Pubdate: Tue, 04 Mar 2014
Source: Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ)
Copyright: 2014 The Arizona Republic
Website: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/
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DOCTORS CALL FOR MORE STUDY OF POT FOR SEIZURES

A medical group of epilepsy experts on Monday called on the federal
government to reconsider classifying marijuana as a dangerous drug so
its impact on seizures can be studied.

The American Epilepsy Society's statement comes as a British
pharmaceutical company is scheduled to begin tests of an anti-epilepsy
drug derived from cannabis, with the hallucinogenic ingredients
removed, and parents are flocking to Colorado to try a strain of pot
they say has helped some children with seizures.

- - Wire services
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