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A special investigation, weed. Our journey begins here in this small townhome, nestled in the mountains with a family who has never aloud tv cameras in before, and youre going to soon learn why. This is so pretty out here. Yeah. They live in colorado, one of two states where its legal to smoke pot medically and recreationally. But here its also taboo to residents like paige and her husband matt. Im sure it was mentioned to us by someone. Hey, you should try this. And i thought no way. You thought thats fringe stuff . No way, not in a million years, no. But in this area, marijuana is far from f...

So harmless. But when the smoke clears, is marijuana bad for you . Or could pot actually be good for you . Marijuana is better than all pose pills for you in terms of treating . Yeah. I travel the world for answers. What does marijuana do to you . What does it do to your kids . A special investigation, weed. Our journey begins here in this smalltown home nestled in the mountains with a family who has never allowed tv cameras in before and youre going to soon learn why. This is so pretty out here. Yeah. They live in colorado, one of two states where its legal to smoke pot legally and recreation...

>> after one dose, she stops breathing. and after two doses, her heart will stop. >> did you have to do cpr on her yourself? >> yes. i remember when her heart stopped and i had her pulse and i lost her pulse. there was nothing. the ambulance is on its way. >> she survived. >> you're okay. mommy is here. >> but that was fall of 2011. and charlotte was 5 years old. >> when things were at their worst, she just seizes all night. and the kids are sleeping in my room or next door. they can hear the seizure scream all night, 50 times a night. and chase would come in the morning and just misses her tw...

I said just don't touch that because we need that plant. >> at first they didn't want to take the risk of giving marijuana to such a young child. but then they met her. >> tell me about the first time you met matt, paige, and charlotte. >> hmm. >> i'm going to get you misty-eyed. >> yeah, you get all of us crying when we start talking about that little girl. >> the figges had hit the jackpot, a steady supply of high-cbd marijuana, and they only had to pay what they could afford. >> people have called us the robin hoods of marijuana. they say we sell pot so we can take care of the kids, and the...

>> certainly it isn't anything nearly as dangerous as abrupt discontinuation of alcohol. you know, for somebody like joel, going into rehab is really about learning new behaviors more than it is about sort of treating the physiological dependence or tolerance or withdrawal issues. >> joel has been clean now for six months, but these kinds of risks, they don't scare off charlotte's parents. >> people ask us that a lot. like, how do you make that decision? it wasn't a decision. it was the next viable option. >> and some would say a radical option, marijuana for a 5-year-old. but it was an option...