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Losing my job, or losing my kid, what would any mother do . Reporter tonight, the promise this is what you give up when you start using cannabis. Reporter the risks. We dont know the potential sideeffects. We dont want to make their seizures better and make their lives worse. Reporter and the families caught in the middle. Its awesome. I dont feel like a monster anymore. One kid, one day of no suffering is absolutely worth it. Reporter growing hope. Good evening, and welcome to dateline, im lester holt. Should medical marijuana be legal . Does it work . For which diseases . For doctors, its about the science. For lawmakers, its about politics. But for the families youll meet, its so much simpler. Its about their children. Heres harry smith. Reporter three mothers and their children. On this winter day in virginia, they have a big hill to climb. Each child is desperately ill. Each has a form of epilepsy. No one else that i knew had a kid with seizures this bad, and no one knew how to tr
They say huu. How much are they willing to gamble . If i have to choose between losing my job or losing my kid, what would any mother do . Tonight, the promise. This is what you give up when you start using cannabis. The risks. We dont know the potential side effects. We dont want to make their seizures better and make their lives worse. And the families caught in the middle. It is awesome. I dont feel like a monster anymore. One kid, one day, of no suffering is absolutely worth it. Growing hope. Good evening and welcome to dateline. Im lester holt. Should medical marijuana be legal . Does it work . For which diseases . For doctors, it is about the science. For lawmakers, it is about politics. But for the families, youre going to meet, it is all so much simpler. It is about their children. Heres harry smith. Three mothers and their children. On this winter day in virginia, they have a big hill to climb. Each child is desperately ill. Each has a form of epilepsy. No one else i knew had
Championship only to have his running blades stolen. Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. As we head into the weekend, millions will need to keep a close eye on the weather after a violent outbreak destroyed homes and left neighborhoods under feet of hail in could could. This afternoon new tornado warnings were posted in the west. At least one tornado already spotted today near denver. And the threat from these dangerous storms continues. Our National Correspondent Miguel Almaguer starts us off tonight with the latest. We have touchdown, people. Reporter rumbling across colorado, this violent punishing storm is packing it all, from multiple twisters to pounding golf ballsized hail. The sheriff outside denver says its a miracle nobody was killed. Its really been unlike anything weve ever seen today. We talley saw the tornado from our front porch. Reporter the small town took a