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Marijuana Helps Stop Seizures

May 11, 2017 at 4:06 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Medical Cannabis Helps Stop Seizures in Children Medical cannabis is becoming increasingly accepted as an effective treatment for a variety of medical conditions. Marijuana has been notably identified as an anti-seizure, particularly in relation to children with conditions like epilepsy, and Dravet, Doose, or Lennox-Gastaut syndromes. These conditions bring on dangerous seizures that can severely impact quality of life. They can also be fatal. As a result, due to the overwhelming harmful side-effects from other prescription drugs, more and [...]

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5-Year-Old Battles Autism and Dravet with Cannabis Oil

January 15, 2016 at 2:52 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

For some bizarre reason, there is not a state in the US that recognizes Autism as a qualifying condition to use cannabis medically, except in the case of California where doctors can prescribe cannabis to anyone they feel will benefit medicinally. That’s not to say that activists in some states aren’t fighting and working hard to add Autism to the list, but with the endless stream of anecdotal and peer-reviewed evidence that proves that Autistic people function better using cannabis, it [...]

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The Frontlines of the Cannabis Movement in Australia

January 11, 2016 at 12:55 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Alex Impey is breaking the law selling his customers marijuana, but as long as he keeps hearing stories that the drug is helping them cope with pain, he couldn’t care less. And business for medicinal marijuana is booming, with Mr Impey telling Daily Mail Australia he receives 20 new requests for help each week at his hemp store, Gnostic Hemporium, on the NSW Central Coast, north of Sydney. ’I’ve got people coming in all the time, who have everything from [...]

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The Benefits of Smoking Marijuana [VIDEO]

November 25, 2014 at 12:59 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Medical Marijuana

Scientists have discovered that cannabis could be used to treat diabetes, multiple sclerosis, liver disease and other obesity-related diseases. (The Benefits of Smoking Marijuana [VIDEO] | WF News)

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The Hope of Children Fueling the Cannabis Extract Movement

October 21, 2014 at 1:25 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

The use of cannabis extract medicine to treat children for cancer and epilepsy has been growing rapidly since the release of Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s documentary on CNN. In the original documentary, Charlotte Figi’s recovery from Dravet syndrome was extensively detailed. Before using high-cannabidiol cannabis oil, Charlotte was having up to 300 grand mal seizures a week. Using the strain now named after her, Charlotte’s Web, those seizures have dropped to about two per month. In Sanjay Gupta’s sequel, Weed 2: [...]

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