Charlotte's Web

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Charlotte's Web is a strain of hemp that can be used to make an oil (called Realm Oil and Alepsia ) that is used therapeutically to treat Dravet's syndrome and other epilepsy diseases . The hemp variety has a high (17%) content of cannabidiol (CBD) and a low (0.5%) content of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). It therefore has no psychoactive effect, so the patient does not get "high" by taking it as with other types of cannabis that are used as intoxicants or medicinal products .

Breeding and processing

Charlotte's Web was bred in 2011 in Colorado USA by the brothers Joel, Jesse, Jon, Jordan, Jared and Josh Stanley by crossing a psychoactive strain of cannabis with industrial hemp . Due to the success in the treatment of the patient Charlotte Figi (October 18 * 2006; † April 7, 2020) founded the Stanley Brothers, the nonprofit organization Realm of Caring ( R esearch E ducation & A dvocacy while Improving L ives through M easureable results) to give patients constant access to high quality cannabis with a standard high CBD content. After the harvest, the plants are extracted with ethanol ; After concentrating and determining the content of the extracts, appropriate dosage forms (capsules, tinctures) are prepared.

Origin of name

Because of its lack of psychoactive effects, the original name of the cannabis strain was Hippie's Disappointment, but was renamed on Charlotte's Web after Charlotte Figi, the first patient treated with it. Charlotte Figi was diagnosed with Dravet Syndrome at the age of two . After her condition had steadily deteriorated and conventional antiepileptic drugs had been ineffective, the Figis bought in a store for medical marijuana a cannabis strain with high CBD and low in THC and administered Figi a product obtained from oil, resulting in an improvement of symptoms. As a result, Figi began taking Realm Oils obtained from the Stanley brothers in spring 2012, which was administered to her in the form of an olive oil solution under the tongue or added to the food. This treatment reduced her seizures from almost 50 cramps per day to two to three night convulsions a month. The effect lasted for many months, other drugs could be discontinued. When Figi was five years old, her story was covered in detail in the CNN documentary Weed with Sanjay Gupta , which aired on August 11, 2013 .

Effects and legal aspects

Many families with sick children moved to Colorado to get access to Charlotte's Web. Laws have changed in several US states. On July 28, 2014, Republican Scott Perry , Representative of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives , submitted the Bill "The Charlotte's Web Medical Hemp Act of 2014" at the US federal level .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CNN : Marijuana stops child's severe seizures. ( Online )
  2. ^ The Huffington Post : Weed Pioneers Look To Save Epileptic Kids With New Medical Marijuana Strain. ( Online )
  3. ^ Mat Honan: High Tech: How Silicon Valley entrepreneurs are rushing to cash in on cannabis. In: Wired ( Online )
  4. ^ Obituary , April 8, 2020, The Denver Post
  5. ^ A b Edward Maa, Paige Figi: The case for medical marijuana in epilepsy. In: Epilepsia 1–4, 2014, doi : 10.1111 / epi.12610 ( Online ( Memento from July 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ))
  6. ↑ Drake Dorm: Success Stories: Cannabis Oil Continues To Save Lives In The US. medicaljane.com. November 9, 2013, accessed April 19, 2016.
  7. ↑ CNN Press Room: Weed: Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports. ( Online )
  8. ↑ CBS Denver: Epilepsy Patients Flock To Colorado After Medical Pot Gives Them Hope ( Online )
  9. ↑ Barb Cotter: Medicinal marijuana stops seizures, brings hope to a little Black Forest girl. In: The Gazette ( Online )
  10. ↑ Saundra Young, CNN : Marijuana stops child's severe seizures. ( Online )
  11. ↑ Federal marijuana bill would legalize some cannabis strains. CNN. April 15, 2015, accessed April 19, 2016.

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