Marches Through NC in Support of Medical Marijuana
As lawmakers try to decide if they’ll legalize a form of medical marijuana, a group of men supporting a broadening of medical marijuana use is walking across North Carolina with the aim of talking to lawmakers about a ballot referendum on the issue.
Marijuana-Epilepsy Drug Cuts Seizures in Half
British drug maker GW Pharmaceuticals released the first results on the efficacy and safety of Epidiolex, with an average reduction in seizure frequency of 50% among a group of 27 children and young adults with treatment-resistant epilepsy.
Medical Marijuana Update (2014.06.04)
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Medical Marijuana: Drug Company, NY Partner for Clinical Trials to Treat Epilepsy in Kids
New York state is partnering with a British company to hold clinical trials for marijuana-based medication for children who have seizures that are resistant to their medicine.
So Close, Yet So Far: The Kentucky Cannabis Oil Conundrum
Earlier this year, Kentucky law makers passed a bill that would allow for the first legally approved medicinal use of cannabis in the state. Elation soon turned to heartbreak with the news that
Marijuana-Epilepsy Trials Proposed in Scotland
Researchers at Edinburgh University in Scotland hope to conduct clinical trials on an experimental epilepsy drug derived from marijuana.
Medical Marijuana Update (2014.05.14)
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