{"id":14619,"date":"2025-05-14T17:10:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T08:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/why-is-the-only-medicine-that-works-for-children-suffering-from-epilepsy-illegal\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T18:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T09:01:09","slug":"why-is-the-only-medicine-that-works-for-children-suffering-from-epilepsy-illegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/en\/why-is-the-only-medicine-that-works-for-children-suffering-from-epilepsy-illegal\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is the only medicine that works for children suffering from epilepsy illegal?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14619\" class=\"elementor elementor-14619 elementor-14556\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2587c5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e2587c5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9350dea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9350dea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">--The voices of Japanese families torn between the law and humanity<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dae23b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9dae23b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1302f2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1302f2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">One drop stops 100 seizures a day<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7345b7f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7345b7f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1295eae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1295eae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#8220;That night, for the first time, he didn&#8217;t have a seizure. When I saw my son sleeping, I cried too,&#8221; says a mother whose 7-year-old son suffers from intractable epilepsy. She tried CBD (cannabidiol) oil, a product that was recommended to her by a doctor overseas and prescribed in the United States. It is a cannabis component with no psychoactive effects, and was approved for medical use by the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) in 2018. However, the product is &#8220;banned from import&#8221; in Japan. If trace amounts of THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) are detected during customs clearance, you could be arrested for violating the Cannabis Control Act.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2d58f4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c2d58f4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b425c20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b425c20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote><p>&#8220;I want to help children, but if I help them, I might become a criminal.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0224ab2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0224ab2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54b912e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54b912e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIt has yet to be made clear how many families have suffered as a result of this &#8220;ethical twist.&#8221;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc1edfb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dc1edfb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1d8d41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b1d8d41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/main_image_510190c423cadae9b18a7778222a12f30f840.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14568\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/main_image_510190c423cadae9b18a7778222a12f30f840.webp 800w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/main_image_510190c423cadae9b18a7778222a12f30f840-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/main_image_510190c423cadae9b18a7778222a12f30f840-768x513.webp 768w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/main_image_510190c423cadae9b18a7778222a12f30f840-330x220.webp 330w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/main_image_510190c423cadae9b18a7778222a12f30f840-420x280.webp 420w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/main_image_510190c423cadae9b18a7778222a12f30f840-615x410.webp 615w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37d843f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"37d843f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a529121 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a529121\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">We know it works, but we can't use it - the contradictions in the system<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e97e5b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7e97e5b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cd566a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2cd566a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome are considered to be particularly difficult to treat among pediatric intractable epilepsy. Many antiepileptic drugs are ineffective for these conditions, and seizures of tens to hundreds of times become commonplace. However, multiple clinical trials have shown that the CBD formulation &#8220;Epidiolex,&#8221; approved by the U.S. FDA, significantly reduces the frequency of seizures for these conditions. Despite this, in Japan:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3056056 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3056056\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59fae38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59fae38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>&#8220;Epidiolex&#8221; is an unapproved drug and cannot be officially prescribed.<\/li><li>Personal import requires approval from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and a certificate of complete THC-free status<\/li><li>If trace amounts of THC are detected upon import, it will be subject to criminal penalties.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-389c519 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"389c519\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cc3973 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0cc3973\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn other words, what is recognized as a &#8220;medicinal drug&#8221; around the world is considered an &#8220;illegal drug&#8221; in Japan.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad0f54c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ad0f54c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e9cb1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0e9cb1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"742\" height=\"910\" src=\"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/heal-648a8611ea2c7.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14562\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/heal-648a8611ea2c7.jpg 742w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/heal-648a8611ea2c7-245x300.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3685c3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d3685c3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22c6406 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"22c6406\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"Institutional Vacuum\" as a Humanitarian Issue<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9491946 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9491946\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5935309 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5935309\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis is not just an administrative delay. It is a &#8220;humanitarian issue&#8221; in which the system deprives people of treatment options. In Japan, too, petitions are being launched by families calling for the medical use of CBD, and policy dialogues with lawmakers are beginning. However, at this point in time, no concrete system has been put into place. Yosuke Imai, a neuroscientist at Kyoto University Graduate School, said:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf088fb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cf088fb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9ec529 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9ec529\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote><p>&#8220;CBD is just one option. However, the fact that there are no options at all is itself a problem in terms of the ethics of modern medicine. If the &#8216;way to most gently reduce suffering&#8217; for children is blocked by law, then we can no longer call ourselves a medical nation.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99cd05c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"99cd05c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3486ada elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3486ada\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Is it okay to ask families the question, \"Should I protect my life or obey the law?\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4c627c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e4c627c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16f9238 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16f9238\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMany families, knowing the risk of their actions being illegal, still search for and import CBD, and sometimes get arrested. There is a choice between &#8220;law or life&#8221; that individuals cannot bear. However, this choice is an area where society and institutions should bear the &#8220;responsibility to establish.&#8221;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-661017c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"661017c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80d3fef elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"80d3fef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"752\" height=\"564\" src=\"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/070902b6293be61156a310961239828c.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14580\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/070902b6293be61156a310961239828c.webp 752w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/070902b6293be61156a310961239828c-300x225.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28fbb30 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"28fbb30\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96ee193 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"96ee193\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Should the system be on the side of protecting children?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-538d2b7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"538d2b7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba393b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba393b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn Japan, the mere mention of the word &#8220;marijuana&#8221; tends to stifle discussion.\nHowever, what lies beyond these words are children who just want to live normal lives.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-500f4c2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"500f4c2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e1e010 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e1e010\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>May not be covered by insurance<\/li><li>There may be restrictions on use<\/li><li>May only be approved under medical supervision<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11703f4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"11703f4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5749c1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5749c1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThat&#8217;s fine. However, the current situation where there is &#8220;no choice at all&#8221; is not ethical. What is needed now is **social maturity** in terms of how the system will accept scientifically approved treatments.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211;The voices of Japanese families torn between the law and humanity One drop stops 100 seizures a day &#8220;That night, for the first time, he didn&#8217;t have a seizure. When I saw my son sleeping, I cried too,&#8221; says a mother whose 7-year-old son suffers from intractable epilepsy. 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