Marijuana extract may help reduce the frequency of seizures in patients with a rare and severe form of epilepsy by nearly 40 percent, a new study claims. Dravet Syndrome is a rare genetic epileptic encephalopathy (dysfunction of the brain) that begins in the first year of life in an otherwise healthy infant. Cannabidiol, or CBD, is a compound in the cannabis plant that does not contain psychoactive properties that induce a high.
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