don t make them pick up and have to move to a state like colorado. in fact, 15 more states are considering legalizing medical marijuana. there are other people in this room who need the immediate gratification of that drug. the ever-growing support of main stream medicine doesn t hurt. in a recent poll of nearly 2,000 doctors, 76% said they re in favor of using medical marijuana for a needy patient. now six medical marijuana states have expanded their laws to allow card carrying patients to bring cannabis medicine into their home state. yet unfortunately for the wilsons, new jersey is not one of them. it will not happen on my watch, ever. i am done expanding the medical marijuana program. literally the same hour he said that, our friend s daughter was taken off a ventilator after a 26-hour seizure. 15 months old. and you re like, yeah, that
and that s going to understandably raise concerns. the latest research shows some strains of marijuana do have a profound effect on the brains of users under the age of 25. thc in some good studies has been linked to psychiatric disorders, memory disorders in children under 16. even though it s low thc content, there may be long-term side effects. what are you worried about the most in the long run? the fact that we don t understand the long-term effects of this medication in brain development. these are tough choices, made even tougher when you uproot your whole life for marijuana. i had to do a lot of fund-raising and get a lot of friend s help to get us here. they come from all walks of life. a stay-at-home mom from ohio. an insurance salesman from alabama. a nurse practitioner from florida. it s exciting to think about the opportunity for her, i mean, to hold her head up, look at us
nice to meet you. it s a battle these families understand better than anyone. there s no hope left. there was nothing else left to do. each of these families wanted medical marijuana for their sick children. they also fought to get it in their home states. but lost. so they moved to colorado where it s legal. desperate and determined, they ve become known as medical marijuana refugees. i came from arizona. we left a lot back in alabama. unfortunately he had to break the news to his folks we re not coming back to texas. more than 100 families moving to get the marijuana they had seen in our last documentary. it s called charlotte s web, named for the little girl we profiled. it s a plant that doesn t get you high but loaded with a chemical called cannabidiol, or cbd. which seems to help reduce seizure, even when nothing else has worked. it changed charlotte s life. thousands of parents called to
the wilsons are finally getting marijuana in their hometown. once they pick up the cannabis at the dispensary, they re confused. it s 0.13% thc and 0.13% cbd? this isn t like picking up a standard prescription. there are no standard doses or federal guidelines. that s the one you want. they leave uncertain, not knowing exactly what they re getting. and here s another problem, what they get at the dispensary are leaves that vivian can t use. how many grams are we going to use? it s up to her parents to make medicine out of those leaves. for that, they re used this glorified crock pot to activate the plant and turn it into an oil. once we have oil, we don t know what the ratio is, because it s not going to be what this
did you name any of these? no, no. the names are quirky. but the owner says this is serious medicine. how hard is this to do? good luck. it s tough. it requires persistence, patience and luck. this is josh stanley and his five brothers. they re a handsome, well-educated tight nit group, all working together to make millions in colorado s cannabis madness. how have things changed here? you re looking at a new crop. this is a never-ending cycle. the stanleys sell many different kinds of medical marijuana. high thc strains tend to be the money makers, but they re now famous for growing a less profitable plant called charlotte s web. it s low this thc but high in cbd, cannabidiol. remember that name. it s the key chemical doctors are using to treat everything,