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Israel: New CBD-Rich Strain ‘Avidekel’, Sets New Medicinal
Standards with 15.8% CBD & 1% THC
“It was if there were divine
intervention,” said Inbal Sikorin, the chief nurse at Hadarim
retirement home
in Kibbutz Naan, central Israel. “A few years ago, we found that we had lost
the
way, we had learned to prolong life, but without quality.” A number of
Hadarim’s patients are
currently subjects to an experiment being conducted by
Israel’s largest and most established
medical marijuana farm, Tikkun Olam.
Israel’s Largest Established Medical Marijuana Farm
The name of the farm is a Hebrew phrase that means, “repairing the
world,” which is exactly what the ‘farmers’ aim to do. Their main focus
is to test the broader use of marijuana. Since the beginning of their studies,
many significant improvements have been reported, “the feeding tubes are
gone and the residents are much less restless,” said Sikorin. There is one
stand-out case in which a 97-year-old Holocaust survivor’s hands and
forearms had been stuck in an upward position for years. She now uses medical
cannabis to alleviate her pain and stiffness, and is
even enrolled in a Tai Chi class.
“It was if there were divine intervention. A few years ago, we
found that we had lost the way, we had learned to prolong life, but without
quality.”
Although some Israeli medical professionals are still hesitant to suggest
patients medicate with marijuana, doctors that are knowledgeable about its
potential benefits can obtain a personal-use license for the patients from the
Health Ministry. Doctor Raphael Mechoulam admires what Tikkun Olam is doing
with their program, however he believes that the real advancements in medicine
are going to be made in laboratories, not on farms. He has been conducting
research on marijuana and its cannabinoids forover
40 years in Jerusalem, and stated that cannabis, although it has
been researched a fair amount, has never been studied correctly. Mechoulam
believes that isolating the compounds, or cannabinoids, in their rare forms is
where we are going to find the true medicinal benefits.
Patients Showing Promising Results
His researchers have administered a number of tests on human patients,
treating them with extremely precise doses of THC dissolved in an oil-based
solution. They have witnessed promising results in the treatments of brain
trauma, diabetes, cancers,
and osteoporosis. One particular 20-year-old patient underwent a bone marrow
transplant two years ago. Since then his body has been rejecting the
transplanted marrow, resulting in a chronic rejection called Graft-versus-host
disease. The transplanted immune cells were attacking his body giving him
diarrhea, digestive problems, and painful, hard skin. He is now treated with a
measured dosage of THC in drop form, and has seen a significant improvement in
his quality of life. He no longer gets an upset stomach or diarrhea, and his
appetite has increased significantly allowing him to get back to his original
weight. You can hear the full story in the video posted below.
“It’s a huge advantage, I can smoke during the day, function
with a lot less pain and still be focused, work and drive. It is a great
gift.”
Professor Mechoulam has been working to grow cannabis that contains high
levels of cannabidiol, or CBD, something that has been intentionally bred out
of the plant by non-medical marijuana growers looking for a stronger high (or
higher level of THC). THC is the most well known cannabinoid, less so for its
medicinal benefits, and more for the high that it produces when cannabis is
dried, and smoked. Cannabidiol on the other hand is a substance that
researchers believe can be used for treating diseases such as rheumatoid
arthritis, colitis, liver inflammation, multiple
sclerosis, heart disease and diabetes without getting the
patients ‘high’. Avidekel is a brand new strain being grown by Tikkun Olam
that contains a record setting 15.8% CBD and only minute traces of THC below
1%. Mechoulam believes that CBD-rich strains such as Avidekel, show promise as
potent anti-inflammatory drugs.
One Patient’s Experience Medicating With Avidekel
One 35-year-old patient of the program, and user of Avidekel for two months
now stated, “It’s a huge advantage. I can smoke during the day, function
with a lot less pain and still be focused, work and drive. It is a great
gift.” She had been suffering from chronic pain caused by the surgery to
remove a tumor from her spine. She had tried the THC-containing marijuana to
treat her pain for eight months straight before she discovered the new
CBD-rich alternative, and the difference was night and day.
“Before, I would only smoke at the end of the day and stay in pain,”
she said, but with the high-less marijuana she can happily say, “my
life is so much better.”