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>> 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 home. >> i had a friend ...

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 before. >> i always have two s...

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 scientists think 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 onl...

Cbd which seems to help reduce seizur seizures, even when nothing else has worked. it changed charlottes life. >> because the drier it is, it will extract more. >> reporter: thousands called to ask the growers, josh stanley and his brothers if it could possibly work for their children. >> you tell them potentially it could. nothing is for sure. i said well, unfortunately, you have to move to colorado. >> the reason they have to move to colorado is what? >> because anything thats grown in colorad...

To ak-47 -- the names, did you name any of them? >> no, no. >> krork ki names. >> its tough. it requires persistence, patience and luck. >> this is josh stanley and his five brothers. they are a tight-knit group working together to make misdemeanors in the cannabis. >> how have things changed here? >> youre looking at 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 are famous for growing a le...

>> its tough. it requires persistence, patience and luck. >> this is josh stanley and his five brothers. they are a tight-knit group working together to make misdemeanors in the cannabis. >> how have things changed here? >> youre looking at 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 are famous for growing a less profitable plant called charlottes web, low in thc but high in cbd. its the ...

Hometown. once they pick up the cannabis at the dispensary, they are confused. >> its .13% thc and.13% cbd? >> go in and ask. >> this isnt like picking up a standard prescription at the pharmacy. there are no standard doses of federal guidelines. >> your cbd is 3. -- >> cbda. >> thats the one you want. >> but they leave uncertain, not knowing exactly what they are getting. and here is another problem, what they get at the dispensary are leaves, vivian cant use. >> how many grams are we going to ...

Miami. there was nothing else 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 they have become known as medical marijuana refugees. >> i came from arizona. >> we left a lot back in alabama. >> unfortunately, we had to break the news to his folks we will not come back to texas. >> more than 100 families moving to get the marijuana they ha...

Doctors to prescribe cannabis. >> she has seizures, correct? >> the wilsons are finally getting marijuana in their hometown. once they pick up the cannabis at the dispensary, they are confused. >> its .13% thc and.13% cbd? >> go in and ask. >> this isnt like picking up a standard prescription at the pharmacy. there are no standard doses of federal guidelines. >> your cbd is 3. -- >> cbda. >> thats the one you want. >> but they leave uncertain, not knowing exactly what they are getting. and here ...

Dravet syndrome, it can worked if approved. we just need the government to cooperate. >> i think part of the problem is we need the studies we do for any other treatment to say how safe it is, how effective it is, what is the right combination, the mixture of the different chemicals from the plant, as we were just talking about. there are many parts of the plant. these are called kanab anoids. these are components specific to the marijuana plant. theres over 80 of them actually. the two most neu...