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Much as the moms have done, i hope and pray this medication works. ♪ >> reporter: as the sun rises in virginia, its a new day. after bobbys trip to colorado, haley starts treatments with charlottes web. >> you ready? >> reporter: theres no guarantee it will work but the smiths believe its worth a try. >> there it is. taste like brussels sprouts? >> reporter: lisa and bobby are hopeful as they wait to see if it works. jennifer collins is using the thc-a she first tried in colorado and beth and ...

The stanley brothers decided to ship it there and to other states with similar laws. in spite of the fact that several agencies maintain that oils like charlottes web are illegal. while the fight continues on a national level, the families claimed victory at home. virginia enacted a law to allow thc-a oil for any diagnosed disease with a doctors recommendation. for these families it is an incredible journey that was considered impossible. but through it all their inspiration has remained the sam...

>> this is charlottes web? >> right. >> what do you do with this here? >> we make the plant extract and cultivate it and grow it up until it flowers and harvest it dry to bring it back to the lab to do an extraction and turns into the charlottes web hemp oil. >> it is a hemp plant. >> the distinction that everybody makes between hemp and marijuana is important to understand. a botanist will tell you the plants are the same but according to the federal farm bill of 2014, a plant with less than .3...

A complete fabrication that i am concerned about the meeting my wonderful son donald had in the trump tower. thisd was a meeting to cut information on an opponent. i did not know about it. the media responded as they do to most trump tweets." a melt down as they claimed this was a huge breakthrough to the russian occlusion story. watch. >> president trump in a dramatic tweet, going back on previous denial. the purpose of his meeting with russia was to get information on hillary clinton. >> carel...

>> tucker: the plan to break california off from the rest of the united states is back with an interesting new twist. the leaders of cal exit have announced a new version of their scheme to create an independent california. in this, all federal lands in the state, about half of all of. california, will be returned to american indian tribes creating "the first ever autonomous native american nation in north america. organizers say this would provide a buffer zone between a the california republic...

Out the right strains to soothe the withdrawal symptoms which are very similar to the side effects of chemotherapy. no surprise because for decades studies have shown that both thc and cbd can help cancer patients in treatment. >> did it help you get off of the opiates? >> absolutely. >> 100%. you hear about cbd being able to help people with withdrawal type symptoms they get trying to come off of opiates. you have been here as you mentioned that cbd can help repair the brain. is that as promisi...

Times in and out of rehab, you trite cannabis and it works instantly? is that real? >> thats real. movie craving. i have no desire. i do not have any thought about it at all. period. >> but to so many these stories, the thousands of stories around the country, are simply not enough. >> i have not seen a single story that has shown that by giving a patient suffering from opioid disorder cannabis they are able to stop taking opioids. we cannot be guided by wishful thinking. we need objective data....

In this florida lab scientists have discovered that low doses of thc slow down the buildup of the sticky proteins which create plaque in the brain, one of the telltale signs of alzheimers. >> we discovered low dose have the ability to reduce beta am loyd production. ? dr. tran hi chow is an assistant professor at the byrd alzheimers research institute in tampa, florida. his belief not only is thc safe and effective, but it could be the future for the treatment of alzheimers. >> thc is not that r...

Its just being lost, totally. >> he was very depressed, really down. >> in that one. >> paula dobson believes marijuana helped improve her husbands life. >> his memory is still iffy, but he laughs. he can communicate. its like we have the old mind back for a while. >> dobson is part of a population using marijuana to treat the symptoms of alzheimers, like mood swings, irritability, and disorientation. >> were looking for more of an upper? euphoric feeling? okay. >> and now researchers think they...

The government anticipates studies on everything from cancer to pain to epilepsy. and they want to have the marijuana ready to push science forward. >> if we dont have it, well have to grow it. >> dr. nora volkov is the director of the national institute on drug abuse. theyre the agency in charge of the field and responsible for dispensing marijuana for government-approved research. >> we try to anticipate what researchers are going to need, and so we have based on that expanded our production. ...