Medical cannabis oil could become a new treatment for patients with autism, according to a new study. More Details: https://www.studyfinds.org/medical-cannabis-oil-autism/
Medical cannabis oil could become a new treatment for patients with autism, according to a new report at StudyFinds.
Researchers at Tel Aviv University say they successfully improved behavioral and biochemical symptoms among animals with the condition.
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disease which can lead to social deficiencies and compulsive behavior. Estimates show that one in 44 children in the United States have the condition.
Study authors say about one percent of all autism cases are due to a mutation in something called the Shank3 gene. The team studied animals with this same mutation first.
They said they saw that cannabis oil had a favorable effect on compulsive and anxious behaviors in the model animals.
Researchers add that what makes cannabis oil so effective at easing the symptoms of autism is THC — the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. THC – or Tetrahydrocannabinol – is what gives recreational users the well-known “high” feeling.
CBD alone had no impact according to the research.
Study author and PhD student Shani Poleg said – QUOTE – “Our study shows that when treating autism with medicinal cannabis oil there is no need for high contents of either CBD or THC. We observed significant improvement in behavioral tests following treatments with cannabis oil containing small amounts of THC and observed no long-term effects in cognitive or emotional tests conducted a month and a half after the treatment began.”
Previous studies of CBD point to it being an effective pain reliever and even a cancer-fighter.
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