we re helpless as physicians. you don t believe it has i was in a clinic it has therapeutic value for some people. i was in california where a person would say if you re depressed you should get hindu kush. if you ve got a stomach ache it s this. you re saying that s not true? [ overlapping speakers ] ambien guys. no, seriously, the actual substances within marijuana plant can be and should be examined and investigated by medical science. yes. no one disagrees with that. we ve finally got an nih trial on this use for cannabinoids for children in terms of epilepsy and seizures. why did it take so long? because it s still illegal, charles. we don t know what benefit this drug has. lancet, britain s medical journal called it the aspirin of the 21st century. that s not limited. the reason that this hasn t
me they know everything. i know my own research. and physicians should be able to prescribe it where it s appropriate absolutely. do you want to talk about your own research? stand up and make the thing legal. we re helpless as physicians. you don t believe it has i was in a clinic it has therapeutic value for some people. i was in california where a person would say if you re depressed you should get hindu kush. if you ve got a stomach ache it s this. you re saying that s not true? [ overlapping speakers ] ambien guys. no, seriously, the actual substances within marijuana plant can be and should be examined and investigated by medical science. yes. no one disagrees with that. we ve finally got an nih trial on this use for cannabinoids for children in terms of epilepsy and seizures. why did it take so long?
story. neither side will mention this in opening statements. neither side will mention it at all during the trial. can t imagine that there s any circumstance under which that will become relevant. but if it does, it will be done outside the presence of the jury. reporter: we now know what will not be presented to the jury when george zimmerman s second degree murder trial begins june 10th. the former neighborhood watch captain says he shot 17-year-old trayvon martin in self-defense. seminole county florida judge deborah nelson granted a slew of motions made by the prosecution tuesday. the jury will not see martin s school records, his social media postings, nor a picture of martin wearing false gold teeth. we re asking the court to prohibit the defense from making any reference or suggesting that trayvon martin, prior to this date, had ever been in a fight. reporter: judge nelson agreed. and those texts and photos zimmerman s defense attorney mark o mara released to the media
watching false gold teeth. i prohibit the defense from making any reference or suggesting that trayvon martin to this date had ever been in a fight. reporter: judge nelson agreed. and the text says and photos that defense attorney mark o meara of a marijuana plant and gun, those are offlimits too. the drugs and the history of chronic use of drugs. and it s relevant to the theory of defense. and reporter: toxicology reports showing the chem calf in marijuana the night of the shooting may be introduced, but not during opening statements. ben crump represents martin s parents. this information was not relevant. it was inadmissible. so we have to not let people get
of the the evidence released by the defense last week. the photographs that smoke coming out of his mouth, the picture with the gold teeth, the small growing marijuana plant, the gun, all of those elements, the text messages, those will not come up in front of the jury. i want you to listen to this exchange can between the defense attorney and the judge. this was during the decision to keep out the familiarity with guns. listen. the drugs and the history of his chronic use of drugs and his familiarity with fighting and to a certain externt his familiarity with guns is relevant to the theory of defense. so how could you keep us from arguing our theory of defense? because the rules of evidence keep you from doing it. reporter: now, o mara has said there was no guarantee he was going to introduce it, but if the state went after george zimmerman s character he thought the jury should know those elements about trayvon martin.