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>> the figgys 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 these clean-cut guys and what you see surprises you, dont worry. theyv...

>> so greenhouse one. >> greenhouse one. yes. welcome to paradise. >> behind closed doors and under tight security, we enter what the stan his 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 cross breeding plants to get to this point. >> instead of breeding up the thc weve bred down the thc and bred up the cbd. people said youre crazy. whos going to smoke that? >> so why grow it, then? well, the stanleys also believ...

Very well versed in all things medical marijuana. it can clearly provide your daughter with a huge amount of help. we saw from sanjay guptas documentary "weed," other benefits to young kids in particular. for those who dont know much about this and think that medical marijuana sounds scary, drug abuse, et cetera, explain directly now how it helps vivian or how you believe it could help her over the longer term. >> right. so the number one thing is we think it will help control her seizures eithe...

The excitement was overshadowed by panic. paige was running out of marijuana and the dispensary didnt have any more of that particular strain. even if there was more, the monthly price tag would have been astronomical. $2,000, and not a penny of it covered by insurance. but then paige heard about the 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...

As the sun was rising on the ancient city of jerusalem, the final leg of our journey was just beginning. >> there had been some great advances here, and im proud of that, obviously. >> dr. boas lev is with israels ministry of health. here they have pioneered marijuana research. they were the first to isolate thc and cbd decades ago. now the countrys ministry licensed 10,000 patients to use marijuana medicinally and has approved more than a dozen studies to treat illnesses like ptsd, pain, crohns...

It might work. marijuana is made up of two ingredients, thc -- thats the psychoactive part that makes you high, and cbd, also called cannabidiol. the cbd helps 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. its only when they really started separating thc from cbd ...

Colorado, matt figge received this video from his wife paige. >> its horrible seeing these videos when im deployed. >> it was his 5-year-old daughter, charlotte, seizing. diagnosed with a severe form of 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 paige...

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 then? well, the stanleys also believed in cbds potential to tre...

Day. then she didnt have a seizure 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...

Then she didnt have a seizure 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 runn...