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 Sclerosis, Cystic Fibrosis and Fibromyalgia patient surface?
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