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Learned in as easy to read format as possible. so that we can communicate that in a way that people can understand. that's something i think is helpful here. cannabis can help treat pain, that is a consensus by the national academy of science. it can treat pain, it can treat the withdrawal when people are coming off opiods. that is not an opinion. that's a fact. they can help heal an addict's brain so they don't continue to relapse. that's a study that's happening at mt. sinai hospital. these are things that the attorney general and other people in the administration should know. >> you can wa...

Kept out of the hands of children, all of those things need to be in place, but if it can help reduce the opiod disorder, and keep people from dying at the age of 15, but the numbers are going to get worse, you're going to have tens of thousands of people who will die this year from on opiod epidemic, and how can we bring those numbers down. it's a tool in the toolbox. >> dr. sanjay gupta, we'll all be watching. >> thank you very much. >> be sure to watch a cnn special report, weed 4, pot versus pills right here on cnn. and there's much more from the newsroom after this short break.

Out, well the's have it, have a party -- let's have it, have a party, whatever. you're a parent, how do you have these conversations with your kids? >> i have no interest in the recreational part of this. because we're journalists we see things emerge faster than anybody else. this is a potential solution. a potential medicine. i don't want to hurt anybody. >> right. >> i want to help them. i think everybody does. >> thank you very much. "weed 4: pot versus pills" tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn. and today is national drug take-back day. we'll ask special agent robert mufr what h...

The worst in american drug crisis in history. can pot save us? >> did it help you get off of the opiates? >> it gave me an alternative. >> a ground breaking report on medical marijuana. >> when will medical community catch up? >> cannabis has given me a reason to live. >> weed 4, pot versus pills sunday at 8:00. ♪[upbeat music]

Opioids, the worst and deadliest drug crisis in american history. >> i was completely hopeless. >> can pot save us? >> did it help you get off the opiates? >> it gave me an alternative. >> dr. sanjay gupta with a groundbreaking report on medical marijuana. >> when will the medical community catch up with their patient populations? >> cannibis has given me a reason to live. >> cnn's special report weed 4 pot versus pills, tomorrow at 8:00.