These studies show that medical cannabis exerts the same degree of antiseizure control as our traditional antiseizure drugs, with comparable side-effect profiles. I thought I might share stories of the numerous children I have personally treated with unrelenting seizures who, after failing multiple medications for several years, finally responded to cannabis. Let’s not confuse the subjectivity inherent in the management of pain and anxiety with the clear effects cannabis can produce in drug-resistant epilepsy. If that is not a medicine, then please tell the parents of these children what it is they are giving their child. Producing a consistent cannabis product form batch-to-batch is a challenge faced by licensed producers of cannabis, but that should not serve as rationale to delegitimize cannabis as a medicine.

Source: thestar May 03, 2021 09:56 UTC