Science related (Medical) First FDA Approved Marijuana-Derived Epilepsy Drug Sees Stellar Sales by Sophia Vida August 07, 2019 Gw Pharmaceuticals is the company behind Epidiolex, the first FDA approved epilepsy drug that is cannabis derived. The company announced on Tuesday that sales of the drug had more than doubled compared to the previous quarter. ...
Trends & Articles The First FDA Approved Cannabis Based-Medication Epidiolex Becomes Available in the U.S. by Sophia Vida November 02, 2018 It was just this past summer that the Food and Drug Administration approved GW Pharmaceuticals' Epidiolex, the first cannabis-based drug to treat twot ypes of epileptic syndroms: Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. It ...
Spotlight Stock The Drug Enforcement Administration Gives Green Light to Marijuana Drug Epidiolex by Sophia Vida September 27, 2018 The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the top drug regulator in the nation, has done something it hasn't done in almost fifty years. The agency has changed its position on cannabis for the first time in 46 years and announ...
Trends & Articles Study Finds That Senior Citizens Are Accepting Medical Marijuana by Sophia Vida August 21, 2018 The National Council for Aging Care has recently released its complete guide to medical marijuana for seniors. The report touches on a brief history of the drug and its legal use before the 20th century and also discusses state...
Legal Related Boy Taken From Parents for Smoking Marijuana is Being Returned to His Parents by Sophia Vida July 03, 2018 A story that has made many headlines in recent weeks is now getting a happy ending. David Ray, a fifteen-year old boy who had been taken from his mother and step father after authorities learned he smoked marijuana to treat his...
Spotlight Stock The U.S. FDA Approves First Marijuana-Based Medicine by Sophia Vida June 26, 2018 The Food and Drug Administration made history on Monday by approving the nation's very first drug derived from cannabis called Epidiolex. GW Pharmaceutical's Epidiolex is made of CBD, a component of marijuana that provides no h...
Spotlight Stock FDA May Soon Approve a Prescription Drug Made From Marijuana by Sophia Vida June 21, 2018 GW Pharmaceuticals may soon see its epilepsy drug, Epidiolex, approved by the Food & Drug Administration to be a prescription drug. The drug is made from a component of cannabis that doesn't give the user the "high," and is...
Science related (Medical) Government Approval of Epilepsy Marijuana Medication Receives Support from FDA by Sophia Vida April 20, 2018 Thirteen advisers at the Food and Drug Administration unanimously supported the first ever government approval of a drug made from cannabis on Thursday. The medication, called Epidiolex, could be on its way to being cleared by ...
Science related (Medical) Experimental Marijuana Drug Could Soon Have Federal Approval by Sophia Vida May 25, 2017 One of the biggest headlines in the marijuana space has been that cannabidiol has been proven to help slow seizures in children and young adults. The fact that cannabidiol doesn't contain THC, which is where the "high" comes from,...