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

Katelyn Lambert / Picture: Sue Graham Source: News Corp AustraliaKatelyn Lambert, age three, suffered up to 1400 seizures a
day. Her family was powerless while watching the acute Dravet’s

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Katelyn Lambert / Picture: Sue Graham Source: News Corp Australia

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 / Picture: Sue Graham Source: News Corp Australia

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 severity. Her father Michael
told
the Herald Sun
,  “We estimate Katelyn needs about 3g of
Charlotte’s Web cannabis a day, about $12,000 a year on today’s market.”
  After only 24 hours, the seizures
dramatically decreased in frequency. “She went from a dribbling, jerking mess
to a girl who only had a seizure a couple times a month.” Michael purchased
cannabis oil online and gave it to Katelyn immediately. He
explains,
“The next day, I’m not kidding you she just woke up. It wasn’t like she was
looking though a storm of noise and static, she just looked normal. She stopped
jerking. She got so much better straight away,”

Katelyn’s grandparents Barry and Joy Lambert donated
$33.7million (NZ $37.29m)
  to support the
cannabinoid research directed by Vice Chancellor
Michael
Spence
. Spence was excited about the “game-changing” donation. “This
is something that is going to reverberate around the world.” The Lambert Initiative
will focus on 10 active cannabinoids and their applications. Given the success
of Katelyn with CBD, they plan on making CBD a priority.

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