{"id":2485,"date":"2017-10-26T05:56:10","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T05:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.medicalmarijuanainc.com\/?p=31098"},"modified":"2017-10-26T05:56:10","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T05:56:10","slug":"raul-elizalde-story-fathers-love-medical-cannabis-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicalmarijuanainc.com\/2017\/10\/26\/raul-elizalde-story-fathers-love-medical-cannabis-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"The Raul Elizalde Story: A Father\u2019s Love and Medical Cannabis in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Head of HempMeds\u00ae Mexico and vocal advocate for medical cannabis spearheaded cannabis reform in Mexico.<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A father\u2019s love for his daughter will drive him to impossible heights. But watching her experience a seizure can make a father feel helpless as he stands by watching the stiffening and jerking of her tiny arms. It was a feeling Raul Elizalde felt constantly, watching his daughter have hundreds of seizures a day. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In his desperate search for a way to reduce her suffering, Raul challenged the Mexican government and forever changed the way the country looks at medical cannabis.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1080px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2485-1\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.medicalmarijuanainc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Raul-Elizalde-Founder-of-the-PorGrace-Foundation-Addresses-the-President-and-People-of-Mexico-Drawing-Attention-to-His-Daughters-Fight-for-Medical-Cannabis_v2-1.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalmarijuanainc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Raul-Elizalde-Founder-of-the-PorGrace-Foundation-Addresses-the-President-and-People-of-Mexico-Drawing-Attention-to-His-Daughters-Fight-for-Medical-Cannabis_v2-1.mp4\">https:\/\/www.medicalmarijuanainc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Raul-Elizalde-Founder-of-the-PorGrace-Foundation-Addresses-the-President-and-People-of-Mexico-Drawing-Attention-to-His-Daughters-Fight-for-Medical-Cannabis_v2-1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Heartbreaking Diagnosis<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raul Elizalde and his wife Mayela Benavides were overjoyed when they welcomed their first child, Graciela, to their family. She was their perfect baby girl. Their Grace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, after just the few months of life, Grace\u2019s doctors noticed psychomotor retardation and other signs that meant something was wrong. Grace\u2019s parents felt it too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After an endless battery of tests, visits with specialists, and ineffective therapies, Grace\u2019s doctors arrived at the diagnosis of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/medicalmarijuanainc.com\/lennox-gastaut-syndrome\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Along with cognitive and developmental impairment, patients with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome suffer from hundreds of seizures a day. Grace visited many doctors and tried numerous drugs to control her epileptic seizures, but none managed to reduce their seizures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Desperate for a solution, doctors of the Infantile Hospital of Mexico performed a callosotomy, a surgery that cuts three quarters of the corpus callosum of the brain in order to control seizures. The family did not receive the results they expected. Grace did not improve; there was even an increase in the intensity of her seizures. Hoping for nothing more than to improve their daughter\u2019s quality of life, the couple began looking for alternatives. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They found that in the United States, Canada, Spain, Uruguay, and Brazil, many were adding a daily CBD product to their systems. Unfortunately, this path was cut off to them due to the laws in Mexico. In October of 2015, the family sued the Mexican government for the right to import the product for Grace, who was seven years old at the time. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founding Por Grace<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31403 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.medicalmarijuanainc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/raul-4-Senate-Conference-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"fouders por grace and grace with lennox gastaut syndrome\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During their experience with Grace, her Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome diagnosis, and their fight against their national government, the family began the Por Grace organization as a Facebook page to document their daughter\u2019s life, share information with families in similar situations, and provide hope to those suffering as they have. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It wasn\u2019t long before parents across Mexico and the world began contacting them in despair, and a network of families was created to \u201cexchange experiences, information about therapies, donation of medicines, wheelchairs, and everything related to disability.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eventually, Raul and Mayela formalized their work, creating the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.porgrace.org.mx\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Por Grace Foundation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The foundation works to raise awareness for conditions like Grace\u2019s, link patients with doctors, organize educational events, and even help to direct fundraising to where donations are needed most. So far, Por Grace has helped more than 300 families in Mexico and continues to expand its efforts to reach patients in Mexico and across Latin America. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Legalization in Mexico and Speaking Before the President<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31402 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.medicalmarijuanainc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/raul-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"raul elizalde speaking before the president for legalization for cbd\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Por Grace and families like Raul and Mayela\u2019s started a grassroots movement in Mexico that would eventually lead to the legalization of medical cannabis is the country. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Town Hall meetings in 2015 and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/investors.medicalmarijuanainc.com\/medical-marijuana-inc-sponsors-cbd-hemp-oil-awareness-events-in-mexico-to-educate-citizens-and-lobby-for-access-to-cbd\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">awareness events<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hosted by Por Grace in 2016 caused a shift in public opinion and a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/medicalmarijuanainc.com\/mexico-to-hold-public-debates-on-cannabis-legalization\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wave of support<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from government and religious leaders, including Mexico City mayor Miguel Angel Mancera and Cardinal Norberto Rivera, the archbishop of Mexico City.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This movement led to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/medicalmarijuanainc.com\/real-scientific-hemp-oil-x-becomes-first-legal-cannabis-product-in-mexico\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">first patients in Mexico<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> being given special authorization to import medical cannabis products and set the stage for more dramatic medical cannabis reform. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the spring of 2016, California and Mexico held a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/medicalmarijuanainc.com\/medical-marijuana-inc-s-hempmeds-mexico-sponsors-cross-border-forum-u-s-representatives-and-mexican-political-candidates-set-to-discuss-rights-to-patient-access\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cross-border forum<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to promote medical cannabis. Former California Assembly member Lori Salda\u00f1a and San Diego council member David \u00c1lvarez joined Tijuana government officials for the educational forum. Por Grace was present at the event, and Mayela spoke on her family\u2019s experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicalmarijuanainc.com\/hempmeds-mexico-host-first-national-symposium-benefits-cbd\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similar events<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> were held across Mexico in 2016, building up to President Pe\u00f1a Nieto announcing in a speech that his administration would be <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/medicalmarijuanainc.com\/mexican-president-enrique-pena-nieto-announces-new-marijuana-legislation-joined-onstage-by-medical-marijuana-inc-partner-raul-elizalde\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">exploring a new policy on medical cannabis<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Raul was invited to speak before the President to share his story. You can view his speech <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/medicalmarijuanainc.com\/hempmeds-mexico-looks-to-the-future-after-notable-speech-by-partner-raul-elizalde\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HERE<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The nation\u2019s government then got to work crafting its new position on medical cannabis. First Mexico\u2019s Senate <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/medicalmarijuanainc.com\/medical-marijuana-inc-applauds-medical-cannabis-reform-mexico\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">voted to approve<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the new law. Then the bill went to the Chamber of Deputies, where it <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/medicalmarijuanainc.com\/medical-marijuana-inc-subsidiary-hempmeds-mexico-celebrates-medical-cannabis-legalization-mexico\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">passed by an overwhelming 374-7 vote<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Finally, the new policy was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/investors.medicalmarijuanainc.com\/medical-marijuana-inc-applauds-mexico-president-signing-bill-officially-legalize-medical-marijuana-mexico\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">signed into law<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by President Pe\u00f1a Nieto on June 19, 2017. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking the Reigns of HempMeds\u00ae Mexico<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31401 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.medicalmarijuanainc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/raul-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"hempmeds mexico and cbd oil\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just days after Mexico enacted its new medical cannabis policy, Raul joined HempMeds\u00ae Mexico as the company\u2019s General Manager. Raul brings his personal experience with his family, his fight against the government, and his profile as a figurehead in the push for medical cannabis to his role as head of HempMeds\u00ae Mexico. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raul\u2019s addition to the company\u2019s team was punctuated by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/medicalmarijuanainc.com\/hempmeds-mexico-cuts-ribbon-local-office-names-new-general-manager\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ribbon cutting<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of HempMeds\u00ae Mexico\u2019s new office in Monterrey. From these new offices, Raul leads the company\u2019s expansion efforts in Mexico, taking advantage of the country\u2019s new medical cannabis law. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking at the World Health Organization<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31400 size-medium\" style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.medicalmarijuanainc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/raul-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"raul elizalde speaking at WHO\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raul\u2019s efforts on behalf of medical cannabis reform in Mexico has led the World Health Organization (WHO) to invite him to speak before the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/medicines\/access\/controlled-substances\/ecdd\/en\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thirty-Ninth meeting of the Expert Committee on Drug Dependence<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At this committee meeting, the WHO will be exploring changes to the Single Convention on International Drug Scheduling, Convention on Psychotropic Substances, and Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, focusing on Ocfentanil, Carfentanil, Pregabalin, Tramadol, Cannabidiol, Ketamine, and eleven other substances. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raul will speak to the committee on cannabidiol\u2019s lack of psychoactivity as a major advantage to its use. Any recommendations the committee makes to cannabidiol\u2019s international drug scheduling will have ripple effects to its legality around the world. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can read more about Raul and his invitation to speak at the World Health Organization <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/medicalmarijuanainc.com\/raul-who\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HERE<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Head of HempMeds\u00ae Mexico and vocal advocate for medical cannabis spearheaded cannabis reform in Mexico. A father\u2019s love for his daughter will drive him to impossible heights. But watching her experience a seizure can make a father feel helpless as he stands by watching the stiffening and jerking of her tiny arms. 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