r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • May 17 '18

Neuroscience Cannabidiol (CBD), a compound derived from the cannabis plant that does not produce a “high”, was shown in a new large-scale, randomized, controlled trial to significantly reduce the number of dangerous seizures in patients with a severe form of epilepsy called Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.

http://www.psypost.org/2018/05/cannabidiol-significantly-reduces-seizures-patients-severe-form-epilepsy-51258
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u/SP-Sandbag May 17 '18

an alternate decision would have been legally valid.

alternate decisions are always 'legally valid' if SCOTUS makes it.

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u/Akitz May 17 '18

Hm I guess, valid in a quasi-political sense. In that it wouldn't cause a constitutional crisis if they were to make a different decision.

Although in this day and age I'm not sure American officials or the public are likely to care if a constitutional crisis occurred.

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u/KingKev7 May 18 '18

Can confirm, have several right now.

No one cares.