New Cannabis Drug Has Success Treating Rare Form of EpilepsyBy Derrick Broze A study conducted by GW Pharmaceuticals has shown that Epidiolex can successfully treat children with Dravet syndrome. GW claimed that a 120-patient trial showed patients taking Epidiolex were able to reduce their convulsive seizures by 39 percent, compared with a reduction on placebo of 13 percent. This shows that cannabinoids can produce compelling and clinically important data and represent a highly promising new class of medications, hopefully in a range of conditions, Chief Executive Justin Gover told Reuters. Cannabinoids are active receptors found within the cannabis plant and the human body. According to the National Cancer Institute, cannabinoids activate specific receptors found throughout the body to produce pharmacologic effects, particularly in the central nervous system and the immune system. The NCI admits that cannabinoids may have benefits in the treatment of cancer-related side effects. A 2014 study published in the Molecular Cancer Therapeutics journal found that the two most common cannabinoids, THC and CBD, may do more than treat cancer-related side effects they can inhibit the growth of cancer cells. Gover said GW will now request a meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to discuss plans for regulatory approval for treating Dravet syndrome. GW already has approval for a cannabis-based multiple sclerosis treatment in more than 20 countries, but not the United States. Although there are currently no FDA-approved therapies for Dravet syndrome, cannabis has been shown to treat epilepsy in the past, most notably with Charlotte Figi. Charlotte is best known as the face of Weed, the 2013 documentary that highlighted the success of using cannabis to reduce the seizures she experienced as the result of Dravet Syndrome, a rare and severe form of epilepsy that begins in infancy. The successful treatments have even led to the creation of a strain of cannabis which is low in tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the most prominent cannabinoid and the one responsible for the plants psychoactive effects, and cannabidiol (CBD). Known as Charlottes Web, the strain is being used to treat patients around the country. In 2015 I interviewed a former law enforcement officer from Southern California who formerly spent years locking people up for possession of cannabis and now helps patients get access to cannabis oils. Back in 2006 I started looking at this a little more aggressively, as an individual who was completely ignorant to what it was we were throwing people in jail for, Howard said. I didnt understand it, wasnt educated about it. The stigma that surrounds this beautiful culture is unfortunate, but its helping people and those who are being helped are now finding a voice and making themselves known. Epidiolex, Charlottes Web, and Howard Wendell are only a few examples of the way in which the failed War on Drugs is coming to an end. Perhaps as entrepreneurs and politicians recognize cannabis as the cash crop that it is, more cannabis-friendly policies will be enacted. As selfnews Post recently reported, new data released by Marijuana Business Daily shows that the U.S. cannabis industry will add $44 billion to the nations economy by 2020. These estimates are based on the assumption that legalization and decriminalization of cannabis will continue. For more information on the benefits of cannabis please watch the mini-documentary, Cannabis as Medicine. Derrick Broze is an investigative journalist and liberty activist. He is the Lead Investigative Reporter for selfnewsPost.com and the founder of the TheConsciousResistance.com. Follow him on Twitter. Derrick is available for interviews. This article may be freely reposted in part or in full with author attribution and source link. new cannabis drug ? What is wrong with the original ? There is a plethora of evidence showing that cannabis oil cures several illnesses, including many cancers; is this just another ploy from BigPharma to try to hijack a natural cure anyone can grow in their garden in order to keep it illegal and garner HUGE profits for themselves ? And many many more Of course, they cant make money off of it if its not their idea. Its ignorance being spread around and people are believing it. Cannabis has been here the whole time has already been proven time and time again to help with so so many things. Wake up people! Take your life in your own hands and take the things you need dont want for them to be given to you. Please cite those sources which show that cannabis oil cures several illnesses in humans, including many cancers?. Kudos to those bringing cannabis forward. A new drug, cannabis-based ? Another stupid side-step of the pharmacy industry. Developing an extract of cannabis into an drug that can be patented and sold as a patent medicine at many times its genuine value is the standard, pharma trick. For thousands of years, cannabis has been the herb that has the broadest healing powers of all herbs known to man. Mankind can can create hybrid variations but cannot improve the healing properties by developing extracts into patented drugs. Any synthetic drug made from cannabis will be less effective than the natural cannabis plant and will also create harmful reactions that the natural plant does not cause. The evil government knew that cannabis cured cancer in 1974 and withheld it from the sheeple. Everyone who supports or enforces the illegal drugs war is a treasonous criminal and belongs at the end of a rope! That is total BS! And you are citing the evil government web site and another that depends on not curing cancer for its funding? STFU and go learn something thats not government lies! Marijuana plug visit 420cannabisplug dot com My name is Melissa Fraser, Im 39 years old and I thought Id share my story about living with epilepsy.I was 6 years old and my mum and I were hit by a car. We were both badly hurt from this horrible incident. Mum was pregnant and lost her twins, and I was pronounced dead in the ambulance where my older brother who was 11 at the time was, my brother witnessed this. So with mum and me both hurt, and me pronounced dead, things were touch and go. By the way, I dont remember much. Thank you for reading my story. My son Michael Mirai was born with a rare type of epilepsy called Dravet syndrome, also known as Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy of Infancy (SMEI). This is a rare and catastrophic form of intractable epilepsy that begins in infancy. Individuals with SMEI suffer from intellectual disabilities as well as severe behavioral and development delays. All effort made to be sure he did not live his life miserably with deadly disease proof abortive. I have carried him to different Doctors, use different prescription drug all to no avail. Dr. Lawson!!! (with tears of joy) I will forever be indebted to you. Your medicine worked perfectly well and now my son is cured of Epilepsy completely. contact him on via email dr.lawson52@gmail.com Continue your good job Dr. Lawson, you will live long. I was diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy I knew Im in the company of millions of epilepsy patients, though, who daily contend with the side effects of these medications. I was frequently apologizing to family, friends, and students for forgetting words and trains of thought . This brain fog, as Ive come to call it over the years, is an obvious biological response to chemicals meant to slow neural activity. One particular aspect of my life that the brain fog has affected has been my creativity. Along with many people with epilepsy who are drawn to the arts, Ive always wanted to be a creative writer. Some neurologists have said that those with temporal lobe epilepsy in particular have a disorder called a hypergraphia, a nearly uncontrollable compulsion to write. Whether I have a disorder or not, I know only that I feel a need, a calling, to write and that the side effects of my medications have inhibited my ability to find the right words.But then, about six months ago, I came across an unconventional creative writing medium called blackout poetry. You take a page of a newspaper or a book and search for your own message within the words on the page. Doc. Kudos to you Dr. Lawson, you will live long. I was diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy when I was 12. Im now 33, and got cure 31. I knew Im in the company of millions of epilepsy patients, though, who daily contend with the side effects of these medications. I was frequently apologizing to family, friends, and students for forgetting words and trains of thought . This brain fog, as Ive come to call it over the years, is an obvious biological response to chemicals meant to slow neural activity. One particular aspect of my life that the brain fog has affected has been my creativity. Along with many people with epilepsy who are drawn to the arts, Ive always wanted to be a creative writer. Some neurologists have said that those with temporal lobe epilepsy in particular have a disorder called a hypergraphia, a nearly uncontrollable compulsion to write. Whether I have a disorder or not, I know only that I feel a need, a calling, to write and that the side effects of my medications have inhibited my ability to find the right words.But then, about six months ago, I came across an unconventional creative writing medium called blackout poetry. You take a page of a newspaper or a book and search for your own message within the words on the page. Doc. Kudos to you Dr. Lawson, you will live long. I was diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy when I was 12. Im now 33, and got cure 31. Doc. Kudos to you Natural medicine for epilepsy. We welcomed our daughter Olivia joyfully into this world on August 25, 2013. She appeared to be a happy, healthy newborn and for two months, she was. On October 24 our lives were forever changed when our sweet girl began having seizures. The next day, we learned why. Olivia was diagnosed with Aicardi Syndrome, an extremely rare and random genetic mutation. Her brain did not form properly, and in addition to other physical and developmental challenges we were told to expect Olivia to have seizures every day. EVERY DAY. And with rare exception she has. For almost two years.I learned about Lawson when I had search the whole herbs in town without no hope. I had an epileptic fit for the first time 5 years ago in the middle of supermarket on my birthday of all days, wasnt fun for my kids to see it, it still haunts, Ive tried many anticonvulsants and had never been able to stop the seizures. Surgery was not an option. I was still an epileptic patient, who have completely lose hope. As the problem is always embarrassing and disturbing. While surfing the internet one fateful day, I learned about Doctor on the internet called Lawson . I contacted him with some info and I ordered for the Herbal medication and used the medication for 6 months, though hesitantly, considering the fact that I have done a lot of procedure. After which I went for medical test It worked! Ive been seizure free, Over a year now, I have not show any symptoms of seizure and I believe I am cure 