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>> it becomes painful. >> quickly, i imagine. >> after 15, 20 minutes, i start to really feel it. >> he is about to show me how the marijuana works. he's been convulsing now for seven minutes. >> how quickly do you expect this to work? >> within the first five minutes. >> and i'm done. >> that's it? >> was actually less than a minute. >> depending on the attack and the day, sometimes within the first couple hit -- >> that alack lasted eight minutes but some have lasted much longer. and happen as often as 40 times a day. and like charlotte, he tried so many things before. by 16, chaz was taking...

By 16, chaz was taking these powerful addictive, potentially deadly, narcotics and muscle relaxants daily. like valium and morphine. >> it would be safe to say that that marijuana, what you have in your hand there, is better than all of those pills there in terms of treating? >> yeah. i'm not as much of a zombie. i've had 16, 17 attacks today and i'm still sitting up talking to you. my first attack on all of these, i would be in the hospital. >> i'm a firm believer that marijuana saved my son's life. >> chaz's father, shawn -- >> his quality of life now is a thousand times better than what it ...

Of the country hooked on the drug. my experience, crystal meth is the most dangerous drug, the most addictive, and you get to 98% and 99%, scientists making this. used to suppress appetites. one of the things they are doing, clearly a country that's starving, and i guess they decided to make all their people addicts. it's just unbelievable to me that a country could get away with that. >> i was going to say plus because there are so many countries that refuse to do business with north korea, they don't have enough hard currency, and so they are looking for ways to export products and goods tha...

She's talking, this is important. i'm sorry. go ahead. >> they create an addictive -- oh, joe. >> oh, man. this was not set up. >> and i bet you can't stop. >> i eat this every morning. >> mike, as i was saying, americans certainly have passion on both sides of the issue, and free choice is a big deal for all of us. is there a middle ground to be found here? as you're saying, that the soda manufacturers, the lobbying groups for soda makers are going to come out in full force against this. can the mayor work with them to find common ground? >> well, the mayor has said that part of the idea for ...

>> they create an addictive -- >> oh, man. >> this was not set up. >> and i bet you can't stop. >> i eat this every morning. >> i bet you couldn't put those aside if i asked you to, if i asked you to. those are so full of sugar and fat and trigger a reward mechanism in the brain that makes you not able to stop at one. >> that's why i have them every morning. >> these are the healthy ones, no jelly in the middle. >> i know you want to talk about the budget. >> no, i want to talk about this. >> this affects our economy. >> i agree with you. >> we're all so fat that our health care system is bein...