Even though federal regulations have greatly hindered medical studies of cannabis, anecdotal evidence of marijuana's healing properties is rampant, especially when it comes to treating epilepsy. Watch below as Dr. Orrin Devinsky from the NYU Epilepsy Center give a scientific explanation of how the compounds of cannabis work in the brain to help in treating epilepsy and seizures.

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