A Brief History And Outlook Of Cannabis Extract Medicine
By: Justin Kander
Cannabis Extract Medicine Comes To Light
The news surrounding cannabis extract medicine, particularly the use
of high-CBD oils for epileptic conditions in children, has been steadily
increasing since the release of
Sanjay Gupta’s documentary on August 11th, 2013. Most recently, a December 3, 2013
Huffington Post Live segment featured Joel Stanley (Co-founder and CEO of Realm of Caring), Heather Jackson (Executive Director), and Holli Brown.
Holli discussed the experience of her child Sydni, who began
experiencing seizures at the age of 4. For years, no pharmaceutical
options worked to control Sydni’s condition. Holli described the effects
of the cannabis oil as remarkable.
Just five hours after the first dose, Sydni’s behavior dramatically improved and she began socializing much better.
After a month on the oil, she has experienced the most seizure free
days in over five years. Holli hopes that total seizure control can be
achieved with more time, but the benefits seen thus far are already
amazing.
Another patient described is the son of Heather Jackson, Zaki, who was diagnosed with Doose syndrome. This rare form of
epilepsy
caused thousands of seizures and impaired development.
Heather described the immediate seizure reduction benefits. Zaki was
completely seizure free in just three months. In fact, Zaki recently
celebrated
one year without seizures.
The most popular case is
Charlotte Figi,
the subject of Dr. Gupta’s documentary. Charlotte was diagnosed with
Dravet syndrome, an intractable epileptic condition which caused
300 grand mal seizures a week. Like Zaki, no pharmaceutical options
worked to control her seizures at all. After the first dose of high-CBD
oil, Charlotte stopped having seizures. Within months, she was down to
less than three minor seizures a month, with concurrent improvements in
cognition and behavior.
Cannabis Extracts Are Gaining Professional Support
Radical successes like these are not outliers – they are the norm
with cannabis extract treatment. Dr. Margaret Gedde, a Colorado Springs
physician, is tracking
11 new Realm of Caring patients. She reported that 9 of them experienced 90-100% reductions in seizures, apparently within just weeks of starting the oil.
The rate at which cannabis oil starts to deliver benefits is
incredible, and Holli Brown in the HuffPost Live segment briefly
discussed that she was not expecting to see such great results so soon.
Another patient,
Zander Welton, cut daily seizures by over 90% with high-CBD cannabis oil. It worked after brain surgeries failed.
Zander’s parents are now
suing the state of Arizona to gain continued safe access to this life changing medicine.
The growing support for high-CBD cannabis oil is staggering. Even top
doctors are joining the crusade. Dr. Francis Filloux, the top pediatric
neurologist at University of Utah, has come out
demanding immediate access to high-CBD oil for Utah children.
There was also a recent episode of
The Doctors,
in which Dr. Travis Stork interviewed Paige Figi, Charlotte’s mother.
He did a great job of conveying the dramatic nature of Charlotte’s
recovery, imploring viewers to understand that Paige had initially given
up on Charlotte because her condition was so unbelievably terrible.
Nonetheless, high-CBD oil has “essentially cured her”.
Doctors are trained to understand the subtle complexities of
various diseases. They know that when all pharmaceutical options have
failed, and cannabis oil starts to completely reverse the condition,
something is to be said. It’s this recognition that has led prestigious
individuals like Dr. Francis Filloux to put their credibility on the
line by calling for access.
Cannabis Extracts Show Remarkable Results
In
the case of epilepsy, the ability of cannabinoids to induce fundamental
healing is truly remarkable. The fact that traditional drugs fail so
profoundly, despite the years of research invested into them, is a
testament to how complex epilepsy is. Yet cannabis oil continues to work
in cases including Dravet syndrome, Doose syndrome, infantile spasms,
cortical dysplasia, and more. Not only to reduce seizures, but to
accelerate cognitive and behavioral development.
This should come as no surprise. There is an abundant body of
research suggesting cannabinoids can heal epilepsy, but until now, it
was unknown if such clinically suggested effects would transfer to
humans. As Realm of Caring has demonstrated, they do.
Just like epilepsy, there are studies showing cannabinoids can treat virtually any kind of disease imaginable, including
diabetes,
cancer,
multiple sclerosis,
Crohn’s,
fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis,
chronic pain,
and much more. Further, the experiential evidence seems to support the
science, with hundreds of people reporting curative results.
In fact, the last time
HuffPost Live
had a segment on cannabis oil medicine, it was Dr. William Courtney
discussing how he eliminated a child’s brain tumor with a 3.8% high-CBD
cannabis oil. He also alluding to a terminal brain cancer patient who
went into complete remission through
juicing cannabis.
Dr. Gupta also discussed the case of
Landon Riddle,
who had less than a 10% chance of living after diagnosis with an
aggressive leukemia. Despite being on the brink of death from the cancer
and chemotherapy treatments, cannabis oil turned him around almost
immediately and Landon is now in remission.
What’s been happening lately is a stunning confirmation of bold
claims that have been made for years. In 2008, a man named Rick Simpson
released
Run From the Cure,
in which he claimed that cannabis extract medicine could
eliminate cancers and control other diseases in humans. These claims
were not taken seriously at first, but over the years, they were
continuously confirmed.
People took Rick up on his challenge to prove it to themselves, and
began seeing the truth. Over the last five and a half years, individuals
have been using cannabis extracts to treat a wide variety of cancers
and other diseases, with simply miraculous results. The magnitude of
healing seen with epilepsy seems to transfer to other conditions.
More Research On Cannabis Extract Medicine Is Necessary
Whatever people believe about the full extent of cannabis extract
medicine, one thing is for certain – it is an effective treatment option
for many pharmaceutical-resistant conditions. More research is needed
immediately.
The
Comprehensive Report on the Cannabis Extract Movement extensively
analyzes the scientific literature and experiential
evidence surrounding cannabis extracts for the primary treatment of
disease. When the science and anecdotal data are each considered, the truth is abundantly clear.
The report includes medical documentation of terminal cancer patients now in full remission with
cannabis oil, along with patient reports of success with fibromyalgia, diabetes,
lupus,
arthritis, chronic pain, Crohn’s, multiple sclerosis, trigeminal
neuralgia, complex regional pain syndrome, Behcet’s disease, paralysis,
depression, and more.
With so much overwhelming evidence suggesting cannabis can reliably
eliminate cancer and control other diseases, we can’t wait. Millions of
people suffer unbearably every day – every second is pure agony.
Cannabis extract medicine must be made freely available. To prevent
access to it is a crime against humanity.
By: Justin Kander is a volunteer with the Phoenix Tears organization. He wrote the Comprehensive Report on the Cannabis Extract Movement,
a 100-page report that examines and analyzes the mounting evidence in
support of cannabis extracts as medicine. Kander presented his report at
the International Drug Policy Reform Conference in Denver earlier this
year.
Justin Kander
Webmaster of Phoenix Tears Foundation
Justin Kander is the former webmaster
of PhoenixTears.ca and an advocate for the use of cannabis extract
medicine to treat cancer. He previously interned with Students for
Sensible Drug Policy, one of the nation’s leading drug …
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