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Cannabis Epilepsy Treatment: Breakthroughs, Benefits, and Risks

Miss Marijuana

Did you know that about one out of every three people with epilepsy can’t get better with regular medicine? In the last few years, treatments made from cannabis have given hope to people who have epilepsy that doesn’t get better with normal drugs. Understanding Epilepsy and Its Challenges Let’s start with the basics!

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Lunch & Learn Episode 7: What is happening in Nebraska?

Americans for Safe Access

Crista's passion for advocacy began when her youngest son, Colton, was diagnosed with intractable epilepsy just after he turned two. Crista Eggers is deeply committed to the advocacy and advancement of medical cannabis legalization in Nebraska.

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Does “low dose” CBD pose a risk to liver health?

Project CBD

Elevated levels of liver enzymes were among the leading causes of withdrawal of young epilepsy patients from previous clinical trials involving high doses of Epidiolex, a pharmaceutical CBD isolate. In all cases, the liver enzyme levels returned to normal within one or two weeks of stopping CBD.

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Remembering Wade Laughter, the Unsung Hero of CBD

Project CBD

While a green rush of investors and grifters went all in on the cannabis that doesn’t get you high (until the market for over-produced CBD isolate crashed), Wade Laughter stayed the course as the curator of the “House of Harlequin,” which he established and maintained in Grass Valley with his partner Monica Senter.

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CBD Topical Medicine: What Does the Science Say?

Project CBD

It reviews about half a dozen such studies, plus another ten looking at transdermal CBD for other conditions, including drug addiction, neurodegeneration, skin cancer, wound healing, and epilepsy.

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Will Texas Legalize Recreational Marijuana?

Veriheal

The Texas medical cannabis program allows for no more than 0.5%

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The Fall of South Dakota’s Cannabis Industry

Veriheal

Currently, with t he required certificate from a certified medical practitioner due to a qualifying condition, medical marijuana possession for patients is allowed in South Dakota.