They willing to gamble . If i have to choose between 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
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
Passed us here on the parkway. See what they were doing as they were using the northbound lanes to go southbound, because of that big sinkhole problem on the southbound lanes of the gw parkway. But before he got here, he passed the beltway at river road. And caused a big closure there. All of the motorcade going through there. And before that, the motorcade passing by old georgetown road, and, of course, that caused a problem in that area. Some of the roads around here shut down for more than a half hour during the heart of rush hour. I understand how motorcades work. I understand the need for them. But that seemed a bit excessive and probably could have been planned better and probably has a lot to do with this, whats going on over here. What we have been telling you about all day. The southbound lanes of the George Washington parkway where work is still continuing to fix that big sinkhole that opened up not long ago. And that work is expected to wrapup later on tonight. The good news
We caught up with one man from out of town headed this way and now says hes staying put in town. So im going to duck into my sons house for the night and lay over one more night. Ive been with friends in d. C. Yes, my son is one of your local residents, and homeowners over in great falls. Tell him to put something good on for dinner, right . Absolutely roll out the red carpet. Reporter we are going to have to deal with this for a little longer, but again, crews ar making quick work out here. They expect the contractor out here just told me not long ago he expects the lanes here on the southbound parkway near spout run could reopen by 7 00 tonight. By tomorrow morning, this should definitely be an option for you. Send it back into you guys. Todays weather sure isnt helping that situation. Its been wet and dreary all day. And now there is more rain, even some sleet en route. Lets get straight to storm team 4 meteorologist Veronica Johnson with your storm cast. Not much in the way of sha