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Powerful they are. >> shes absolutely doped upright now. watch her try to walk or do anything. >> this is difficult to watch, but it does raise this important point, the traditional drugs used to treat epilepsy can be more dangerous than cannabis. vivians doctor, epilepsy expert. >> i think one of the reasons marijuana is probably safe is related to the receipt tors, which if you have too much stimulation or inha bigs, they dont shut off breathing. >> thats key, the drugs impact many parts of br...

>> this is difficult to watch, but it does raise this important point, the traditional drugs used to treat epilepsy can be more dangerous than cannabis. vivians doctor, epilepsy expert. >> i think one of the reasons marijuana is probably safe is related to the receipt tors, which if you have too much stimulation or inhibition, they dont shut off breathing. >> thats key, the drugs impact many parts of brain including the brain stem that can shut off functions if you take too much. marijuana doesn...

Found it was more than just blood. it was tissue. this was identified as human. and the sample had both small granular cells and larger purkinje cells. this meant only one thing. this was muscle. but they wanted a second opinion. >> so they sent this tissue to a fellow named mike collin who is a neuropathologist in ohio. he looked at it and said, yeah, its mammal and its cerebellum. its the brain stem. >> the cerebellum sits at the base of the brain and is primarily responsible for memory and mo...

This was identified as human. and the sample had both small granular cells and larger purkinje cells. this meant only one thing. this was muscle. but they wanted a second opinion. >> so they sent this tissue to a fellow named mike collin who is a neuropathologist in ohio. he looked at it and said, yeah, its mammal and its cerebellum. its the brain stem. >> the cerebellum sits at the base of the brain and is primarily responsible for memory and motor movement. since the cerebellum controls the he...

Illness, donated her hair to cancer patients who had lost theirs, but now she faced her own challenge, terminal brain cancer. >> we live in an amazing country. we have access to some of the best medicine, doctors in the world. it will be okay, and it wasnt. >> hi, my name is gabriella miller. im 10 years old, and i have brain cancer. >> gabriella decided she would campaign for more funding to find a cure. >> less and less kids are going to have their childhood if awareness, if people dont raise ...

Child who at age 6 lock before her illness donated her hair to cancer patients who lost theirs. but now she faced her own challenge, terminal brain cancer. >> it can be fixed because we live in an amazing country, weve got access to some of the best medicine, science, doctors in the world. it will be okay. and it wasnt. >> hi, my name is gabriella miller. im 10 years old and i have brain cancer. >> reporter: gabriella decided she would campaign for more funding to find a cure. >> less and less k...

Anything. >> this is difficult to watch, but it does raise this important point. the traditional drugs used to treat epilepsy can be more dangerous than cannabis. vivians doctor, epilepsy expert warren davinski. >> i think one of the reasons marijuana is probably safe is its related to the cannabidiol receptors. if you have too much stimulation or inhibition of them, they dont shut off breathing or respiration. >> and thats key. the current potent epilepsy drugs impact many parts of the brain, i...

Powerful they are. >> shes absolutely doped up right now. watch her trying to walk or do anything. >> this is difficult to watch, but it does raise this important point. the traditional drugs used to treat epilepsy can be more dangerous than cannabis. vivians doctor, epilepsy expert warren davinski. >> i think one of the reasons marijuana is probably safe is its related to the cannabidiol receptors. if you have too much stimulation or inhibition of them, they dont shut off breathing or respirati...

>> this is difficult to watch, but it does raise this important point. the traditional drugs used to treat epilepsy can be more dangerous than cannabis. vivians doctor, epilepsy expert warren davinski. >> i think one of the reasons marijuana is probably safe is its related to the cannabidiol receptors. if you have too much stimulation or inhibition of them, they dont shut off breathing or respiration. >> and thats key. the current potent epilepsy drugs impact many parts of the brain, including t...

Dangerous than cannabis. vivians doctor, epilepsy expert warren davinski. >> i think one of the reasons marijuana is probably safe is its related to the cannabidiol receptors. if you have too much stimulation or inhibition of them, they dont shut off breathing or respiration. >> and thats key. the current potent epilepsy drugs impact many parts of the brain, including the brain stem.