The health service has only given out three prescriptions in two years, despite many more families reporting ‘life changing’ effects from the treatment. Parents have been forced to rely on inheritance money, help from family, and donations from the pub…
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Telford Girl’s ‘Miracle’ Response To Medical Cannabis
A seven-year-old with a rare form of epilepsy has made an “amazing” recovery after beginning a medicinal cannabis oil treatment, her family said. Sienna Richardson, from Telford, was diagnosed with Landau Kleffner syndrome. The family secured a prescri…
Cannabis And Pain Management: Is Alternative Plant Medicine Becoming The New Norm?
As time goes on, alternative plant medicine, such as cannabis, are slowly changing the way pain management is viewed and executed. Did you know that in 2019, chronic pain impacted one-third of the U.S. population? This number continues to rise, and so …
What This NSW Dad-of-Six Wants You To Know About Medical Marijuana
A NSW dad who became addicted to painkillers has opened up about how switching to medical marijuana changed his life. Matthew Sieders began taking pain medication after injuring himself at work last year. The 36-year-old was installing machinery at a j…
Irish Woman Tells Joe Duffy She Was Forced To Move To Canada To Access Medicinal Cannabis For Devastating Illness
“I said life is too precious, life is too short and I made the move on my own, no contacts no nothing, just wanting to feel well”. Liveline listeners were stunned as an Irish woman revealed she was forced to move to Canada so she could take medicinal c…
Marijuana Medicine for Autism
This past August a bill was signed into law in Louisiana that allows doctors to prescribe medicinal marijuana more freely to patients with a wide array of ailments, but this is the latest in a series of actions that stem back to 1970’s in the state. “T…
The Evolving Relationship Between Cannabis & Modern-Day Veterinary Medicine
As more research finds that CBD can be a useful medicine for dogs and cats, the compound has become one alternative medicine that’s being considered much more now than ever before.In the U.S. and many other countries, dogs and cats alike are adored as …
How Do I Change Someone’s Mind About Cannabis?
My cousin chose to medicate his terminal cancer with cannabis. In response, his mother chose to call the police. Despite medical cannabis not yet having been enacted in New York at the time, the officers left soon after they arrived without taking any …
7 Things I Learned Using Medical Cannabis for Multiple Sclerosis
There’s a growing body of research supporting the use of cannabis for MS symptom relief. Would it work for me? If you have multiple sclerosis, you already know that MS symptoms can be difficult to treat. In the absence of effective solutions, a growing…
Mother Of Epileptic 15-Year-Old Urges Government To Provide Medical Cannabis On NHS
Charlotte Caldwell pleads with health secretary Matt Hancock to ‘intervene and stop this torturous ordeal’. The mother of a 15-year-old boy who can suffer from hundreds of seizures a day has called on the health secretary Matt Hancock to intervene and …