Figi suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Dravet Syndrome; the ailment caused her to have as many as sixty painful, body-wrenching seizures every day. At one point, things were so bad that her parents filled out a "Do not resuscitate" form for their daughter.

In 2012, and at wits' end, her parents finally turned to Colorado's burgeoning medical marijuana industry, where they found salvation in the form of a high-CBD infused olive oil that Charlotte takes orally. Within weeks, she went from 1,000 seizures a month to just three.

Charlotte Figi's story is eye-opening. And coupled with the renowned doctor's go-ahead, it seems to have inspired a small migration of families with sick children to Colorado, in search of an alternative treatment for their little loved ones. The Colorado Springs Gazette reports that nearly twenty families with children suffering from seizure disorders have relocated to the state recently, looking for one last chance to help their kids.

Among them is Mohammad Halabi, a Lebanese refugee who has moved his family from New York City to the Springs based on a YouTube video he saw about Figi. Halabi's own daughter, two-year-old Mia, also suffers from Dravet's Syndrome, and what he saw gave him hope once again.

"As soon as we saw it, we knew we had to go," he told the Gazette.

Josh Stanley, the dispensary owner and grower who discovered the high-CBD plant used to make Figi's medicine, also was part of the Gazette article. According to him, he's been getting endless calls from families across the U.S. and a waiting list of about 1,000 people. He's rushing to increase production of the strain, now called Charlotte's Web, but won't have a full harvest until March.