Reading Science Week 2014 – Science Slam
‘How cannabis can treat the epileptic brain’
Some non-psychoactive compounds from the cannabis plant can be used to treat epilepsy, but we still don’t know how they work as anti-epileptic drugs. Studying the ways in which brain cells communicate with each other, and how this is changed in an epileptic brain, could be the key to understanding why some cannabinoids have anti-epileptic properties.
Video Rating: 5 / 5
Wyoming legislators advocate hemp extract to treat epilepsy
Legislation to allow the use of hemp extract in the treatment of children with epilepsy is moving to the floor of the Wyoming Senate. House Bill 82 would allow parents to register children with uncontrollable epileptic seizures who have found no relief …
Read more on Casper Star-Tribune Online
CSU to plant hemp seeds, begin hemp research
Industrial hemp is defined by the state of Colorado and the Farm Bill as Cannabis sativa L. The plant must contain an average delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration of 0.3 percent or less, on a dry weight basis. According to Mark Wdowick, …
Read more on Rocky Mountain Collegian