i don t mind trying it and finding my reporter: after a couple of years of trial and error, ken has found his groove. but ken s cannabis story actually started with an awful scare. it happened in the middle of the night. i was afraid i was going to fall out of bed because i started to get dizzy and i was confused and i was holding on to the mattress on one side because i was afraid i was going to fall. reporter: were you nervous the first time you ever tried gummies. this woman had a similar experience. when i started to fall asleep, i felt like my chest was closing in. i literally i was so disoriented, i couldn t walk. finding the right sweet spot can be very problematic for people. reporter: when we told the doctor what had happened to ken and robin, she wasn t surprised. cbd is a really, really
tricky thing. patients do describe by self-report significant improvement in sleep both reduced time to fall asleep and staying asleep. the scientific evidence is less rigorous here. reporter: so here is what we know, thc is usually seen as a sedative, it kind of chills you out, calms you down. but the problem is, in certain cases, the exact same strain can do almost the opposite. it can be a stimulant. as you increase the dose, it can go from being sedating to being stimulating. as for cbd, some studies show just the reverse. low doses can make you more alert. high doses sleepy. as a result, there s no perfect strain or dose for everyone. it is trial and error. and on top of that, it s not just what you take, but how you take it as well. one big problem is older adults very often eat it as a
a really, really tricky thing. our patients do describe by self-report significant immovement in sleep, both reduced time to fall asleep and staying asleep. the scientific evidence is less rigorous here. reporter: so here is what we know. thc is usually seen as a sedative. kind of chills you out, calms you down. but the problem is that in certain cases the exact same strain can do almost the opposite. it can be a stimulant. as you increase the dose, it can go from being sedating to being stimulating. as for cbd, some studies show just the reverse. low doses can make you more alert. high doses sleepy. as a result, there is no perfect strain or dose for everyone. it is trial and error. and on top of that, it s not just what you take but how you take it as well. one big problem is older adults very often eat it as a
finding my niche. reporter: after a couple of years of trial and error, ken has found his groove. but ken s cannabis story actually started with an awful scare. it happened in the middle of the night. i was afraid i was going to fall out of bed because i started to get dizzy and i was confused and i was holding on to the mattress on one side because i was afraid i was going to fall. reporter: were you nervous before the first time you ever tried gummies? robin savage, our cannabis newbies, she had a similar experience when she took some cbd gummies for sleep. when i started to fall asleep, i felt like my chest was closing in. i literally i was so disoriented, i couldn t walk. finding the right sweet spot can be very problematic for people. reporter: when we told dr. staci gruber what had happened to ken and robin, she wasn t surprised. cbd and other constituents is
these potential victims to have survived similar encounters? it s mind boggling. what we get, especially from the photos the police have released of that cinder block cell, makeshift. he had just move d into this rental house and the first thing he did was build this cell in his garage. this is a very active sexual fantasy that s been going on a long time. he drove seven hours to seattle to find his victim, had a stun gun, a police badge, leg shackles, saying she s under arrest. he has put a lot of thought into this. that doesn t happen overnight. it s come about probably from a lot of trial and error in the past. this is why the police are