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Cannabidiol Slashes Seizures in Kids With Rare Epilepsy, Study Finds

  • May 29, 2017

New research published in The New England Journal of Medicine shows that children with a severe form of epilepsy had a decrease in seizures when they were given cannabidiol, an active chemical in marijuana, CNN Health reports. The study was what is considered the “gold standard” of medical research — randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled. Also known as CBD, cannabidiol does not provide the “high” that has made marijuana famous, and which the U.S. Drug...