Dr. Fatta Nahab, a neurologist at the University of California San Diego Health’s Movement Disorder Center, is the principal investigator on the tremor study. ADVERTISEMENTThere is no specific drug to treat essential tremor, a shaking condition. The condition afflicts 10 million people nationally and millions more across the globe, according to the International Essential Tremor Foundation. Nahab said he started looking into whether marijuana could be used to treat essential tremor after two patients showed sudden improvement after smoking pot or consuming CBD purchased online. “Essential tremor is ten times more common than Parkinson’s and yet nobody really knows about essential tremor,” Nahab said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 18, 2018 14:03 UTC