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
Admired him. Not just because he might be the greatest musician of all times. But because he was he was really involved in the political and cultural fabric of america. Clay aiken, thank you very much for saying all that. And for adding your voice to all those weve heard from. We just passed the 3 00 hour here in new york. It happened about two or three hours ago. You cant blame fans of prince for wondering at first, worrying at first it was a hoax, that it just wasnt true that prince had died at the age of 57. If you follow the news, then you know, it was a week ago tonight he did two shows in atlanta. We heard that his plane had been put down in illinois. That he had been treated there for something resembling the flu. That he had been fighting it going back a few weeks. But then he went to his home in the twin cities, and then bang, today, the news arrived just shy of his 58th birthday. And so his fans across the country, the Music Industry, everyone is remembering and mourning prin
Mostly on the left is to demand a swift action the guns. Why does the United States of america have such a high rate of mass gun violence . The answer is very simply that consistent with the Second Amendment, we can tighten the rules that apply to gun purchases. It happens here not because of coincidence, not because of bad luck, but as a consequence of our inaction. We are responsible. I would rather pass gun safety legislation then win the election. Laura the oscar goes to nancy, the drama. But seriously as our Security Experts discussed last night, the focus on this type of gun or what caliber, that misses the point. Nicholas cruz was determined to kill one way or another. That obvious fact seemed to allude to media echo chamber. More people will die in america by guns this year and next then died in a decade in vietnam. And yet congress does nothing. The president does nothing. Why so many Mass Shootings . Is it contagion, is it the culture . Is it something to do with the lack of