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Medication included rages, cognitive functioning issues -- excuse me. this was not the happy-go-lucky child i once knew. >> reporter: before beth collins can finish testifying, it happens, right there in the hearing room, haley has a seizure. lisa struggles to stabilize her daughter and tries to regain her composure. she still wants to speak to the lawmakers. >> this is lisa smith. >> reporter: she collects her thoughts and she steps to the microphone. >> this is -- this is normal for me. this i...

People with epilepsy. >> when you look at this what do you see? >> i see beauty and wonderment and opportunity. >> do you think the rest of america are seeing the same thing? >> i think people are seeing how it pans out. >> one person is dr. amy brooks cayelle, a neurologist in denver. when we spoke, she said there isnt enough science to prove they work or how they affect patients. >> based on the science there is hope -- we dont know the side effects. we dont want to make their seizures better ...

To plan out too long. this is our home and jennifer grew up here, you know? he and my familys here and my other daughter goes to school here. >> reporter: the driving force of the collin was the decision to split their family up were the side effects of the medicines jennifer was on, side effects which they say were getting more and more horrific. did you feel like you were losing your daughter? >> absolutely. losing our whole family. just watching her cognitively decline and watching these rage...

The brothers gave beth something else, thc-a. beth says that one did. what is it like for you to be free of some of those side effects? >> its awesome. i -- i dont feel like a monster anymore. >> a monster? >> cause when i had the rages, i felt like a monster afterwards because i would just physically attack my parents and i didnt have any control over it. >> what would you tell people who think, we just think this whole idea of medical marijuana or that cannabis has any medicinal value, they ju...

The families are not asking to legalize marijuana in the state, but they are asking for permission to use cannabis-based oils that have shown promise in treating epilepsy. republican speaker of the house, james howell, listened to thw m parents in a meeting but was far from optimistic. >> please dont hold out any great hopes. it is a tough thing. i dont want to set up any false aspirations. >> no. no. >> reporter: a new law would have to pass both chambers of the virginia legislature. this is th...

Came a most unexpected visitor, senator dave marsden. >> he came to see tommy in the icu, which i believe helped him realize, wow, she is right. we dont have time. >> how are you? >> reporter: the senator decided to add an emergency clause to the legislation he was backing, a clause that would make the bill take effect immediately. if passed, the families wait would be over. coming up --. a rare look inside the lab where this is what you give up when you start using cannabis. >> when "date l...

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She is not feeling well today. we had exhausted all other treatments. the side effects of her medication included rages, cognitive functioning issues -- excuse me. this was not the happy-go-lucky child i once knew. >> reporter: before beth collins can finish testifying, it happens, right there in the hearing room, haley has a seizure. lisa struggles to stabilize her daughter and tries to regain her composure. she still wants to speak to the lawmakers. >> this is lisa smith. >> reporter: she coll...

We didnt really plan on too long, because it was too painful to plan out too long. this is our home and jennifer grew up here, you know? he and my familys here and my other daughter goes to school here. >> reporter: the driving force of the collin was the decision to split their family up were the side effects of the medicines jennifer was on, side effects which they say were getting more and more horrific. did you feel like you were losing your daughter? >> absolutely. losing our whole family. ...

Web oil from the stanley brothers and gave it to jennifer, but it didnt work. the brothers gave beth something else, thc-a. beth says that one did. what is it like for you to be free of some of those side effects? >> its awesome. i -- i dont feel like a monster anymore. >> a monster? >> cause when i had the rages, i felt like a monster afterwards because i would just physically attack my parents and i didnt have any control over it. >> what would you tell people who think, we just think this who...