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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 main 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 epileps...

Understand better than anyone. >> there is no hope left in miami. there was nothing else to do. >> each of the 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 it is 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 that the we are not going to be...

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. >...

The wilsons are finally getting marijuana in their hometown. once they pick up the cannabis 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? >> its up t...

>> 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. you know, who is going to smoke that? >> so why grow it t...

>> 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 ...

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 in a denver dispensary. the owner was surprised that anyone would even want it. >> they said its funny because ...

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 medicines. brother joel stanley is i...

Then months searching for doctors to prescribe cannabis, the wilsons are finally getting marijuana in their hometown. once they pick up the cannabis 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 can...

>> 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 th...