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How Charlotte’s Web Changed A Little Girl’s Life

Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

In 2006, three-month-old Charlotte Figi experienced her first seizure, which lasted an exhausting 30 minutes. At the age of three, Charlotte tested positive for a gene marker that indicates Dravet syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy that begins in infant or toddlerhood and causes more severe and more frequent seizures over time.

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Report: “Key pharmacological differences between side effects of refined, pharmaceutical CBD formulations and whole plant extracts:”

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This differs sharply from the conventional course of cannabis medicine, which is to use whole, clean plant extracts to treat epilepsy and to gradually discontinue use of conventional pharmaceuticals. An Israeli study of cannabis versus epilepsy, however, used natural extracts with a ratio of 20:1 CBD:THC. Lancet Neurol Dec 23 2015.

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Cannabinoids for Tinnitus?

Project CBD

Auditory & Other Symptoms The survey, whose findings were published in February 2023 in the Journal of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery 1 evaluated cannabis perceptions and consumption among 45 adult tinnitus patients randomly selected and recruited from an outpatient ear, nose, and throat clinic in Ontario, Canada.

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Article: Top 5 APAC Countries for Legal Cannabis

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Market research by Cannabis Access Clinics estimates that Australian patients spend an average of A$370/month on medical marijuana products, with epilepsy patients paying an even higher A$1,000/month on average. This does not mean that there is no personal consumption of cannabis in Thailand, however. tonnes in 2006.

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Canada: The Constitutional Right to Marijuana in Canada: R v Parker

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Canada emerged as the first federal G7 and G20 nation – the second country ever – to legalize the cultivation and consumption of cannabis and its by-products. Canada emerged as the first federal G7 and G20 nation – the second country ever – to legalize the cultivation and consumption of cannabis and its by-products. Conclusion.

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Using Cannabis for ALS: Benefits, Research and Best Strains

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The CBD cannabinoid is proven to be an exceptional seizure-controlling agent for epilepsy patients, and also shows great promise for treating Parkinson’s , Alzheimer’s and Multiple Sclerosis. Marijuana and Epilepsy: Here’s How Cannabis Stops Seizures (12 Studies). The first study I will reference is from 2006, conducted on mice.

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Paper: The transition of cannabis into the mainstream of Australian healthcare: framings in professional medical publications

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Chronic pain or pain were the conditions most frequently mentioned in articles about cannabis, followed by epilepsy, cancer or cancer pain, and nausea and chemotherapy. Refractory paediatric epilepsy. Conclusions. It was also used as a topical treatment for haemorrhoids, ear infection, and wounds (Aldrich 1997 ; Touw 1981 ).