The surprising story of medical marijuana and pediatric epilepsy | Josh Stanley | TEDxBoulder



Josh will sift through the propaganda, fear and greed encompassing medical marijuana. Recently featured on CNN, Josh and his …

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  1. Our 5 year old daughter has epilepsy, and was having seizures every 4 minutes according to her EEG. Her neurologist prescribed Zarontin, but we didn't feel comfortable going that route. A family member/RN suggested we look into studies being done on CBD, and we ran across Charlotte's Web. She had her first bottle this summer, and we noticed a difference overnight! She wasn't dazed and was back to the "pre-seizure" daughter we knew. She has been great ever since! Her teacher told us she (like us) noticed that she rarely has seizures, and to keep doing whatever we're doing. Thank you, Stanley Brothers!

  2. U didn't mention, likely because U are unaware, many seizure meds have miserable side effects. I've never had any real problems involving weed. Except, of course, not being able to find any. However, after My Family talked Me into going back on a seizure med, My quality of life diminished drastically. I wasn't even able to be aware of the fact I hadn't even been outside in at least 5 years. My short term memory was most affected, U see, if U can't keep up with a conversation it's hard to interact with others. No one wants to make plans with someone who won't be there. You can't even make plans on Your own if You can't remember the previous day. This also makes it impossible to notice any needed improvements in a given situation. 3 years now I've been noticing drastic improvements in My memory making and recall. Even organization skills are beginning to return. Likely I'll never get back the 5-10 years nor the countless knowledge I lost. I'm not totally against big pharma but I am a big supporter of legal cannabis in any format. I do think more studying should go into new chemicals before releasing strange stuff to the general population without EVER checking side or long term effects. Look at the vaccines being pushed onto the population, You can't tell Me ANY test were done regarding it, They didn't even check to see if it would work. We all know there wasn't time between the outbreak of the pandemic and the release of the vaccine. Unless the concoction was created behind everyone's back beforehand¿¿. I was admitted to the hospital a few years back bc of seizures and kept in quarantine afterward, supposedly I had COVID. Now when I asked what kind of meds were being used to treat this supposedly deadly sickness that I hadn't even the slightest sign of sickness, I was told a list of various vitamins that I regularly keep and currently had in My bathroom cabinet at home before being offered the current vaccination. I called BS on that. Can U believe a vaccine was approved before a treatment was even considered? Doesn't it take extra time for a vaccine to show proof of effectiveness, let alone safety¿ ? And it was not only being offered but pushed on people, even upgrading on a regular basis. Now, yes it may not be Your Grandpa's weed, however, I've still never heard tell of anyone suffering long term from bein high on THC. If anything, these more potent strains and extracts reduce the overall consumption and/or time spent getting high. If there's a chance You may get "too high", You'll be more likely to either quit or wait for a proper time and place for recreation. It's not so necessary that a person would knowingly risk their job over, especially since they need work to fund their "habit". * Crystal

  3. The only problem I have with this is the fact they only name these laws for Caucasian children. They are just as many African-American children that have epilepsy that die in car crashes that have been hit by people that were drunk driving in every last one of these laws are always named after a Caucasian child. I’m glad that medicinal marijuana is looked at differently now but we need to be racially equal

  4. Thank you,my husband had a stroke and became an epileptic,long story short,fell in to a coma last July 5 weeks,when he woke he was about 5 tears old , and.he’s 67,now,the cannabis helped save his life!!!! And is repairing his brain damage 🥰🥰🥰🥰. Cuddles from Canada 🌼🌼🌺🌸🇬🇧🇨🇦M

  5. It would probably be easier for all of us if we just put it on our license thru the DMV. Do you have any medication that can interrupt from operating vehicles? YES . Easier for society and law to understand who needs it and who doesn't.

  6. Thank you little girl – and your family. RIP. What I began to learn from your episode with Sanjay Gupta started me down a path that changed my life over time. A tea made from the crushed leaves of high CBD cannabis has had a miraculous effect on my arthritis, and my life long insomnia. The world owes you and your family.

  7. This video literally saved my life and life of my daughter!! After having two years of seizures – she is finally healthy (after only 2 month of taking CBD), without any side effects or whatever was caused by pharmaceuticals AEDs. Thank you!!!

  8. aCannabis is a medical necessity for all those of us who have been consuming metabolically poisonous Vegetable oils in our diets. The solution is to go vegan and take cannabis supplementation until you are better while getting all vegetable oils out of your diet. You can use some polysaturated oil, that in animal products if you are not quite so worried about living as long as reasonably possible while remaining perfectly healthy.

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