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5 Biggest Benefits of Medical Cannabis for Your Health

United Patients Group

Medical cannabis, also known as medical marijuana, refers to the use of the cannabis plant or its extracts to treat symptoms of disease or other medical conditions. In this article, we will explore five of the biggest benefits of medical cannabis for your health. Epilepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizures.

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Linked In Article: Lawyers and offices in Brazil embrace marijuana

Cannabis Law Report

But this scenario has been changing since the families of Anny Fischer and Sofia Santos Brito, both carriers of the CDKL5 syndrome –a genetic alteration that causes epilepsy especially during childhood–, obtained authorization from Anvisa to import CBD oil (cannabidiol). starting treatment with so-called medicinal cannabis.

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What is CBD? Everything you need to know

The Cannigma

The first clinical research done on CBD as a potential treatment for epilepsy was in 1980, but the information gleaned didn’t make its way to the public eye until decades later. The perception that CBD is a wonder-drug version of cannabis — particularly known for its uses to treat epilepsy — that doesn’t get you high. Shutterstock).

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Global Legal Chronicle Article: Medical Cannabis regulation slowly advances in Brazil

Cannabis Law Report

extracts, the number of countries with specific regulations also increases. In Brazil, the initial step to allow the use of cannabis sativa for medical purposes was taken in 2014, when the Judiciary granted the first injunction to authorize a patient to import and use cannabidiol-rich oil (CBD) for the refractory epilepsy treatment.

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Cannabis Patents are Approaching the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Canna Law Blog

9,066,920 – “Use of one or a combination of phyto-cannabinoids in the treatment of epilepsy” (“the 920 Patent”). Epidiolex was approved to treat two rare forms of epilepsy: Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. One claim requires that the CBD be present as a plant extract. Insys Development Company, Inc.

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CBD Market Report

Project CBD

1 SPINS’ CBD category typically includes sales of products that contain hemp-based CBD extracts, including CBD oils, gummies, and capsules. Available at: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7400098/. Epilepsy Behav. (THC is the primary psychoactive compound in cannabis.) Cannabis sativa with more than 0.3% 2020;12(7):1935.

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Rick Simpson Oil (RSO) in Miami

LifeCannMD

Think of it as a whole-plant extract that keeps all the natural compounds working together, kind of like using the whole orange instead of just the juice. It actually comes in a glass syringe that many find difficult to squeeze out. Since it is ultra-concentrated, it is important to keep dosage to a rice-grain size.

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