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>> 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. its tough. it requires persistence, patience and luck. >> this is josh stanley and his five brothers. theyre a handsome, well-educated tight nit group, all working together to make millions in colorados cannabis madness. how have things changed here? >> youre looking at a new crop. this is a never-ending cycle. >> the stanleys sell many different...

Your watch? >> right. i thought this is crazy. and then she didnt have one the next day. and the next day. i thought that is -- she would have had 100 by now. i just -- i know. i just thought this is insane. >> i remember how happy paige was. its really working. i cant believe it. yeah, that was pretty amazing to hear. >> it had worked. but in just a couple of weeks the excitement was overshadowed by panic. paige was running out of marijuana and the dispensary didnt have any more of that particu...

>> in the last year alone, the federal government has increased their production of pot by 30 fold from just 46 pounds to 1400 pounds. the government anticipates studies on everything from cancer to pain to epilepsy. and they want to have the marijuana ready to push science forward. >> if we dont have it, well have to grow it. >> she is the director of the national institute on drug abuse. theyre the agency in charge of the field and responsible for dispensing marijuana for government-approved r...

Main ingredients, thc -- thats the psychoactive part that makes you high, and cbd, also called cannabidiol. they think it regulates electric activity to help quiet the activity in the brain that causes the seizures. dr. julie holland is the editor of the pot book, a complete guide to cannabis. >> for a long time the work on cannabis and epilepsy was sort of inconclusive. maybe it works. maybe it doesnt. they couldnt quite figure it out. its only when they really started separating thc from cbd t...

From chronic pain to lupus, to crohns disease and epilepsy. so 80% of this farm is now a high cbd, low thc. i mean, this is the exact opposite of what people think of when they think of marijuana. >> this wont get you high. >> you can set the whole hippie population of colorado loose on this plant and youre just going to be looking at a bunch of disappointing hippies. >> the stanleys are not concerned ant disappointing hippies. theyve seen this plant change lives. they have a brand new lab, mann...

Cbd. thats the ingredient some scientists think helps seizures and also low in thc. remember, she didnt want to get her daughter stoned. she found a small amount in a denver dispensary. the owner was surprised that anyone would even want it. >> they said its funny because no one buys this. that was the general consensus, no one wanted it. it didnt have any effect. >> paige paid $800 for a small bag and took it home. >> i had a friend that was starting a business making medicine, and i said can y...

Father. it was crazy. >> hi, how are you? >> nice to meet you. >> its a battle these families understand better than anyone. >> theres no hope left in miami. 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 its legal. desperate and determined, theyve become known as medical marijuana refugees. >> i came from arizona. >> we left a lot back in ala...

>> at home in colorado paige searched for marijuana high in cbd. thats the ingredient some scientists think helps seizures and also low in thc. remember, she didnt want to get her daughter stoned. she found a small amount in a denver dispensary. the owner was surprised that anyone would even want it. >> they said its funny because no one buys this. that was the general consensus, no one wanted it. it didnt have any affect. >> paige paid $800 for a small bag and took it home. >> i had a friend th...

Cbd. remember na -- that name. its the key chemical doctors are using to treat everything from chronic pain to lue pus, krohns disease and even epilepsy. what people think of when they think of marijuana. >> this wont get you high. >> you can set the whole hippie population of colorado loose on this plant and youre just going to be looking at a bunch of disappointed hippies. >> the stanleys are not concerned about disappointing hippies. theyre theyve seen this plant change lives. they have a bra...

After a year of fighting governor chris christie, and then months searching for doctors to prescribe cannabis, the wilsons are finally getting marijuana in their hometown. once they pick up the cannabis at the dispensary, theyre confused. >> its .13% thc and .13% cbd? >> this isnt like picking up a standard prescription. there are no standard doses or guidelines. >> cbda -- >> thats the one you want. >> cdb. >> they leave uncertain, not knowing exactly what theyre getting. and heres another prob...