Cannabis extract may help curb seizures in epileptics
A marijuana-derived compound may help reduce the frequency of seizures for epilepsy sufferers, according to a small study published today. More than half of the children and adults treated with cannabidiol (CBD) experienced fewer seizures over the course of a 12-week trial.
The medicinal benefits of marijuana are a topic of great debate in the United States at the moment, where a number of states have recently legalized its use. Anecdotal reports and small-scale studies have suggested that cannabis could help sufferers of treatment-resistant epilepsy by reducing the number of seizures they suffer. The debate arises from the lack of properly rigorous research exploring the hypothesis, and it won’t be settled by today’s findings, which…
Source:: The Verge
