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Marijuana Extract Tames Brain Seizures
Posted by CN Staff on April 14, 2015 at 06:34:46 PT
By Melissa Healy
Source: Los Angeles Times
USA -- In a group of children and young adults with the most intractable forms of epilepsy, a liquid form of marijuana called cannabidiol reduced seizures by more than 50% without causing the drug's usual "high," researchers said.In an open-label study that enrolled 213 people with a dozen types of severe epilepsy, researchers found that cannabidiol, which is taken by mouth, was relatively well tolerated. In all, 12 subjects, or 6%, ceased taking the drug, also known as CBD, because of side effects, which included drowsiness, tiredness, diarrhea and decreased appetite. In a open-label study, patients and researchers know what drug is being tested.
Among the side effects missing from the medicinal extract of marijuana is the buzz that has made marijuana a popular recreational drug for centuries. CBD accounts for as much as 40% of the marijuana plant but does not impart a buzz.Over 12 weeks, patients who suffered from Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, which can cause lifelong seizures that lead to intellectual impairments, saw 53% and 55% reductions in seizures.Dr. Orrin Devinsky of New York University's Langone Medical Center, the senior author of the preliminary study, said it was one of the first formal studies of CBD, and a hopeful development for children with severe, debilitating seizures, who have few effective options.Devinsky, who will present his findings next week at the American Academy of Neurology's annual meeting, said that the early finding needs to be tested further in double-blind, placebo-controlled studies with a larger population of participants. CBD is one of at least 85 cannabinoids that have been identified in the marijuana plant and is being investigated as a treatment for a wide range of disorders of the brain, including Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia. The Food and Drug Administration has granted Epidiolex, made by the British firm GWPharma, orphan drug status as a treatment for Dravet syndrome, indicating that it could be available to patients on a fast-track basis.The subjects in this preliminary study range in age from toddlers to adults, but the median age was 11. All had severe epilepsy that did not respond to other treatments.Source: Los Angeles Times (CA)Author: Melissa HealyPublished: April 13, 2015Copyright: 2015 Los Angeles TimesContact: letters latimes.comWebsite: http://www.latimes.com/URL: http://drugsense.org/url/r4lqxqXdCannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml
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Comment #31 posted by Had Enough on April 15, 2015 at 16:03:43 PT
Thanks All...
Thanks...What long strange trip it's been... Peace...Grateful Dead - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pafY6sZt0FE&list=RDpafY6sZt0FE#t=39Just let it play...50 tunes I think...
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Comment #30 posted by afterburner on April 15, 2015 at 11:53:44 PT
Hope #29 -- The GCW, Try this link
https://youtu.be/YakLJTV5rXE
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Comment #29 posted by Hope on April 15, 2015 at 09:39:29 PT
Had Enough, Runruff, and the GCW
I hope everything is going well with you these days, Had Enough and it's always good to hear from you.Runruff, it's wonderful that you're finally seeing some good things happening around there that won't get someone busted. I am glad, for your sake, especially.The GCW, I'm sorry you couldn't see that video. Yes... it's a huge deal that he even visited little Jamaica and going to Mr. Marley's house is amazing and it does cause hope to perk up a bit. He was evasive and glib in the video, and he didn't stutter that much. Lol! And yes, as FoM said... it's not what we would have loved to hear, but it's better than what we've ever heard before. He said he didn't expect anything to happen anytime soon, but he didn't say the usual, "Not on my watch" or "We don't need another legal intoxicant", or some other such excuse the prohibitionist uses as an idiotic reason as to why they won't stop the unjust persecution and punishment that they inflict on others because of their unfounded hatred of cannabis and anyone that would use it. And of course, he too expressed some fear of "Big marijuana". I'm not afraid of "Big marijuana" at all... but I am concerned about the "Big prison" industry and "Big, overreaching government/law enforcement"It was hard to hear him say he didn't expect anything to happen anytime soon. We've been at this so many, many years, it is so very hard waiting for that good news for so long. But, that he would "Expect" anything ... at all... ever... is pretty amazing to hear.
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Comment #28 posted by FoM on April 15, 2015 at 06:13:23 PT
Had Enough
It's good to see you and thank you for the article.
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Comment #27 posted by FoM on April 15, 2015 at 06:12:23 PT
Universer
Happy 4/20 a little early to you too!
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Comment #26 posted by FoM on April 15, 2015 at 06:11:30 PT
The GCW
I'm sorry your video isn't working.
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Comment #25 posted by Had Enough on April 14, 2015 at 22:04:33 PT
A taste of ones own medicine...
I guess what goes around....will end up coming back around...
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Comment #24 posted by Had Enough on April 14, 2015 at 22:00:02 PT
Ex-drug officer says he stole cash, planted drugs
PHILADELPHIA — A disgraced ex-police officer testifying against his drug squad colleagues acknowledged Tuesday that he stole drug money, planted evidence and lied on police paperwork too many times to count.Jeffrey Walker told jurors that the Philadelphia Police Department drug squad targeted white "college-boy ... khaki-pants types" who were "easy to intimidate."That matches the description of some of the drug dealers who have testified at the six-week police corruption trial that the squad stole as much as $110,000 at a time during violent, no-warrant raids.Lead defendant Thomas Liciardello always got a cut of the stolen money, while the others split "jobs" that they worked, Walker said. The city's police brass often celebrated the squad's work with splashy news conferences to announce large seizures."They liked that, as far as the bosses and supervisors were concerned. It made them look good. It was nothing but a dog and pony show," Walker testified.More than 160 drug convictions have been overturned since Walker pleaded guilty and the others were named in a 26-count indictment. Scores of civil-rights lawsuits are pending over the arrests. Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey has voiced his disgust with the squad's alleged crimes while continuing his effort to clean out and reform the 7,000-member department.And…Walker and defendant Linwood Norman were known as "The Twin Towers," often assigned by Liciardello to rough people up.In one of their more memorable assignments, Norman leaned drug suspect Michael Cascioli over a high-rise balcony to elicit the passcode for his Palm Pilot, according to Walker, who helped scare the suspect.City police officials later held a news conference to announce that the 2007 search had yielded more than $1.5 million in marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms, and $440,000 in cash. Federal prosecutors now say the squad raided the apartment before they got a warrant.And…Walker agreed to cooperate last year after being caught in an FBI sting stealing $15,000 from a suspect and planting drugs in his car. He has been in custody for nearly a year and hopes to avoid a life sentence through his testimony.More…click to see… http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/ex-drug-officer-says-he-stole-cash-planted-drugs-many-times/ar-AAb0iDC?ocid=U221DHP
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Comment #23 posted by Universer on April 14, 2015 at 21:28:19 PT
OT: Cannabis Canine Bliss
Random off-topic link, primarily just because:http://qz.com/377887/the-marijuana-industrys-newest-customers-are-sick-and-elderly-dogsEarly Happy 4/20, CNewsNation.
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Comment #22 posted by runruff on April 14, 2015 at 21:27:39 PT
can't get through?
What I was trying to show you is all the open and free trading going on, on the internet. Everyone is buying and selling everything including shatter, BHO , buds , and every kind of edibles. It does not seem real !!!
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Comment #21 posted by The GCW on April 14, 2015 at 20:51:18 PT
FoM,
My video hasn't been working for about a week so I didn't see it...But think about it, The Prez visited Bob's place! Put that into perspective
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Comment #20 posted by FoM on April 14, 2015 at 19:43:52 PT
The GCW
Thank you for the video. It isn't all we want but it sure is more then we have had.
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Comment #19 posted by runruff on April 14, 2015 at 19:41:37 PT
it is probably blocked to out of staters
We think they screen your ips address?
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Comment #18 posted by runruff on April 14, 2015 at 19:41:35 PT
it is probably blocked to out of staters
We think they screen your ips address?
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Comment #17 posted by The GCW on April 14, 2015 at 19:29:19 PT
POLL
POLL:Should Colorado add post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of conditions that can legally be treated with medical marijuana?YesNohttp://www.denverpost.com/-0-So far 81% say yes.
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Comment #16 posted by The GCW on April 14, 2015 at 19:23:07 PT
More intersting insight
Barack Obama stuttered for 20 seconds when a Rasta in Jamaica asked him about marijuana (VIDEO)http://wtfrly.com/2015/04/12/obama-stuttered-20-seconds-rasta-asked-about-marijuana/#.VS3JgnAhzdn-0-"US President Barack Obama had been on the verdant Caribbean island of Jamaica less than 24 hours — and had already visited Bob Marley’s former home —...
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Comment #15 posted by FoM on April 14, 2015 at 19:15:16 PT
Hang On
FoM to the rescue! LOL!
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Comment #14 posted by Hope on April 14, 2015 at 18:32:53 PT
Well... I want to know
what it was that made you so happy.
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Comment #13 posted by Hope on April 14, 2015 at 18:31:02 PT
There were ads for the Medford area
and that url in comment 4 went to a car trader site the first time I tried it and a list of stuff from Medford the second time. I think the Internet may be hiccuping.
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Comment #12 posted by runruff on April 14, 2015 at 18:14:01 PT
it is probably blocked to out of staters
We think they screen your ips address?
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Comment #11 posted by Hope on April 14, 2015 at 16:58:50 PT
What happened?
I'm no expert... by any means... but I had the feeling last time it happened to me, that the connection to the internet on my tablet was going in and out and wasn't posting... and maybe trying to get it to... I pushed the post button more than once. But you would have noticed if you'd clicked post that often. Weird.
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Comment #10 posted by Hope on April 14, 2015 at 16:53:34 PT
Is it about the ad for budtenders
and hostesses?
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Comment #9 posted by runruff on April 14, 2015 at 16:51:54 PT
oops
What happened?
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Comment #7 posted by runruff on April 14, 2015 at 16:14:55 PT
that didn't work either...
Just type in Google search Craig's list Medford ommp.You will find this open market interesting.
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Comment #3 posted by runruff on April 14, 2015 at 15:40:36 PT
Trythis one
http://medfordcraigslist.org/for4979122367.html
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Comment #2 posted by Hope on April 14, 2015 at 12:46:26 PT
I'm having trouble with that url, Runruff.
It just goes to Google G-Mail.
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Comment #1 posted by runruff on April 14, 2015 at 09:13:47 PT
Look at the future everywere!
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=wm&pli=1#inbox/14c6d267b6c2989e here is a sample od our local Craig's list. I represents the freedom we have all been fighting for!I could just cry!
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