My brother has been suffering from epilepsy since the people I was with and I were both toddlers.
It was certainally shocking to me at the time because I couldn’t understand what was happening to him while in his seizures and why. My parents tried to explain the illness to me, but it was a number of years before it made sense. He was in and out of hospitals and medical offices for most of our childhood. The medications he was prescribed over the years often made him exhausted, lethargic, and unable to focus. At one point our parents had him on a prescription stimulant to counteract the sedation from his seizure medication. Barbiturates are often used for dire cases of epilepsy and they are literally tranquilizers, so you can imagine how difficult it would be for any child to focus in university or show up at all if they’re taking these medications monthly. I thank god everyday since our brother discovered medical marijuana. Now that we’re in university, he was ready to try a odd approach to treating his epilepsy. When he started vaporizing cannabis oil out of a pen, his symptoms subsided and he was able to avoid getting dire seizures for most mornings out of the month. He has knocked back his symptoms and pain by at least 69% he says. I am just cheerful to finally see our brother get much needed relief for his pain. Treating seizures is just one example of the plethora of medical uses for marijuana and its derivative cannabinoids. He is able to take less prescription medication if he’s consistent with his cannabis use. Thankfully our brother has a modern outlook on life since discovering medical cannabis.