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Colo. parents, nonprofit leaders react to FDA approval of CBD-based drug
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Before trying the cannabidiol-based drug Charlotte’s Web, Kim Shaw Clark said she was waiting for the seizure that would claim her son’s life. Caden, now 14, tried more than a dozen medications – from antipsychotics to benzodiazepines – and underwent brain surgery during their years-long attempt to relieve the symptoms of his Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, a…
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FDA approves prescription-grade CBD oil for rare epilepsy disorders
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The Food and Drug Administration Monday gave its first-ever approval of a plant-based cannabidiol product – Epidiolex – for treating two rare seizure disorders that begin in childhood. It’s not quite medical marijuana. The strawberry-flavored syrup is a purified form of a chemical ingredient found in the cannabis plant – but not the one that…
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Hickenlooper signs pension-reform bill; vetoes 2 measures
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Gov. John Hickenlooper signed several pieces of legislation Monday but also added to his veto tally. The governor signed into law a bill that lawmakers and pensioners hope will start the state on a path to shoring up a $32 billion shortfall in the Colorado Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) pension plan for state workers…
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CBD oil could gain prescription-level approval in Colorado
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DENVER – On one side: segments of Colorado’s hemp and marijuana industry, claiming a bill that won final approval in the Colorado House of Representatives Thursday will benefit just one company and could carry a rash of unintended consequences. On the other: other segments of the hemp and marijuana industry, joined by parents and doctors who…
