Cannabis for Canines: Minnesota Doctor Urges Veterinary Use of Treatment Newly Legalized for Humans
Dr. Ilo Leppik has dedicated his career to searching for ways to improve treatment for seizures that afflict those with epilepsy.
But lately, Leppik has turned his attention to another kind of patient: the furry, four-legged kind.
Dogs have higher rates of epilepsy than humans do, and Leppik believes a cannabis pill could do for canines what it’s done for humans.
He is pushing to amend Minnesota’s medical marijuana law to allow veterinarians to prescribe the treatment for animals.
“It could be available to dogs in the same way it is available to humans,” he said.
Not only could expanding the law help dogs, but it might also help humans, he argues. The change would open the door for researchers like Leppik to test the effects of cannabis on dogs with epilepsy, which could eventually help lead to a breakthrough for humans.
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