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Impair/impairment - The state of being diminished, weakened, or damaged, especially mentally or physically.

Ingestion - The process of absorbing substances or medications into the body by eating or drinking them.

Inhibit - Hinder, restrain or prevent (an action or process)

Interact/ion - In pharmacology – The effect or influence of two or more drugs acting on each other.

Intractable Epilepsy - Seizures that are difficult to control with antiepileptic drug therapy.

Reference:

Backs, M, 2014 The Practical Guide to Medical Marijuana This Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers, New York.

Information about cannabis for epilepsy is rapidly changing.