Article content While initially reluctant, the patient and staff worked together to find an appropriate compromise in which the man would swap his usual flower for cannabis oil during Shabbat, which lasts from sundown on Friday night to sundown on Saturday night. Since switching to oil on weekends, the patient has not suffered any further seizures. The man’s case is the first time that cannabis withdrawal-related seizures have been reported. The hospital’s Director of the Urgent Care Department, Dr. Debra West, began to explore whether there may be a link between cannabis smoking cessation and seizure activity, but similar connections have previously only been documented in animal models.