Marijuana Constituent Significantly Reduces Severe Epileptic Seizures

The psychotropic effects of cannabis may be what the historically maligned drug is best known for, yet in recent decades a growing body of evidence continues to suggest that the drug has numerous valuable properties that make it a potentially valuable therapeutic. Now, investigators from NYU School of Medicine have shown in a new large-scale, randomized, controlled trial that cannabidiol (CBD)—a compound derived from the cannabis plant that does not produce a "high"—significantly red