TEXAS will legalize marijuana for epilepsy patients
- Thread starter Tambora
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Before your fellow Texans go faking epileptic seizures in front of a doctor so that they can get a RX for medical marijuana, you might want to share with them what the Epilepsy Foundation has to say about the subject.
Evidence from laboratory studies, anecdotal reports, and small clinical studies from a number of years ago suggest that cannabidiol, a non-psychoactive compound of cannabis, could potentially be helpful in controlling seizures...
Cannabidiol (CBD)
Open-label studies in the U.S. of Epidiolex (a drug derived from cannabidiol or CBD) are being performed. Epidiolex is a purified, 99% oil-based CBD extract from the cannabis plant and is produced by GW Pharmaceuticals to give known and consistent amounts in each dose. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given some epilepsy centers permission to use this drug as "compassionate use" for a limited number of people at each center.
https://www.epilepsy.com/learn/trea...ent-approaches/medical-marijuana-and-epilepsy
Let's hope that Epidiolex is available soon (if it isn't already) so that your State doesn't go through the medical marijuana scam that other States (including mine, WA) have.
Quetzal
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I think cannabis should be legal across the board under the same criteria as alcohol, but that is just me. Meanwhile, medical applications, if effective, should be supported.
I don't think any natural plant that GOD has provided for mankind should be restricted at all.
But I also do not think that 'I was drunk or high and didn't know what I was doing' should be accepted as a defense if they do something illegal while under the influence.
Quetzal
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100% in agreement.
Agreed.
Hey, Cartoon Boy!
You don't want epilepsy patients to have what works best for them?
That's mean.