Dr. Steven Wolf - “High on Hope”
Five-year-old Morgan Jones suffers from an extremely rare genetic condition called Dravet syndrome, a form of intractable epilepsy that subjects Morgan to several seizures a day and can’t be treated with medication. Morgan’s mother is working with neurologist, Steven Wolf, MD, associate professor of neurology and pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, to learn about a treatment that has helped other children with Dravet’s: medical marijuana. Specifically, a compound in it called CBD. “As a doctor, I find CBD to be a very interesting, promising treatment,” says Dr. Wolf. “But, before you tell a family you should try this medicine, you need real science behind the treatment." Learn more
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