How the First Ever Marijuana-Derived Pharmaceutical Changed One Boy’s Fight With Epilepsy
By H&W
According to an article on NPR.org, “the first prescription medication extracted from the marijuana plant is poised to land on pharmacists’ shelves this fall. Epidiolex, made from purified cannabidiol, or CBD, a compound found in the cannabis plant, is approved for two rare types of epilepsy.“ At just four years old, Sam Vogelstein was diagnosed with one […]
