Medical cannabis and epilepsy | our views and what next?
Sam Mountney, Epilepsy Action Senior campaigns and policy officer, talks about medical cannabis, our views and where we want to go next. Follow Epilepsy …
If it weren’t for cannabis oil I’d still be having seizures. Yes I’m referring to CBD. It’s magic stuff, it’s controlling my epilepsy when nothing else could.
For me, anything that stops or even reduces the seizures will be great. I've also looked into non-medical treatments like a ketogenic diet, but it seems like cannabis is working wonders for other people with drug resistant epilepsy.
If it weren’t for cannabis oil I’d still be having seizures. Yes I’m referring to CBD. It’s magic stuff, it’s controlling my epilepsy when nothing else could.
For me, anything that stops or even reduces the seizures will be great. I've also looked into non-medical treatments like a ketogenic diet, but it seems like cannabis is working wonders for other people with drug resistant epilepsy.