Medical cannabis improves quality of life in autistic adults – UK study
A new UK study shows that medical cannabis could improve quality of life in adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
A new UK study shows that medical cannabis could improve quality of life in adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Over the past decade, autistic people and their families have increasingly experimented with medical marijuana and products derived from it.
Why risk the social stigmas and possibilities of legal implications of treating a minor child with cannabis when there are several pharmaceutical treatment options available? To answer that question, we have to look at the many different angles pertaining to it.
the 3 percent THC limit is imperfect but should stay in place for the time being.
“He was like a little tornado,” “We couldn’t leave the house.”
Cannabidiol has a number of effects on the central nervous system that may be relevant to autism.
“They all tell us their own stories and we design their own little scripts and pictures that go along with it,” said Stewart, who runs the Mood, Anxiety, and Addiction Co-morbidity (MAAC) lab at Dal’s Department of Psychology and Neuroscience.
“This is truly an observational study,” Zuppa said. “We’re not giving them anything. We’re just gathering data to educate ourselves.” Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is pairing with an Australian biopharmaceutical company in what some advocates say could be the first major effort in the United States to study the effects of medical marijuana on children with…