Researchers in the UK have treated 10 children with intractable epilepsies with a range of whole-plant medicinal cannabis oils and found that seizure frequency reduced by 86% in a study published in BMJ Paediatrics Open.

The team evaluated the use of whole-plant medicinal cannabis in children whose severe epilepsy was not responding to conventional treatments, including two who hadn’t responded to Epidyolex — the only pharmaceutical grade purified CBD oil licensed for the condition in children. 

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Hannah Adler

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