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cannibis binds to receptors in the brain to reduce inflammation and can provide a buffer against pain. but according to d dr. margaret geddie, there is no one step standard cannabis treatment for pain. >> so patients are kind of let loose in the sense that they have to try things and find out which strain works. >> frank now works in the stanleys' lab, where he helps to make the medicines he takes morning, noon and night. a variety of different strains. he says his pain is gone and he functions well. it's a mix that works for him. >> is it risky? there are some risks if you don't know your baseline that -- what milligram for your edibles that you could ingest. if you ingest too much, you can pass out. >> some people i've heard have people that followed recipes and have had children taken to the emergency rooms psychotic from the marijuana. >> that's why he feels job number one is to make marijuana
convincing dispensary owners like the stanleys to sell marijuana to a 5-year-old little girl. >> when charlotte's mother called my brother joel, the brothers had a meeting and said tell us about this patient. she's 5 years old he said and we said no. we can't do that? >> why? the fear of the unknown. charlotte was one of the youngest patients at the time wanting marijuana. would it be too much for her or would it change her life forever? we'll find that out later. but first learn more about what marijuana does to your kid's brain and yours as well. i am totally blind. and sometimes i struggle to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. this is called non-24. learn more by calling 844-824-2424. or visit your24info.com.
>> everything from mental floss to ak-47 to green crack. >> did you name any of these? >> no, no. >> the names are quirky. but the owner says this is serious medicine. >> how hard is this to do? >> good luck. it's tough. it requires persistence, patience and luck. >> this is josh stanley and his five brothers. they're a handsome, well-educated, tight-knit group, all working together to make millions in colorado's cannabis madness. how have things changed here? >> you're looking at a new crop. this is a never-ending cycle. >> the stanleys sell many different kinds of medical marijuana. high thc strains tend to be the money makers, but they're now famous for growing a less profitable plant called charlotte's web. it's low in thc, but high in cbd, cannabidiol. remember that name.
racking. >> holding charlotte in her arms, paige waited. an hour ticked by and then another, and then another. >> she didn't have a seizure that day. and then she didn't have a seizure that night. >> did you sit there and look at your watch? >> i thought this is crazy and then she didn't have one the next day and the next day. she would have had a hundred by now and i just -- i know, i just thought this is insane. >> i remember how happy paige was. like it's really working. i can't believe it. that was pretty amazing to hear. >> it had worked. but in just a couple of weeks, the excitement was overshadowed by panic. paige was running out of marijuana and the dispensary didn't have any more of that particular strain. even if there was more, the monthly price tag would have been astronomical. $2,000 and not a penny of it covered by insurance. but then paige heard about the stanleys.
it's the key therapeutic chemical doctors are using to treat everything. from chronic pain to lupus, to crohn's disease and epilepsy. so 80% of this farm is now a high cbd, low thc. i mean, this is the exact opposite of what people think of when they think of marijuana. >> this won't get you high. >> you can set the whole hippie population of colorado loose on this plant and you're just going to be looking at a bunch of disappointing hippies. >> the stanleys are not concerned about disappointing hippies. they've seen this plant change lives. they have a brand new lab, manned with scientists who are turning their plants into medicines. brother joel stanley is in charge of that part of the business. >> it wasn't a world that i knew, so we kind of had to dive into this and learn how to make plant extracts. >> joel was reluctant at first to get involved. he avoided marijuana most of his life. but the spring of 2009, he was working in texas on the oil
we're allowed to grow six per patient. >> they have been growing something different. something they call revolutionary. >> so green house 1. greenhouse 1. >> yes, welcome to it. >> welcome to paradise. >> behind closed doors and under tight security we enter what the stanleys call the garden of eden. >> there's nothing like this in the world. this plant is 21% cbd and less than 1% thc. >> it took years of cross bredding plants to get to this point. >> instead of breeding up the thc we bred it down. people say you're crazy. who is going to smoke that. >> so why grow it then? well the stanleys also believed in cbd's potential to treat many diseases. and they had seen it change lives before. >> i always have two -- >> meet 19-year-old chaz moore. he uses many different strains
it's the key chemical doctors are using to treat everything, from chronic pain to lupus, to crohn's disease and epilepsy. so 80% of this farm is now a high cbd, low thc. i mean, this is the exact opposite of what people think of when they think of marijuana. >> this won't get you high. >> you can set the whole hippie population of colorado loose on this plant and you're just going to be looking at a bunch of disappointing hippies. >> the stanleys are not concerned ant disappointing hippies. they've seen this plant change lives. they have a brand new lab, manned with scientists who are turning their plants into medicines. brother joel stanley is in charge of that part of the business. >> it wasn't a world that i knew, so we kind of had to dive into this and learn how to make plant extracts. >> joel was reluctant at first to get involved. he avoided marijuana most of his life. but the spring of 2009, he was
>> did you sit there and look at your watch? >> right. i thought this is crazy. and then she didn't have one the next day. and the next day. i thought that is -- she would have had 100 by now. i just -- i know. i just thought this is insane. >> i remember how happy paige was. it's really working. i can't believe it. yeah, that was pretty amazing to hear. >> it had worked. but in just a couple of weeks the excitement was overshadowed by panic. paige was running out of marijuana and the dispensary didn't have any more of that particular strain. even if there was more, the monthly price tag would have been astronomical. $2,000, and not a penny of it covered by insurance. but then paige heard about the stanleys, the six brothers and their greenhouse of marijuana that is high in cbd. >> i said, oh, my goodness. he says i don't know what to do with it. we're trying new things with it, but no one wants it. it's not sellable. i said just don't touch that
they produce up to 600 pounds of medical marijuana a year, and much of that marijuana is high in thc. but here on their remote farm at this undisclosed location in the mountains -- >> it takes a lot of plants. we're allowed to grow six per patient. >> they have been growing something different. something they call revolutionary. >> it's greenhouse one. >> greenhouse one, yes. welcome to it. welcome to paradise. >> behind closed doors and under tight security we enter what the stanleys call the garden of eden. >> there's nothing like this in the world. >> this plant is 21% cbd and less than 1% thc. >> it took years of crossbreeding plants to get to this point. >> instead of breeding up the thc we've bred down the thc and bred up the cbd, and people said, you're crazy. you know, who is going to smoke that? >> so why grow it then? well, the stanleys also believed in cbd's potential to treat many
>> they have been growing something different. something they call revolutionary. >> so greenhouse 1. >> greenhouse 1, yes. welcome to it. welcome to paradise. >> behind closed doors and under tight security we enter what the stanleys call the garden of eden. >> there's nothing like this in the world. this plant's 21% cbd and less than 1% thc. >> it took years of crossbreeding plants to get to this point. >> instead of breeding up the thc we've bred down the thc and bred up the cbd, and people said, you're crazy. you know, who's going to smoke that? >> so why grow it then? well, the stanleys also believed in cbd's potential to treat many diseases. and they had seen it change lives before. >> i always have two -- >> meet 19-year-old chaz moore. he uses many different strains of marijuana.