- About About
-
Medical
Medical
Medical Patient Resources Becoming a State-Authorized Patient Talking to your doctor The Medical Cannabis Patient’s Guide for U.S. Travel Patient's Guide to CBD Patient's Guide to Medical Cannabis Guide to Using Medical Cannabis Condition-based Booklets Growing Cannabis Cannabis Tincture, Salve, Butter and Oil Recipes Leaf411 Affordability Program Tracking Treatment & Gathering Data with Releaf App Medical Professional Resources CME for Medical Professionals Cannabis Safety Medical Cannabis Research
- Legal Legal
-
Advocacy
Advocacy
Advocacy ASA Chapters Start an ASA Chapter Take Action Campaigns No Patient Left Behind End Pain, Not Lives Vote Medical Marijuana Medical Cannabis Advocate's Training Center Resources for Tabling and Lobby Days Strategic Planning Civics 101 Strategic Messaging Citizen Lobbying Participating in Implementation Movement Building Organizing a Demonstration Organizing Turnout for Civic Meetings Public Speaking Media 101 Patient's History of Medical Cannabis
-
Policy
Policy
Policy Model Federal Legislation Download Ending The Federal Conflict Public Comments by ASA Industry Standards Guide to Regulating Industry Standards Recognizing Science using the Data Quality Act Fact Sheet on ASA's Data Quality Act Petition to HHS Data Quality Act Briefs ASA Data Quality Act petition to HHS Information on Lawyers and Named Patients in the Data Quality Act Lawsuit Reports 2020 State of the States Medical Cannabis Access for Pain Treatment Medical Cannabis in America
- Join Join
-
-
AHP Releases Review on Cannabis in the Treatment of Seizures and Epilepsy
The American Herbal Pharmacopoeia (AHP) announced the release of a section of the soon-to-be-completed Cannabis Therapeutic: Compendium Cannabis in the Management and Treatment of Seizures and Epilepsy. The section of the review was written by Ben Whalley, Ph.D. and currently available in the public domain. The full release of Therapeutic Compendium is scheduled for release in 2014. The review will cover the board range of science regarding the therapeutic effects and safety of cannabis.
Whalley is a senior lecturer in pharmacology and pharmacy director of research at the School of Pharmacy of the University of Reading in the United Kingdom and a member of the U.K. Epilepsy Research Network. Since 2003, Whalley has written and co-written scientific, peer-reviewed papers on the potential effect of cannabis in relieving seizure disorders and investigating the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms of these disorders.
“We must bear in mind that the use of any new treatment, particularly in the critically ill, carries inherent risks," Whalley said. "Releasing this section of the monograph into the public domain at this time provides clinicians, patients, and their caregivers with a single document that comprehensively summarizes the scientific knowledge to date regarding cannabis and epilepsy and so fully support informed, evidence based decision making."
AHP’s Cannabis Therapeutic Compendium is a companion to AHP’s Cannabis Quality Control Monograph, released in December 2013. The Quality Control Monograph and Therapeutic Compendium were developed in collaboration with Americans for Safe Access (ASA), a medical marijuana advocacy group in Washington, DC. Visit the AHP website to download and read the review for free.
Share