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Tight security, we enter what the stanleys call the "garden of eden." >> theres nothing like this in the world. >> this plant is 21% cbd and less than 1% thc. >> it took years of crossbreeding plants to get to this point. >> instead of breeding up the thc weve bred down the thc and bred up the cbd, and people said, youre crazy. you know, who is going to smoke that? >> so why grow it then? well, the stanleys also believed in cbds potential to treat many diseases. and they had seen it change lives...

Then she didnt have a seizure that night. >> did you sit there and look at 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 runn...

Marijuana is made up of two main ingredients, thc, thats the psychoactive part that makes you high. and cbd, also called cannabidiol. its the cbd that modulates the electricity in brain to help quiet the activity in the brain that causes 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 reall...

>> alan tonkin is not trying to quit smoking. in fact, instead of nicotine, this 2 x 2 square is delivering thc. >> ive been using medical marijuana for about the past 11 years. >> ever since a sky diving accident broke his back, his pain reliever of choice is weed. but smoking breaks at work, well -- >> i dont like smelling like marijuana around customers. this allows me to be more discreet about taking my medicine. >> this is basically where all the magic happens. >> the magics happening at ma...

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. >> this 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 research. >> we try to anticipate what researchers are going to need, and so we have based on that expanded our production. >> ...

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 about disappointing hippies. theyve seen this plant change lives. they have a brand new lab, manned with scientists who are turning their plants into medicines. brother joel stanley is...

>> hi, how are you? >> its a battle these families understand better than anyone. >> theres no hope left in miami, there was nothing left to do. >> each of these families wanted medical marijuana for their sick children and also fought for it in their home states but lost. so, they moved to colorado. theyve been known as medical marijuana refugees. >> we had to break the news to his folks that were not coming back to texas. >> families moving to get whats called charlottes web. its a plant that ...

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. >> dr. nora 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 research. >> we try to anticipate what researchers are going to need, and so we have based...

At the dispensary, theyre confused. >> its 0.13% thc and 0.13% cbd? >> this isnt like picking up a standard prescription. there are no standard doses or federal guidelines. >> thats the one you want. >> they leave uncertain, not knowing exactly what theyre getting. and heres another problem, what they get at the dispensary are leaves that vivian cant use. >> how many grams are we going to use? >> half ounce >> its up to her parents to make medicine out of those leaves. for that, theyre used this...

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 kinds of medical marijuana. high thc strains tend to be the money makers, but theyre now famous for growing a less profitable plant called charlottes w...