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Marijuana as a treatment for epilepsy

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Marijuana as a treatment for epilepsy. Medical cannabis is showing great potential in the treatment of epilepsy. Cannabis is issued medicinally for a plethora or disorders, and one that it seems to affect very positively is epilepsy. WHAT EXACTLY IS EPILEPSY? CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT.

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Petition: Florida Medical Marijuana Reciprocity Laws

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Children with epilepsy don’t quit having seizures because they’re on vacation. In 2017, Florida legislators acknowledged the wealth of peer-reviewed scientific literature supporting the use of medical cannabis through statewide legalization. Click to Sign Petition. Click to Sign Petition. PROBLEM IN PRACTICE.

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Is Weed Legal in Japan? Cannabis Legalization Bill Explained

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In December of 2023, the country recently made a new move towards reform that could stimulate the cannabidiol (CBD) industry and provide many patients, such as those with epilepsy , with access to potentially life-changing medical treatments. and Europe to treat severe epilepsy, as well as other medical conditions.

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Tennessee Expands (Minimally) Medical Marijuana Law and Establishes Cannabis Commission

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Previously, Tennessee law allowed only those diagnosed with intractable seizures or epilepsy to possess a limited amount of medical cannabis oil. Cancer, when such disease is diagnosed as end-stage or the treatment produces related wasting illness, nausea and vomiting, or pain. Epilepsy or seizures. of THC: Alzheimer’s disease.

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Interview With FN's Lisa Pittman Featured In Dallas News

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She came to the industry not from the recreational side, but as a mother seeking treatment for her child with epilepsy. In 2014, I was reading the Senate Bill 339 [Texas’ Compassionate Use Act enacted in 2015] testimony of mothers of children with epilepsy. My own daughter had seizures when she was little.

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While Legislative Hurdles Remain, We Take a Look at North Carolina’s Medical Marijuana Bill

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To be a qualified patient, an individual must be diagnosed with one of the bill’s select “debilitating” medical conditions (cancer, epilepsy, AIDS, ALS, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and post-traumatic stress disorder, among others, are included in this list).

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Panama legalizes medical cannabis use

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For her part, Marie Millard, executive director of the Luces Panama Foundation, said that the approval of the legislative initiative will give patients quality of life, specifically for people with epilepsy who take two and three medications and do not work for them.