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R.I.P., Charlotte Figi
Charlotte Figi became a catalyst for medical marijuana around the globe in 2013, when she appeared on Dr. Sanjay Gupta s
Weed documentary on CNN. Gupta had doubted medical marijuana s efficacy until he met Figi, a toddler who suffered from Dravet syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy that can cause extreme seizures. Figi was treated with CBD oil extracted from a non-intoxicating strain of marijuana in 2012, and eventually no longer required a feeding tube to eat; her family reported that CBD nearly eliminated her seizures. The growers of the strain of high-CBD marijuana she used later named the strain Charlotte s Web and their company CW Hemp in her honor. Other patients moved to Colorado for the same treatment, helping to create the phrase medical marijuana refugee.