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>> behind closed doors and under tight security we enter what stanleys call the garden of eden. >> there is nothing like this in the world. this plant is 21% cbd and less than 1% thc. >> it took years of cross breeding plants to get to this point. >> instead of breeding up the thc, we have bred down the thc. and bred up the cbd. and people said, youre crazy. who is going to smoke that? >> why grow it, then? >> the stanleys also believed in cbds potential to treat many diseases. and they have see...

>> here is how scientist think it might work. marijuana is made up of two main ingredients, thc, thats the part that makes you high, and cbd, also called cannabidiol. the cbd scientists think the electro and mechanical activity that quiet the activity in the brain to help seizures. >> dr. julie holland is the editor of the pot book. >> for a long time the work on cannabis and epilepsy was inconclusive. it was only when they started separating it that they saw, yes, cbd seems to really stop seizu...

>> 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 electrivity to help quiet the activity in the brain that causes 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...

>> 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 affect. >> paige paid $800 for a small bag and took it home. >> i had a friend th...

Effective for children. its a different option from the ones theyve already tried. >> dr. getty, does cannabis oil have any of the properties of marijuana that it could make a child high? >> it has a small amount of the element that could make kids high, so small that in combination with the much greater amount of the cbd, they work together to be able to stop seizures in kids without making them high. >> i want to clear up something else. advocates say this would be helpful for children with se...

As opposed to thc. so children with serious seizure problems get the resin very high in cbd and very low in thc and its really helping them. you can get pot that doesnt make you high. >> you can get pot that you dont have to smoke. [ overlapping speakers ] >> if somebodys suffering and needs the part that makes them get high and theyre suffering why shouldnt they. but the fact is -- >> children though im saying. >> the use of it medically is very limited. the medical use thing. its very limited,...

>> to answer your question, you can and in fact they are generating marijuana strains very heavily what they call cannabinoids. as opposed to thc. so children with serious seizure problems get the resin very high in cbd and very low in thc and its really helping them. you can get pot that doesnt make you high. >> you can get pot that you dont have to smoke. [ overlapping speakers ] >> if somebodys suffering and needs the part that makes them get high and theyre suffering why shouldnt they. but t...

So the figgies needed to find something rare, a strain of marijuana low in thc. they didnt want charlotte getting stoned. but also high in cbd to treat her seizures. and that wouldnt be easy. to dispensaries an growers make their money off strains that are high in thc. >> im joel. >> im josh. >> no one knows that better than the stanley brothers. theyre family business is pot. if you look at these clean-cut guys and what you see surprises you, dont worry. theyve heard it all before. >> when we a...

Epilepsy, she was having 300 seizures a week. each attack so severe, it had the potential to kill her. 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, searching for marijuana high in cbd, thats the ingredient some scientists think help seizures and low in thc. remember, she didnt want to get her daughter stoned. she found a small amount in the denver dis...

This undisclosed locations in the mountains -- >> it takes a lot of plants. they are allowed to grow six per patient. >> they are growing something different. something they call revolutionary. >> greenhouse one. >> grown house one. welcome to it. welcome to paradise. >> behind closed doors and under tight security we enter what stanleys call the garden of eden. >> there is nothing like this in the world. 21% cbd and less than 1% thc. >> it took years of cross breeding plants to get to this poin...