{"id":834,"date":"2023-02-06T14:47:31","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T14:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=834"},"modified":"2023-02-06T14:47:31","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T14:47:31","slug":"cannabis-oil-what-is-it-and-does-it-really-work-as-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=834","title":{"rendered":"Cannabis oil: what is it and does it really work as medicine?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cannabis is in the headlines for its potential&nbsp;medical benefits after the recent confiscation of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2171983-time-to-end-the-cruel-ban-on-using-cannabis-therapy-for-epilepsy\/\">cannabis oil medication from the mother of a 12-year-old British boy with severe epilepsy<\/a>. The furore that ensued is shining a light on campaigns for cannabis oils to be made legal for medical reasons, and the UK government has now announced a review into the use of medicinal cannabis. Here\u2019s what you need to know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Continued Article: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2172415-cannabis-oil-what-is-it-and-does-it-really-work-as-medicine\/\">https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2172415-cannabis-oil-what-is-it-and-does-it-really-work-as-medicine\/<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Cannabis%20oil%3A%20what%20is%20it%20and%20does%20it%20really%20work%20as%20medicine%3F&amp;body=The%20UK%20government%20is%20reviewing%20medicinal%20cannabis%20after%20two%20boys%20with%20severe%20epilepsy%20were%20withheld%20cannabis%20oil%20treatments.%20Here%27s%20everything%20you%20need%20to%20know%0D%0Aread%20more:%20https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2172415-cannabis-oil-what-is-it-and-does-it-really-work-as-medicine\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cannabis is in the headlines for its potential&nbsp;medical benefits after the recent confiscation of&nbsp;cannabis oil medication from the mother of a 12-year-old British boy with severe epilepsy. The furore that ensued is shining a light on campaigns for cannabis oils to be made legal for medical reasons, and the UK government has now announced a review into the use of medicinal cannabis. Here\u2019s what you need to know. Continued Article: https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2172415-cannabis-oil-what-is-it-and-does-it-really-work-as-medicine\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cbd-essential-oils"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":835,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834\/revisions\/835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}