been after the nom raft ro nom cal and not a penny covered by insurance. but then paige heard about the stanleys. the six brothers and their greenhouse of marijuana high in cbd. he said, i don t know what to do with it. we are trying new things but nobody wants it. it is not saleable. i said, don t judge that, because we need that plant. at first they didn t want to take the risk of giving marijuana to such a young child. but then they met her. tell me about the first time you met matt, paige and charlotte. i m going to get you misty-eyed. yeah. you get all of us crying when we start talking about that little girl. the figgies hit the jackpot. steady supply of high cbd marijuana and they only had to pay what they could afford. people have called us the robin hoods of marijuana. and they say that we sell pot so that we can take care of the kids.
so easy to get. and many think, so harmless. but when the smoke clears, is marijuana bad for you? or could pot actually be good for you? marijuana, better than all of the pills for you in terms of treating. yes. i travel et world for answers. what does marijuana do to you. what does it do to your kid? a special investigation weed. our journey begins here in this small townhome nestled in the mountains with a family never allowed tv cameras in before and you will soon learn why. so pretty out here. yes. they live in colorado. one of two states where it s legal to smoke pot medically, and recreationally. but here, it is also taboo to residents like paige and her husband, matt. i m sure it was introduced,
one of the country s two hospitals dedicated to this syndrome in florida states at present there is no evidence that cannabidiol is effective for the treatment of epilepsy. the american as does the national institute on drug abuse. it is such an amazing turn of events that it really can t be a fluke, but i do still wonder. you still wonder too? matt? hell no. you know it s working? it s working great. you just look wonderful. and charlotte s doctor, alan shackleford, also agrees. yet, his commitment to medical marijuana has drawn criticism. he has even been called dr. feel good. how difficult is this for you to talk about as a physician? we are tipically conservative as a profession and probably as individuals. we want more proof, and cannabis doesn t have that. and it s why he has traveled the world to look for
valium, addivan, but nothing seemed to help. even worse, some of the medications nearly killed her. after one dose she stops breathing, and after two doses her heart stopped. did you have to do cpr then on her yourself? yes. i remember when her heart stopped, and i had her pulse, and i lost her pulse. there was just nothing. the ambulance is on its way. she survived. you re okay. mommy is here. now it was fall of 2011, and charlotte was 5 years old. when things are at their worst, she just the kids are sleeping either in my room or next. they can hear her seizure scream all night, 50 timdz a night, and chase would come in in the morning and just misses her twin and just hug her and, like, rub her head and say i m just so glad you survived through the night last night. matt had been deployed to afghanistan, and the only thing he could do to help was start
ended up in rehab where he faced mild withdrawal symptoms like irittability, insomnia, nausea. certainly it isn t anything nearly as dangerous as bankrupt discontinuation of alcohol. you know, for somebody like joel, going rehab is really about learning new behaviors more than it is about sort of treating the physiological dependence or tolerance or withdrawal issues. joel has been clean now for six months, but these kinds of risks, they don t scare off charlotte s parents. people ask us that a lot. like, how do you make that decision? it wasn t a decision it was the mechanics viable option. some would say a radical option. marijuana for a 5-year-old, but it was an option they hoped would change her life forever. when we come back, matt and paige finally give their charlotte marijuana. the results are shocking. [ male announcer ] these days, a small business can save by sharing.