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Cannabis Study: Medical Marijuana Helps Children Who Have Seizures

Study: Medical Marijuana Helps Children Who Have Seizures

Study: Medical Marijuana Helps Children Who Have Seizures

A new cannabis study published in the New England Journal of Medicine saw a nearly 40 percent drop in seizures for participants who were using the marijuana derivative called cannabidiol.

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Cannabis Derivative Cannabidiol Reduces Seizures in Severe Epilepsy Disorder

NEW YORK, May 24, 2017 /Weed Wire/ – After years of anecdotal claims about its benefits, the cannabis derivative cannabidiol reduced seizure frequency 39 percent for patients with Dravet syndrome—a rare, severe form of epilepsy—in the first large-scale, randomized clinical trial for the compound.


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