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>> we can test for pesticides, we can test for molds, mildews, we can test for residual solvents. >> testing for contamination. one of the biggest hurdles to creating a safe product. recent studies on the contamination on medical marijuana are pretty alarming. one paper showed pesticide residue as high as 69% in a batch of medical marijuana. it's one of the things that concerns main stream doctors about medical marijuana, safety, as well as uniformity and reliability. >> the major issue that physicians have is in the consistency of the product. how do you know what the person is getting? and the answer is, we don't. >> neurologist dr. edward mau is the chief of denver's epilepsy program. he's one of several main stream doctors now researching the stanley's marijuana after hearing about its dramatic results. >> my ears perked up. maybe this is something we should be investigating.
>> we can test for pesticides, we can test for molds, mildews, we can test for rekid yule solvents. >> testing for contamination. one of the biggest hurdles to creating a safe product. in fact studies on the contamination of medical marijuana are pretty alarming. one los angeles case found very dangerous levels of insecticide in medical marijuana samples. it's one of the things that concerns main stream doctors about medical marijuana, safety, as well as uniformity and reliability. >> the major issue that physicians have is in the consistency of the product. how do you know what the person is getting? and the answer is, we don't. >> neurologist dr. edward mau is the chief of denver's health epilepsy program. he's one of several doctors researching the stanley's
the first three patients i met were cancer patients who looked me in the eye and told me if they didn't have the anti-nausea effects and the appetite stimulant and the help sleeping that they wouldn't have survived chemo therapy, and i believed them. >> that was sort of your time of conversion? >> that was my turning point. >> and now on this mountainside, they expect to grow more than 1,000 pounds of medical marijuana in 2014. some is sold to smoke. some is sold as an oil to ingest. >> so what we're talking about is literally taking this and turning it into this? >> that's right. >> the scientists here, some of whom worked at major pharmaceutical companies, are focused on both making the medications and maintaining strict quality control. >> we can test for pesticides, we can test for molds, mildews, we can test for residual solvents. >> testing for contamination.
strict quality control. >> we can test for pesticides. we can test for molds, mildews. we can test for residual solvents. >> testing for contamination. it's one of the biggest hurdles to creating a safe product. recent studies on the contamination on medical marijuana are pretty alarming. one paper showed pesticide residue as high as 69% in a batch of medical marijuana. it's one of the things that concern mainstream doctors about medical marijuana, safety as well as uniformity and reliability. >> the major issue that physicians have is in the consistency of the product. how do you know what the person is getting? and the answer is we don't. >> neurologist dr. edward mau is the chief of denver's health epilepsy program, one of several mean stream -- mainstream doctors researching the
medications and maintaining strict quality control. >> we can test for pesticides, we can test for molds, mildews, we can test for residual solvents. >> testing for contamination. one of the biggest hurdles to creating a safe product. in fact, studies on the contamination of medical marijuana are pretty alarming. one los angeles case founds dangerously high levels of insecticide in samples. it's one of the things that concerns doctors about medical marijuana. safety and reliability. -- saved, as well as uniformity and reliability. >> the major issue that physicians have is in the consistency of the product. how do you know what the person is getting? and the answer is, we don't. >> neurologist dr. edward mau is the chief of denver's epilepsy program.
medications and maintaining strict quality control. >> we can test for pesticides, we can test for molds, mildews, we can test for residual solvents. >> testing for contamination. one of the biggest hurdles to creating a safe product. recent studies on the contamination on medical marijuana are pretty alarming. one paper showed pesticide residue as high as 69% in a batch of medical marijuana. it's one of the things that concerns main stream doctors about medical marijuana, safety, as well as uniformity and reliability. >> the major issue that physicians have is in the consistency of the product. how do you know what the person is getting? and the answer is, we don't. >> neurologist dr. edward mau is the chief of denver's epilepsy program. he's one of several main stream doctors now researching the stanley's marijuana after hearing about its dramatic results.
pharmaceutical companies, are focused on both making the medications and maintaining strict quality control. >> we can test for pesticides, we can test for molds, mildews, we can test for residual solvents. >> testing for contamination. one of the biggest hurdles to creating a safe product. recent studies on the contamination on medical marijuana are pretty alarming. one paper showed pesticide residue as high as 69% in a batch of medical marijuana. it's one of the things that concerns main stream doctors about medical marijuana, safety, as well as uniformity and reliability. >> the major issue that physicians have is in the consistency of the product. how do you know what the person is getting? and the answer is, we don't. >> neurologist dr. edward mau is the chief of denver's epilepsy program. he's one of several main stream doctors now researching the stanley's marijuana after hearing about its dramatic results. >> my ears perked up. maybe this is something we should be investigating. >> for years, he steered clear
strict quality control. >> we can test for pesticides, we can test for molds, mildews, we can test for residual solvents. >> testing for contamination. one of the biggest hurdles to creating a safe product. in fact, studies on the contamination of medical marijuana are pretty alarming. one paper showed pesticide residue as high as 69% in a in two out of three batches of medical marijuana. it's one of the things that concerns main stream doctors about medical marijuana, safety, as well as uniformity and reliability. >> the major issue that physicians have is in the consistency of the product. how do you know what the person is getting? and the answer is, we don't. >> neurologist dr. edward mau is the chief of denver's epilepsy program. he's one of several mainstream doctors now researching the stanley's marijuana after hearing about its dramatic results.
medications and maintaining strict quality control. >> we can test for pesticides, we can test for molds, mildews, we can test for residual solvents. >> testing for contamination. one of the biggest hurdles to creating a safe product. recent studies on the contamination on medical marijuana are pretty alarming. one paper showed pesticide residue as high as 69% in a batch of medical marijuana. it's one of the things that concerns mainstream doctors about medical marijuana, safety, as well as uniformity and reliability. >> the major issue that physicians have is in the consistency of the product. how do you know what the person is getting? and the answer is, we don't. >> neurologist dr. edward mau is the chief of denver's epilepsy program. he's one of several main stream doctors now researching the stanley's marijuana after hearing about its dramatic results.
we can test for molds, mildews, residual solvents. >> testing for contamination. one of the biggest hurdles to creating a safe product. recent studies on the contamination on medical marijuana are alarming. one los angeles case found high levels of insecticide in two of three medical marijuana samples. it's one of the things that concerns main stream doctors about medical marijuana, safety, as well as uniformity and reliability. >> the major issue that physicians have is in the consistency of the product. how do you know what the person is getting? and the answer is, we don't. >> neurologist dr. edward mau is the chief of denver's epilepsy program, one of several doctors researching the stanley's marijuana after hearing about its dramatic results. >> my ears perked up. maybe this is something we should be investigating. >> for years, he steered clear of cannabis because the government classified it as