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Cleanliness, purity of product, consistency, all these things that in the marijuana program in california even is hit and miss. at the end of the day this is my medicine. >> and while it may be his medicine, this plant is still not regulated like a traditional medicine. despite the fact it's now legal to use marijuana medicinally in more than half the united states. there is still no standard prescribed dose. after a recommendation, not a prescription from a doctor, a patient is pretty much on their own. >> whoa. >> a little different. >> yeah. >> it's a lot of trial and error. >> how many str...

To use marijuana medicinally in more than half the united states. there is still no standard prix scribed dose. after a recommendation, not a prescription from a doctor, a patient is pretty much on their own. >> whoa. >> a little different. >> yeah. >> it's a lot of trial and error. how many strands did you try? >> everything california's had to offer. >> is that right? >> yeah. >> and the one that helped him as a substitute for painkillers, a strain high in nonpsych owe active cbd. remember, cannabis is made up of 400-plus ingredients. two scientists know the most about are thc which is a psy...

>> and while it may be his medicine, this plant is still not regulated like a traditional medicine. despite the fact it's now legal to use marijuana medicinally in more than half the united states. there is still no standard prix scribed dose. after a recommendation, not a prescription from a doctor, a patient is pretty much on their own. >> whoa. >> a little different. >> yeah. >> it's a lot of trial and error. how many strands did you try? >> everything california's had to offer. >> is that right? >> yeah. >> and the one that helped him as a substitute for painkillers, a strain high in non p...

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 i'm proud of that, obviously. >> dr. boas lev is with israel's ministry of health. here they have pioneered marijuana research. they were the first to isolate thc and cbd decades ago. now the country's ministry licensed 10,000 patients to use marijuana medicinally and has approved more than a dozen studies to treat illnesses like ptsd, pain, crohn's disease, even cancer.

Thc and cbd decades ago. now the country's ministry licensed 10,000 patients to use marijuana medicinally and has approved more than a dozen studies to treat illnesses like ptsd, pain, crohn's disease, even cancer. >> hopefully this would prove to be the best medication. i really hope so. we're not there yet. >> the answers might come from places like this. it's a state-run nursing home outside of tel aviv. residents here are using marijuana for pain, loss of appetite, parkinson's disease, and dementia. moshe root is one of those residents. he was 77 when he smoked his first pipe of marijuana....