September 29, 2026

Frequent cannabis use linked to worse epilepsy

 Frequent cannabis use linked to worse epilepsy

Near-daily cannabis users with drug-resistant epilepsy had over twice as many convulsive seizures as nonusers, researchers report.

Adults with hard-to-treat epilepsy who used cannabis most days had more than twice as many convulsive seizures per year and more rapidly became resistant to antiseizure medications compared with nonu…