Study: Cannabis Can Reduce Seizures by 39% for Epilepsy Patients

Epilepsy is a brain disorder in which clusters of nerve cells, or neurons, in the brain sometimes signal abnormally.

Stories of cannabis’s abilities to alleviate seizures have been around for about 150 years but interest in medical marijuana has increased sharply in the last decade with the help of legalization campaigns. Scientists have started to focus on the potential benefits of CBD, one of the main compounds in cannabis. CBD does not cause a “high” or pose the same type of risks that researchers have identified for THC, such as addiction and cognitive impairment.

A new study involving 11 epilepsy centers in …read more