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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 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. y...

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 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 w...

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 these clean-cut guys and what you see surprises you, dont worry. theyve heard it all before. >> when we were round the corner,...

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 running out of marijuana and the d...

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. >> meet 19-year-old chaz mo...

>> 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 kinds of medical marijuana. high thc strains tend to be the money makers, but theyre now famous for growing a ...

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, manned with scientists who are turning their plants into medicin...

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...

>> nice to meet you. >> its a battle these families understand better than anyone. >> 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, theyve become known as medical marijuana refugees. >> i came from arizona. >> we left a lot back in alabama. >> unfortunately he had to break the news to his folks were not coming ...

>> no, no. >> the names are quirky. but the owner says this is serious medicine. >> how hard is this to do? >> 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 medical marijuana. 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 st...