Cannabis-Based Medicine to be Tested as Child Epilepsy Therapy (IMAGE)

University of Edinburgh

Cannabis-Based Medicine to be Tested as Child Epilepsy Therapy

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Lorraine Roberston with son Max, aged 12, who will be among the first UK patients to receive a medicine derived from the cannabis plant to treat his epilepsy condition. Dr. Richard Chin from the University of Edinburgh's Muir Maxwell Epilepsy Centre (right) is helping to lead the study.

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Jane Barlow Photography

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