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Title    UC San Diego to Treat Autism Using Cannabidiol
Date    Tuesday May 01 2018, @12:34PM
Author    mrpg
Topic   
from the good-luck! dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=18/05/01/0028235

takyon writes:

UC San Diego to use controversial marijuana compound to treat severe autism

UC San Diego will try to alleviate severe autism in children by giving them a non-psychoactive chemical found in marijuana, a project funded by the biggest private donation ever made in the U.S. for such research.

The $4.7 million study involves the controversial compound cannabidiol, or CBD, which is widely marketed nationwide as something of a miracle drug, capable of treating everything from cancer to post-traumatic stress disorder.

[...] UC San Diego dealt with the issue by asking the Ray and Tye Noorda Foundation of Lindon, Utah, for $4.7 million to study whether CBD can ease the most severe symptoms of autism, including seizures, self-injuring behavior, and crippling anxiety. The foundation agreed, and it is urging the federal government to remove marijuana from its list of Schedule 1 drugs so that cannabis can be widely studied.

Related: 4/20: The Mary Jane Majority
US experts back marijuana-based drug for childhood seizures


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  1. "takyon" - https://soylentnews.org/~takyon/
  2. "UC San Diego to use controversial marijuana compound to treat severe autism" - http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/marijuana/sd-me-cbd-autism-20180416-story.html
  3. "4/20: The Mary Jane Majority" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=18/04/20/2158235
  4. "US experts back marijuana-based drug for childhood seizures" - https://apnews.com/01e09c3360a0452b94c98ff989726120
  5. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=26328

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