Posts Tagged ‘Children’
The Pediatric Academy agrees that cannabis may help sick kids
The leading group of U.S. pediatricians recommended that cannabis use should be decriminalized and federal officials should reclassify cannabis as a less dangerous drug so that important medical research can be done. They also agreed that cannabis may help sick kids. Read more
(More...)CBD strains
High CBD low THC cannabis allows patients to benefit from the therapeutic effects of cannabis without feeling a high or psychoactive effect. Read more
(More...)Bill To Legalize CBD excludes many patients and therapeutic properties of cannabis
While the bill introduced to congress may be seen as a positive by many who rely on CBD for treatment, it will exclude many medical cannabis patients, including children seizure patients who rely on the many therapeutic cannabinoids in this herb. CBD is just one of the cannabinoids that treats seizures. Dr. Dustin Sulak…
(More...)Medical Marijuana for Children with Seizures
This news video of an Integr8 Health patient chronicles how medical cannabis has changed her life.
(More...)Federal Bill Introduced to Legalize CBD
The bill, sponsored by Reps. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) and Paul Broun (R-Ga.), says therapeutic hemp and CBD “shall not be treated as controlled substances.” Both treatments contain little of the psychoactive substance that generates a marijuana high. Read more
(More...)Call To Action
April 14, 2014 Dear Patients and Friends, I am calling you to action. Now is the time to demand that the Obama Administration remove marijuana (cannabis) from the Controlled Substance Act. As a physician, I have seen thousands of cases respond favorably to medical cannabis. State by state, patient by patient, cannabis is returning to…
(More...)Maine couple uses Medical Marijuana for their toddler
ACTON (WGME) — An Acton couple is turning to medical marijuana to treat their toddler’s seizures, and sharing their story in hopes of changing opinions, and ultimately, laws. Addelyn Patrick sleeps as many as 19 hours a day. Instead of learning to walk and talk, her little world revolves around hospitals and drugs. Love is…
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