Medical Marijuana and Epilepsy: Breakthrough New Study Could Help With Legalisation

Medical Marijuana and Epilepsy: Breakthrough New Study Could Help With Legalisation A new study involving 213 children and adults suffering from the debilitating symptoms associated with epilepsy has been published. This study set out to prove that medical marijuana contains properties able to fight against the extreme symptoms of epilepsy. Seizures are scary for all involved; the…

Ten year old fights to legalize marijuana oil to treat her epilepsy

Ten year old fights to legalize marijuana oil to treat her epilepsy A ten-year-old girl with a rare but intractable form of epilepsy is leading the crusade to have marijuana extract oil approved for medicinal use in her home state of Idaho as a form of treatment for her deadly seizures. Alexis Carey, from Boise, has Dravet Syndrome, an incurable genetic disease that causes severe and…

Epilepsy Cannabidiol Treatment: Doctors Vs. Patients

Epilepsy Cannabidiol Treatment: Doctors Vs. Patients A survey about using marijuana-based treatments appears to have split opinions between people with epilepsy and the doctors who treat them. Specialists warn there is not yet enough evidence to support their use.Read more

Desperate for legal access to medical cannabis, Mother from Hull slams doctors for “playing God” with her epileptic son

Desperate for legal access to medical cannabis, Mother from Hull slams doctors for “playing God” with her epileptic son When medical cannabis was legalised in the UK in November 2018, British patients desperate for legal access thought their long wait was finally over. However, patients like James Walker, who suffers severe epilepsy, are still waiting for prescriptions for the medication on…

Warning to Britain: Australian patients are still struggling to access legal medical cannabis

Warning to Britain: Australian patients are still struggling to access legal medical cannabis Australia legalised cannabis for medical use two years before the Conservative Government caved in to public pressure to legalise access to the medication in the UK. Despite this two-year head start, Australian patients are still struggling to legally access medical cannabis. Either their medical…

First private medical cannabis clinic to open in London, promising faster access for patients

First private medical cannabis clinic to open in London, promising faster access for patients London is about to get its first private medical cannabis clinic. The Medical Cannabis Clinics - London will be the second private clinic in the UK offering medical cannabis to its patients. European Cannabis Holdings Medical (ECH) opened its first clinic in the UK in Manchester (The Beeches) in…

NHS to launch review as British families forced to pay £40k for medical cannabis prescriptions

NHS to launch review as British families forced to pay £40k for medical cannabis prescriptions Government drug task force APPG has put 22 families to speak to the NHS Patients must pay up to £40,000 per year to get a private prescription for medical cannabis No prescriptions have been given on the NHS for medical cannabis Twenty-two UK families who have been forced to pay…