Happy Mother’s Day

  Charlotte’s Web a strain of medical marijuana processed into medicinal marijuana extract, that is high in cannabidiol (CBD) content called Realm Oil or Alepsin.  It doesn’t induce the psychoactive “high”  typically related with  recreational marijuana usage.  This  strain of  marijuana  is  named after Charlotte Fiji.

Charlotte  (born 18 October 2006),  the daughter of  Matt  and Paige Figi,  also being diagnosed  with Dravet syndrome  (also known as severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy      or SMEI) when she was two years old. It is a condition where 80% of individuals have a mutation of the SCN1A gene. According to her parents,  Charlotte was having 30 grand mal seizures a week,  seizures  so violent that her parents  put a do not resuscitate order    in her medical records.

Before  trying  medical marijuana,  they  had  already  tried  every other option before resorting  to this type  of prescription …  They  got  the  cooperation  of  two  physicians licensed  in Colorado  to  prescribe medical oil,  Margaret Gedde  and  Alan Shackelford.    First they tried a type called R4, which was low in THC and high in CBD, As their supply was running out,  they sought the help of the Stanley brothers, “one of the state’s largest marijuana growers and dispensary owners”.

   This case was  featured on  a  2013 CNN documentary called  “WEED,”      and  with  this media coverage  increased  the demand  for Realm Oil and similar products high in CBD,  which  has  been  used  to treat epilepsy in  toddlers  and children.  While  high  profiles  and  anecdotal reports have  sparked interest in treatment with cannabinoids.

   There is insufficient medical evidence to draw a conclusion about their safety or efficiency.  While  families say they have run out of  Big Pharma options having moved to Colorado to access the strain. This strain having been successfully developed  in  2011  by the Stanley Brothers (Joel, Jesse, Jon, Jordan, Jared, and Josh.)

   In the Stanley Brothers practice of  crossbreeding a strain of medicinal marijuana  with industrial hemp. The process created  a variety with less  tetrahydrocannabidiol  (THC)  and  more cannabidiol  (CBD) than typical varieties of marijuana. This strain also shows potential for medical usage,   especially  for those who do not wish to experience the high of marijuana.

   Because it is so low in THC,  this strain was originally  called  “Hippie Disappointment.”  It’s less profitable  and has close to “no value” to those traditional consumers. The Stanley Brothers grow this plant at their own farm  and  greenhouses.  A CBD rich oil,  which they call  “Realm Oil” and  Alepsia is extracted  from the harvested plants and concentrated through rotary evaporation.

   To make it less complicated to perform clinical trials,  the brothers are planning to move the Charlotte’s Web part of  their operation to Uruguay.  By doing so,  they will also be able  to import the product to any U.S. State   as hemp. While the use of medical marijuana products is allowed in many U.S. States,  the  nationwide legal status of  realm Oil  is  less clear.  As we are only scratching  the Epilepsy,  Multiple SclerosisCystic Fibrosis and  Fibromyalg​ia patient surface?



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