reporter: in effect, he says the human body may be wired to utilize marijuana. dr. boling treats bob, who asked us not to reveal his last name. bob was a trial attorney for 25 years, until my 50th birthday, i was told that i had m.s. reporter: m.s. affects every patient differently, but dr. boling told bob there is research overseas that suggests marijuana can help with two of the most severe symptoms, muscle spasms and pain. bob buys marijuana at a legal dispensary and ingests it with a vaporizer. i use a strain called harlequin, which allegedly is 5 cbes to two thcs and i can take, like, two or three hits and it would really take the edge off the pain without getting me high. reporter: we traveled down i-25 from denver into the mountains of divide, colorado.
utilize marijuana. dr. boling treats bob, who asked us not to reveal his last name. bob was a trial attorney for 25 years, until my 50th birthday, i was told that i had m.s. reporter: m.s. affects every patient differently, but dr. boling told bob there is research overseas that suggests marijuana can help with two of the most severe symptoms, muscle spasms and pain. bob buys marijuana at a legal dispensary and ingests it with a vaporizer. i use a strain called harlequin, which allegedly is 5 cbes to two thcs and i can take, like, two or three hits and it would really take the edge off the pain without getting me high. reporter: we traveled down i-25 from denver into the mountains of divide, colorado. there, we met army veteran, matt kale.
reporter: she says more clinical studies need to be done. in medicine, believing that we know the truth without doing the study is a very unsafe thing to do the reports from a single family or a single child doesn t mean that anybody else is going to respond that way. reporter: dr. alan boling is a yale-trained neurologist in denver who also wants to see more research. he says marijuana has the potential to impact a wide array of diseases, including his specialty, multiple sclerosis. do you see potential for marijuana as a treatment for ms? what i think holds lots of potential for the future is that there very clearly are marijuana-related biochemical systems in the nervous system and other parts of the body. reporter: in effect, he says the human body may be wired to utilize marijuana. dr. boling treats bob, who asked
us not to reveal his last name. bob was a trial attorney for 25 years, until my 50th birthday, i was told that i had m.s. reporter: m.s. affects every patient differently, but dr. boling told bob there is research overseas that suggests marijuana can help with two of the most severe symptoms, muscle spasms and pain. bob buys marijuana at a legal dispensary and ingests it with a vaporizer. i use a strain called harlequin, which allegedly is 5 cbes to two thcs and i can take, like, two or three hits and it would really take the edge off the pain without getting me high. reporter: we traveled down i-25 from denver into the mountains of divide, colorado. there, we met army veteran, matt kale. weighed heavily on my mind for a very long time. reporter: kale has ptsd. after two tours of duty in
dr. boling treats bob, who asked us not to reveal his last name. bob was a trial attorney for 25 years, until my 50th birthday, i was told that i had m.s. reporter: m.s. affects every patient differently, but dr. boling told bob there is research overseas that suggests marijuana can help with two of the most severe symptoms, muscle spasms and pain. bob buys marijuana at a legal dispensary and ingests it with a vaporizer. i use a strain called harlequin, which allegedly is 5 cbes to two thcs and i can take, like, two or three hits and it would really take the edge off the pain without getting me high. reporter: we traveled down i-25 from denver into the mountains of divide, colorado. there, we met army veteran, matt kale. weighed heavily on my mind