Cannabis-based medicine may cut seizures in half for those with tough-to-treat epilepsy

Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - 16:31 in Health & Medicine

Taking cannabidiol may cut seizures in half for some children and adults with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS), a severe form of epilepsy, according to new information from a large scale controlled clinical study. Cannabidiol is a molecule from the cannabis plant that does not have the psychoactive properties that create a 'high.'

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