Families of children with epilepsy say they are devastated after being denied prescriptions for medicinal cannabis. A law change on 1 November was designed to allow a small number of patients to be prescribed cannabis-based products by specialist doctors in the UK. The United Patients Alliance (UPA) said the new prescribing rules …
‘It’s extremely overwhelming … when I walk him to school I know how lucky I am’ A seven-year-old boy who was granted a special licence in June to use medicinal cannabis oil is now living a “pretty normal life”, his mother has said. Alfie Dingley, who suffers from a rare form of …
Chelsea Leyland was able to move to New York and get a prescription for medical marijuana. Meanwhile, her sister remains in full-time care in the UK. Brooklyn-based DJ Chelsea Leyland is prominent in New York’s art and fashion communities, trots the globe playing international music festivals, and graces the pages of magazines …
N.Y. — New York is making it easier for patients who use prescription opioids to replace those painkillers with medical marijuana. The state Health Department said it has filed emergency regulations that make any condition for which opioids are prescribed a qualifying condition for medical marijuana. While chronic pain is considered a …
The FDA has approved the first marijuana drug, and cannabidiol may get easier to buy. Is CBD legal and effective? Cannabidiol, commonly called CBD, holds the promise of relieving a long list of ailments, from pain to epilepsy to multiple sclerosis. While this chemical compound comes from marijuana or its close relative …
For the first time, scientists have demonstrated that a component of cannabis reduces seizures in children with a rare form of epilepsy, marking a significant step in efforts to use marijuana and its derivatives to treat serious medical conditions. The company that sponsored the Phase 3 trial, GW Pharmaceuticals, had already announced …
No one has to tell David Mitchell about the positive effects medicinal marijuana can have on a person’s quality of life. Mitchell has seen it work wonders for his 7-year-old son, Ashton, who has epilepsy and cerebral palsy, is blind and nonverbal and uses a wheelchair. “Prior to the introduction of medical …
Recreational marijuana, which was legalized in Washington, D.C. and decriminalized in February 2015 in Alaska has been deemed to be less dangerous as compared to both tobacco and alcohol, according to several scientists. Scientists have argued over the years about the safety of cannabis in comparison to alcohol, however in a report …
Castlederg miracle boy Billy Caldwell has had a new medicinal cannabis oil named after him by a major American pharmaceutical company. The therapeutic CBD oil ‘Billy’s Bud’ is set to be released by the company 710 Holdings MME. The 11-year-old intractable epilepsy sufferer has fought death his entire life, with his family …
Cannabis oil is on sale in a number of local chemists and health food shops and is in high demand among the community, particularly those in chronic pain. The product contains cannabidiol (CBD) which was classified as a medicine by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in December 2016. It …