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Many of them high in cbd to treat his rare disorder of the diaphragm. >> my abs like lock up. >> thats why hes talking this way, almost speaking in hiccups, like he cant catch his breath. its called myoclonus diaphragmatic flutter. >> this fluttering here, its annoying, but it becomes painful pretty quickly, i imagine. >> yeah. after like 15, 20 minutes this is where i can start to really feel it. >> he is about to show me how the marijuana works. he has been convulsing now for seven minutes. >>...

>> they have been growing something different. something they call revolutionary. >> so greenhouse 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 plants 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...

They had already tried dozens of high-powered drugs. >> we needed to try something else, and at that point in time marijuana was that natural 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 at a denver dispensary. the owner was surprised that anyone would even want it. >> they said its funny because...

Charlotte getting stoned. but also high in cbd to treat her seizures. and that wouldnt be easy. dispensaries and growers, they make their money off strains that are high in thc. >> im joel. >> im josh. >> no one knows that better than the stanley brothers. their family business is pot. and if you look at these clean-cut guys and what you see surprises you, dont worry. theyve heard it all before. >> when we were round the corner theyre like oh, wait a second. you know, did you finish high school?...

Stanleys, the six brothers and their greenhouse of marijuana that is high in cbd. >> i said, oh, my goodness. he says 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 touch that because 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. >> hmm. >> im going to get you misty-eyed. >...

She had two seizures. >> she had failed everything. there were no more options for her. everything had been tried. 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. its the cbd scientists think modulates electrical and chemical activity to help quiet the excessive activity in the brain that causes seizures. >> ive been telling my patients -- >> dr. julie ...

Marijuana. from the moment charlotte entered his office, he knew she was in trouble. while he was just examining her, she had two seizures. >> she had failed everything. there were no more options for her. everything had been tried, 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 th...

High. each bud, a different benefit. each leaf treating a different ailment. >> everything from mental floss to ak-47 to green crack. >> 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 ma...

Diseases. and they had seen it change lives before. >> meet 19-year-old chaz moore. he uses many different strains of marijuana. many of them high in cbd to treat his rare disorder of the diaphragm. >> my abs lock up. >> thats why he is talking this way, almost speaking in hiccups, like he cant catch his breath. its called myoclonus diaphragmatic flutter. >> it becomes painful. pretty quickly i imagine. >> yeah. >> after, like, 15, 20 minutes this is where i can start to really feel. >> he is ab...

That they saw definitively, yes, cbd seems to really stop seizures. >> so the figges needed to find something that was rare, a strain of marijuana that was low in thc. of course, they didnt want charlotte getting stoned. but also high in cbd to treat her seizures. and that wouldnt be easy. dispensaries and growers, they make their money off strains that are high in thc. >> im joel. >> im josh. >> no one knows that better than the stanley brothers. their family business is pot. and if you look at...