Autism Benefits from CBD

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Autism forces the entire family to survive instead of thrive!

Maybe that’s you! Want to thrive in the greater story of your life?

Yes, of course, you would choose to live in freedom and the expansive hopes and dreams of why you are on the Earth!  You want every person in your family to live in their dreams, don’t you?

Know a family with autism? The entire family’s lives revolve around that child! It’s so overwhelming, so limiting, forcing families to merely survive!

Autism in increasing worldwide in every ethnicity and in every economic status!  This is so unjust!

Read in this report some amazing findings from Israel’s scientists!

Be amazed at how CBD impacts autism!

Autism Benefits from CBD

Any prayer or supplication offered by any person among all Your people Yisrael – each of whom knows his affliction and his pain—when he spreads forth his hands toward this House.  (2 Chronicles 6:29)

Medical cannabis has been said by researchers to be effective in these nine areas.

  1. Relieve symptoms of numerous physical diseases
  2. Relieve pain and muscle spasticity due to multiple sclerosis
  3. Pain and spasms from spinal cord injuries
  4. Loss of appetite and pain from cancer
  5. Anorexia, weight loss and severe nausea in HIV/AIDS patients
  6. Easing and minimizing pain and depression for inflammatory bowel disease
  7. Improving sleep quality in people with insomnia
  8. Reducing drowsiness
  9. Ad improvement to the quality of life in terminal patients

In Israel alone, there are tens of thousands of patients with various disorders who have obtained licenses from the Health Ministry to purchase supplies of medical cannabis at pharmacies. The government has just decided to allow exports of the plant in its various forms.

Israel Research in Negev

Now, researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Soroka University Medical Center in Beersheba have proven that medical cannabis is effective in relieving symptoms in people with autism.

Lihi Bar-Lev Schleider is a doctoral student at the Clinical Research Institute of Cannabis at BGU’s Faculty of Health Sciences and Soroka. Prof. Raphael Mechoulam teaches at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Na’ama Saban in the research department of Tikkun Olam Ltd. Schleider, Machoulam their colleagues have just published their findings in the prestigious journal Nature Scientific Reports.

Autism Increasing Worldwide

There has been a dramatic increase in the number of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) worldwide.

Recently anecdotal evidence of possible therapeutic effects of cannabis products has emerged.

The aim of this study,” the researchers wrote, was “to characterize the epidemiology of ASD patients receiving medical cannabis treatment and to describe its safety and efficacy.”

80% Improvement of Autism Symptoms

They analyzed the data prospectively collected as part of the treatment program of 188 ASD patients aged 18 years treated with medical cannabis between 2015 and 2017.

They found that that medical cannabis is a good, safe and effective option in relieving the symptoms of autism, including seizures, tics, depression, restlessness and tantrums. Overall, more than 80% of their parents reported a significant or moderate improvement in their children.

ASD is a developmental disorder that affects communication and behavior. Although autism can be diagnosed at any age, it is said to be a “developmental disorder” because symptoms generally appear during the first two years of life.

3 Major Autism Symptoms

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), a guide created by the American Psychiatric Association used to diagnose mental disorders,

  1. ASD patients have difficulty with communication and interaction with other people.
  2. They have restricted interests and repetitive behaviors.
  3. Their symptoms interfere with the person’s ability to function properly in school, work and other areas of life.

Any Race, Any Age, Any Economy

Autism is known as a “spectrum” disorder because there is wide variation in the type and severity of symptoms people experience. ASD occurs in all ethnic, racial, and economic groups. Although ASD can last a lifetime, treatments and services can improve a person’s symptoms and ability to function.

Dr. Gal Meiri of the Center for Autism in the Negev, who participated in this study, explained, “The treatment of most patients was based on cannabis oil containing 30% CBD (cannabidiol) and 1.5% THC (the psychoactive substance). Structured questionnaires for patients and their parents examined symptoms, overall assessment and side effects while taking medical cannabis.

“In an effort to improve symptoms in autistic patients as well as quality of life, we believe that double studies with placebo are essential for a better understanding of the effect of cannabis on ASD patients,” added Novak.

Meiri and Novak are members of the Negev Autism Center, a research-clinical partnership between Ben-Gurion University and Soroka University Hospital, and a database of all children in the Negev who have been diagnosed with autism since 2015.

85% Improvement in 6 Months!

After six months of treatment, they found these nine results.

  1. 30% of patients reported significant improvement.
  2. 7% reported mild improvement.
  3. Only 15% reported mild or no change at all.

The quality of life, mood and ability to perform routine activities were examined before and after treatment.

  1. A good quality of life was reported by 31.3% of patients before treatment.
  2. After half a year, it doubled to 66.8%.
  3. Positive mood was reported by parents before treatment and was 42%,
  4. After treatment 63.5% had positive moods.

The ability to dress and shower independently was significantly improved by treatment.

  1. 4% who reported no problem in this activity before treatment.
  2. This percentage jumped to 42.9% after treatment.

Cannabis-based drugs also improved sleep and increased concentration.