From: To: Subject: Date: Attachments: Elisha Figueroa Tammy Perkins; ODP Staff Info from Dr. Wechsler and GW Thursday, April 30, 2015 12:41:28 PM image001.png image004.png Please see below…this will be important when discussing any future legislation regarding CBD oil.   Elisha Figueroa Administrator Idaho Office of Drug Policy   Elisha.figueroa@odp.idaho.gov (208)854-3040   Check out our NEW Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention campaign: www.lockyourmedsidaho.org      From: Robert T. Wechsler, MD, PhD, FAAN [mailto:rtw@idahoepilepsy.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 3:24 PM To: Chris Hahn; Elisha Figueroa Subject: Fwd: Conversation Follow-up Hi guys, Thought you might find this information interesting, keeping in mind the source is GW but that the stated facts are verifiable, turns out is is very unlikely that Charlotte’s web or any other artisinal formulations of CBD would ever meet the 0.3% THC requirement that Senator McKenzie had proposed in his bill. Cudos to the Governor for not letting that one squeak by. Best Regards, Robert T. Wechsler, MD, PhD, FAAN Owner, Consultants in Epilepsy & Neurology, PLLC Medical Director, Idaho Comprehensive Epilepsy Center 1499 West Hays St., Boise ID 83702 phone (208) 275-8585 fax (208) 275-8586 Begin forwarded message: From: Hunter Land Subject: Conversation Follow-up Date: April 27, 2015 at 9:20:55 AM CDT To: "Robert T. Wechsler, MD, PhD, FAAN" Hi Dr. Wechsler,   Thank you for taking the time to have dinner with us last week.  The insight you provided on epilepsy, medical marijuana and how it relates to Epidiolex is very helpful.   In follow-up to our CBD oil and expected THC content conversion, I was able to confirm the following: · In Dr. David Potter’s 17 years and Dr. Etienne de Meijer’s 25 years of experience as cannabis breeders, they have found that the best CBD chemotype plants produce a CBD:THC ratio of about 25:1, best case scenario. · We have seen claims of higher CBD purity levels, but suspect that this is due to analytical inaccuracies Based on unconfirmed concentration data of artisanal CBD Oil preparations, one could anticipate the following formulation characteristics when dosing a 40 kg patient at 20mg/kg (dose level identified by our DSMC): · 32 mL of ‘CBD Oil’ daily · 800 mg CBD · 32 mg THC This amount of THC would likely fall within the range of an average ‘joint’ and outside the range of .3%.  I suspect the .3% number was pulled from the Agricultural Act of 2014 (below), which states ‘INDUSTRIAL HEMP.—The term ‘‘industrial hemp’’ means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of such plant, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol PUBLIC LAW 113–79—FEB. 7, 2014 128 STAT. 913 concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis.’   Agricultural Act of 2014. PUBLIC LAW 113–79—FEB. 7, 2014     SEC. 7606. LEGITIMACY OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP RESEARCH. (a) I N G ENERAL .—Notwithstanding the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), chapter 81 of title 41, United States Code, or any other Federal law, an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)) or a State department of agriculture may grow or cultivate industrial hemp if— (1) the industrial hemp is grown or cultivated for purposes of research conducted under an agricultural pilot program or other agricultural or academic research; and (2) the growing or cultivating of industrial hemp is allowed under the laws of the State in which such institution of higher education or State department of agriculture is located and such research occurs. (b) D EFINITIONS.—In this section: (1) A GRICULTURAL PILOT PROGRAM .—The term ‘‘agricultural pilot program’’ means a pilot program to study the growth, cultivation, or marketing of industrial hemp— (A) in States that permit the growth or cultivation of industrial hemp under the laws of the State; and (B) in a manner that— (i) ensures that only institutions of higher education and State departments of agriculture are used to grow or cultivate industrial hemp; (ii) requires that sites used for growing or cultivating industrial hemp in a State be certified by, and registered with, the State department of agriculture; and (iii) authorizes State departments of agriculture to promulgate regulations to carry out the pilot program in the States in accordance with the purposes of this section. (2) I NDUSTRIAL HEMP.—The term ‘‘industrial hemp’’ means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of such plant, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol PUBLIC LAW 113–79— FEB. 7, 2014 128 STAT. 913 concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis. (3) S TATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE .—The term ‘‘State department of agriculture’’ means the agency, commission, or department of a State government responsible for agriculture within the State. Best regards,   Hunter Land I Medical Science Liaison DL:          +1 910 707 0183 Cell:        +1 910 368 7616 www.gwpharm.com ********************************************************************** PLEASE READ: This email is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended for the named addressee(s) only and access to it by anyone else is unauthorised. 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