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Grandparents of Three-Year-Old Dravet's Syndrome Patient Donate $33.7 Million to University for CBD Research

Submitted by Marijuana News on Sun, 06/28/2015 - 04:02

Katelyn Lambert, age three, suffered up to 1400 seizures a day. Her family was powerless while watching the acute Dravet's syndrome tear away at her brain and body every 15 seconds. After seeing immediate success with medical cannabis, Katelyn's grandparents (who happen to be millionaires) presented the University of Sydney the largest donation they've ever seen. The donation will fund the Lambert Initiative which will take cannabinoid science further than it's ever gone.

Nui, Katelyn, Cole and Micheal Lambert

Michael Lambert was at the end of his rope after watching his daughter suffer constant seizures daily. There was nothing he could do about it. Lambert resorted to cannabis as a personal last resort. He'd read about Charlotte Figi and the CBD-rich strain named after her. After trying medical cannabis, Katelyn suffers only a few seizure per month—a dramatic decrease in

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