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
A look at a scientific test that may determine if charlottes web is real medicine or not. Lindsay moran is an excia operative and analyst. Im are phil torres. Thats our team, now lets do some science. Hello and welcome to techknow. My name is phil torres and were joined today by Lindsay Moran and dr. Crystal dilworth. You went to investigate can marijuana but this marijuana is missing something. Right, its missing thc, the compound responsible for that high. I got a chance to go to colorado and look at a Family Business whos producing marijuana that helps treat children with intractable are why being diseases. More than 400,000 children in the u. S. Suffers from epileptic seizures. Heather jacksons son zaki is one of them. Zaki had these, he has a rare form of epilepsy known as doose syndrome. By the time he was 5 years old he had had 500,000 seizures. Dont usually start crying this early, actually. Its an emotional day because hes 16 months seizure free today, so im happy. Its a happy
Not. Lindsay moran is an excia operative and analyst. Im are phil torres. Thats our team, now lets do some science. Hello and welcome to techknow. My name is phil torres and were joined today by Lindsay Moran and dr. Crystal dilworth. You went to investigate can marijuana but this marijuana is missing something. Right, its missing thc, the compound responsible for that high. I got a chance to go to colorado and look at a Family Business whos producing marijuana that helps treat children with intractable are why being diseases. More than 400,000 children in the u. S. Suffers from epileptic seizures. Heather jacksons son zaki is one of them. Zaki had these, he has a rare form of epilepsy known as doose syndrome. By the time he was 5 years old he had had 500,000 seizures. Dont usually start crying this early, actually. Its an emotional day because hes 16 months seizure free today, so im happy. Its a happy emotion. Today zaki is talking walking, and being home schooled. His mom, heather ja