Stalled CBD trials

This fall, Damonito was to be part of a medical trial to determine the effects of CBD (or Cannabidiol, a compound found in marijuana) on epilepsy. CBD doesn't get you high, it's not that part of the plant. With all the dispensaries around the county experimenting with CBD oil and hospitals in other states doing trials, there is reason to believe it helps with seizures. It's been well documented.

 The trial Damonito was to be part of has been stalled while our Arizona Congress figures out if CBD should be changed from a Schedule 1 to a Schedule 2 drug. A Schedule 1 drug is considered to have no medical value. Dispensaries around the country produce CBD oil but the thing about having the pharmaceutical companies involved is that you know what you are getting. You know that the pill you take today is exactly the same as the pill you take tomorrow, as the pill you took a year ago. Damonito needs that assurance. We simply can't leave things to chance.

Damonito currently takes 7 anti-seizure medications. He has a VNS chip (kind of a pacemaker for the brain), he has had a full corpus callosomotomy and he still has seizures everyday. CBD could help him. There is hope. Write your Arizona Congressperson and ask that they work to change CBD from a Schedule 1 drug to a Schedule 2 drug so research on the potential medical benefits can be ascertained. It could make a difference in this young man's life.