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There is anecdotal evidence that marijuana’s main non-psychoactive compound — cannabidiol or CBD — helps children in ways no other medication has. Now this first-of-its-kind scientific study is trying to determine if the link is real.

Autism is one of the fastest-growing developmental disorders, affecting 1 in 68 children in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its debilitating symptoms include impaired communication and social skills, along with compulsive and repetitive behaviors. Autism typically emerges in infancy or early childhood
Only two medications have been approved in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration to treat the symptoms of autism. Both are antipsychotic drugs that are not always effective and carry serious side effects.

Noa is part of a study that began in January at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem. It involves 120 children and young adults, ages 5 to 29, who have mild to severe autism, and it will last through the end of 2018.

Adi Aran, the pediatric neurologist leading the study, said nearly all the participants previously took antipsychotics and nearly half responded negatively. Yael desperately pushed Aran and other doctors to prescribe cannabis oil after a news report aired about a mother who illegally obtained it for her autistic son and said it was the only thing that helped him.

Aran cautioned against premature conclusions about cannabis as a treatment for autism, but he said many children have shown significant improvements. Some no longer hurt themselves or throw tantrums. Some are more communicative. Others were able to return to classes after they had been suspended for behavioral problems.
Tamir Gedo, CEO of Breath of Life Pharma, which provides the cannabis oil for the study, said one mother reported, "My child is speaking relentlessly. … He never spoke before. And he's 12 years old.”

One major concern is the long-term impact of prescribing cannabis to young patients, said Sarah Spence, co-director of the Autism Spectrum Center at Boston Children’s Hospital. “There certainly could be harm” to brain development, she said.
But opioids and antipsychotic drugs currently prescribed to children are more harmful, said Gedo. “These families have no other hope.”
the U.S. government has funded $1.4 billion in marijuana research since 2008, but $1.1 billion of that went to studying addiction, withdrawal and drug abuse.

Basically the study is still ongoing but showing promising evidence that marijuana can help with severe autism.

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http://usat.ly/2q0inqW

Interesting stuff.

Erik_P posted...

I don't care who she voted for.

That seems hypocritical when you won't even see your sister.

Thunder_54 posted...

boring.

I think that's the joke.

Zeus posted...

Damn, you know, Bill O'Reilly warned us this would happen if we legalized gay marriage and, instead of listening to him, we fired him from Fox for allegedly sexually harassing all of those women. At least Erik stood up for Bill O'Reilly, though, called him a really great guy and everything, which is strange because nobody even asked Erik about BOR. .

Dang I didn't know @Erik_P was a Bill O'Reilly fan.

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I hope it was "help someone is hurting my feelings".

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Alright. Sounds fun.