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Marijuana extract helps some kids with epilepsy, study says
Source: Associated Press
Marijuana extract helps some kids with epilepsy, study says
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE
5 minutes ago
A medicine made from marijuana, without the stuff that gives a high, cut seizures in kids with a severe form of epilepsy in a study that strengthens the case for more research into pot’s possible health benefits.
“This is the first solid, rigorously obtained scientific data” that a marijuana compound is safe and effective for this problem, said one study leader, Dr. Orrin Devinsky of NYU Langone Medical Center.
He said research into promising medical uses has been hampered by requiring scientists to get special licenses, plus legal constraints and false notions of how risky marijuana is.
“Opiates kill over 30,000 Americans a year, alcohol kills over 80,000 a year. And marijuana, as best we know, probably kills less than 50 people a year,” Devinsky said.
The study was published Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine.
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By MARILYNN MARCHIONE
5 minutes ago
A medicine made from marijuana, without the stuff that gives a high, cut seizures in kids with a severe form of epilepsy in a study that strengthens the case for more research into pot’s possible health benefits.
“This is the first solid, rigorously obtained scientific data” that a marijuana compound is safe and effective for this problem, said one study leader, Dr. Orrin Devinsky of NYU Langone Medical Center.
He said research into promising medical uses has been hampered by requiring scientists to get special licenses, plus legal constraints and false notions of how risky marijuana is.
“Opiates kill over 30,000 Americans a year, alcohol kills over 80,000 a year. And marijuana, as best we know, probably kills less than 50 people a year,” Devinsky said.
The study was published Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/252bab31e076427c8635fc2b98a1c72d/Marijuana-extract-helps-some-kids-with-epilepsy,-study-says
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Related: Trial of Cannabidiol for Drug-Resistant Seizures in the Dravet Syndrome (New England Journal of Medicine)