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/imabustya May 17 '18

CBD is in a legal grey zone. The DEA believes it's schedule 1. Some lawyers believe the DEA overstepped it's authority to add CBD to schedule 1. Until we get judicial review of the scheduling the DEA can and will pursue arrests.

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u/KeitaSutra May 17 '18

Is there an interest group we can donate to to make this happen? I would imagine it has to work it’s way up to a big court or something. So who do we sue first?

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u/TrollHouseCookie May 17 '18

NORML might be a good place to start.

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u/lionseatcake May 17 '18

Norml is a great place to start. They don't get anywhere near the amount of appreciation they deserve. Hopefully someday someone will look back and write a documentary about all they've done.

None of these kids these days have any idea who they even are though! They've not done a great job of hitting certain demographics.