Cannabidiol (CBD), a compound derived from the cannabis plant that does not produce a “high” and has been an increasing focus of medical research, was shown in a new large-scale, randomized, controlled trial to significantly reduce the number of dangerous seizures in patients with a severe form of epilepsy called Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.

He was the first person to receive a prescription for medical marijuana in the UK An 11-year-old boy who was dying from severe epilepsy has not had any seizures for 300 days since being prescribed a medical marijuana product. Billy Caldwell, whose intractable epilepsy means he cannot get help through medication or diet, began treatment with cannabis oil in the US, where medical marijuana is legal, in 2016.

A mother is mourning the loss of her daughter after she died of an epileptic seizure on February 17. She died less than half a year after the government cut her benefits, including medication. To her friends and family, Amy Schnelle, a former factory worker, was kind, fun loving and vivacious. She battled with epilepsy most of her life.

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The chairman of the board of the Epilepsy Foundation is fighting for access to marijuana oil on a national level for patients with epilepsy and other seizure disorders like Dravet Syndrome.

In Minnesota, Gov. Mark Dayton met with Jessica Hauser. She and other parents met with the governor on March 13 to lobby for HF 1818, an extremely restrictive medical marijuana bill that would have established dispensaries to provide medical cannabis for a limited set of medical conditions. Hauser’s son Wyatt has infantile spasms, a form of epilepsy that strikes him hundreds of times per day. Hauser’s conversation with the governor was stunning...

In the wake of the recent vote in Kentucky that allowed cannabis oil to be administered to patients (particularly children) suffering from severe epilepsy, the governor of Utah has signed a bill passing “Charlee’s Law,” which allows the use of cannabis oil for suffering families of epileptic children.

The Mississippi House of Representatives voted Thursday to make a medicinal cannabis oil legal in the state. The House voted 112-6 to pass the final version of House Bill 1231. A group of parents who have children with severe epilepsy originally asked lawmakers to legalize the oil, though Baker said epileptic adults could also take advantage of the medicine if the bill becomes law.