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>> 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 before. >> meet 19-year-old chaz moore. he uses many different strain...

Course of action to try. >> 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 effect. >> paige paid $800 for a small bag and took it h...

As the sun was rising on the ancient city of jerusalem, the final leg of our journey was just beginning. >> there had been some great advances here, and im proud of that, obviously. >> dr. boas lev is with israels ministry of health. here they have pioneered marijuana research. they were the first to isolate thc and cbd decades ago. now the countrys ministry licensed 10,000 patients to use marijuana medicinally and has approved more than a dozen studies to treat illnesses like ptsd, pain, crohns...

Except cannabis. >> heres how scientists think it might work. marijuana is made up of two 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. >> ive been telling our patients -- >> 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. ma...

Then another. >> she didnt have seizures that day. 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 e...

Of marijuana. many of them high in cbd to treat his rare disorder of the diagram. thats why hes talking this way. almost speaking in hiccups like he cant catch his breath. >> this fluttering here its annoying but it becomes painful pretty quickly i imagine. >> yeah. after like 15 or 20 minutes this is when i can start to really feel it. >> he is about to show me how the marijuana works. he has been convulsing now for 7 minutes. >> how quickly do you expect this to work? >> within like the first ...

The six brothers and their green house of marijuana that is high in cbd. >> i said oh my goodness. he said i dont know what to do with it. were trying new things with it but no one wants it. its not sellable. i said just dont -- dont touch that. we need that plant. >> at first, they didnt want to take the risk of giving marijuana to such a young child. but then they met her. >> tell me about the first time you met matt, paige and charlotte. >> im going to get you misty eyed. >> yeah youll get al...

Were allowed to grow six per patient. >> they have been growing something different. something they call revolutionary. >> so green house 1. greenhouse 1. >> yes, welcome to it. >> welcome to paradise. >> behind closed doors and under 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 cross bredding plants to get to this point. >> instead of breeding up the thc we bred it dow...

Its the key chemical doctors are using to treat everything, 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 s...

They produce up to 600 pounds of medical marijuana a year, and much of that marijuana is high in thc. but here on their remote farm at this undisclosed location in the mountains -- >> it takes a lot of plants. were allowed to grow six per patient. >> they have been growing something different. something they call revolutionary. >> its greenhouse one. >> greenhouse one, yes. welcome to it. welcome to paradise. >> behind closed doors and under tight security we enter what the stanleys call the gar...