Weed the People (2018)

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♪♪

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TRACY: We went in,
and they said, you know,

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"This tumor's had
such a growth spurt

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that we need to make sure that
this isn't a high-grade glioma."

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And I said,
"Well, what if it is?"

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They said, "Your daughter
will not live

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to see her 2nd birthday."

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Thank you for allowing people
to open their minds, Lord,

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to see that this is your gift
to us, your gift from heaven,

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that you have given us this
medicine to treat our babies.

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WOMAN: When we found out
about Sophie's brain tumor,

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I had no idea this would be
the gift from God to her.

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- Amen.
- Amen.

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SMITH: When your
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the rule book goes out
the window, really.

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You need to get them well,
and you need to do

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everything that you can
to make them well.

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And I wouldn't feel right

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if I didn't explore
everything that there was.

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CHRIS: They found over
20 tumors in his chest.

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At that time,
Dr. Storch told us,

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"Now is the time
to do alternative medicine."

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REIMAN: People have been
using cannabis as a medicine

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for 5,000 years.

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THC has always been kind of
the star of the show,

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because it's
the most psychoactive.

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But then research
started showing

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that there were a lot of other
cannabinoids in the plant

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that had as many, if not more,
therapeutic effects.

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For me, one of the most
exciting areas is,

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is cannabis
an anti-cancer agent?

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The number of different ways

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that cannabis and cannabinoids
in the test tube

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seem to suppress cancer
is quite impressive.

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In oncology, we often say,

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"The plural of anecdote
is not evidence."

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Cancer cells plus cannabis
together in a Petri dish.

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We know what happens there.

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There's a lot of studies
that show that.

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- Right.
- We do not have human studies,

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and certainly, we don't have
studies in pediatrics.

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Blood pressure's perfect.
Yeah.

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LEVY: If we want to use
marijuana as a medicine,

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we need to make it a medicine.
We haven't done that yet.

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My friend dying from pancreatic
cancer can't wait for studies.

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GOLDBERG: Yeah.
That's the problem.

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My child can't wait for studies.
[Applause]

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JIM: The controversy about
it kind of makes me mad,

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because it's at
the cost of our children.

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You know, it's at the cost
of our loved ones.

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A lot of people
don't want to try this

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because of the reputation.

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NADELMANN: One can argue
that there's a human right

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to have the government
provide you with a medicine.

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But at the very least,
there has to be a consensus

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that the government should
never deprive you of access

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to a medicine
which can be helpful.

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Why as a society
are we denying people

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the use of something
that I have seen firsthand

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over and over
and over again be helpful?

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♪♪

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TRACY: You ready to
kick cancer in the butt?

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[Laughing] Yay!

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Oh, so excited!

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SMITH: It started off
with a swollen tonsil,

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which I just thought
was a throat infection,

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so it didn't
concern me too much.

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So, then the lump didn't go away
with antibiotics.

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So we got admitted.
And that's when they thought

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he had 10 days
before it blocked his airways,

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and 8 days later,
he got the diagnosis.

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I was really surprised
when the doctor came in

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and handed me
this treatment plan.

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And I just thought,

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"That's really odd that
it's already been designed."

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And then I realized
that it was one-size-fits-all

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for that particular diagnosis,
that type of cancer.

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Then I was quite worried
when he said,

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"Oh, this was devised
in the '70s."

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And I said, "What, it's not
been changed since the '70s?"

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And he said, "Oh, well, yeah,
slightly, you know,

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but fundamentally, because
kids' cancer is quite rare,

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not much research gets done,"
which I find quite worrying,

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because you'd hope
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things would have
changed slightly.

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He is the single worst case
of chemo-induced nausea

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that they've ever seen.

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Literally, we've tried
everything that they have

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on their list of options.
We've tried everything.

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And then there was
the marijuana.

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And marijuana's the only thing
that's really...

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I mean, it doesn't work
all the time,

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but when it works,
it really, really works.

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Then I started reading
about cannabis oil

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and the anti-tumor
properties of it,

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and I thought, "Well, if we're
using it to treat the symptoms,

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we might as well give him
the anti-tumor dose

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at the same time."

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It's all about supporting
the side effects

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and helping the chemo

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to do its job
of getting rid of the cancer.

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They're the two main things
that I'm trying to do with this.

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A.J. K.: When we first came
here, I was kind of clueless.

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I had no idea what
pediatric oncology meant.

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So that was terrifying.

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Even though I've done this
like more than 100 times,

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I still get a little afraid
of the needle.

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Hello.

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Come on in, A.J.

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- Hi, Rosemary.
- Hi. How are you?

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Tired, but good.
How are you doing?

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ROSEMARY: Good. Thank you.

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A.J. K.: That's good.

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NURSE: We're gonna count
one to three. Ready?

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Yeah. And then "three's"
when you put it in, like always?

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NURSE: One, two, three.

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CHRIS: A.J.'s 17 years old now.

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We first found out
that he had cancer... He was 13?

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- Mm-hmm.
- He was 13 years old.

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We found out that it was
osteosarcoma cancer...

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Bone cancer.

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By the time that they caught it,
he was already stage IV.

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I believe it was
his second chemo,

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his lungs collapsed,

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because the cancer had spread
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also being stage IV.

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That trip was like six,
eight weeks solid

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in the hospital, that she lived
in the hospital with him.

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It came back again, and
it was basically in his spine.

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I think they took out
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and then put a steel cage in.

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SHEILA: And they
removed his ribs.

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CHRIS: And then they
removed some of his ribs

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where it was attached to,

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I think one or two on each side?

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- Two on each side.
- Two on each side.

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Since my hand has kind of
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after one of the surgeries
on my back...

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They had to sever
some of the nerves,

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and those nerves
were going to my hand.

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So, my fire button

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used to be my mouse 1.

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But I changed it to looking into
my dinosaur's inventory instead.

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CHRIS: Month and a half
after the surgery,

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he was sick.
He didn't feel good.

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They found over 20 tumors
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It was very bleak at that point,

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and A.J. does not know
how bleak it was.

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We've never told him that.

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He's a 17-year-old kid.

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He needs to concentrate
on getting better.

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A.J. K.: Bronto is
down for the count.

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Hey, survival of the fittest.

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CHRIS: This is the raw oil form
that we get when we buy it.

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A.J. K.: When we started using
it, we had to get a permit,

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and then we could start actually
getting it from the dealer,

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I guess is the right term...
Distributor?

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I'm not sure
what the correct term is

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to not make it look bad
or sound bad.

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[Laughs]

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Sheila and A.J. get out
and go upstairs,

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and I'm driving the truck
in Beverly Hills,

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circling the parking lot,
trying to find a place to park.

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I can't. I can't even find
a place to park.

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She gets in the truck.
A.J. gets in the truck,

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and she's got
this little, teeny bag

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and I'm like,
"Okay, so, what was it?"

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And she's crying,
and she's like,

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"I wish you could
have been there

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because of all these questions."

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And I'm like, "Okay, so,
I'm curious.

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What is this stuff? What is it?

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What is it,
and how much did we spend?"

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- Yeah.
- And so she pulls out

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these two little syringes

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that are like 10 grams
or 10 milliliters.

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It's supposedly all the same
or something like that.

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And there's two of them.
And she goes,

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"This was $1,010 for those two."

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And I'm like [Gasps]

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It's our son. What do you do?

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- GORDON: Hi, Tracy.
- Hi.

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- So nice to meet you.
- So nice to meet you.

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Thank you so much
for coming all this way.

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Oh, honey, it's my pleasure.

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- This is Sophie.
- Hi, Sophie.

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We just got her up from her nap.

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Yeah, she's still waking up.

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Ohh!

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- Oh, she is.
- Yeah, she's quite

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- the special little baby.
- She's always been that way.

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Neither one of us could imagine

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putting our tiny,
little baby through chemo.

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And the day that we decided
to not do chemo

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was the day that I felt like
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and I'm sure
he would say the same.

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- JOSH: Oh, yeah.
- It's just so counterintuitive

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- to do it.
- Ugh.

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JOSH: We got the scans,

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said it was
an optic pathway glioma.

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TRACY: Here's the
core of the mass

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sitting right there
on the optic cross.

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GORDON: These are
excellent pictures.

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TRACY: Here. Oh, and
this is only one of them.

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And then, here.

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This one is of her spine.
Her spine's totally clear,

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so it has not metastasized
or spread in any way.

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'Cause that's the most natural,
normal place for it to go.

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TRACY: Yeah,
she has none of that.

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GORDON: Okay.
Let me just mention this.

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I don't have medical training.

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I don't claim to have
medical training.

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I just have something
that I feel is more important,

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and that's experience.

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We're gonna have to experiment.
There might be times

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when, as we're figuring out
what her dose is,

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we might go,
"Oh, okay, that's too much."

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It can't hurt her.

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If it is too much,
all it's gonna take

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is the hours of it
getting out of her system.

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TRACY: System. And that's
what we love so much about this

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is that she's not
gonna be suffering.

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She's not gonna be in pain.

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We don't have
to watch her deteriorate.

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- She's perfect health-wise.
- Yeah.

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She's had one cold
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and that's 'cause
Daddy gave it to her.

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Except for that damn cancer.

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Except for that huge mass
in her brain.

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- Except for that mass.
- That's the only thing, yeah.

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So, literally,
1,000 stars had to align

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for us to finally
change our mind on cannabis.

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That was the only thing that
we just completely dismissed

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and refused to research,

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because we just thought
it was so ridiculous.

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We looked at everything else
but that.

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TRACY: And it was
all from Facebook.

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One of those mommies said,
"Look, there's a lot

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of legitimate science
going on around it."

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So we started really looking

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at this positive research
on cannabis.

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And I said, "Honey,
this could be it."

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So, how do we...?

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For the first time, I'll just
go ahead and do it, okay?

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TRACY: Okay, sure.

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GORDON: Now, I'm giving her
a tiny, tiny amount

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- this first time, okay?
- TRACY: Okay.

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GORDON: 'Cause she's never
been exposed to this.

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♪♪

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And then you draw back on this
so it doesn't keep pouring out.

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- TRACY: Okay.
- Okay?

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TRACY: Here, let Mama.
Look at Mama. Oh, here we go.

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- Yay!
- Good girl. High-five.

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- Yay!
- Yay! High-five! High-five!

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- It's okay!
- TRACY: Good job, honey!

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Will she feel any of the THC,

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- or is that CBD gonna counter?
- She may. We won't know

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- until she...
- Till she... Till she...

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- Everybody's different.
- Yeah.

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If she has her breakfast
at 10:30,

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then you're not
gonna be giving her this

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- until probably 11:30 or so.
- Right.

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And then we don't have time
to get three doses in.

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- Okay.
- So let's start out at two doses

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- and see how she does.
- We can wake her up earlier.

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I know. I know. But let's do
as little to disrupt your day.

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- Okay.
- Two is gonna be fine.

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It's not gonna be the...
I know how it...

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I've come to learn
over the years

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that we're not that powerful.

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We can do the best we can.
We can, you know, whatever,

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but whatever's gonna happen
is gonna happen.

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You know, we're just
not that powerful.

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[Voice breaking] I just want
to do what's best for her.

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I know. And I know,
and I understand that.

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And you're a wonderful,
wonderful mother,

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and you're doing an amazing job.

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TRACY: Thank you.

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So, for now, let's just start
with two a day.

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Okay.

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Well, we're awfully happy
to be able to help

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- and be part of her journey.
- Oh, we're happy to have you.

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- We really, truly are.
- Yeah.

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- Oh, my gosh.
- We cannot tell you

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how much this means to us.

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Yeah.

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- Oh, yeah.
- Oh, yes.

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- Let's put her to sleep.
- You want to go lay...

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You want to go
night-night, baba?

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- Want to go night-night?
- Want to go night-night?

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Mommy get you some milk ready.

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- "Actually...
- Sophie,

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we're gonna get you better.

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TRACY: ...it's a little bit
past my nap."

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You're gonna live a long life.

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♪♪

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STEWART: This is ground up like
a medium-ground coffee grind.

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It's what we've found
works out the best.

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♪♪

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- Better with no bubbles.
- Kind of looks like...

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Completely decarboxylated.
All the air...

305
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I went in for
a pretty routine surgery.

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When I got out,
I had hospital-acquired

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spinal meningitis.

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They sent me home
from the hospital

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on fentanyl patches, morphine,

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all kinds of horrible drugs

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and basically said, "Here,
this is the rest of your life."

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I'd gone from being
this incredibly vibrant,

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can-do, can-do-anything person

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to, "I'm the one
sitting there watching

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while everybody else
is living their life,

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and I'm doing nothing."

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I identify as a Dallas girl,

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as a Texan in a lot of ways,

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a Jewish Texan,
which is even weirder.

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I never liked cannabis.

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I was one of those people
that smoked pot a few times

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and was like, "Eh, I don't like
the way it makes me feel."

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On the other hand,
I had to do something,

324
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because life was becoming
less worthwhile living

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day by day.

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Oh, it's gorgeous.

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Okay.

328
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Be careful with that water while
I'm over here with the weed.

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- You know how I feel about that.
- All done.

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STEWART: It's done. There's
not even a dose left in that.

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Okay. Want to taste it?

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Ohh. It's gorgeous.

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Purple Urkle.

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GORDON: What I found
was no consistency,

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no predictability,

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certainly nothing that
remotely resembled medicine.

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So, as a process engineer,
I'm gonna have to do it myself.

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STEWART: We learned that
we had to activate it first

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or decarboxylate it,

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and then you can cook that
into an oil base.

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And so we went in the cookbook

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and tried to find the recipe
with the most oil in it.

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GORDON: The first thing I made
was my Aunt Zelda's carrot cake.

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I can gauge how strong I made it

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by how much of regular oil

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versus infused oil I put in it.

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Then we would weigh the piece

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and know exactly
what the dose was

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in each and every piece.
And that's called medicine.

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What's happened
just from having the cannabis

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as far as improving my health
has just been miraculous.

352
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Hey, Nance. Mara here.
I just wanted to let you know...

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I know you've got the 0.054
capsules of the Cannatonic.

354
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If there's any way you can
back off a little bit

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on the morphine and oxycodone,
that would be really great.

356
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I have to make up the medicine
for Linda.

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Got Marie.

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The way I manage this
is pretty much

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with my hair on fire
all the time.

360
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Unfortunately,
it's just Stewart and me.

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STEWART: The biggest problem
with cannabis

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is that everybody has such
a different tolerance for it

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that the biggest problem
is dosing.

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And that's why we're
dosing specialists.

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GORDON: Now, what
do you recommend

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for Linda for her cancer?

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She's at stage IV.
It's in both lungs now.

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It's all through her abdomen.

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So we really have to get
aggressive at this point.

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- STEWART: Mm-hmm.
- But she doesn't want to have

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that feeling of that "stoniness"
with the high THC.

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I was thinking about putting her
on the Williams Wonder

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and then cutting it
with the Cannatonic.

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That's a good plan.

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Okay.

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00:16:17,715 --> 00:16:19,455
Marie.

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GORDON: As many people
as we can help,

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I mean, we just can't say no.

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I mean, how can you say no
to a needy person?

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I mean, how can we
send them somewhere

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where they're just gonna get
bad product or bad information?

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The whole protocol's gonna be
about a pound,

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which is like $1,200
is about what we pay for it.

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And we just pass that on to you,
and then we cover the overhead.

385
00:16:39,955 --> 00:16:42,435
Well, how did you find us?
Google!

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00:16:42,436 --> 00:16:44,045
I didn't even know
we were on Google.

387
00:16:44,046 --> 00:16:46,178
Take care. Help's on the way.

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[Indistinct conversations]

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♪♪

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♪♪

391
00:16:59,061 --> 00:17:00,714
That looks great.

392
00:17:00,715 --> 00:17:03,369
♪♪

393
00:17:03,370 --> 00:17:04,892
Seizure reduction went from 30%

394
00:17:04,893 --> 00:17:07,068
- to 70% seizure reduction.
- Wow.

395
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GOLDSTEIN: I've been a physician
now for 24 years.

396
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I made the change from pediatric
ER to cannabis practice

397
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because I knew someone
who was using medical cannabis

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who was sick.

399
00:17:18,037 --> 00:17:20,255
And seeing her do so well
with this, I thought,

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00:17:20,256 --> 00:17:22,083
"Wow, here I am, a doctor,

401
00:17:22,084 --> 00:17:24,868
and I don't even have an opinion
'cause I don't know."

402
00:17:24,869 --> 00:17:27,001
So that's kind of where, then,
I started that quest

403
00:17:27,002 --> 00:17:30,613
for knowledge to make myself
a person who understands this

404
00:17:30,614 --> 00:17:33,268
and then can help
other people understand it.

405
00:17:33,269 --> 00:17:36,228
Good morning, everybody, and
thank you for getting up early

406
00:17:36,229 --> 00:17:37,881
to come here and hear me speak.

407
00:17:37,882 --> 00:17:41,885
I have seen things
that we can call miracles,

408
00:17:41,886 --> 00:17:44,410
and I think it's really
important to understand

409
00:17:44,411 --> 00:17:46,803
that to a family
that's suffering,

410
00:17:46,804 --> 00:17:49,589
it feels like a miracle,
but it's really just science,

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and there's no reason
to be afraid of it

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00:17:51,809 --> 00:17:55,116
and there's no reason
that this is not an option

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for everyone.

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In 1988, researchers discovered
living things... humans...

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Have cannabinoid receptors
in their brains.

416
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AGGARWAL: Most people
are familiar with dopamine,

417
00:18:08,087 --> 00:18:11,611
serotonin, norepinephrine...
Classical neurotransmitters.

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Neurotransmitters are chemicals

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that allow neurons
to talk to each other.

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When neuron "A"
talks to neuron "B,"

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it sends a chemical messenger
across the synapse,

422
00:18:20,708 --> 00:18:22,448
and that binds to receptors
at neuron "B,"

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and then that turns
into electricity.

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WARE: What we've discovered
is that there's...

425
00:18:26,061 --> 00:18:30,369
Part of that system is governed
by cannabinoid compounds.

426
00:18:30,370 --> 00:18:32,066
These are just molecules
that we have

427
00:18:32,067 --> 00:18:34,199
that bind to these
specific receptors.

428
00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:37,463
And they seem to play a role
in smoothing out

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the whole communication process.

430
00:18:40,293 --> 00:18:42,032
It seems to be so important

431
00:18:42,033 --> 00:18:45,906
that a group at NIH
recently published a review

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00:18:45,907 --> 00:18:48,648
and said that
the endocannabinoid system

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is involved in essentially
all human diseases.

434
00:18:52,870 --> 00:18:56,656
Now, that's a very strong
statement. Very strong.

435
00:18:56,657 --> 00:18:58,832
Those receptors are not there
for the cannabis plant,

436
00:18:58,833 --> 00:19:01,661
but it turns out that
the cannabis plant compounds

437
00:19:01,662 --> 00:19:04,925
called cannabinoids
work at those receptors.

438
00:19:04,926 --> 00:19:07,623
WARE: So, when you take
a cannabinoid in from outside

439
00:19:07,624 --> 00:19:10,887
by smoking or vaporizing
or eating or a pharmaceutical,

440
00:19:10,888 --> 00:19:13,325
you are somehow tinkering
with that system

441
00:19:13,326 --> 00:19:15,631
and adjusting the way
in which those nerves

442
00:19:15,632 --> 00:19:18,112
and muscles
and communications happen.

443
00:19:18,113 --> 00:19:20,158
I often joke around
with my patients,

444
00:19:20,159 --> 00:19:21,942
it's not magic fairy dust.

445
00:19:21,943 --> 00:19:23,509
It's not voodoo.

446
00:19:23,510 --> 00:19:25,075
There are chemical compounds
in the plant

447
00:19:25,076 --> 00:19:27,295
that interact with the cells
in our brains

448
00:19:27,296 --> 00:19:30,342
and in our bodies
and have certain reactions.

449
00:19:30,343 --> 00:19:32,648
It's the same
as every other drug.

450
00:19:32,649 --> 00:19:35,522
It just came from a plant.

451
00:19:37,088 --> 00:19:40,917
HARRIS: I, as an herbalist,
felt duped, felt lied to

452
00:19:40,918 --> 00:19:43,833
'cause I tell people about
magnificent herbs all the time.

453
00:19:43,834 --> 00:19:46,488
Cannabis was just off-limits.

454
00:19:46,489 --> 00:19:48,011
I mean, I was in that
culture of it.

455
00:19:48,012 --> 00:19:50,579
I thought it was
this poisonous weed.

456
00:19:50,580 --> 00:19:52,233
I have nine children,

457
00:19:52,234 --> 00:19:54,235
and I have seen a lot
of people with cancer.

458
00:19:54,236 --> 00:19:58,674
These experiences are just
too overwhelming to ignore.

459
00:19:58,675 --> 00:20:00,850
I looked at my books and said,

460
00:20:00,851 --> 00:20:02,156
"There has to be
cannabis in here.

461
00:20:02,157 --> 00:20:03,288
I've never looked for it."

462
00:20:03,289 --> 00:20:05,072
And it was everywhere.

463
00:20:05,073 --> 00:20:07,509
They start out with,
"This is so well-known

464
00:20:07,510 --> 00:20:09,337
to every good housewife
in the country

465
00:20:09,338 --> 00:20:11,165
that I shall not need
to write a description of it."

466
00:20:11,166 --> 00:20:12,558
And then it goes down
to tell you,

467
00:20:12,559 --> 00:20:15,256
including how to use the roots.

468
00:20:15,257 --> 00:20:17,650
And this book is...

469
00:20:17,651 --> 00:20:19,217
This book is 1805.

470
00:20:19,218 --> 00:20:22,829
All of these tabs
are references to cannabis

471
00:20:22,830 --> 00:20:24,613
and how to use cannabis.

472
00:20:24,614 --> 00:20:27,312
We lost this!
This is a tool we really need,

473
00:20:27,313 --> 00:20:29,879
and we're not too stupid
to do it.

474
00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:32,926
We're not too stupid
to handle this plant.

475
00:20:32,927 --> 00:20:34,754
♪♪

476
00:20:34,755 --> 00:20:36,625
BEARMAN: My father said to
me, "You know,

477
00:20:36,626 --> 00:20:38,584
when I was at the University
of Minnesota

478
00:20:38,585 --> 00:20:42,283
School of Pharmacy in 1928,
one of the assignments we had

479
00:20:42,284 --> 00:20:43,719
was to make tincture cannabis.

480
00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:45,417
And we had to be very careful,

481
00:20:45,418 --> 00:20:47,723
because the alcohol
was illegal."

482
00:20:47,724 --> 00:20:49,159
I thought,
"Well, how quaint, you know,

483
00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:51,858
but we don't
use plants anymore."

484
00:20:51,859 --> 00:20:54,774
And it probably took me
a good 15 or 20 years

485
00:20:54,775 --> 00:20:58,908
to really appreciate that
this stuff still was medicine.

486
00:20:58,909 --> 00:21:00,997
NADELMANN: It was part of
the pharmacopeia, you know,

487
00:21:00,998 --> 00:21:02,651
well into the 20th century.

488
00:21:02,652 --> 00:21:04,827
It was a frequently
prescribed medication...

489
00:21:04,828 --> 00:21:08,091
Not to smoke it,
but in its tinctures, et cetera.

490
00:21:08,092 --> 00:21:12,705
And if you look at, then, why
and how it was criminalized,

491
00:21:12,706 --> 00:21:15,795
really, the key factor
was the role

492
00:21:15,796 --> 00:21:18,885
of racism and xenophobia,

493
00:21:18,886 --> 00:21:21,322
anti-Mexican sentiment.

494
00:21:21,323 --> 00:21:26,632
♪♪

495
00:21:26,633 --> 00:21:31,985
♪♪

496
00:21:31,986 --> 00:21:35,467
People often point their finger
at Harry Anslinger,

497
00:21:35,468 --> 00:21:37,251
who was the founder,

498
00:21:37,252 --> 00:21:38,861
the first head of the
Federal Bureau of Narcotics.

499
00:21:38,862 --> 00:21:40,689
But, in fact,
he didn't start off

500
00:21:40,690 --> 00:21:43,257
being an anti-marijuana
ideologue.

501
00:21:43,258 --> 00:21:45,390
It was really
as the '30s progressed

502
00:21:45,391 --> 00:21:49,481
that he began to see the
political opportunity in this.

503
00:21:49,482 --> 00:21:52,397
The Marijuana Tax Act of 1937

504
00:21:52,398 --> 00:21:55,356
is basically a prohibition law.

505
00:21:55,357 --> 00:21:58,403
The American Medical Association
told Congress in 1937,

506
00:21:58,404 --> 00:21:59,969
"We sent a representative
and said

507
00:21:59,970 --> 00:22:01,884
that you should not
ban this substance,

508
00:22:01,885 --> 00:22:04,539
because substantial medical uses
and developments

509
00:22:04,540 --> 00:22:06,193
will be neglected, and also,

510
00:22:06,194 --> 00:22:07,934
there's things that we're
already using this for

511
00:22:07,935 --> 00:22:11,677
that we don't have
substitutes for."

512
00:22:11,678 --> 00:22:13,243
Is this a medicine?

513
00:22:13,244 --> 00:22:16,464
Cannabis has been a medicine
for 3,000 years.

514
00:22:16,465 --> 00:22:20,555
It only hasn't been a medicine
in this country for 70 years.

515
00:22:20,556 --> 00:22:23,341
I think it's a medicine.

516
00:22:23,342 --> 00:22:26,213
It's 70 years of propaganda that
you're trying to fight against,

517
00:22:26,214 --> 00:22:29,172
and that's not something
that's gonna change overnight.

518
00:22:29,173 --> 00:22:30,696
I mean, honestly, you know,
a lot of people

519
00:22:30,697 --> 00:22:32,480
look at me and say, "Really?

520
00:22:32,481 --> 00:22:34,874
You would have given your
7-year-old child marijuana?"

521
00:22:34,875 --> 00:22:37,529
And with what I know now,
absolutely.

522
00:22:37,530 --> 00:22:39,531
But if you'd have asked me
that same question

523
00:22:39,532 --> 00:22:41,315
four, five years ago,

524
00:22:41,316 --> 00:22:43,926
I probably would have been
in that skeptical camp.

525
00:22:43,927 --> 00:22:46,712
You know, unfortunately,
the parents know more about this

526
00:22:46,713 --> 00:22:50,106
than the doctors do, because
when you become so desperate

527
00:22:50,107 --> 00:22:53,980
that you're willing
to try anything, you learn.

528
00:22:53,981 --> 00:22:55,547
And if I cry, I apologize,

529
00:22:55,548 --> 00:22:57,984
but a day before
my son passed away,

530
00:22:57,985 --> 00:22:59,812
I prayed to God to take him,

531
00:22:59,813 --> 00:23:03,076
because the suffering
was just too bad.

532
00:23:03,077 --> 00:23:06,166
And if I can help one parent,
just one,

533
00:23:06,167 --> 00:23:09,038
not make that prayer
of desperation,

534
00:23:09,039 --> 00:23:12,433
that's what my goal is
in life now.

535
00:23:12,434 --> 00:23:14,609
♪♪

536
00:23:14,610 --> 00:23:18,265
TRACY: Here's her bottle.
Give Mama a kiss.

537
00:23:18,266 --> 00:23:21,137
Say, "Nap time. I'll see you...
I'll see you in an hour."

538
00:23:21,138 --> 00:23:25,490
This is her cannabis oil regimen
that we have right now.

539
00:23:25,491 --> 00:23:27,187
"CT" stands for the Cannatonic.

540
00:23:27,188 --> 00:23:30,669
We give her the size
of about 1/2 grain of rice

541
00:23:30,670 --> 00:23:32,105
two times a day.

542
00:23:32,106 --> 00:23:33,933
So, this is what Sophie
looks like

543
00:23:33,934 --> 00:23:36,501
when she starts to feel
the effects of her medicine.

544
00:23:36,502 --> 00:23:38,154
She's not moving around as much,

545
00:23:38,155 --> 00:23:41,941
and she's a little sleepy-faced,
but this is it.

546
00:23:41,942 --> 00:23:43,725
It is day eight

547
00:23:43,726 --> 00:23:46,554
since we first started
giving her the cannabis oil.

548
00:23:46,555 --> 00:23:50,340
She, as of today, is starting
to get two different oils.

549
00:23:50,341 --> 00:23:52,342
So, considering
that a little bit of sleepiness

550
00:23:52,343 --> 00:23:54,910
is all we're seeing
as a side effect,

551
00:23:54,911 --> 00:23:57,043
I'd say this has definitely been
a much better alternative

552
00:23:57,044 --> 00:23:59,393
to the chemo thus far.

553
00:23:59,394 --> 00:24:00,916
All right, let's see
if we can get her to take it.

554
00:24:00,917 --> 00:24:01,961
Come on, honey.

555
00:24:01,962 --> 00:24:03,397
[Gasps] Good girl.

556
00:24:03,398 --> 00:24:04,920
There you go.

557
00:24:04,921 --> 00:24:07,575
We just put a little drop
on her pacifier.

558
00:24:07,576 --> 00:24:09,359
Tiny, tiny little drop.

559
00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:12,058
We're gonna give that to her
while she's sleeping.

560
00:24:12,059 --> 00:24:14,626
So, we had to up
Sophie's medicine.

561
00:24:14,627 --> 00:24:16,279
She's in a very good mood.

562
00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:17,629
Aren't you, honey?

563
00:24:17,630 --> 00:24:19,413
Are you happy right now?

564
00:24:19,414 --> 00:24:21,633
She is playful

565
00:24:21,634 --> 00:24:24,505
and laughing and smiling.

566
00:24:24,506 --> 00:24:26,420
Yeah, I'm just glad you guys
are supporting us

567
00:24:26,421 --> 00:24:27,987
holding off on the chemo.

568
00:24:27,988 --> 00:24:29,815
CHENG: We recognize
with this diagnosis,

569
00:24:29,816 --> 00:24:31,425
you know,
there is some room here

570
00:24:31,426 --> 00:24:34,472
in terms of exploring
complementary therapies.

571
00:24:34,473 --> 00:24:36,125
But in general, we have

572
00:24:36,126 --> 00:24:37,823
a historical standard
of care that we have.

573
00:24:37,824 --> 00:24:39,607
As long as we keep that in mind,
you know...

574
00:24:39,608 --> 00:24:41,174
- TRACY: Absolutely.
- ...moving forward, for sure,

575
00:24:41,175 --> 00:24:43,524
we definitely
can intervene at any time.

576
00:24:43,525 --> 00:24:45,439
And she already has
the port device in place.

577
00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:47,180
TRACY: It's already there.

578
00:24:47,181 --> 00:24:49,356
They all know what
our treatment plan is.

579
00:24:49,357 --> 00:24:51,663
They all know
we're using the oils.

580
00:24:51,664 --> 00:24:53,665
They've had nothing
negative to say.

581
00:24:53,666 --> 00:24:56,537
They haven't thought
in any way, shape, or form

582
00:24:56,538 --> 00:24:59,322
we're being bad parents
or doing anything

583
00:24:59,323 --> 00:25:02,369
that is harmful to our child
in any way, which is fantastic,

584
00:25:02,370 --> 00:25:06,460
because we wouldn't do it if
our doctors didn't support us.

585
00:25:06,461 --> 00:25:09,855
He did bring up, you know,
the "chemo" word,

586
00:25:09,856 --> 00:25:12,727
which, yeah, I even hate
talking about it.

587
00:25:12,728 --> 00:25:15,730
We still believe in our hearts
that this is gonna work.

588
00:25:15,731 --> 00:25:17,863
I mean, she's thriving
right now.

589
00:25:17,864 --> 00:25:19,429
Her eye's getting better,

590
00:25:19,430 --> 00:25:21,431
and I don't know
if it means anything,

591
00:25:21,432 --> 00:25:24,217
and Dr. Cheng couldn't tell us
if it means anything,

592
00:25:24,218 --> 00:25:28,438
because you don't know until
you actually do the MRI scan.

593
00:25:28,439 --> 00:25:31,093
If I looked at it
from a logical standpoint,

594
00:25:31,094 --> 00:25:34,619
as the tumor gets smaller
and releases pressure,

595
00:25:34,620 --> 00:25:36,055
the eye shakes less.

596
00:25:36,056 --> 00:25:38,579
That, to me,
is logical thinking.

597
00:25:38,580 --> 00:25:42,235
- Right.
- So I'm gonna go with logic

598
00:25:42,236 --> 00:25:44,716
and say that the tumor's
already getting smaller.

599
00:25:44,717 --> 00:25:46,544
That's what I'm gonna go with.

600
00:25:46,545 --> 00:25:50,635
♪♪

601
00:25:50,636 --> 00:25:53,072
MAN: Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

602
00:25:53,073 --> 00:25:55,640
Oh, A.J. has seen a doctor.

603
00:25:55,641 --> 00:25:57,860
[Indistinct conversations]

604
00:25:59,601 --> 00:26:03,083
He has to see the doctor so
he can get some more medicine.

605
00:26:05,955 --> 00:26:09,218
If you're good... If we good,
we're gonna go

606
00:26:09,219 --> 00:26:11,133
get some chocolate,
and Dad gonna get some.

607
00:26:11,134 --> 00:26:14,920
GOLDSTEIN: Let me check
your eyeballs. Look at my nose.

608
00:26:14,921 --> 00:26:16,748
Okay, now, can you follow
the light with your eyes?

609
00:26:16,749 --> 00:26:18,446
Don't move your head.

610
00:26:21,536 --> 00:26:23,102
Look up.

611
00:26:23,103 --> 00:26:24,538
ANGELA P.: We went
to the pediatricians.

612
00:26:24,539 --> 00:26:26,192
- GOLDSTEIN: Okay.
- They evaluated him,

613
00:26:26,193 --> 00:26:28,977
and that's when she sent us
to the ER

614
00:26:28,978 --> 00:26:33,460
and said that we probably
would not return home,

615
00:26:33,461 --> 00:26:35,462
because she realized
it was serious.

616
00:26:35,463 --> 00:26:37,203
GOLDSTEIN: Right, so they
diagnosed it based on

617
00:26:37,204 --> 00:26:38,770
what they saw on the CAT scan

618
00:26:38,771 --> 00:26:40,423
- and the MRI, right?
- Yes, ma'am.

619
00:26:40,424 --> 00:26:42,034
GOLDSTEIN: And then
what did they tell you?

620
00:26:42,035 --> 00:26:44,340
ANGELA P.: What they
normally do is radiation.

621
00:26:44,341 --> 00:26:46,342
It had to be done,
like, right away,

622
00:26:46,343 --> 00:26:47,953
because he was already
to the point

623
00:26:47,954 --> 00:26:50,477
where he couldn't swallow
by the time we...

624
00:26:50,478 --> 00:26:53,785
Like, the first day
of being in the hospital.

625
00:26:53,786 --> 00:26:56,788
GOLDSTEIN: And what did they
tell you his prognosis is?

626
00:26:56,789 --> 00:27:00,966
Well, they suspect
six to nine months of life.

627
00:27:00,967 --> 00:27:02,924
After that, then it would be
the end for him.

628
00:27:02,925 --> 00:27:05,579
GOLDSTEIN: So, they shrunk it to
give him more quality of life.

629
00:27:05,580 --> 00:27:08,016
- ANGELA P.: Right. Yes, ma'am.
- GOLDSTEIN: Right. Okay.

630
00:27:08,017 --> 00:27:09,278
And they had
nothing more to offer.

631
00:27:09,279 --> 00:27:10,410
GOLDSTEIN: That's so scary.

632
00:27:10,411 --> 00:27:11,541
- Yeah. Yeah.
- It is.

633
00:27:11,542 --> 00:27:13,108
In the state of California,

634
00:27:13,109 --> 00:27:15,807
my job as a medical
cannabis consultant

635
00:27:15,808 --> 00:27:20,333
is to determine whether or not
A.J. qualifies based on the law

636
00:27:20,334 --> 00:27:22,814
for medical cannabis,
and he does, okay?

637
00:27:22,815 --> 00:27:25,817
So you're gonna...
I'm gonna get you the letter.

638
00:27:25,818 --> 00:27:27,253
Everybody talks about a card.

639
00:27:27,254 --> 00:27:29,211
It's not a card.
It's a letter.

640
00:27:29,212 --> 00:27:31,257
And in that letter, I make
the statement that he qualifies

641
00:27:31,258 --> 00:27:33,476
and that I'm approving him
to use it, okay?

642
00:27:33,477 --> 00:27:37,350
You've probably heard stories
of some of the other patients

643
00:27:37,351 --> 00:27:39,047
that have had brain tumors

644
00:27:39,048 --> 00:27:42,094
that are responding
to high-dose cannabis oil.

645
00:27:42,095 --> 00:27:43,965
- Yes, ma'am.
- There are no guarantees,

646
00:27:43,966 --> 00:27:46,838
because I have to tell you
there's no clinical trials.

647
00:27:46,839 --> 00:27:49,188
There's no...

648
00:27:49,189 --> 00:27:51,451
"Oh, I have had 10 kids
with the same tumor,

649
00:27:51,452 --> 00:27:53,714
and we studied them,
and half of them got placebo,

650
00:27:53,715 --> 00:27:56,195
and half of them"...
It just doesn't exist.

651
00:27:56,196 --> 00:27:58,545
He's still within two months
of being diagnosed.

652
00:27:58,546 --> 00:28:00,286
- ANGELA P.: Right.
- It's still pretty early, right,

653
00:28:00,287 --> 00:28:02,288
even though it's
a fairly aggressive tumor.

654
00:28:02,289 --> 00:28:03,768
- ANGELA P.: Right.
- You're not coming here

655
00:28:03,769 --> 00:28:05,247
saying, you know, "We have...

656
00:28:05,248 --> 00:28:07,162
You know,
they gave us two weeks."

657
00:28:07,163 --> 00:28:10,165
You have some time here,
which is really good.

658
00:28:10,166 --> 00:28:11,645
- Okay.
- Okay?

659
00:28:11,646 --> 00:28:14,039
- There are some side effects.
- Okay.

660
00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:17,172
They're not like
side effects of chemo,

661
00:28:17,173 --> 00:28:19,131
- which are devastating.
- Right. Right.

662
00:28:19,132 --> 00:28:22,264
It's, to me, nothing to be
afraid of at this point, right,

663
00:28:22,265 --> 00:28:24,005
because for him,
I mean, you know,

664
00:28:24,006 --> 00:28:26,834
not to be dramatic about it,
but it's life-and-death.

665
00:28:26,835 --> 00:28:29,881
I mean, you're not getting
any other options here.

666
00:28:29,882 --> 00:28:33,232
And as a mom myself,
I would do it in a heartbeat

667
00:28:33,233 --> 00:28:35,321
knowing what I know
and seeing what I've seen.

668
00:28:35,322 --> 00:28:37,585
- Okay?
- Okay. Yes, ma'am.

669
00:28:40,501 --> 00:28:42,545
What kind of medicine
are we giving her?

670
00:28:42,546 --> 00:28:44,243
Um, turmeric.

671
00:28:44,244 --> 00:28:45,940
Turmeric? Mm.

672
00:28:45,941 --> 00:28:49,901
Yeah. She doesn't care
if it's spicy.

673
00:28:49,902 --> 00:28:51,554
She's used to it.

674
00:28:51,555 --> 00:28:54,470
Oh, what a brave girl.
She's brave.

675
00:28:54,471 --> 00:28:58,039
And then, what else
do you give her?

676
00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:00,955
I give her black medicine.

677
00:29:00,956 --> 00:29:03,958
What do you give
the black medicine on?

678
00:29:03,959 --> 00:29:05,394
Ice cream.

679
00:29:05,395 --> 00:29:07,266
Ice cream?
What kind of ice cream?

680
00:29:07,267 --> 00:29:09,094
The good kind.

681
00:29:09,095 --> 00:29:11,444
Watch her take
her black medicine.

682
00:29:11,445 --> 00:29:13,446
JIM: You're gonna give
your baby black meds?

683
00:29:13,447 --> 00:29:15,230
CECILIA: Mm-hmm.

684
00:29:15,231 --> 00:29:17,102
JIM: What does that do?

685
00:29:17,103 --> 00:29:20,322
CECILIA: Make the
cancer go away.

686
00:29:20,323 --> 00:29:22,020
JACLYN: I was deathly afraid

687
00:29:22,021 --> 00:29:23,978
when I realized we were
on the oncology ward.

688
00:29:23,979 --> 00:29:26,154
Like, I remember them saying,
"You have to wash your hands

689
00:29:26,155 --> 00:29:28,591
before and after you leave the
room because we're in oncology.

690
00:29:28,592 --> 00:29:31,116
Oncology." And I was like...
It was like 4:00 in the morning.

691
00:29:31,117 --> 00:29:32,944
I'm like, "What does
oncology mean?

692
00:29:32,945 --> 00:29:35,250
I'm sorry if I'm... Like,
I don't know what this means."

693
00:29:35,251 --> 00:29:36,948
And she's like,
"This is the cancer"...

694
00:29:36,949 --> 00:29:38,558
And then that's when it hit me

695
00:29:38,559 --> 00:29:41,996
that my daughter,
like, literally had cancer.

696
00:29:41,997 --> 00:29:45,478
They sat me down. They're like,
"This is a 97% curable rate.

697
00:29:45,479 --> 00:29:47,219
She's going to finish
this treatment.

698
00:29:47,220 --> 00:29:49,177
She will go on
to live a long, healthy life.

699
00:29:49,178 --> 00:29:50,744
The side effects
are very minimal.

700
00:29:50,745 --> 00:29:52,528
Like, you have nothing
to worry about it.

701
00:29:52,529 --> 00:29:54,661
Just, like, trust us.
We'll get you through this.

702
00:29:54,662 --> 00:29:57,272
She has the best cancer
that you can have."

703
00:29:57,273 --> 00:30:00,058
So we really did trust them.

704
00:30:00,059 --> 00:30:02,538
JIM: She went through
her six months of chemotherapy,

705
00:30:02,539 --> 00:30:05,150
and then we went about
four months out of treatment

706
00:30:05,151 --> 00:30:07,892
without any evidence
of the disease.

707
00:30:07,893 --> 00:30:11,373
I remember I was at work,
and I got a call from Jaclyn

708
00:30:11,374 --> 00:30:13,854
saying that, you know,
she was breathing weird.

709
00:30:13,855 --> 00:30:15,638
Something wasn't right.

710
00:30:15,639 --> 00:30:17,553
So we took her
in the emergency room,

711
00:30:17,554 --> 00:30:21,079
and she was diagnosed with
stage IV complete metastasis.

712
00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:24,909
Her right lung was covered
top to bottom with cancer.

713
00:30:24,910 --> 00:30:27,433
♪♪

714
00:30:27,434 --> 00:30:29,174
This time, she would have
four medications.

715
00:30:29,175 --> 00:30:30,958
You have to have two new ones,

716
00:30:30,959 --> 00:30:34,179
because, as everyone knows,
cancer cells...

717
00:30:34,180 --> 00:30:35,833
They become resilient
to chemotherapy.

718
00:30:35,834 --> 00:30:39,401
So you have to up it.
It has to be stronger.

719
00:30:39,402 --> 00:30:41,316
JACLYN: This one was much more
aggressive and harsh,

720
00:30:41,317 --> 00:30:43,014
and right away,
I mean, we could see her.

721
00:30:43,015 --> 00:30:46,234
I mean, just, all the life
that was in her was gone.

722
00:30:46,235 --> 00:30:48,628
She was 3 1/2

723
00:30:48,629 --> 00:30:50,238
and 19 pounds.

724
00:30:50,239 --> 00:30:51,718
JIM: Yeah. We didn't know
if she would survive it.

725
00:30:51,719 --> 00:30:53,720
It wasn't looking very good
for her,

726
00:30:53,721 --> 00:30:55,374
and the hospital
could not guarantee

727
00:30:55,375 --> 00:30:57,332
her long-term survival.

728
00:30:57,333 --> 00:30:59,857
And so we were able
to opt out of treatment,

729
00:30:59,858 --> 00:31:01,293
which is very rare.

730
00:31:01,294 --> 00:31:03,034
It was an unpopular decision.

731
00:31:03,035 --> 00:31:04,905
I personally did not believe

732
00:31:04,906 --> 00:31:07,908
she was gonna survive
the next round of chemotherapy.

733
00:31:07,909 --> 00:31:11,738
♪♪

734
00:31:11,739 --> 00:31:14,219
I think my worst fear
was obviously losing my daughter

735
00:31:14,220 --> 00:31:16,482
at home at my own hand.

736
00:31:16,483 --> 00:31:19,050
JACLYN: My uncle told us
about the cannabis oil.

737
00:31:19,051 --> 00:31:21,835
He gave me some to try.

738
00:31:21,836 --> 00:31:23,358
Yeah, I was...

739
00:31:23,359 --> 00:31:25,752
I thought it was...
I got liquid gold.

740
00:31:25,753 --> 00:31:28,842
I was like, "Let's go."
[Chuckles]

741
00:31:28,843 --> 00:31:30,757
So, three months
after we opted out,

742
00:31:30,758 --> 00:31:32,324
we did a scan,

743
00:31:32,325 --> 00:31:35,893
and the 4.2 was down
to 1.62 millimeters.

744
00:31:35,894 --> 00:31:37,938
And the one that was
slightly over 1 millimeter

745
00:31:37,939 --> 00:31:39,897
was completely gone.

746
00:31:39,898 --> 00:31:42,638
Of course, we believe that
it was definitely the cannabis.

747
00:31:42,639 --> 00:31:46,251
Wow! Can you give him besos?

748
00:31:46,252 --> 00:31:48,209
I can honestly tell you
here right now

749
00:31:48,210 --> 00:31:50,211
that my daughter
would not be alive today

750
00:31:50,212 --> 00:31:51,952
if we had not done it.

751
00:31:51,953 --> 00:31:55,086
I believe 100% that she is here
because of that,

752
00:31:55,087 --> 00:31:58,525
because of cannabinoids
and because of our faith in God.

753
00:32:02,137 --> 00:32:04,530
SMITH: I don't doubt that
it's definitely cannabis oil,

754
00:32:04,531 --> 00:32:06,445
but we just don't know
what's in it.

755
00:32:06,446 --> 00:32:09,578
I mean, one of the problems
with it not being regulated

756
00:32:09,579 --> 00:32:12,277
and it not being controlled
is you don't know what you...

757
00:32:12,278 --> 00:32:13,931
I mean, you just have to trust

758
00:32:13,932 --> 00:32:16,020
that the people
that you're getting it from

759
00:32:16,021 --> 00:32:17,630
are doing it the right way.

760
00:32:17,631 --> 00:32:19,458
And I was just a bit concerned

761
00:32:19,459 --> 00:32:21,286
because when I opened this,

762
00:32:21,287 --> 00:32:24,071
it smelled kind of solvent-y.

763
00:32:24,072 --> 00:32:25,768
But they said to leave it out
to breathe.

764
00:32:25,769 --> 00:32:27,857
But it would be interesting
to know

765
00:32:27,858 --> 00:32:29,990
what the components
of this were.

766
00:32:29,991 --> 00:32:31,644
It shouldn't be like that,
should it?

767
00:32:31,645 --> 00:32:33,385
There should be a place
where you can go to

768
00:32:33,386 --> 00:32:36,475
and you can get advice.
You can get it tailored

769
00:32:36,476 --> 00:32:39,565
to their treatment, tailored
to, "This one at night.

770
00:32:39,566 --> 00:32:41,175
This one in the morning."

771
00:32:41,176 --> 00:32:43,525
It should be available,
and it just isn't.

772
00:32:43,526 --> 00:32:47,051
And that's why we're all
floundering in the dark, really.

773
00:32:47,052 --> 00:32:48,748
WOMAN: Here you go, sweetie.

774
00:32:48,749 --> 00:32:50,315
- So sorry.
- Hey! It's okay!

775
00:32:50,316 --> 00:32:51,751
- Are you Tracy?
- Yes, nice to meet you.

776
00:32:51,752 --> 00:32:53,318
- Lovely to meet you.
- Come on in.

777
00:32:53,319 --> 00:32:55,363
So sorry it's taken me
so long to get here.

778
00:32:55,364 --> 00:32:57,148
- This is Dr. Raber.
- Hi, Angela.

779
00:32:57,149 --> 00:32:59,367
- You can call me Jeff.
- Heard lots about you. All good.

780
00:32:59,368 --> 00:33:01,500
RABER: My job is public
health and safety...

781
00:33:01,501 --> 00:33:02,675
To make sure
there's nothing here

782
00:33:02,676 --> 00:33:04,546
like solvents or pesticides

783
00:33:04,547 --> 00:33:06,853
or, you know,
microbiological contaminants

784
00:33:06,854 --> 00:33:08,637
that could cause harm
in those fashions.

785
00:33:08,638 --> 00:33:10,422
We've been kind of doing it
in the dark, really.

786
00:33:10,423 --> 00:33:13,468
So I'll be really grateful
to hear your...

787
00:33:13,469 --> 00:33:15,296
I mean, in the information age,

788
00:33:15,297 --> 00:33:17,733
you can get a lot of bad
information and some good info.

789
00:33:17,734 --> 00:33:19,605
Well, that's the problem, yeah.
That, to me...

790
00:33:19,606 --> 00:33:22,564
It's a little bit solvent-y,
but it's not too bad.

791
00:33:22,565 --> 00:33:24,479
Do you think
that's horribly solvent-y?

792
00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:26,786
That smells really... I mean,
you can let Jeff smell it,

793
00:33:26,787 --> 00:33:28,570
but it smells
very solvent-y to me.

794
00:33:28,571 --> 00:33:32,313
JOSH: Yeah, there's something.
Something different.

795
00:33:32,314 --> 00:33:33,793
Well, there's definitely
a little alcohol,

796
00:33:33,794 --> 00:33:35,360
but it smells
like rubbing alcohol.

797
00:33:35,361 --> 00:33:37,057
- TRACY: Yeah.
- SMITH: Smell that one.

798
00:33:37,058 --> 00:33:38,972
- Not like ethanol.
- That one's worse. Try that one.

799
00:33:38,973 --> 00:33:40,408
That one stinks.

800
00:33:40,409 --> 00:33:41,540
That one I thought
wasn't too bad.

801
00:33:41,541 --> 00:33:43,324
No, that's rubbing alcohol.

802
00:33:43,325 --> 00:33:45,283
That's isopropanol.
You should not be eating that.

803
00:33:45,284 --> 00:33:47,111
No, that's no good.

804
00:33:47,112 --> 00:33:49,200
- And they do use that.
- Oh, that is rubbing alcohol.

805
00:33:49,201 --> 00:33:51,767
RABER: It's rubbing alcohol.
That's not ethanol. No.

806
00:33:51,768 --> 00:33:53,595
SMITH: That's not
food-grade alcohol.

807
00:33:53,596 --> 00:33:55,423
That smells like...
That smells like the alcohol...

808
00:33:55,424 --> 00:33:57,295
- And you're giving him... Oh.
- No, not that one. No.

809
00:33:57,296 --> 00:34:00,080
I don't know if you've given him
tremendously large amounts

810
00:34:00,081 --> 00:34:02,735
that you need to be concerned
about complete damage,

811
00:34:02,736 --> 00:34:04,780
but it will, you know,
be more difficult

812
00:34:04,781 --> 00:34:06,869
on the liver to metabolize that,

813
00:34:06,870 --> 00:34:09,089
and it could cause damage
to certain cells.

814
00:34:09,090 --> 00:34:11,613
When they're on chemo, and
they're on other medications,

815
00:34:11,614 --> 00:34:14,268
the liver's already on...
You know, it's pretty busy.

816
00:34:14,269 --> 00:34:15,965
So we don't want
to make it worse.

817
00:34:15,966 --> 00:34:17,924
TRACY: Worse. Chico's
not gonna... He's okay.

818
00:34:17,925 --> 00:34:19,404
Okay.

819
00:34:19,405 --> 00:34:22,798
And here's the other travesty...
$3,000.

820
00:34:22,799 --> 00:34:24,583
- SMITH: $3,300.
- $3,000...

821
00:34:24,584 --> 00:34:27,064
For those three tiny,
little pots.

822
00:34:27,065 --> 00:34:28,239
RABER: That's disturbing.

823
00:34:28,240 --> 00:34:29,762
- I know.
- A lot.

824
00:34:29,763 --> 00:34:31,720
RABER: The hardest
part of what we do,

825
00:34:31,721 --> 00:34:33,505
'cause I always have to be
the disseminator of bad news...

826
00:34:33,506 --> 00:34:35,246
If the government
will let us start testing it

827
00:34:35,247 --> 00:34:37,248
for medicinal purposes,
that will help, as well,

828
00:34:37,249 --> 00:34:39,902
because right now,
and correct me if I'm wrong,

829
00:34:39,903 --> 00:34:41,687
they're only allowing
tests to happen

830
00:34:41,688 --> 00:34:43,950
that show how it can hurt you,
not how it can help you.

831
00:34:43,951 --> 00:34:47,823
RABER: I believe it was,
yeah, 6% of the studies

832
00:34:47,824 --> 00:34:50,261
are currently funded
for good purposes,

833
00:34:50,262 --> 00:34:52,437
and 94% are looking
at bad purposes.

834
00:34:52,438 --> 00:34:54,395
TRACY: Yeah.

835
00:34:54,396 --> 00:34:56,963
NADELMANN: The U.S. National
Institute on Drug Abuse, NIDA,

836
00:34:56,964 --> 00:34:59,792
funds the vast majority
of drug-abuse research

837
00:34:59,793 --> 00:35:02,011
not just in the United States,
but in the world.

838
00:35:02,012 --> 00:35:04,579
The way they encourage
scientists and researchers

839
00:35:04,580 --> 00:35:07,930
was all about trying
to identify harms.

840
00:35:07,931 --> 00:35:10,063
Congress, in 1970,

841
00:35:10,064 --> 00:35:14,241
placed marijuana
in the Schedule I category...

842
00:35:14,242 --> 00:35:17,201
High potential for abuse,
no medical use in treatment.

843
00:35:17,202 --> 00:35:19,159
NADELMANN: Marijuana's
in the same category

844
00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:21,161
with heroin and LSD.

845
00:35:21,162 --> 00:35:23,772
Cocaine is in a lower
category... Schedule II...

846
00:35:23,773 --> 00:35:26,210
Because it has
"legitimate medical uses"

847
00:35:26,211 --> 00:35:28,168
in some limited areas.

848
00:35:28,169 --> 00:35:30,170
REIMAN: Unfortunately,
we still have this block

849
00:35:30,171 --> 00:35:31,606
of the Schedule I status.

850
00:35:31,607 --> 00:35:33,565
So the federal government
is telling us

851
00:35:33,566 --> 00:35:36,655
there's not enough research
on cannabis to de-schedule it

852
00:35:36,656 --> 00:35:39,048
from Schedule I,
and then they're saying,

853
00:35:39,049 --> 00:35:42,008
"But you can't do research
because it's Schedule I."

854
00:35:42,009 --> 00:35:45,403
So it's put us in
this really horrible position.

855
00:35:45,404 --> 00:35:48,319
AGGARWAL: The DEA's blocking
recognition of this in science

856
00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:50,147
on marijuana's medical efficacy,

857
00:35:50,148 --> 00:35:54,020
and you just can't
be in the dark about that

858
00:35:54,021 --> 00:35:55,978
and say there's no currently
accepted medical use

859
00:35:55,979 --> 00:35:57,632
in treatment
in the United States

860
00:35:57,633 --> 00:35:59,895
and no standard for safety.
That's a lie.

861
00:35:59,896 --> 00:36:03,725
The first evidence that cannabis
may have anti-cancer activity

862
00:36:03,726 --> 00:36:08,861
actually came from our National
Cancer Institute in 1974.

863
00:36:08,862 --> 00:36:13,648
But mysteriously, those lines
of investigation disappeared.

864
00:36:13,649 --> 00:36:16,085
I started downloading studies
like five years ago.

865
00:36:16,086 --> 00:36:20,742
There were like 450 just
on reference breast cancer.

866
00:36:20,743 --> 00:36:23,702
And now there's
maybe 30 on there.

867
00:36:23,703 --> 00:36:25,399
Where'd all those go?
Where'd they go?

868
00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:27,096
Why'd they go off pubmed. Gov?

869
00:36:27,097 --> 00:36:29,186
Why is the government
taking those studies off?

870
00:36:29,187 --> 00:36:31,666
Luckily, there's research
going on in other countries

871
00:36:31,667 --> 00:36:35,279
that hopefully we'll be able
to use to make a case

872
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:38,718
to de-schedule marijuana
in the United States.

873
00:36:44,245 --> 00:36:45,811
GILD: There are no
prescriptions in America.

874
00:36:45,812 --> 00:36:47,465
There's recommendations.

875
00:36:47,466 --> 00:36:49,597
Doctors aren't allowed
to prescribe cannabis.

876
00:36:49,598 --> 00:36:51,512
They're allowed to recommend it.

877
00:36:51,513 --> 00:36:55,299
In Israel, every one of the
patients is prescribed cannabis.

878
00:36:55,300 --> 00:36:57,126
It's a federal license.

879
00:36:57,127 --> 00:36:59,738
And because
it's a federal license,

880
00:36:59,739 --> 00:37:01,522
the growers grow federally.

881
00:37:01,523 --> 00:37:03,307
The patients use federally.

882
00:37:03,308 --> 00:37:07,485
So research that's overseen
by the federal government

883
00:37:07,486 --> 00:37:09,704
is then being conducted.

884
00:37:09,705 --> 00:37:12,620
So, you don't have that block.

885
00:37:12,621 --> 00:37:15,014
So, the research started here
in the '60s.

886
00:37:15,015 --> 00:37:17,408
We were gifted
with Professor Mechoulum.

887
00:37:17,409 --> 00:37:20,672
He isolated the cannabinoid THC.

888
00:37:20,673 --> 00:37:23,414
MECHOULUM: How come morphine
had been isolated

889
00:37:23,415 --> 00:37:26,765
from opium 150 years previously,

890
00:37:26,766 --> 00:37:29,507
and cocaine had been isolated
from coca leaves

891
00:37:29,508 --> 00:37:31,073
100 years previously,

892
00:37:31,074 --> 00:37:34,033
and the active compound
in cannabis

893
00:37:34,034 --> 00:37:36,905
had never been isolated
in pure form?

894
00:37:36,906 --> 00:37:38,777
It's structure was unknown,

895
00:37:38,778 --> 00:37:42,607
so it was impossible
to do any biological work.

896
00:37:42,608 --> 00:37:44,435
In science,

897
00:37:44,436 --> 00:37:47,438
Israel is
a very liberal country.

898
00:37:47,439 --> 00:37:51,920
While in the U.S., it was very
difficult to do cannabis work,

899
00:37:51,921 --> 00:37:54,619
here we had absolutely
no problems.

900
00:37:54,620 --> 00:38:03,105
♪♪

901
00:38:03,106 --> 00:38:05,499
GILD: Dedi is the
epitome of science,

902
00:38:05,500 --> 00:38:07,632
the "go by the book,"

903
00:38:07,633 --> 00:38:10,199
"study for your eight PhDs,"

904
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:14,073
and "work on curing cancer"
type of guy

905
00:38:14,074 --> 00:38:18,207
working with cannabis,
which is unheard of today.

906
00:38:18,208 --> 00:38:23,169
MEIRI: When you put cannabis
extract, or THC and CBD,

907
00:38:23,170 --> 00:38:25,650
which are the main cannabinoids
in the extract,

908
00:38:25,651 --> 00:38:29,610
it can really kill the cancer
in a way we call apoptosis.

909
00:38:29,611 --> 00:38:32,047
Actually,
the cells commit suicide.

910
00:38:32,048 --> 00:38:35,050
Every cells in our body
have, like, a checkpoint

911
00:38:35,051 --> 00:38:37,401
that they are checking
if there is a problem.

912
00:38:37,402 --> 00:38:40,186
And if there is a problem,
they will kill themselves.

913
00:38:40,187 --> 00:38:42,188
They will commit suicide.

914
00:38:42,189 --> 00:38:45,496
So what we see that cannabis
is giving the cancer cells back

915
00:38:45,497 --> 00:38:47,324
this ability that they lost.

916
00:38:47,325 --> 00:38:51,719
In the first row, we can see
colon cancer cell lines

917
00:38:51,720 --> 00:38:53,199
growing in the black.

918
00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:56,071
Every dots like this,
this is cells.

919
00:38:56,072 --> 00:39:00,075
When we're adding cannabis
strain number 3, CB3,

920
00:39:00,076 --> 00:39:02,904
we see all the cells
are dying here...

921
00:39:02,905 --> 00:39:05,385
100% of the cells dying here.

922
00:39:05,386 --> 00:39:08,345
What is even more interesting
in this image...

923
00:39:08,346 --> 00:39:13,001
When we are growing colon cells
which are not cancer cells,

924
00:39:13,002 --> 00:39:15,569
and we're adding
strain number 3,

925
00:39:15,570 --> 00:39:17,528
nothing has happened, okay?

926
00:39:17,529 --> 00:39:19,704
When we're adding
the same strain

927
00:39:19,705 --> 00:39:22,533
to the colon cancer cells,
they died.

928
00:39:22,534 --> 00:39:25,405
When we're adding it to the
normal cells, they're not dying.

929
00:39:25,406 --> 00:39:26,885
It's not affecting them.

930
00:39:26,886 --> 00:39:29,540
The same thing
with strain number 4.

931
00:39:29,541 --> 00:39:32,020
In this image,
it's very important

932
00:39:32,021 --> 00:39:35,110
we see we're adding
strain number 3 and 4

933
00:39:35,111 --> 00:39:38,853
that kill the colon cancer
and the breast cancer.

934
00:39:38,854 --> 00:39:41,203
Here, it's not affecting
the prostate cancer.

935
00:39:41,204 --> 00:39:44,206
So it's very important
to understand

936
00:39:44,207 --> 00:39:47,558
which materials we have
in these strains,

937
00:39:47,559 --> 00:39:51,257
what are the pattern of
cannabinoids interrupting there,

938
00:39:51,258 --> 00:39:54,739
and why its affecting one cancer
and not the other.

939
00:39:54,740 --> 00:39:57,568
♪♪

940
00:39:57,569 --> 00:40:00,397
GUZMAN: We've been in the field
of cannabis for about 20 years.

941
00:40:00,398 --> 00:40:04,096
SANCHEZ: We started to do
experiments with cancer cells,

942
00:40:04,097 --> 00:40:06,577
and we were expecting
other results.

943
00:40:06,578 --> 00:40:08,405
We were doing metabolic studies,

944
00:40:08,406 --> 00:40:12,017
and what we saw was something
completely unexpected.

945
00:40:12,018 --> 00:40:14,280
We were killing cancer cells.

946
00:40:14,281 --> 00:40:16,456
So, these are
one of the first experiments

947
00:40:16,457 --> 00:40:18,632
we performed with animals.

948
00:40:18,633 --> 00:40:20,591
We treated
immune-deficient mice.

949
00:40:20,592 --> 00:40:23,420
So, we injected glioblastoma

950
00:40:23,421 --> 00:40:25,944
human cells underneath the skin,

951
00:40:25,945 --> 00:40:27,859
and we generated these tumors.

952
00:40:27,860 --> 00:40:31,645
And half of the animals
were treated with cannabinoids,

953
00:40:31,646 --> 00:40:33,430
in this case with THC,

954
00:40:33,431 --> 00:40:36,607
and the other half received
no cannabinoid treatment.

955
00:40:36,608 --> 00:40:38,130
The tumors of these animals

956
00:40:38,131 --> 00:40:40,262
that were not treated
with cannabinoids

957
00:40:40,263 --> 00:40:44,005
are way bigger
than these other tumors.

958
00:40:44,006 --> 00:40:48,357
More recently, we have been
working on breast cancer.

959
00:40:48,358 --> 00:40:52,100
And here we represent
tumor volume,

960
00:40:52,101 --> 00:40:53,885
how big the tumors are,

961
00:40:53,886 --> 00:40:55,800
as time passes.

962
00:40:55,801 --> 00:40:57,410
And this is how tumors

963
00:40:57,411 --> 00:41:00,152
that are not treated
with cannabinoids behave.

964
00:41:00,153 --> 00:41:03,329
They grew. And this is
the THC-treated population.

965
00:41:03,330 --> 00:41:06,158
As you can see, they have less
metastasis in the lungs,

966
00:41:06,159 --> 00:41:10,641
and they have less tumors per
animal than the control group.

967
00:41:10,642 --> 00:41:12,164
So it works pretty well.

968
00:41:12,165 --> 00:41:14,122
We are also realistic,
and we know

969
00:41:14,123 --> 00:41:17,430
that there are many therapies
that have worked finely in mice,

970
00:41:17,431 --> 00:41:20,302
and then they fail
when they go to humans.

971
00:41:20,303 --> 00:41:23,654
Of course, we need robust
clinical trials to get to know,

972
00:41:23,655 --> 00:41:25,264
finally, at last,

973
00:41:25,265 --> 00:41:27,832
whether cannabinoids can be
or not on a tumor

974
00:41:27,833 --> 00:41:32,576
against imprecise patients
or populations.

975
00:41:32,577 --> 00:41:35,361
TRACY: Good morning, Sophie.

976
00:41:35,362 --> 00:41:37,232
Hi, my love.

977
00:41:37,233 --> 00:41:38,973
Want to turn that light on,
honey?

978
00:41:38,974 --> 00:41:40,671
Oh, big stretch.

979
00:41:40,672 --> 00:41:42,107
Good morning, honey.

980
00:41:42,108 --> 00:41:44,370
TRACY: So, today is the big day.

981
00:41:44,371 --> 00:41:46,111
Today is the first scans
that we're gonna be getting

982
00:41:46,112 --> 00:41:49,724
to see if what we're doing
is working.

983
00:41:53,293 --> 00:41:55,642
JOSH: You're gonna get
a nice nap, Sophie.

984
00:41:55,643 --> 00:41:58,166
TRACY: Yeah, baby doll.
You're gonna get to go to sleep really soon.

985
00:41:58,167 --> 00:42:01,561
JOSH: You're gonna get a nice,
little nap, baby girl. Hi.

986
00:42:01,562 --> 00:42:03,171
- WOMAN: Mixed in with this?
- WOMAN #2: No, no, no.

987
00:42:03,172 --> 00:42:05,609
Just, like, on his foot,
like three little pushes,

988
00:42:05,610 --> 00:42:09,395
and then following that up with,
which this is 30 units.

989
00:42:09,396 --> 00:42:12,311
TRACY: So, we're headed
home from scan day.

990
00:42:12,312 --> 00:42:15,357
- [Fussing]
- Sophie is very unhappy.

991
00:42:15,358 --> 00:42:18,143
The anesthesia's making her
really super cranky,

992
00:42:18,144 --> 00:42:20,928
- and she's tired.
- [Fussing]

993
00:42:20,929 --> 00:42:22,713
The radiologist said
that she would read them

994
00:42:22,714 --> 00:42:24,497
by the end of the day today.

995
00:42:24,498 --> 00:42:27,240
So we're hoping to get
information pretty quickly.

996
00:42:29,416 --> 00:42:32,287
Hello?

997
00:42:32,288 --> 00:42:34,420
Hi. Hold on. I'm trying
to get it on speakerphone.

998
00:42:34,421 --> 00:42:36,291
- Can you hear me?
- RADIOLOGIST: Oh, okay.

999
00:42:36,292 --> 00:42:38,076
- Hi, guys. Yeah.
- JOSH: Hi.

1000
00:42:38,077 --> 00:42:39,512
RADIOLOGIST: So, I'm not sure
if you got a chance

1001
00:42:39,513 --> 00:42:41,122
to glance at the MRI.

1002
00:42:41,123 --> 00:42:42,863
Unfortunately, it does look
a little worse

1003
00:42:42,864 --> 00:42:45,039
than it did back in June.

1004
00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:47,259
TRACY: So, that means
we got to start chemo ASAP.

1005
00:42:47,260 --> 00:42:49,914
RADIOLOGIST: I think our trajectory
is, unfortunately, chemo.

1006
00:42:49,915 --> 00:42:51,524
TRACY: [Crying]
So, when do we have to start?

1007
00:42:51,525 --> 00:42:53,221
RADIOLOGIST: So, I think
we can try this week,

1008
00:42:53,222 --> 00:42:54,658
and then we can spend
some time in the office

1009
00:42:54,659 --> 00:42:56,094
and go over everything again.

1010
00:42:56,095 --> 00:42:59,750
[Tracy sobbing]

1011
00:42:59,751 --> 00:43:01,490
Fuck!
[Cellphone beeps]

1012
00:43:01,491 --> 00:43:03,492
[Continues sobbing]

1013
00:43:03,493 --> 00:43:07,279
♪♪

1014
00:43:07,280 --> 00:43:09,890
It's not smaller.
It's not stable.

1015
00:43:09,891 --> 00:43:13,633
And that means chemo...

1016
00:43:13,634 --> 00:43:15,374
which is just...
It's, like, really, really,

1017
00:43:15,375 --> 00:43:18,899
really hard to imagine
what that's gonna be like.

1018
00:43:18,900 --> 00:43:21,989
♪♪

1019
00:43:21,990 --> 00:43:23,643
GORDON: Here's the good news.

1020
00:43:23,644 --> 00:43:28,126
We're very, very far away
from where we want to be.

1021
00:43:28,127 --> 00:43:31,477
It's not like we had her
on this really high dose,

1022
00:43:31,478 --> 00:43:33,087
- and it didn't work.
- TRACY: Right.

1023
00:43:33,088 --> 00:43:34,741
GORDON: We're gonna have
to play around with it

1024
00:43:34,742 --> 00:43:37,962
till we find how Sophie's
most comfortable with it.

1025
00:43:37,963 --> 00:43:39,616
TRACY: We're 100%
gonna keep using

1026
00:43:39,617 --> 00:43:41,487
the cannabis moving forward.

1027
00:43:41,488 --> 00:43:44,229
You know, now we're gonna
increase her,

1028
00:43:44,230 --> 00:43:47,232
not only just because
I believe it will work

1029
00:43:47,233 --> 00:43:49,190
alongside the chemo,

1030
00:43:49,191 --> 00:43:52,977
but it will also counteract
the side effects of the chemo.

1031
00:43:52,978 --> 00:43:55,153
I don't think that cannabis
has failed us.

1032
00:43:55,154 --> 00:43:58,635
I think that we don't
have her dose right.

1033
00:43:58,636 --> 00:43:59,940
We're in uncharted waters.

1034
00:43:59,941 --> 00:44:01,768
We're lab rats.

1035
00:44:01,769 --> 00:44:05,991
♪♪

1036
00:44:07,601 --> 00:44:09,689
- SMITH: You must be Mara.
- I am Mara.

1037
00:44:09,690 --> 00:44:11,865
- Hello, Angela.
- Thank you for coming.

1038
00:44:11,866 --> 00:44:13,693
Oh, my pleasure!

1039
00:44:13,694 --> 00:44:15,129
Nice to meet you in person.

1040
00:44:15,130 --> 00:44:16,914
- Yeah.
- GORDON: Doctors will call us...

1041
00:44:16,915 --> 00:44:20,091
We had one doctor that
called me a cannabis doula.

1042
00:44:20,092 --> 00:44:21,832
- [Laughs]
- You know, and, like,

1043
00:44:21,833 --> 00:44:25,401
I think Jeff called me,
like, a cannabis midwife.

1044
00:44:28,927 --> 00:44:30,797
Oh, wow.
SMITH: Take a smell.

1045
00:44:30,798 --> 00:44:32,843
GORDON: Oh, I don't even...
I just... can just see it,

1046
00:44:32,844 --> 00:44:34,583
first of all, the thinness.

1047
00:44:34,584 --> 00:44:36,803
SMITH: They did say
you have to let it breathe.

1048
00:44:36,804 --> 00:44:38,283
GORDON: Who said?

1049
00:44:38,284 --> 00:44:40,067
SMITH: The person
that I bought it from.

1050
00:44:40,068 --> 00:44:42,504
This is alcohol. This is just
pure alcohol in here

1051
00:44:42,505 --> 00:44:47,205
with a little bit
of cannabis diluted in it.

1052
00:44:47,206 --> 00:44:49,033
Okay, here's what I brought.

1053
00:44:49,034 --> 00:44:51,992
For example,
this is the high-THC.

1054
00:44:51,993 --> 00:44:53,559
- SMITH: Right.
- GORDON: This is the one

1055
00:44:53,560 --> 00:44:54,865
- that Stewart made.
- SMITH: Is that labeled?

1056
00:44:54,866 --> 00:44:57,389
GORDON: Everything's labeled.

1057
00:44:57,390 --> 00:45:00,044
Can you put your feet down
or no? No?

1058
00:45:00,045 --> 00:45:02,220
Where's the pain the most?

1059
00:45:02,221 --> 00:45:04,222
In my stomach,

1060
00:45:04,223 --> 00:45:06,006
- on my head.
- In your head?

1061
00:45:06,007 --> 00:45:08,400
This oil that we made
is a little... is different.

1062
00:45:08,401 --> 00:45:09,880
- It's a little different.
- Mm-hmm.

1063
00:45:09,881 --> 00:45:11,751
- It's stronger.
- Mm-hmm.

1064
00:45:11,752 --> 00:45:14,319
And it doesn't have
all that alcohol in it.

1065
00:45:14,320 --> 00:45:16,582
That alcohol could be
burning your stomach, too.

1066
00:45:16,583 --> 00:45:18,062
Mm-hmm.

1067
00:45:18,063 --> 00:45:20,325
GORDON: So, any
questions you have?

1068
00:45:20,326 --> 00:45:23,197
Any concerns? Any anything?

1069
00:45:23,198 --> 00:45:26,026
But I want to know
all the adjectives,

1070
00:45:26,027 --> 00:45:28,115
all the adverbs
how you're feeling...

1071
00:45:28,116 --> 00:45:31,902
Any anything... anything
that doesn't seem right

1072
00:45:31,903 --> 00:45:33,947
or whatever.

1073
00:45:33,948 --> 00:45:37,603
And if this strain doesn't work
it, we'll try another strain.

1074
00:45:37,604 --> 00:45:39,953
- Mm-hmm.
- There's 4,500 strains,

1075
00:45:39,954 --> 00:45:41,563
and we'll find one that helps.

1076
00:45:41,564 --> 00:45:43,478
Wow.

1077
00:45:43,479 --> 00:45:45,916
GORDON: We have probably
the most paperwork of anyone

1078
00:45:45,917 --> 00:45:48,048
I know, of any collective.

1079
00:45:48,049 --> 00:45:51,269
We tell people right off the bat
we're collecting their data.

1080
00:45:51,270 --> 00:45:55,012
We are expecting to use the data

1081
00:45:55,013 --> 00:45:58,363
to help find solutions
for diseases

1082
00:45:58,364 --> 00:46:02,628
and for... you know, to help
to use it for other people.

1083
00:46:02,629 --> 00:46:08,069
It's all just experimentation
at this point.

1084
00:46:13,422 --> 00:46:15,554
- Okay.
- ANGELA P.: All right.

1085
00:46:15,555 --> 00:46:17,034
Is that better?

1086
00:46:17,035 --> 00:46:18,687
GORDON: You've had a lot
on your plate

1087
00:46:18,688 --> 00:46:21,386
- over the last couple of weeks.
- Yes, ma'am.

1088
00:46:21,387 --> 00:46:23,780
GORDON: I'm here to answer
any questions you have

1089
00:46:23,781 --> 00:46:26,260
and walk you through
what we're gonna do.

1090
00:46:26,261 --> 00:46:29,263
One of the syringes
I sent you was Hindu Kush.

1091
00:46:29,264 --> 00:46:30,351
- Okay.
- GORDON: And the other one

1092
00:46:30,352 --> 00:46:32,745
is something called Yummy.

1093
00:46:32,746 --> 00:46:35,182
Okay, I see now.

1094
00:46:35,183 --> 00:46:39,796
And the Yummy is
a two-to-one CBD to THC.

1095
00:46:39,797 --> 00:46:42,320
So, you said that the Yummy
is higher in CBD.

1096
00:46:42,321 --> 00:46:43,669
- Am I hearing you right?
- GORDON: Yes.

1097
00:46:43,670 --> 00:46:44,931
Okay.

1098
00:46:44,932 --> 00:46:47,455
The Hindu Kush is a high THC.

1099
00:46:47,456 --> 00:46:50,589
And I'm not sure
which one is gonna do better.

1100
00:46:50,590 --> 00:46:54,288
After an hour, maybe two hours,
just see how he does.

1101
00:46:54,289 --> 00:46:56,116
I mean, you're his mom and dad.

1102
00:46:56,117 --> 00:46:57,596
- You guys are...
- Right.

1103
00:46:57,597 --> 00:46:59,467
- You know your son.
- Right.

1104
00:46:59,468 --> 00:47:01,513
You don't ever have to worry
about him taking too much,

1105
00:47:01,514 --> 00:47:04,429
and, in a matter of hours,
it'll be over.

1106
00:47:04,430 --> 00:47:06,126
- Okay.
- There's nothing that you do

1107
00:47:06,127 --> 00:47:07,606
to screw it up other than

1108
00:47:07,607 --> 00:47:09,173
- to not give him his medicine.
- Okay.

1109
00:47:09,174 --> 00:47:11,262
Okay, that's what
I wanted to hear.

1110
00:47:11,263 --> 00:47:13,438
- That makes me feel better.
- Okay.

1111
00:47:13,439 --> 00:47:15,570
- You cannot hurt him.
- Yes.

1112
00:47:15,571 --> 00:47:17,877
He would have to probably take

1113
00:47:17,878 --> 00:47:21,359
a pound of oil at once.

1114
00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:24,623
The body cannot overdose
on cannabis.

1115
00:47:24,624 --> 00:47:26,843
Little bit.
That's all you got to take.

1116
00:47:26,844 --> 00:47:29,019
- Do I put it on his tongue?
- ANGELA P.: Under his tongue.

1117
00:47:29,020 --> 00:47:32,022
Under your tongue.

1118
00:47:32,023 --> 00:47:35,068
Wait, you... Just lick it off.
Lick it off. Lick it off.

1119
00:47:35,069 --> 00:47:37,592
Lick it off.

1120
00:47:37,593 --> 00:47:39,768
How'd that taste?

1121
00:47:39,769 --> 00:47:41,205
A little good.

1122
00:47:41,206 --> 00:47:43,555
- Okay.
- Okay. A little good. Yeah.

1123
00:47:43,556 --> 00:47:45,818
ANGELA P.: All right.
Good job, A.J.

1124
00:47:45,819 --> 00:47:47,951
- Go ahead and have some fun.
- Let's have some fun.

1125
00:47:47,952 --> 00:47:49,909
[Both laugh]
Hey!

1126
00:47:49,910 --> 00:47:51,780
ADRIAN: Dad ready to
have some fun, too.

1127
00:47:51,781 --> 00:47:53,218
Okay!

1128
00:47:56,047 --> 00:47:58,918
We just so happened to have
a couple of salsa bottles,

1129
00:47:58,919 --> 00:48:01,748
and so I threw
the salsa away, and...

1130
00:48:03,489 --> 00:48:07,013
Well, we ate some of it,
but I commandeered the jars.

1131
00:48:07,014 --> 00:48:09,581
[Both laugh]

1132
00:48:09,582 --> 00:48:12,584
And the Tostitos,
I put the THC oil in

1133
00:48:12,585 --> 00:48:14,978
because I thought "T" and "T."

1134
00:48:14,979 --> 00:48:17,415
And then there wasn't any
cannabis that began with an "M."

1135
00:48:17,416 --> 00:48:19,199
Oh, I suppose I should have said
"marijuana," shouldn't I?

1136
00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:20,722
But the CBD's in the other one.

1137
00:48:20,723 --> 00:48:22,507
But I actually did
label them wrongly.

1138
00:48:22,508 --> 00:48:24,248
Anyway, we've been playing
with them a little bit,

1139
00:48:24,249 --> 00:48:26,076
because we're trying
to get him to eat,

1140
00:48:26,077 --> 00:48:28,078
and THC promotes appetite,

1141
00:48:28,079 --> 00:48:31,429
and CBD stops your appetite.

1142
00:48:31,430 --> 00:48:33,822
So we've been messing
with the proportions.

1143
00:48:33,823 --> 00:48:36,651
But we've kind of stuck
to two to three now.

1144
00:48:36,652 --> 00:48:39,611
Three THC, two CBD.
[Chuckles]

1145
00:48:39,612 --> 00:48:42,962
You woke up giggling
yesterday morning, didn't you?

1146
00:48:42,963 --> 00:48:45,138
And Mara was very pleased.

1147
00:48:45,139 --> 00:48:47,401
[Chuckles]

1148
00:48:47,402 --> 00:48:49,099
And so how do you feel now?

1149
00:48:49,100 --> 00:48:50,796
- Good.
- You look good.

1150
00:48:50,797 --> 00:48:52,450
Mm-hmm.

1151
00:48:52,451 --> 00:48:53,930
- Yeah.
- Mm-hmm.

1152
00:48:53,931 --> 00:48:56,628
Right on. Well, that's good.

1153
00:48:56,629 --> 00:48:59,587
Chico, I just want to see how
it feels, okay, if it's ready.

1154
00:48:59,588 --> 00:49:01,285
I left a little extra time
on it.

1155
00:49:01,286 --> 00:49:03,200
Be right back.
I'm gonna get you a mask, okay?

1156
00:49:03,201 --> 00:49:04,723
- Where's your ear, Chico?
- Here.

1157
00:49:04,724 --> 00:49:07,682
Missing.

1158
00:49:07,683 --> 00:49:09,510
There we go.

1159
00:49:09,511 --> 00:49:11,469
SMITH: I was gonna say
he likes digging his nails in.

1160
00:49:11,470 --> 00:49:14,472
Squeeze me or dig into me
as hard as you want to.

1161
00:49:14,473 --> 00:49:16,213
Okay, I just want to find it.

1162
00:49:16,214 --> 00:49:17,301
I know.

1163
00:49:17,302 --> 00:49:19,825
GORDON: One, two, three.

1164
00:49:19,826 --> 00:49:21,392
There you go. Perfect.

1165
00:49:21,393 --> 00:49:23,829
Perfect, perfect, perfect.
There you go.

1166
00:49:23,830 --> 00:49:25,657
- There you go. There you go.
- It's done. It's already done.

1167
00:49:25,658 --> 00:49:28,312
- GORDON: It's over.
- [Crying]

1168
00:49:28,313 --> 00:49:30,009
NURSE: It's all done.

1169
00:49:30,010 --> 00:49:32,185
I'm done. I'm done.

1170
00:49:32,186 --> 00:49:34,231
That's it. It's all over.

1171
00:49:34,232 --> 00:49:35,841
You did fantastic.

1172
00:49:35,842 --> 00:49:38,583
- [Coughs]
- It's all done. It's all done.

1173
00:49:38,584 --> 00:49:40,889
Breathe, Chico. It's all done.

1174
00:49:40,890 --> 00:49:42,456
[Crying]

1175
00:49:42,457 --> 00:49:44,503
- SMITH: See?
- GORDON: Blow.

1176
00:49:47,419 --> 00:49:49,289
Whole bag of...

1177
00:49:49,290 --> 00:49:52,945
Chico had a really horrible,
harsh chemotherapy regime.

1178
00:49:52,946 --> 00:49:54,338
It was very punishing,

1179
00:49:54,339 --> 00:49:57,689
and he had 28
daily radiation sessions

1180
00:49:57,690 --> 00:49:59,821
over, like, a five-
or six-week period.

1181
00:49:59,822 --> 00:50:04,130
He was probably in hospital more
days than he wasn't in hospital.

1182
00:50:04,131 --> 00:50:05,784
Luckily, we're in a legal state.

1183
00:50:05,785 --> 00:50:08,743
It would have caused way,
way more stress to try

1184
00:50:08,744 --> 00:50:11,398
and do this illegally and behind
the backs of the doctors.

1185
00:50:11,399 --> 00:50:13,357
At least everything
was above-board.

1186
00:50:13,358 --> 00:50:14,967
Everything was up-front.

1187
00:50:14,968 --> 00:50:17,274
I just find it absolutely
staggering to accept

1188
00:50:17,275 --> 00:50:19,189
that in this day and age,

1189
00:50:19,190 --> 00:50:22,714
with the billions of dollars
that's spent on cancer research,

1190
00:50:22,715 --> 00:50:24,324
the medicine
that we were relying on

1191
00:50:24,325 --> 00:50:26,196
is made in somebody's kitchen.

1192
00:50:26,197 --> 00:50:27,675
NURSE: All good?

1193
00:50:27,676 --> 00:50:30,635
GORDON: I just want
to get you home

1194
00:50:30,636 --> 00:50:35,248
and get you back,
you know, normal.

1195
00:50:35,249 --> 00:50:37,163
- Mm-hmm.
- Mm. [Chuckles]

1196
00:50:37,164 --> 00:50:40,862
♪♪

1197
00:50:40,863 --> 00:50:42,995
TRACY: Ball.

1198
00:50:42,996 --> 00:50:44,301
Book.

1199
00:50:44,302 --> 00:50:46,129
So, I've already
started the dose.

1200
00:50:46,130 --> 00:50:47,739
She gets a much larger dose now.

1201
00:50:47,740 --> 00:50:50,524
She's almost at a gram a day,

1202
00:50:50,525 --> 00:50:53,353
a one-to-one ratio
of CBD to THC.

1203
00:50:53,354 --> 00:50:55,921
So we got her up
to the cancer-killing dose.

1204
00:50:55,922 --> 00:50:57,662
She's completely
acclimated to it,

1205
00:50:57,663 --> 00:51:00,099
has no side effects,
no sleepiness.

1206
00:51:00,100 --> 00:51:03,407
You would never know
she's taken anything.

1207
00:51:03,408 --> 00:51:05,365
Baby... Ohh,
you can do it, honey!

1208
00:51:05,366 --> 00:51:07,237
- Yeah, you got it!
- TRACY: Come see Mama!

1209
00:51:07,238 --> 00:51:08,847
- You got it!
- TRACY: Yeah!

1210
00:51:08,848 --> 00:51:10,544
Whoo!

1211
00:51:10,545 --> 00:51:13,678
Oh! Good job, honey!

1212
00:51:13,679 --> 00:51:15,680
You okay, pumpkin pie?

1213
00:51:15,681 --> 00:51:17,682
We went in, and they said,
you know, "This tumor's had

1214
00:51:17,683 --> 00:51:20,119
such a growth spurt
that we need to do a biopsy,

1215
00:51:20,120 --> 00:51:23,818
and we need to make sure that
this isn't a high-grade glioma."

1216
00:51:23,819 --> 00:51:26,865
So then we had to schedule
brain surgery.

1217
00:51:26,866 --> 00:51:29,389
And luckily,
all the tissue samples

1218
00:51:29,390 --> 00:51:31,826
came back low-grade.

1219
00:51:31,827 --> 00:51:34,612
She hasn't had
the best day today.

1220
00:51:34,613 --> 00:51:36,570
We're gonna have to do
some I.V. fluids,

1221
00:51:36,571 --> 00:51:39,269
and she's not drinking
a whole lot,

1222
00:51:39,270 --> 00:51:41,836
which is all part of the chemo.
We're on day five.

1223
00:51:41,837 --> 00:51:43,838
It's kind of weird
that it's so delayed,

1224
00:51:43,839 --> 00:51:48,365
but she's not been doing
too bad overall.

1225
00:51:48,366 --> 00:51:50,193
Here, baby. Open. [Gasps]

1226
00:51:50,194 --> 00:51:51,455
Mmm. Big bite.

1227
00:51:51,456 --> 00:51:53,544
Yay! Good girl!

1228
00:51:53,545 --> 00:51:54,893
There she goes!

1229
00:51:54,894 --> 00:51:58,070
You ready for some
amazing results?

1230
00:51:58,071 --> 00:52:01,987
This'll be the second scan
since we started chemo

1231
00:52:01,988 --> 00:52:06,296
and have been
at high doses of cannabis.

1232
00:52:06,297 --> 00:52:08,472
So now we just wait.

1233
00:52:08,473 --> 00:52:10,735
We wait for the good news,
don't we, baby?

1234
00:52:10,736 --> 00:52:12,954
[Fussing hoarsely]

1235
00:52:12,955 --> 00:52:16,306
She's hoarse from them putting
the tube down her throat.

1236
00:52:16,307 --> 00:52:19,657
[Laughing]
We just got the call!

1237
00:52:19,658 --> 00:52:21,267
There is some cell death!

1238
00:52:21,268 --> 00:52:23,269
The tumor is actually dying
in certain areas.

1239
00:52:23,270 --> 00:52:26,751
There's no new growth.
And... And... It's...

1240
00:52:26,752 --> 00:52:28,927
They said that they would like
to be able to take credit

1241
00:52:28,928 --> 00:52:31,973
for it all, but they just
don't know if they can.

1242
00:52:31,974 --> 00:52:33,888
I'm just thrilled.

1243
00:52:33,889 --> 00:52:36,021
This is the most amazing news
we could have ever gotten.

1244
00:52:36,022 --> 00:52:38,066
[Chuckling]

1245
00:52:38,067 --> 00:52:40,025
[Josh sniffling]

1246
00:52:40,026 --> 00:52:43,202
She's gonna be okay.
She's gonna be okay!

1247
00:52:43,203 --> 00:52:46,858
She's gonna be okay.
She's gonna be okay. Oh, my God.

1248
00:52:46,859 --> 00:52:48,860
I mean, we still have a battle
ahead of us.

1249
00:52:48,861 --> 00:52:50,427
We're still gonna
have to do chemo,

1250
00:52:50,428 --> 00:52:53,299
but I can actually see
the future.

1251
00:52:53,300 --> 00:52:55,823
[Voice breaking] I can see
walking little Sophie down the aisle

1252
00:52:55,824 --> 00:53:00,698
and... and, you know, taking her
to her first dance recital

1253
00:53:00,699 --> 00:53:04,528
and all those things
that you want to do.

1254
00:53:04,529 --> 00:53:06,356
It's a good feeling.

1255
00:53:06,357 --> 00:53:11,839
♪♪

1256
00:53:11,840 --> 00:53:16,888
♪♪

1257
00:53:16,889 --> 00:53:20,674
NURSE: It's 5 milligrams
of Oxy, okay?

1258
00:53:20,675 --> 00:53:22,502
SMITH: He was
addicted to opiates.

1259
00:53:22,503 --> 00:53:25,244
He had to have Dilaudid
when he was in the hospital

1260
00:53:25,245 --> 00:53:26,680
to manage the pain,

1261
00:53:26,681 --> 00:53:29,074
and that created
an opiate dependency.

1262
00:53:29,075 --> 00:53:32,251
So they put him onto methadone
to transition him off it.

1263
00:53:32,252 --> 00:53:34,253
And I fought and fought
and fought them

1264
00:53:34,254 --> 00:53:36,603
putting him on methadone for
months and months and months.

1265
00:53:36,604 --> 00:53:38,736
Finally, I caved in.

1266
00:53:38,737 --> 00:53:41,347
And I knew that if I just
managed to get him home,

1267
00:53:41,348 --> 00:53:44,742
I could have got him off
the opiates with oxycodone

1268
00:53:44,743 --> 00:53:46,309
and cannabis oil,

1269
00:53:46,310 --> 00:53:47,919
'cause I'd done it
so many times before.

1270
00:53:47,920 --> 00:53:50,400
But I caved in and agreed
to put him on methadone,

1271
00:53:50,401 --> 00:53:51,531
and it was a nightmare.

1272
00:53:51,532 --> 00:53:53,098
WOMAN: Your mom's here.

1273
00:53:53,099 --> 00:53:54,665
- We're taking a pause right now.
- [Sobbing]

1274
00:53:54,666 --> 00:53:56,493
We're taking a break.
You're okay.

1275
00:53:56,494 --> 00:53:59,278
SMITH: Chico.
Let me get some paper.

1276
00:53:59,279 --> 00:54:00,584
Yeah?

1277
00:54:00,585 --> 00:54:02,194
[Chico sobs]

1278
00:54:02,195 --> 00:54:04,414
Would you let a 1st
or a 2nd grader

1279
00:54:04,415 --> 00:54:07,112
or any child use
medical marijuana?

1280
00:54:07,113 --> 00:54:09,854
MAN: We do know in people
who start before the age of 15

1281
00:54:09,855 --> 00:54:11,856
and keep doing it
throughout their life,

1282
00:54:11,857 --> 00:54:14,772
even sporadically, tend to have
an impact later on in life.

1283
00:54:14,773 --> 00:54:16,904
They lose about 8 I.Q. points
on average.

1284
00:54:16,905 --> 00:54:18,471
Again, these are hard studies
to come by.

1285
00:54:18,472 --> 00:54:20,256
That was a study
out of the Netherlands.

1286
00:54:20,257 --> 00:54:22,693
SMITH: How does methadone
affect the developing brain?

1287
00:54:22,694 --> 00:54:24,825
How does Dilaudid affect
the developing brain?

1288
00:54:24,826 --> 00:54:27,263
How do these heavy-duty opiates

1289
00:54:27,264 --> 00:54:30,004
that they prescribe willy-nilly
to children...

1290
00:54:30,005 --> 00:54:32,355
Nobody looks at the effects
of those types of medicines

1291
00:54:32,356 --> 00:54:35,401
on the developing brain,
and I can tell you for sure

1292
00:54:35,402 --> 00:54:37,447
that a kid who's on methadone

1293
00:54:37,448 --> 00:54:39,405
is way, way lower

1294
00:54:39,406 --> 00:54:42,800
in terms of their mental
capacity and functioning.

1295
00:54:42,801 --> 00:54:44,584
And the best thing we ever did

1296
00:54:44,585 --> 00:54:47,631
was get Chico weaned off
methadone as fast as we could,

1297
00:54:47,632 --> 00:54:49,415
and we did that
with the help of the oil.

1298
00:54:49,416 --> 00:54:52,810
We titrated the methadone down
as the oil came up.

1299
00:54:52,811 --> 00:54:55,552
And we saw
his mental capacity return

1300
00:54:55,553 --> 00:54:57,336
as the methadone went away,

1301
00:54:57,337 --> 00:54:59,295
even though the cannabis oil
was coming up.

1302
00:54:59,296 --> 00:55:02,341
That's why I'm not really
taking very seriously

1303
00:55:02,342 --> 00:55:05,823
the I.Q.-point argument.
But even if it's true,

1304
00:55:05,824 --> 00:55:08,608
frankly,
it's a small price to pay.

1305
00:55:08,609 --> 00:55:12,264
♪♪

1306
00:55:12,265 --> 00:55:16,355
CHRIS: When we started the oil,
it was right after surgery.

1307
00:55:16,356 --> 00:55:18,836
He was in so much pain.

1308
00:55:18,837 --> 00:55:22,405
Every morning, she leaves
at 5:30 in the morning.

1309
00:55:22,406 --> 00:55:23,667
5:30 in the morning.

1310
00:55:23,668 --> 00:55:24,972
When he would wake up,

1311
00:55:24,973 --> 00:55:26,496
he would be crying in bed,

1312
00:55:26,497 --> 00:55:28,280
screaming for me.

1313
00:55:28,281 --> 00:55:29,716
He was in so much pain,

1314
00:55:29,717 --> 00:55:32,240
and I would give him
two OxyContin

1315
00:55:32,241 --> 00:55:35,374
at 6:00 in the morning.

1316
00:55:35,375 --> 00:55:39,335
Two to three hours later,
I would give him two narco.

1317
00:55:39,336 --> 00:55:42,686
Two to three hours later,
I would give him either Advil,

1318
00:55:42,687 --> 00:55:44,296
Motrin, Excedrin,

1319
00:55:44,297 --> 00:55:47,212
anything I could give him
to get to that next span

1320
00:55:47,213 --> 00:55:49,693
of giving him
two more OxyContin.

1321
00:55:49,694 --> 00:55:52,783
And then two more narco.
And we were doing this

1322
00:55:52,784 --> 00:55:57,048
around the clock
the entire time.

1323
00:55:57,049 --> 00:56:00,225
And he wasn't eating, and
he was vomiting all the time.

1324
00:56:00,226 --> 00:56:02,880
- Yes.
- But you know what's amazing

1325
00:56:02,881 --> 00:56:05,273
is, you know,
when she brought us home,

1326
00:56:05,274 --> 00:56:08,407
and she says
it's a sesame-seed size...

1327
00:56:08,408 --> 00:56:10,583
You know, half of...
And you look at that.

1328
00:56:10,584 --> 00:56:12,977
You look at what size that is.

1329
00:56:12,978 --> 00:56:15,022
- CHRIS: It's nothing.
- And I...

1330
00:56:15,023 --> 00:56:18,765
I looked at him and said,
"This isn't gonna work."

1331
00:56:18,766 --> 00:56:21,725
You know, I felt like
we wasted our money.

1332
00:56:21,726 --> 00:56:23,553
Hi, Monkey.
What are you doing?

1333
00:56:23,554 --> 00:56:25,555
A.J. K.:
Getting some orange juice.

1334
00:56:25,556 --> 00:56:29,907
SHEILA: Within three days,
he was off all the pain pills.

1335
00:56:29,908 --> 00:56:31,996
- He was eating.
- CHRIS: We... It was like...

1336
00:56:31,997 --> 00:56:34,477
- SHEILA: Wow. Amazed.
- CHRIS: It was like Monday

1337
00:56:34,478 --> 00:56:35,782
- or Tuesday...
- Amazing.

1338
00:56:35,783 --> 00:56:37,393
CHRIS: ...when we started it.

1339
00:56:37,394 --> 00:56:40,874
By Friday, he was taking
one OxyContin all day,

1340
00:56:40,875 --> 00:56:44,574
and it was just like,
"Something's happening.

1341
00:56:44,575 --> 00:56:48,578
I don't know what,
but something's... It's good."

1342
00:56:48,579 --> 00:56:52,756
There's so many people out there
that could use this medicine

1343
00:56:52,757 --> 00:56:54,758
and where it can
improve their lives

1344
00:56:54,759 --> 00:56:57,804
where they are so far off
from having access.

1345
00:56:57,805 --> 00:56:59,632
And in the meantime,
they're just being fed

1346
00:56:59,633 --> 00:57:01,460
a steady stream
of pharmaceutical drugs.

1347
00:57:01,461 --> 00:57:03,419
And year after year,

1348
00:57:03,420 --> 00:57:06,160
we see the number of people
dying from accidental overdose

1349
00:57:06,161 --> 00:57:08,902
due to pharmaceutical drugs
get higher and higher.

1350
00:57:08,903 --> 00:57:12,906
It's remarkable when you look
at this explosion

1351
00:57:12,907 --> 00:57:14,865
of research studies coming out

1352
00:57:14,866 --> 00:57:19,870
about the way in which
marijuana is reducing

1353
00:57:19,871 --> 00:57:23,308
the problems with opioids
and other pharmaceuticals.

1354
00:57:23,309 --> 00:57:27,138
GILD: 80% of prescription drugs
are made from opiates,

1355
00:57:27,139 --> 00:57:30,228
and I think, as the world
learns and understands

1356
00:57:30,229 --> 00:57:33,100
that it's addicted to heroin,
to opiates,

1357
00:57:33,101 --> 00:57:37,757
I think that the world once over
will learn how to free itself.

1358
00:57:37,758 --> 00:57:39,803
But right now, the science
is being blocked,

1359
00:57:39,804 --> 00:57:42,196
and it's being blocked
by Big Pharma

1360
00:57:42,197 --> 00:57:45,330
not wanting the science
to succeed.

1361
00:57:45,331 --> 00:57:48,115
JIM: In the big picture,
the pharmaceutical industry,

1362
00:57:48,116 --> 00:57:50,944
which controls
the medical community...

1363
00:57:50,945 --> 00:57:52,642
It's a big money-driven machine.

1364
00:57:52,643 --> 00:57:55,166
You have these people.
They're using morphine.

1365
00:57:55,167 --> 00:57:56,950
They're using fentanyl,
all these drugs

1366
00:57:56,951 --> 00:57:59,170
that are respiratory depressants
that, in themselves,

1367
00:57:59,171 --> 00:58:03,087
can accidentally
inherently kill you.

1368
00:58:03,088 --> 00:58:05,176
But because it's prescribed
by the hospital,

1369
00:58:05,177 --> 00:58:08,005
because it originates from
our pharmaceutical industry,

1370
00:58:08,006 --> 00:58:09,789
it's accepted by society.

1371
00:58:09,790 --> 00:58:12,009
And this has this reputation

1372
00:58:12,010 --> 00:58:15,012
for recreational use,

1373
00:58:15,013 --> 00:58:17,971
and it's, by technicality,
a Schedule I narcotic.

1374
00:58:17,972 --> 00:58:20,147
It's, you know, a little bit,
like I said, infuriating

1375
00:58:20,148 --> 00:58:22,193
because, you know, for us,

1376
00:58:22,194 --> 00:58:24,325
we're using it to save
our child's life.

1377
00:58:24,326 --> 00:58:28,025
Okay, Cecilia, we got to take
your black medicine, okay?

1378
00:58:28,026 --> 00:58:29,548
CECILIA: Okay.

1379
00:58:29,549 --> 00:58:32,856
And then get ready
all my myself again.

1380
00:58:32,857 --> 00:58:34,292
JACLYN: Yeah,
that's a good idea.

1381
00:58:34,293 --> 00:58:36,860
You don't have
to get me ready anymore,

1382
00:58:36,861 --> 00:58:38,426
because I'm a big girl.

1383
00:58:38,427 --> 00:58:41,952
You don't have
to get me ready anymore.

1384
00:58:41,953 --> 00:58:43,997
JIM: So, this is Aunt Zelda's.

1385
00:58:43,998 --> 00:58:46,870
We use a one-to-one ratio
of THC to CBD,

1386
00:58:46,871 --> 00:58:49,525
which is what
most cancer patients use.

1387
00:58:49,526 --> 00:58:53,485
When she was very sick,
at her highest,

1388
00:58:53,486 --> 00:58:56,923
we were at about
$3,000 a month in oils.

1389
00:58:56,924 --> 00:58:58,751
Now that we're down
to a maintenance dose,

1390
00:58:58,752 --> 00:59:00,536
it's roughly about
$1,500 a month.

1391
00:59:00,537 --> 00:59:02,450
JACLYN: More than our rent.
[Laughter]

1392
00:59:02,451 --> 00:59:06,411
So, I mean, literally,
we sold bikes, we sold...

1393
00:59:06,412 --> 00:59:08,935
- Everything.
- ...just whatever we could.

1394
00:59:08,936 --> 00:59:13,026
♪♪

1395
00:59:13,027 --> 00:59:15,159
JIM: You know, I was very
maxed out at this point,

1396
00:59:15,160 --> 00:59:16,943
working as much overtime
as I could.

1397
00:59:16,944 --> 00:59:18,771
So I just kind of asked,

1398
00:59:18,772 --> 00:59:21,208
"What do you guys do on the job
when they get sick?

1399
00:59:21,209 --> 00:59:23,254
Because we're doing something
completely alternative.

1400
00:59:23,255 --> 00:59:25,386
We're not using
our insurance anymore."

1401
00:59:25,387 --> 00:59:27,040
So, that next day,

1402
00:59:27,041 --> 00:59:28,999
they got in touch
with a charitable organization

1403
00:59:29,000 --> 00:59:31,479
called the Fire Family
Foundation.

1404
00:59:31,480 --> 00:59:34,091
Up-front, they're willing to pay
for a month of supplements,

1405
00:59:34,092 --> 00:59:36,267
and I was a little apprehensive.

1406
00:59:36,268 --> 00:59:38,748
I'm like, "Um,
let me just be clear

1407
00:59:38,749 --> 00:59:40,445
on what we're talking
about here.

1408
00:59:40,446 --> 00:59:43,100
You know, we're talking
about medical marijuana.

1409
00:59:43,101 --> 00:59:44,536
This is cannabis."

1410
00:59:44,537 --> 00:59:46,190
And they were like,
"That's fine.

1411
00:59:46,191 --> 00:59:48,932
We know.
We're happy to do that for you."

1412
00:59:48,933 --> 00:59:50,368
MAN: We came up with
a plan to figure out

1413
00:59:50,369 --> 00:59:52,805
how we could get
some extra funds for Jim.

1414
00:59:52,806 --> 00:59:56,592
When he told me about the
cannabis treatment, I was like,

1415
00:59:56,593 --> 00:59:58,463
"You know what?
You're gonna do what it takes.

1416
00:59:58,464 --> 00:59:59,943
And I'm sure if it was
my daughter,

1417
00:59:59,944 --> 01:00:02,946
I'd probably do the same thing."

1418
01:00:02,947 --> 01:00:04,774
JIM: We're humble,
prideful people.

1419
01:00:04,775 --> 01:00:07,124
I mean, I'm too humble.

1420
01:00:07,125 --> 01:00:08,647
You know, I'm maxed out.

1421
01:00:08,648 --> 01:00:10,214
There's nothing else
I can possibly do.

1422
01:00:10,215 --> 01:00:12,085
And if you don't reach out,
you know,

1423
01:00:12,086 --> 01:00:14,522
your child's not gonna
get her medication.

1424
01:00:14,523 --> 01:00:18,048
She's not...
She's gonna die, you know?

1425
01:00:18,049 --> 01:00:20,006
JACLYN: It's heartbreaking to see

1426
01:00:20,007 --> 01:00:23,488
that there's something
that can help your child,

1427
01:00:23,489 --> 01:00:26,317
and you can't get it.

1428
01:00:26,318 --> 01:00:28,624
For these parents,
I can't imagine.

1429
01:00:28,625 --> 01:00:30,582
I mean, we've been
in that situation,

1430
01:00:30,583 --> 01:00:33,498
and doors just keep getting
opened, and it's amazing,

1431
01:00:33,499 --> 01:00:37,763
and we're blessed beyond means
because we have our baby.

1432
01:00:37,764 --> 01:00:39,547
So nothing else matters.

1433
01:00:39,548 --> 01:00:41,332
But if you're
paying into insurance,

1434
01:00:41,333 --> 01:00:44,074
insurance should pay
for what you want it to go to

1435
01:00:44,075 --> 01:00:46,076
to help whatever
is showing success.

1436
01:00:46,077 --> 01:00:49,340
It's saving our babies' lives.

1437
01:00:49,341 --> 01:00:57,523
♪♪

1438
01:00:59,525 --> 01:01:02,005
Kiss? Can I have a kiss?

1439
01:01:02,006 --> 01:01:05,356
Thank you. You're so sweet.

1440
01:01:05,357 --> 01:01:06,966
You're so sweet.

1441
01:01:06,967 --> 01:01:10,448
JOSH: Now the nerves
really start kicking.

1442
01:01:10,449 --> 01:01:12,015
Scan-xiety.

1443
01:01:12,016 --> 01:01:13,538
'Cause we got to do this
every three months.

1444
01:01:13,539 --> 01:01:16,541
And this is gonna be
our life for a while.

1445
01:01:16,542 --> 01:01:18,412
Hi, Betty.
My name is Tracy Ryan.

1446
01:01:18,413 --> 01:01:21,372
My daughter, Sophie,
had an MRI scan today.

1447
01:01:21,373 --> 01:01:23,287
Would I be able
to put in a request with you

1448
01:01:23,288 --> 01:01:26,856
to pick up a disk
the second it's available?

1449
01:01:26,857 --> 01:01:28,596
BETTY: Yeah,
it's been finalized.

1450
01:01:28,597 --> 01:01:29,859
TRACY: Oh, it has been?

1451
01:01:29,860 --> 01:01:31,599
- BETTY: Yes.
- Okay.

1452
01:01:31,600 --> 01:01:34,037
BETTY: So, you wanted
to get a disk, a CD of it?

1453
01:01:34,038 --> 01:01:35,342
Yes, ma'am.

1454
01:01:35,343 --> 01:01:37,041
I'm gonna go get them.

1455
01:01:38,869 --> 01:01:41,522
I always tell my husband
that it could always be worse,

1456
01:01:41,523 --> 01:01:44,003
and we see worse
every single day of our lives.

1457
01:01:44,004 --> 01:01:45,613
Everybody keeps saying,

1458
01:01:45,614 --> 01:01:47,659
"God only gives you
what you can handle,"

1459
01:01:47,660 --> 01:01:50,053
but I think that we get things
that we can't handle sometimes.

1460
01:01:50,054 --> 01:01:52,664
I feel like it's
my responsibility and my duty

1461
01:01:52,665 --> 01:01:55,319
to the world and to God
and to my child

1462
01:01:55,320 --> 01:01:58,670
to pass on this information
and to help people.

1463
01:01:58,671 --> 01:02:01,368
So I created a group
called CannaKids,

1464
01:02:01,369 --> 01:02:03,762
along with some other mommies
that had sick kids.

1465
01:02:03,763 --> 01:02:08,114
It's an amazing, amazing group,
full of wonderful women and men

1466
01:02:08,115 --> 01:02:10,421
and experts
and doctors and scientists.

1467
01:02:10,422 --> 01:02:13,380
And it's just really wonderful.

1468
01:02:13,381 --> 01:02:14,817
Hi, Lu.

1469
01:02:14,818 --> 01:02:16,296
LULU: What do the
scans look like?

1470
01:02:16,297 --> 01:02:18,081
TRACY: It shrunk!
Let me get the paper.

1471
01:02:18,082 --> 01:02:21,824
Lulu, it is half the size.

1472
01:02:21,825 --> 01:02:22,868
LULU: Oh!

1473
01:02:22,869 --> 01:02:26,089
It went from 2.6 to 1.7.

1474
01:02:26,090 --> 01:02:27,873
It is half the size.

1475
01:02:27,874 --> 01:02:32,573
The cystic component
now measures 1.4 centimeters,

1476
01:02:32,574 --> 01:02:35,707
versus 2.8 centimeters on 9/23.

1477
01:02:35,708 --> 01:02:37,927
It is also half the size.

1478
01:02:37,928 --> 01:02:39,537
LULU: That is...

1479
01:02:39,538 --> 01:02:42,540
TRACY: Lulu, these tumors
don't shrink with chemo.

1480
01:02:42,541 --> 01:02:44,455
These tumors don't shrink
with chemo!

1481
01:02:44,456 --> 01:02:46,370
- LULU: Oh, my gosh.
- Hand on a Bible.

1482
01:02:46,371 --> 01:02:49,721
My doctor said, "If you can
get this tumor to half the size,

1483
01:02:49,722 --> 01:02:51,897
there's no way we can claim
that it was the chemo."

1484
01:02:51,898 --> 01:02:54,988
That's the only way.
It has to get to half the size.

1485
01:02:57,599 --> 01:02:58,817
Oh, here we go.

1486
01:02:58,818 --> 01:03:00,776
Look at these huge black holes.

1487
01:03:00,777 --> 01:03:02,342
That's the Zelda.

1488
01:03:02,343 --> 01:03:04,562
There's, like,
nothing over here anymore.

1489
01:03:04,563 --> 01:03:08,044
Like, this used to be
all kinds of tumor over here.

1490
01:03:08,045 --> 01:03:09,610
This has always been
the heavier side.

1491
01:03:09,611 --> 01:03:12,309
This is... Oh, my God.
That's the cyst!

1492
01:03:12,310 --> 01:03:14,093
That's where the cyst
used to be.

1493
01:03:14,094 --> 01:03:15,399
Almost gone!

1494
01:03:15,400 --> 01:03:17,836
I mean, it's just beautiful.

1495
01:03:17,837 --> 01:03:20,839
I never thought I'd be
saying that about a tumor.

1496
01:03:20,840 --> 01:03:24,625
I feel very, very, very hopeful.

1497
01:03:24,626 --> 01:03:26,627
[Laughs]
It's working.

1498
01:03:26,628 --> 01:03:28,891
[Sniffles]

1499
01:03:28,892 --> 01:03:31,067
- Hi! We're here to see...
- Hi. You're Sophie.

1500
01:03:31,068 --> 01:03:32,503
- Yes, ma'am.
- Hi, Sophie!

1501
01:03:32,504 --> 01:03:34,461
Say hi!

1502
01:03:34,462 --> 01:03:37,377
Sophie, did the sleepy medicine
get you already, my Buffy?

1503
01:03:37,378 --> 01:03:39,597
She's like, "My cannabis
doesn't even do this to me."

1504
01:03:39,598 --> 01:03:41,120
[Laughs]

1505
01:03:41,121 --> 01:03:42,513
- This is Tracy.
- CHENG: Hello, Tracy.

1506
01:03:42,514 --> 01:03:44,080
It's Dr. Cheng.
So, thankfully,

1507
01:03:44,081 --> 01:03:46,082
Sophie continues
to make progress, okay?

1508
01:03:46,083 --> 01:03:48,084
- Yes!
- At 1 year of age,

1509
01:03:48,085 --> 01:03:49,563
chemotherapy with carboplatin

1510
01:03:49,564 --> 01:03:51,652
and vincristine was started,
period.

1511
01:03:51,653 --> 01:03:55,178
It's clear the tumor has shrunk
enormously on the chemotherapy.

1512
01:03:55,179 --> 01:03:56,614
We're doing a lot
of holistic approaches

1513
01:03:56,615 --> 01:03:58,746
along with her chemo treatment.

1514
01:03:58,747 --> 01:04:01,662
Have you ever seen
this much shrinkage before?

1515
01:04:01,663 --> 01:04:04,665
I would agree
that you wouldn't expect

1516
01:04:04,666 --> 01:04:07,407
to see that much shrinkage
of a tumor from chemotherapy.

1517
01:04:07,408 --> 01:04:10,280
I'm not sure it's
the chemotherapy.

1518
01:04:10,281 --> 01:04:12,151
- [Laughs]
- Well, we don't think

1519
01:04:12,152 --> 01:04:14,545
- it's the chemotherapy.
- It might be. It might not be.

1520
01:04:14,546 --> 01:04:18,505
- I have no idea.
- Right.

1521
01:04:18,506 --> 01:04:21,204
Honey, it's almost gone. I'm
looking at all kinds of angles.

1522
01:04:21,205 --> 01:04:22,727
- It's almost gone.
- JOSH: Really?

1523
01:04:22,728 --> 01:04:23,859
TRACY: I'm... Yeah.

1524
01:04:23,860 --> 01:04:25,338
JOSH: Oh, that's amazing.

1525
01:04:25,339 --> 01:04:27,819
Sophie, do you...
Do you want to get up?

1526
01:04:27,820 --> 01:04:29,560
Your chemo's done, honey!

1527
01:04:29,561 --> 01:04:31,431
- Your chemo's done, honey!
- JOSH: Hi, sweetie!

1528
01:04:31,432 --> 01:04:32,911
TRACY: You're done!

1529
01:04:32,912 --> 01:04:35,261
Sophie, Sophie, look!
Sophie, look!

1530
01:04:35,262 --> 01:04:38,177
[All cheering]

1531
01:04:38,178 --> 01:04:42,399
♪♪

1532
01:04:42,400 --> 01:04:44,923
WOMAN: Okay, there is one...
There's one?

1533
01:04:44,924 --> 01:04:46,925
So proud, Sophie.

1534
01:04:46,926 --> 01:04:50,407
I've been so proud of you.

1535
01:04:50,408 --> 01:04:52,758
[Indistinct conversations]

1536
01:04:55,761 --> 01:04:58,589
CHRIS: Around three months
into doing this,

1537
01:04:58,590 --> 01:05:01,157
Dr. Storch looks at us and said,

1538
01:05:01,158 --> 01:05:04,508
"He looks like
he's getting better."

1539
01:05:04,509 --> 01:05:08,251
And I said, "Well, you know,
yeah, he is."

1540
01:05:08,252 --> 01:05:11,254
Another month went by,
and, reluctantly,

1541
01:05:11,255 --> 01:05:15,084
I agreed to let
the scans take place.

1542
01:05:15,085 --> 01:05:16,563
She looks at us and says,

1543
01:05:16,564 --> 01:05:18,435
"I don't know
how to tell you this.

1544
01:05:18,436 --> 01:05:21,394
I can't explain it.

1545
01:05:21,395 --> 01:05:23,440
But his scan is clear.

1546
01:05:23,441 --> 01:05:28,227
There is no more tumors
in his chest."

1547
01:05:28,228 --> 01:05:30,534
Four months. 20 tumors.

1548
01:05:30,535 --> 01:05:32,101
Gone.

1549
01:05:32,102 --> 01:05:33,406
It's clear.

1550
01:05:33,407 --> 01:05:35,843
We do the next scan... Clear.

1551
01:05:35,844 --> 01:05:38,629
The next scan... Clear.
The next scan... Clear.

1552
01:05:38,630 --> 01:05:40,979
She goes, "There's no cancer
in him right now.

1553
01:05:40,980 --> 01:05:42,198
He's clear."

1554
01:05:42,199 --> 01:05:43,634
April's our magic month that...

1555
01:05:43,635 --> 01:05:45,418
I call it the magic month,

1556
01:05:45,419 --> 01:05:47,943
because that's when
we're gonna stop chemo totally

1557
01:05:47,944 --> 01:05:51,947
and then just try to see if...
If it is the cannabis,

1558
01:05:51,948 --> 01:05:53,731
we're gonna find out
right there and then.

1559
01:05:53,732 --> 01:05:57,126
You know, I find out a child
has cancer or something,

1560
01:05:57,127 --> 01:05:58,692
I go straight to the parent,

1561
01:05:58,693 --> 01:06:00,564
and I give them
Dr. Goldstein's number.

1562
01:06:00,565 --> 01:06:02,131
And I say, "You have to try.

1563
01:06:02,132 --> 01:06:04,046
- You have to try."
- CHRIS: She goes straight

1564
01:06:04,047 --> 01:06:05,830
to the parent and tells them,
"Put your kid on oil."

1565
01:06:05,831 --> 01:06:07,049
- I do. I do.
- CHRIS: 100%.

1566
01:06:07,050 --> 01:06:09,051
She just goes, goes, goes.

1567
01:06:09,052 --> 01:06:11,096
I will look at the people and
people that ask me about A.J.

1568
01:06:11,097 --> 01:06:14,882
and ask me about the cannabis
oil, and I will tell them,

1569
01:06:14,883 --> 01:06:17,885
"I honestly don't know
if this will work for you,

1570
01:06:17,886 --> 01:06:22,673
but what I'm gonna tell you
is what it did for my son."

1571
01:06:22,674 --> 01:06:25,110
♪♪

1572
01:06:25,111 --> 01:06:28,157
GOLDSTEIN: I have over probably
300 pediatric patients

1573
01:06:28,158 --> 01:06:30,289
using cannabis right now.

1574
01:06:30,290 --> 01:06:32,465
I have a case report
of a 16-year-old

1575
01:06:32,466 --> 01:06:34,337
who came to me a year ago April

1576
01:06:34,338 --> 01:06:36,469
with a stage IV osteosarcoma.

1577
01:06:36,470 --> 01:06:38,950
They came in,
referred in by an oncologist.

1578
01:06:38,951 --> 01:06:41,735
So bravo to her
for sending the patient to me.

1579
01:06:41,736 --> 01:06:43,694
He started cannabis oil
in April,

1580
01:06:43,695 --> 01:06:47,306
and in July, he had PET scan,
C.T., MRI,

1581
01:06:47,307 --> 01:06:50,266
and a bone scan
all negative for disease,

1582
01:06:50,267 --> 01:06:52,703
which is really incredible.

1583
01:06:52,704 --> 01:06:55,488
♪♪

1584
01:06:55,489 --> 01:06:58,665
He had repeat scans in November,
which were negative.

1585
01:06:58,666 --> 01:07:01,059
I called his oncologist,
and I said, "What do you think?"

1586
01:07:01,060 --> 01:07:03,409
And she said,
"Well, he should be dead."

1587
01:07:03,410 --> 01:07:04,889
I just saw him last week.

1588
01:07:04,890 --> 01:07:07,326
His hair's growing back.
He's off chemo.

1589
01:07:07,327 --> 01:07:11,896
He's a little bit beat up from
his three years of chemotherapy.

1590
01:07:11,897 --> 01:07:14,812
For about the first eight months
of his treatment,

1591
01:07:14,813 --> 01:07:18,685
he was on gemcitabine,
which is, in one study,

1592
01:07:18,686 --> 01:07:22,907
synergistic with cannabinoids
to increase cancer killing.

1593
01:07:22,908 --> 01:07:25,997
It appears so far that we're
getting some good results.

1594
01:07:25,998 --> 01:07:28,478
I never say "cure" with cancer
'cause I don't know,

1595
01:07:28,479 --> 01:07:30,828
but I definitely say
"extension of life."

1596
01:07:30,829 --> 01:07:33,918
♪♪

1597
01:07:33,919 --> 01:07:36,573
GORDON: First time
that we talked with A.J.,

1598
01:07:36,574 --> 01:07:38,401
he was almost nonverbal,

1599
01:07:38,402 --> 01:07:41,621
because he had
so much inflammation.

1600
01:07:41,622 --> 01:07:45,582
Here he was two months ago,
and here he is now.

1601
01:07:45,583 --> 01:07:47,062
STEWART: That's him?

1602
01:07:47,063 --> 01:07:48,715
GORDON: No more steroids.

1603
01:07:48,716 --> 01:07:51,936
That's your typical cancer-kid
face right there.

1604
01:07:51,937 --> 01:07:53,242
And that's him now.

1605
01:07:53,243 --> 01:07:55,113
God, you got to love that.

1606
01:07:55,114 --> 01:07:56,810
Oh, Angela.

1607
01:07:56,811 --> 01:07:58,682
When they went back to Chicago,

1608
01:07:58,683 --> 01:08:00,423
fortunately, somebody
in California

1609
01:08:00,424 --> 01:08:03,208
was willing to act
as an angel for them.

1610
01:08:03,209 --> 01:08:05,993
So, we got A.J. initially...

1611
01:08:05,994 --> 01:08:08,518
He was on the Hindu Kush
and the Yummy.

1612
01:08:08,519 --> 01:08:10,433
- ANGELA P.: Right.
- GORDON: If he's only on 0.5

1613
01:08:10,434 --> 01:08:12,348
right now on that...

1614
01:08:12,349 --> 01:08:15,829
ANGELA P.: The Skunk hasn't
come in yet from our angel.

1615
01:08:15,830 --> 01:08:17,527
GORDON: Uh-oh.

1616
01:08:17,528 --> 01:08:19,006
We're gonna have
to figure that out.

1617
01:08:19,007 --> 01:08:22,880
This is not the ratio
I want him at.

1618
01:08:22,881 --> 01:08:28,190
I want him to be on
the 5-something of THC

1619
01:08:28,191 --> 01:08:29,843
and 2-something of the CBD.

1620
01:08:29,844 --> 01:08:33,020
I want him to be on
at least two-to-one.

1621
01:08:33,021 --> 01:08:34,587
ANGELA P.:
When the Skunk gets here,

1622
01:08:34,588 --> 01:08:36,372
we'll get back to that goal.

1623
01:08:36,373 --> 01:08:38,983
GORDON: Right, okay.
Do you have enough right now?

1624
01:08:38,984 --> 01:08:41,290
ANGELA P.: We're just about
done at this point.

1625
01:08:41,291 --> 01:08:44,684
I would rather that you give him
a little less each dose

1626
01:08:44,685 --> 01:08:47,818
and stretch it out
than risk running out of it.

1627
01:08:47,819 --> 01:08:49,994
- ANGELA P.: Okay.
- And how's he doing in school?

1628
01:08:49,995 --> 01:08:51,778
ANGELA P.: Oh, my gosh.
He's doing phenomenal.

1629
01:08:51,779 --> 01:08:53,389
He loves going to school.

1630
01:08:53,390 --> 01:08:55,956
He's on grade level
at this point, and...

1631
01:08:55,957 --> 01:08:59,743
And that's on a gram
and a half of cannabis.

1632
01:08:59,744 --> 01:09:01,614
What a rock star. Okay.

1633
01:09:01,615 --> 01:09:05,488
She's doing 0.5
at two times a day

1634
01:09:05,489 --> 01:09:08,317
and was only doing the 1
on the THC,

1635
01:09:08,318 --> 01:09:09,840
which is not sufficient.

1636
01:09:09,841 --> 01:09:12,234
When we had that big
CBD shortage,

1637
01:09:12,235 --> 01:09:15,802
they got some medicine
from somebody else.

1638
01:09:15,803 --> 01:09:18,762
Everybody that has a still
is not an oil maker.

1639
01:09:18,763 --> 01:09:21,112
Everybody that has,
you know, flowers

1640
01:09:21,113 --> 01:09:23,593
does not know
what to do with it.

1641
01:09:23,594 --> 01:09:27,336
I get so furious
with the lack of legis...

1642
01:09:27,337 --> 01:09:31,863
I mean, the lack of regulation
and the lack of oversight.

1643
01:09:33,604 --> 01:09:35,518
And that's one of
the main reasons

1644
01:09:35,519 --> 01:09:38,521
I want it legal is so that
we can start having standards

1645
01:09:38,522 --> 01:09:40,392
and not having it be
the Wild West,

1646
01:09:40,393 --> 01:09:42,655
which is just insane right now.

1647
01:09:42,656 --> 01:09:45,049
Let me call Tracy.

1648
01:09:45,050 --> 01:09:46,616
Where are we right now

1649
01:09:46,617 --> 01:09:50,054
on dosing on Sophie?

1650
01:09:50,055 --> 01:09:52,839
TRACY: Predominantly,
we're at one-to-one.

1651
01:09:52,840 --> 01:09:54,406
Okay.

1652
01:09:54,407 --> 01:09:57,844
What made you decide
to change to one-to-one?

1653
01:09:57,845 --> 01:10:00,369
TRACY: I thought that was what
we had discussed a while back.

1654
01:10:00,370 --> 01:10:02,327
I don't remember
exactly why it was

1655
01:10:02,328 --> 01:10:04,677
that we switched to a one-to-one
'cause it's been so long ago.

1656
01:10:04,678 --> 01:10:07,941
But now she's doing
Charlotte's Web

1657
01:10:07,942 --> 01:10:11,075
and the THC
that you gave me last...

1658
01:10:11,076 --> 01:10:12,642
I can't remember
what strain it was,

1659
01:10:12,643 --> 01:10:14,687
and...
[Speaks indistinctly]

1660
01:10:14,688 --> 01:10:17,560
So, she's not even...
She's doing Charlotte's Web

1661
01:10:17,561 --> 01:10:19,388
instead of our...?

1662
01:10:19,389 --> 01:10:23,043
TRACY: It's been predominantly
Charlotte's for a while.

1663
01:10:23,044 --> 01:10:24,610
Really?

1664
01:10:24,611 --> 01:10:26,395
TRACY: 'Cause, remember,
you ran out of CBD.

1665
01:10:26,396 --> 01:10:28,092
Yeah, I knew that...
'Cause last time I asked you,

1666
01:10:28,093 --> 01:10:30,050
you told me
that she's had a grand total

1667
01:10:30,051 --> 01:10:33,097
of two syringes
of Charlotte's Web.

1668
01:10:33,098 --> 01:10:34,925
- TRACY: No.
- GORDON: Yes.

1669
01:10:34,926 --> 01:10:37,928
TRACY: She started
Charlotte's Web in February.

1670
01:10:37,929 --> 01:10:39,321
If you look at your records

1671
01:10:39,322 --> 01:10:41,192
and you see how much CBD
you sent me,

1672
01:10:41,193 --> 01:10:42,585
it hasn't been
that much for a while,

1673
01:10:42,586 --> 01:10:44,456
because you guys had
that shortage.

1674
01:10:44,457 --> 01:10:45,849
GORDON: Right, so you're...

1675
01:10:45,850 --> 01:10:48,068
She's not really
our patient anymore.

1676
01:10:48,069 --> 01:10:51,115
She's just using
one of our products.

1677
01:10:51,116 --> 01:10:53,770
TRACY: Well, I mean,
you've trained me well.

1678
01:10:53,771 --> 01:10:55,859
[Laughs]
We were having success.

1679
01:10:55,860 --> 01:10:58,949
I knew what I was doing.
I knew I had excellent medicine.

1680
01:10:58,950 --> 01:11:00,733
You had trained me
how to take care of her.

1681
01:11:00,734 --> 01:11:02,387
How I was taking care of her
was working.

1682
01:11:02,388 --> 01:11:05,303
I mean, you know,
she has her own plants there,

1683
01:11:05,304 --> 01:11:07,000
and it's $100 cheaper.

1684
01:11:07,001 --> 01:11:09,699
Actually, this last one
was only $204.51

1685
01:11:09,700 --> 01:11:12,136
for almost 10 grams.

1686
01:11:12,137 --> 01:11:14,530
So, you know, I don't have
a lot of money right now.

1687
01:11:14,531 --> 01:11:16,619
I'm barely hanging on.

1688
01:11:16,620 --> 01:11:18,403
And anywhere I can save
100 bucks,

1689
01:11:18,404 --> 01:11:20,449
especially if I need to get
two or three syringes,

1690
01:11:20,450 --> 01:11:22,538
- it's a big deal.
- Okay, well...

1691
01:11:22,539 --> 01:11:24,148
TRACY: I hope
you understand that.

1692
01:11:24,149 --> 01:11:25,584
It's not that I don't
trust your medicine.

1693
01:11:25,585 --> 01:11:27,020
I love your medicine
just as much.

1694
01:11:27,021 --> 01:11:28,979
It's really a financial thing.

1695
01:11:28,980 --> 01:11:30,763
Right. Yeah.

1696
01:11:30,764 --> 01:11:32,896
Um, Sophie's doing great,
though.

1697
01:11:32,897 --> 01:11:34,637
So that's all that matters.

1698
01:11:34,638 --> 01:11:37,640
TRACY: Yeah, she is just
as normal as any 2-year-old.

1699
01:11:37,641 --> 01:11:39,816
We went and saw
Dr. Bonni Goldstein today

1700
01:11:39,817 --> 01:11:41,861
to get her reviewed,

1701
01:11:41,862 --> 01:11:43,907
and Bonni just didn't
believe her eyes

1702
01:11:43,908 --> 01:11:45,952
- at how great she's doing.
- Okay.

1703
01:11:45,953 --> 01:11:49,086
All right. Take care.
Say hi to everyone for me.

1704
01:11:49,087 --> 01:11:50,914
TRACY: Will do.
Talk to you later.

1705
01:11:50,915 --> 01:11:53,133
- All right. Bye.
- TRACY: Bye-bye.

1706
01:11:53,134 --> 01:11:56,267
In order for someone to be
our patient, they have to commit

1707
01:11:56,268 --> 01:11:59,749
to allowing us to follow them
and learn from them.

1708
01:11:59,750 --> 01:12:01,577
That's the only reason
we do this

1709
01:12:01,578 --> 01:12:04,014
is so that we can learn
and understand and whatever.

1710
01:12:04,015 --> 01:12:08,105
If somebody's getting medicine
from other places

1711
01:12:08,106 --> 01:12:11,500
and then not taking it the way
that we tell them to take it,

1712
01:12:11,501 --> 01:12:13,850
they might as well just go
to a dispensary and buy it.

1713
01:12:13,851 --> 01:12:16,243
That's not who
an Aunt Zelda's patient is.

1714
01:12:16,244 --> 01:12:19,029
So, I'm gonna have
to give considerable thought

1715
01:12:19,030 --> 01:12:21,553
to whether Sophie
is still our patient

1716
01:12:21,554 --> 01:12:23,555
under these circumstances.

1717
01:12:23,556 --> 01:12:27,385
And it's too bad, because
I believe Sophie is where she is

1718
01:12:27,386 --> 01:12:30,475
because of our protocol
and our medicine.

1719
01:12:30,476 --> 01:12:34,044
But, oh,
how quickly they forget.

1720
01:12:34,045 --> 01:12:42,531
♪♪

1721
01:12:42,532 --> 01:12:45,011
The day has finally come
that we are doing

1722
01:12:45,012 --> 01:12:49,189
our first CannaKids meet-up.

1723
01:12:49,190 --> 01:12:52,454
This is, like, our big
kind of official

1724
01:12:52,455 --> 01:12:54,238
CannaKids launch day.

1725
01:12:54,239 --> 01:12:55,935
So we're really excited.

1726
01:12:55,936 --> 01:12:57,415
We've got a lot of people
in the industry coming.

1727
01:12:57,416 --> 01:13:00,200
We've got a lot
of families coming.

1728
01:13:00,201 --> 01:13:02,507
Hey, hey!
[Indistinct conversations]

1729
01:13:02,508 --> 01:13:03,726
Hi, guys!

1730
01:13:03,727 --> 01:13:05,205
How are you?

1731
01:13:05,206 --> 01:13:07,164
[Gasps] Sophie!

1732
01:13:07,165 --> 01:13:08,557
Hi, baby!

1733
01:13:08,558 --> 01:13:11,734
Oh, goodness!
Can I have a kiss?

1734
01:13:11,735 --> 01:13:12,996
Thank you.

1735
01:13:12,997 --> 01:13:14,824
Did you see your friends?

1736
01:13:14,825 --> 01:13:17,130
Test. All right, everybody.

1737
01:13:17,131 --> 01:13:20,873
We're gonna go ahead and get
started here in just a second.

1738
01:13:20,874 --> 01:13:22,309
My name is Tracy Ryan.

1739
01:13:22,310 --> 01:13:25,400
I am the co-founder
of CannaKids.

1740
01:13:25,401 --> 01:13:28,577
So, just a quick rundown
of what the site is gonna be.

1741
01:13:28,578 --> 01:13:31,101
First and foremost, it's
a massive resources section...

1742
01:13:31,102 --> 01:13:35,888
So, all of the information that
I have learned over the years,

1743
01:13:35,889 --> 01:13:39,805
families I know that have
learned over the years.

1744
01:13:39,806 --> 01:13:41,416
Since getting her on cannabis

1745
01:13:41,417 --> 01:13:43,461
and using it alongside
Western medicine,

1746
01:13:43,462 --> 01:13:45,289
we've almost completely
destroyed a tumor

1747
01:13:45,290 --> 01:13:48,248
that was, like, never supposed
to really shrink.

1748
01:13:48,249 --> 01:13:49,815
So, little Sophie!

1749
01:13:49,816 --> 01:13:52,296
[Laughs]

1750
01:13:52,297 --> 01:13:53,602
So, here we go, guys.

1751
01:13:53,603 --> 01:13:55,430
On the screen,

1752
01:13:55,431 --> 01:13:57,954
we have the Christmas tree farm.

1753
01:13:57,955 --> 01:14:01,044
There are 100 plants
for our patients.

1754
01:14:01,045 --> 01:14:02,785
I mean, I have to tell you guys,

1755
01:14:02,786 --> 01:14:04,482
like, I'm getting
really emotional

1756
01:14:04,483 --> 01:14:07,572
about how everything
is kind of evolving

1757
01:14:07,573 --> 01:14:08,878
and, like, coming together.

1758
01:14:08,879 --> 01:14:10,923
Look at what we're doing,
you know?

1759
01:14:10,924 --> 01:14:12,882
I mean,
we're gonna change lives.

1760
01:14:12,883 --> 01:14:16,668
And even if we just save
one child,

1761
01:14:16,669 --> 01:14:19,541
even if we cure
one kid of epilepsy,

1762
01:14:19,542 --> 01:14:20,977
we shrink one brain tumor

1763
01:14:20,978 --> 01:14:22,674
more than what we've done
with Sophie,

1764
01:14:22,675 --> 01:14:24,589
we've changed the world.

1765
01:14:24,590 --> 01:14:27,940
♪♪

1766
01:14:27,941 --> 01:14:29,725
FEDERMAN: It's definitely
an improvement.

1767
01:14:29,726 --> 01:14:32,989
SMITH: Yeah.

1768
01:14:32,990 --> 01:14:34,643
Yeah, I couldn't
be more pleased.

1769
01:14:34,644 --> 01:14:36,427
- SMITH: Oh, God.
- Yeah.

1770
01:14:36,428 --> 01:14:37,950
Night and day, Chico.

1771
01:14:37,951 --> 01:14:39,952
- Night and day.
- People double-take.

1772
01:14:39,953 --> 01:14:43,652
And it takes them a few seconds
to realize that it's Chico.

1773
01:14:43,653 --> 01:14:46,132
I say, you know,
"Remember Chico,"

1774
01:14:46,133 --> 01:14:49,701
you know, because it was
really tough on you.

1775
01:14:49,702 --> 01:14:52,095
This therapy was really tough.

1776
01:14:52,096 --> 01:14:55,402
And we got through it.

1777
01:14:55,403 --> 01:14:58,841
You got through barely,
by the skin of your teeth,

1778
01:14:58,842 --> 01:15:03,498
with a lot of help
from a variety of sources.

1779
01:15:03,499 --> 01:15:07,414
And just seeing you now,
it's terrific.

1780
01:15:07,415 --> 01:15:10,243
This is what I live for.
Questions?

1781
01:15:10,244 --> 01:15:13,812
Can we get a renewal of his
cannabis oil recommendation?

1782
01:15:13,813 --> 01:15:15,771
I mentioned it to Margie
the other day.

1783
01:15:15,772 --> 01:15:17,642
- FEDERMAN: Yes, absolutely.
- 'Cause we're still giving him

1784
01:15:17,643 --> 01:15:19,688
- a small maintenance dose.
- FEDERMAN: Sure, absolutely.

1785
01:15:19,689 --> 01:15:21,994
Because they say it helps
prevent relapse.

1786
01:15:21,995 --> 01:15:23,996
And also, it stimulates
appetite, as well.

1787
01:15:23,997 --> 01:15:25,432
FEDERMAN: Absolutely.

1788
01:15:25,433 --> 01:15:27,826
A lot of this
is very new for us.

1789
01:15:27,827 --> 01:15:30,525
And...

1790
01:15:30,526 --> 01:15:32,875
so I don't know all the answers.

1791
01:15:32,876 --> 01:15:34,616
The reality is
is we're learning.

1792
01:15:34,617 --> 01:15:39,708
And because of patients
like you, Chico, we've...

1793
01:15:39,709 --> 01:15:43,886
Our minds are more open
towards these types of things

1794
01:15:43,887 --> 01:15:45,714
and that there are
other patients

1795
01:15:45,715 --> 01:15:49,500
that have derived benefit
from our experience with you.

1796
01:15:49,501 --> 01:15:52,242
And that is, I think,
very helpful.

1797
01:15:52,243 --> 01:15:54,287
There's still a lot
that we don't know.

1798
01:15:54,288 --> 01:15:57,726
I just want to say thank you
for being an amazing oncologist.

1799
01:15:57,727 --> 01:15:59,902
And thank you
for having such an open mind.

1800
01:15:59,903 --> 01:16:03,296
And, like, it's fantastic,
isn't it, Chico?

1801
01:16:03,297 --> 01:16:05,255
Isn't it?
What do you say to Dr. Federman?

1802
01:16:05,256 --> 01:16:06,604
Thank you.

1803
01:16:06,605 --> 01:16:09,085
Do you realize you
and what you did

1804
01:16:09,086 --> 01:16:13,393
has made him change his mind
and change his thinking?

1805
01:16:13,394 --> 01:16:14,525
Yeah.

1806
01:16:14,526 --> 01:16:15,787
That's incredible!

1807
01:16:15,788 --> 01:16:19,269
I'm so proud of you!

1808
01:16:19,270 --> 01:16:20,923
Are you proud of yourself?

1809
01:16:20,924 --> 01:16:22,968
- Yeah.
- You really should be.

1810
01:16:22,969 --> 01:16:24,622
[Laughs]

1811
01:16:24,623 --> 01:16:26,624
You really should be.

1812
01:16:26,625 --> 01:16:32,630
♪♪

1813
01:16:32,631 --> 01:16:35,633
SMITH: We bought a bike about two
weeks before he was diagnosed,

1814
01:16:35,634 --> 01:16:37,635
and he wasn't ever able
to get on that bike.

1815
01:16:37,636 --> 01:16:40,769
And then monumentally got
on the bike and started cycling.

1816
01:16:40,770 --> 01:16:42,335
I was like...

1817
01:16:42,336 --> 01:16:45,164
[Voice breaking]
"This is a good day."

1818
01:16:45,165 --> 01:16:46,905
[Chuckles tearfully]

1819
01:16:46,906 --> 01:16:56,307
♪♪

1820
01:17:04,315 --> 01:17:06,969
TRACY: I now consider myself
a "momcologist."

1821
01:17:06,970 --> 01:17:09,145
I mean, three years
of chemotherapy,

1822
01:17:09,146 --> 01:17:11,016
in and out of hospitals,

1823
01:17:11,017 --> 01:17:13,366
and the research papers
that have come across my desk

1824
01:17:13,367 --> 01:17:16,369
and the websites that we've now
built to gather information

1825
01:17:16,370 --> 01:17:18,545
and study all of the different
clinical trials

1826
01:17:18,546 --> 01:17:20,896
that are out there...
I'm proud of the accomplishments

1827
01:17:20,897 --> 01:17:22,811
that we've made
in such a short time.

1828
01:17:22,812 --> 01:17:25,378
Okay, yeah, let's check in here.

1829
01:17:25,379 --> 01:17:27,511
And then, for the press
conference, we just go upstairs?

1830
01:17:27,512 --> 01:17:29,165
WOMAN: Yes,
it's on the second floor.

1831
01:17:29,166 --> 01:17:30,601
Okay, right up there.
Just up the stairs.

1832
01:17:30,602 --> 01:17:32,516
- Thank you.
- Oh, yeah, of course.

1833
01:17:32,517 --> 01:17:36,346
I started doing this
five-plus years ago now,

1834
01:17:36,347 --> 01:17:38,783
and I've been working
on creating this software,

1835
01:17:38,784 --> 01:17:40,567
fueling it with our data,

1836
01:17:40,568 --> 01:17:42,874
and it's now out in beta.

1837
01:17:42,875 --> 01:17:44,528
And we have on our board

1838
01:17:44,529 --> 01:17:47,009
some of the leading scientists
in the world.

1839
01:17:47,010 --> 01:17:49,838
Cristina Sanchez
from Complutense University

1840
01:17:49,839 --> 01:17:51,404
is coming for two months,

1841
01:17:51,405 --> 01:17:53,363
and we're gonna be having
Dr. Noah Federman,

1842
01:17:53,364 --> 01:17:55,626
who's on our board, from UCLA.

1843
01:17:55,627 --> 01:17:58,629
Oh, my God.
Leading sarcoma specialist.

1844
01:17:58,630 --> 01:18:00,370
And they're getting together
to start...

1845
01:18:00,371 --> 01:18:03,242
We're getting an IRB
to start analyzing our data

1846
01:18:03,243 --> 01:18:07,594
and then run clinical trials,
out of UCLA.

1847
01:18:07,595 --> 01:18:10,728
Right? So, the fact that we are
at Harvard Medical School

1848
01:18:10,729 --> 01:18:15,167
is so important,
because we are taking something

1849
01:18:15,168 --> 01:18:17,996
that is seen
on the outer fringe,

1850
01:18:17,997 --> 01:18:20,303
and we are legitimizing it
by bringing it

1851
01:18:20,304 --> 01:18:24,133
into this traditional
Harvard environment.

1852
01:18:24,134 --> 01:18:26,309
So I'm very, very grateful
to be here.

1853
01:18:26,310 --> 01:18:28,137
Quick video of you
to send to my wife?

1854
01:18:28,138 --> 01:18:29,704
- Yes, you may.
- Okay. Hold on.

1855
01:18:29,705 --> 01:18:30,835
Okay.

1856
01:18:30,836 --> 01:18:32,358
GORDON: Okay. Hello.

1857
01:18:32,359 --> 01:18:36,754
I trust this woman
with my wife's life.

1858
01:18:36,755 --> 01:18:38,060
WOMAN: Can I ask you a question?

1859
01:18:38,061 --> 01:18:40,236
MAN: On the way down, please.

1860
01:18:40,237 --> 01:18:43,326
- TRACY: Hey, Mara.
- Hello.

1861
01:18:43,327 --> 01:18:46,111
Sophie is a mixed thing for me,
because, obviously,

1862
01:18:46,112 --> 01:18:48,374
it's a little bit
of a dagger to my heart,

1863
01:18:48,375 --> 01:18:51,073
because I was treating her
and doing a really good job.

1864
01:18:51,074 --> 01:18:53,423
And lo and behold,

1865
01:18:53,424 --> 01:18:57,296
somebody's interest
in becoming a "cannapreneur"

1866
01:18:57,297 --> 01:18:59,168
got in the way of whatever,

1867
01:18:59,169 --> 01:19:00,691
but that's
a whole separate thing.

1868
01:19:00,692 --> 01:19:02,214
As we say in Yiddish,
"Zei gezunt"...

1869
01:19:02,215 --> 01:19:04,086
Let them go in good health,
you know?

1870
01:19:04,087 --> 01:19:05,609
Mara, this is Jackie Green.

1871
01:19:05,610 --> 01:19:07,916
TRACY: Now I have
this incredible line

1872
01:19:07,917 --> 01:19:10,048
of gold medicinal oils,

1873
01:19:10,049 --> 01:19:12,311
actually,
that I'm about to give Sophie.

1874
01:19:12,312 --> 01:19:16,359
Our own strain called Isabella's
Bloom, which is named after her.

1875
01:19:16,360 --> 01:19:18,927
Mara has been generous,
and I'm forever grateful to her

1876
01:19:18,928 --> 01:19:20,755
for the knowledge
that she's given me

1877
01:19:20,756 --> 01:19:23,583
and for the assistance
that she's given to my child.

1878
01:19:23,584 --> 01:19:25,498
But why not make
an incredible oil

1879
01:19:25,499 --> 01:19:28,023
and give my daughter
free medicine?

1880
01:19:28,024 --> 01:19:31,200
- Are you guys doing indoor now?
- No.

1881
01:19:31,201 --> 01:19:33,245
Talking about
the actual processing.

1882
01:19:33,246 --> 01:19:34,333
Oh, oh, oh.

1883
01:19:34,334 --> 01:19:36,292
TRACY: But it's... Yeah.

1884
01:19:36,293 --> 01:19:37,772
It's not what it used to be.

1885
01:19:37,773 --> 01:19:39,469
- Right.
- Yeah.

1886
01:19:39,470 --> 01:19:42,689
We do, in fact, promote
whole plant extracts.

1887
01:19:42,690 --> 01:19:44,691
You have to have
the entourage effect.

1888
01:19:44,692 --> 01:19:47,433
You have to have the synergy
between the terpenes,

1889
01:19:47,434 --> 01:19:49,827
the flavonoids, everything else
that's in the plant,

1890
01:19:49,828 --> 01:19:52,743
in addition to the cannabinoids
that are in there.

1891
01:19:52,744 --> 01:19:55,137
And even the cannabinoids
working together

1892
01:19:55,138 --> 01:19:56,573
have a synergistic effect.

1893
01:19:56,574 --> 01:19:58,401
We must have clinical trials.

1894
01:19:58,402 --> 01:20:01,273
It doesn't need to be
in the hands of people like me.

1895
01:20:01,274 --> 01:20:02,927
I'm glad that my software's
gonna be able

1896
01:20:02,928 --> 01:20:04,842
to put it into the hands
for the clinical trials

1897
01:20:04,843 --> 01:20:06,844
and the doctors and all.

1898
01:20:06,845 --> 01:20:09,673
Unfortunately, California has
a reputation of the Wild West,

1899
01:20:09,674 --> 01:20:12,981
and I would say that
without regulations there,

1900
01:20:12,982 --> 01:20:14,373
it is kind of hard to practice.

1901
01:20:14,374 --> 01:20:15,984
But what I'm gonna
tell everybody

1902
01:20:15,985 --> 01:20:17,986
is that my patients
are getting medicine.

1903
01:20:17,987 --> 01:20:19,465
My patients are getting better.

1904
01:20:19,466 --> 01:20:21,685
My patients have better
quality of life.

1905
01:20:21,686 --> 01:20:24,819
And so it is imperative
the rest of the country

1906
01:20:24,820 --> 01:20:26,646
follows California.

1907
01:20:26,647 --> 01:20:29,171
♪♪

1908
01:20:29,172 --> 01:20:30,389
- Eric Ruby.
- Hi. Nice to meet you.

1909
01:20:30,390 --> 01:20:31,826
I am a pediatrician in Taunton,

1910
01:20:31,827 --> 01:20:33,523
which is about
an hour south of here.

1911
01:20:33,524 --> 01:20:35,438
- Oh, great.
- I'm the only pediatrician

1912
01:20:35,439 --> 01:20:37,309
in all of Massachusetts

1913
01:20:37,310 --> 01:20:40,182
who is registered with
the medicinal marijuana program.

1914
01:20:40,183 --> 01:20:41,792
GOLDSTEIN: Good for you.

1915
01:20:41,793 --> 01:20:43,402
- I am bombarded with patients.
- Of course.

1916
01:20:43,403 --> 01:20:46,536
- Mm-hmm.
- I appreciate what you're doing.

1917
01:20:46,537 --> 01:20:50,975
Please write something
for the pediatric journals.

1918
01:20:50,976 --> 01:20:52,585
- It's got to be there.
- Yeah.

1919
01:20:52,586 --> 01:20:54,457
And they've got to accept it.

1920
01:20:54,458 --> 01:20:56,415
Pharmaceutical companies,
I believe,

1921
01:20:56,416 --> 01:20:58,591
are suppressing all of this.

1922
01:20:58,592 --> 01:21:01,159
The impediments,
the obstructions...

1923
01:21:01,160 --> 01:21:03,335
I mean,
I'm in practice 39 years.

1924
01:21:03,336 --> 01:21:05,468
And the people who lose
are the patients.

1925
01:21:05,469 --> 01:21:07,818
GOLDSTEIN: Are the patients.
Of course. Of course.

1926
01:21:07,819 --> 01:21:09,733
[Grunting]

1927
01:21:09,734 --> 01:21:13,563
♪♪

1928
01:21:13,564 --> 01:21:14,912
Ow!

1929
01:21:14,913 --> 01:21:17,001
Ow. Okay, okay, okay.

1930
01:21:17,002 --> 01:21:19,961
Forget about it!

1931
01:21:19,962 --> 01:21:23,051
Gave our son, you know,

1932
01:21:23,052 --> 01:21:25,227
eight months to live.

1933
01:21:25,228 --> 01:21:27,098
[Voice breaking] So...

1934
01:21:27,099 --> 01:21:32,451
♪♪

1935
01:21:32,452 --> 01:21:35,411
Aggravated, upset...
[Clears throat]

1936
01:21:35,412 --> 01:21:37,065
...that we had
to go through all of this

1937
01:21:37,066 --> 01:21:41,591
to get, you know,
some type of...

1938
01:21:41,592 --> 01:21:44,768
♪♪

1939
01:21:44,769 --> 01:21:48,772
I guess some answer
to whether if it works or not.

1940
01:21:48,773 --> 01:21:50,165
Mm-hmm.

1941
01:21:50,166 --> 01:21:53,081
We... We did what we could do,

1942
01:21:53,082 --> 01:21:55,083
and that's what matters.

1943
01:21:55,084 --> 01:22:04,831
♪♪

1944
01:22:04,832 --> 01:22:14,580
♪♪

1945
01:22:14,581 --> 01:22:24,374
♪♪

1946
01:22:29,814 --> 01:22:32,120
SMITH: Good morning!
[Laughs]

1947
01:22:32,121 --> 01:22:33,860
Oh, it's school day today.

1948
01:22:33,861 --> 01:22:35,514
Are you excited?

1949
01:22:35,515 --> 01:22:37,734
- No?
- Oh, yeah!

1950
01:22:37,735 --> 01:22:39,866
Oh, he's excited!

1951
01:22:39,867 --> 01:22:41,651
♪♪

1952
01:22:41,652 --> 01:22:43,827
So, he's still on
quite a big dose, really.

1953
01:22:43,828 --> 01:22:45,742
He can have it
before he goes to school.

1954
01:22:45,743 --> 01:22:49,572
We wouldn't be sending him
with his vaporizer to school.

1955
01:22:49,573 --> 01:22:52,575
I just think if having
this mixture every day

1956
01:22:52,576 --> 01:22:55,665
increases his odds
of not relapsing,

1957
01:22:55,666 --> 01:22:58,668
then it's worth doing, isn't it?

1958
01:22:58,669 --> 01:23:01,758
He's going to be
a completely normal child.

1959
01:23:01,759 --> 01:23:04,761
Aren't you? Starting with
brushing your teeth.

1960
01:23:04,762 --> 01:23:06,850
Come on. Go and get your teeth
brushed quickly.

1961
01:23:06,851 --> 01:23:08,852
We got to go.

1962
01:23:08,853 --> 01:23:11,028
TEACHER: Ladies and gentlemen,
we should always be welcoming

1963
01:23:11,029 --> 01:23:12,160
when someone comes in.

1964
01:23:12,161 --> 01:23:14,031
Is your name Chico?

1965
01:23:14,032 --> 01:23:15,815
You can take an open seat.

1966
01:23:15,816 --> 01:23:17,339
The next thing I have
to talk about

1967
01:23:17,340 --> 01:23:18,862
is reviewing the dress code.

1968
01:23:18,863 --> 01:23:21,169
I had a couple of students
last year

1969
01:23:21,170 --> 01:23:22,735
who would wear clothing

1970
01:23:22,736 --> 01:23:25,173
that had, like,
a marijuana leaf on it.

1971
01:23:25,174 --> 01:23:27,218
That is not school-appropriate.

1972
01:23:27,219 --> 01:23:29,351
Once again, something that you
wouldn't want to be caught with

1973
01:23:29,352 --> 01:23:33,703
at school is something that
should not be on your clothing.

1974
01:23:33,704 --> 01:23:35,052
- Hey!
- SMITH: Hey!

1975
01:23:35,053 --> 01:23:36,706
Oh, my God. Look at you.

1976
01:23:36,707 --> 01:23:37,837
Oh, yay!

1977
01:23:37,838 --> 01:23:39,230
Oh, it's so good to see you.

1978
01:23:39,231 --> 01:23:41,145
- You, too.
- Look at you.

1979
01:23:41,146 --> 01:23:44,192
Is it good stuff? We got it from
a shop that had been busted.

1980
01:23:44,193 --> 01:23:45,889
STEWART:
Oh, there's no instructions?

1981
01:23:45,890 --> 01:23:47,456
No, no instructions.

1982
01:23:47,457 --> 01:23:49,284
SMITH: Chico came,
and he's like, "Mum, Mum,

1983
01:23:49,285 --> 01:23:51,286
I know what I want
for my birthday."

1984
01:23:51,287 --> 01:23:53,549
And he said,
"I want grow equipment

1985
01:23:53,550 --> 01:23:56,726
so I can set up my own grow
and grow my own plants

1986
01:23:56,727 --> 01:23:59,555
and make my own medicine
with Mara."

1987
01:23:59,556 --> 01:24:01,296
GORDON: Oh, right on.
That's so cool.

1988
01:24:01,297 --> 01:24:05,126
So, you'll have to come up to us
and go into the lab

1989
01:24:05,127 --> 01:24:07,824
and work with our chemist
and actually make the medicine.

1990
01:24:07,825 --> 01:24:10,392
That would be just
absolutely fantastic.

1991
01:24:10,393 --> 01:24:12,046
- Yeah.
- Absolutely.

1992
01:24:12,047 --> 01:24:15,397
And he said he wanted
to dedicate his grow.

1993
01:24:15,398 --> 01:24:19,357
My friend who had cancer

1994
01:24:19,358 --> 01:24:21,533
the same time as me.

1995
01:24:21,534 --> 01:24:24,928
And she didn't make it.

1996
01:24:24,929 --> 01:24:27,626
But, um...

1997
01:24:27,627 --> 01:24:30,673
we were really good friends.

1998
01:24:30,674 --> 01:24:32,066
Yeah.

1999
01:24:32,067 --> 01:24:34,590
It's very special.

2000
01:24:34,591 --> 01:24:36,244
Gee, thanks. Make me cry.

2001
01:24:36,245 --> 01:24:37,462
[Laughter]

2002
01:24:37,463 --> 01:24:40,030
- Me, too.
- Right.

2003
01:24:40,031 --> 01:24:42,685
SMITH: If someone had told me
that I would be buying

2004
01:24:42,686 --> 01:24:46,254
my 14-year-old son
cannabis-grow equipment

2005
01:24:46,255 --> 01:24:47,907
for his birthday,

2006
01:24:47,908 --> 01:24:49,431
I would have thought
they were rather silly.

2007
01:24:49,432 --> 01:24:50,997
GORDON: Absolutely.

2008
01:24:50,998 --> 01:24:53,217
SMITH: It's funny how life
is, isn't it?

2009
01:24:53,218 --> 01:24:55,306
♪♪

2010
01:24:55,307 --> 01:24:57,569
And some of them drink a little
more water than the other ones.

2011
01:24:57,570 --> 01:24:59,136
These will get
a little more bigger.

2012
01:24:59,137 --> 01:25:01,269
Some of them will get,
like, more fatter.

2013
01:25:01,270 --> 01:25:10,974
♪♪

2014
01:25:10,975 --> 01:25:12,323
SMITH: We can have
a grand opening.

2015
01:25:12,324 --> 01:25:14,282
Well done, Chico!

2016
01:25:14,283 --> 01:25:15,631
Thank you, Stewart.

2017
01:25:15,632 --> 01:25:18,286
- Oh, yes.
- My pleasure.

2018
01:25:18,287 --> 01:25:20,288
MARA: She loves it, too.

2019
01:25:20,289 --> 01:25:21,854
Oh, Chico.

2020
01:25:21,855 --> 01:25:24,335
♪♪

2021
01:25:24,336 --> 01:25:25,989
CHICO: I'm writing
to the President

2022
01:25:25,990 --> 01:25:29,645
to help legalize
cannabis oil for kids

2023
01:25:29,646 --> 01:25:32,822
so they don't have to go through
what I went through.

2024
01:25:32,823 --> 01:25:36,565
It makes me sad
and kind of confused,

2025
01:25:36,566 --> 01:25:41,091
because I don't get
why they can't have it

2026
01:25:41,092 --> 01:25:43,006
if it really helps them.

2027
01:25:43,007 --> 01:25:48,316
♪♪

2028
01:25:48,317 --> 01:25:50,144
GUPTA: United States government,

2029
01:25:50,145 --> 01:25:52,102
through its Department of Heath
and Human Services,

2030
01:25:52,103 --> 01:25:56,324
holds a patent on marijuana
as a protectant for the brain.

2031
01:25:56,325 --> 01:25:58,587
And it's something to protect
the brain after head injuries.

2032
01:25:58,588 --> 01:26:01,024
How is that possible that the
U.S. Government holds a patent?

2033
01:26:01,025 --> 01:26:03,200
The U.S. Government holds
a patent, on one hand,

2034
01:26:03,201 --> 01:26:05,463
and on the other hand,
same government

2035
01:26:05,464 --> 01:26:07,291
says it has
no medical application.

2036
01:26:07,292 --> 01:26:09,641
Journalists, I think,
are trained to hate hypocrisy.

2037
01:26:09,642 --> 01:26:11,208
This is hypocrisy...

2038
01:26:11,209 --> 01:26:13,819
Just... I've never seen it
quite like this.

2039
01:26:13,820 --> 01:26:15,473
O'LEARY-RANDALL: Why does
the federal government,

2040
01:26:15,474 --> 01:26:18,128
the federal government,
hold patents

2041
01:26:18,129 --> 01:26:21,044
on the various
ingredients of marijuana

2042
01:26:21,045 --> 01:26:23,351
if they don't think
it has medical value?

2043
01:26:23,352 --> 01:26:26,702
And why should the federal
government be looking to benefit

2044
01:26:26,703 --> 01:26:30,749
from future medical use
of cannabis products

2045
01:26:30,750 --> 01:26:33,143
because they have these patents?

2046
01:26:33,144 --> 01:26:34,927
This is unconscionable.

2047
01:26:34,928 --> 01:26:37,800
It's just unconscionable
the positions they've taken.

2048
01:26:37,801 --> 01:26:39,454
And meanwhile,
they keep denying,

2049
01:26:39,455 --> 01:26:42,500
and they keep denying,
and they keep denying.

2050
01:26:42,501 --> 01:26:44,372
It's cruel.

2051
01:26:44,373 --> 01:26:46,112
And years from now,
in the future,

2052
01:26:46,113 --> 01:26:49,899
people will look back
on this time and marvel,

2053
01:26:49,900 --> 01:26:51,683
marvel at how cruel we've been.

2054
01:26:51,684 --> 01:26:54,164
The whole idea of,
"There's not enough research,"

2055
01:26:54,165 --> 01:26:56,079
is actually true.
There's not enough.

2056
01:26:56,080 --> 01:26:58,342
But there's enough research
for me to know,

2057
01:26:58,343 --> 01:27:01,389
one, it happens to be
a very safe medication,

2058
01:27:01,390 --> 01:27:03,217
and, two, it works.

2059
01:27:03,218 --> 01:27:06,132
The whole drug issue,
the drug policy reform issue,

2060
01:27:06,133 --> 01:27:08,091
is a human-rights issue
at its core.

2061
01:27:08,092 --> 01:27:12,748
The hope is the use of cannabis
becomes de-politicized

2062
01:27:12,749 --> 01:27:16,795
and appropriately integrated
into health, medicinal,

2063
01:27:16,796 --> 01:27:20,277
wellness, spiritual,
human cultural systems,

2064
01:27:20,278 --> 01:27:24,194
as it has always been
for thousands of years.

2065
01:27:24,195 --> 01:27:26,109
LATCH: Right, mate.

2066
01:27:26,110 --> 01:27:27,937
Let's put your jacket on.

2067
01:27:27,938 --> 01:27:31,070
♪♪

2068
01:27:31,071 --> 01:27:33,159
Go on. Zip it up.

2069
01:27:33,160 --> 01:27:34,987
Now, have you been
on a bike before?

2070
01:27:34,988 --> 01:27:37,251
- Um, a dirt bike.
- Okay.

2071
01:27:37,252 --> 01:27:40,906
SMITH: When Chico got sick,
this friend of ours, Latch,

2072
01:27:40,907 --> 01:27:43,082
kept sending him messages
on Facebook saying,

2073
01:27:43,083 --> 01:27:46,042
"I'm gonna be taking you for a
ride on the back of the Harley."

2074
01:27:46,043 --> 01:27:49,175
It just so happens
that today is the day,

2075
01:27:49,176 --> 01:27:50,786
which didn't seem like

2076
01:27:50,787 --> 01:27:52,744
it was ever gonna be
possible at one point.

2077
01:27:52,745 --> 01:27:55,225
The louder you scream and shout,
the faster we go.

2078
01:27:55,226 --> 01:27:57,445
[Laughter]

2079
01:27:57,446 --> 01:28:01,449
♪♪

2080
01:28:01,450 --> 01:28:03,102
Any last words, Mum?

2081
01:28:03,103 --> 01:28:04,713
I think I'm more scared
than he is.

2082
01:28:04,714 --> 01:28:07,629
LATCH: "Bring my boy back."

2083
01:28:07,630 --> 01:28:09,370
Yeah, have fun. Enjoy yourself.

2084
01:28:09,371 --> 01:28:10,936
You've earned this ride, Chico.

2085
01:28:10,937 --> 01:28:13,287
- Oh, yeah.
- You really have.

2086
01:28:13,288 --> 01:28:15,376
♪♪

2087
01:28:15,377 --> 01:28:17,116
[Engine starts]

2088
01:28:17,117 --> 01:28:20,729
Do you want to give it
a quick rev?

2089
01:28:20,730 --> 01:28:24,080
[Engine revs]

2090
01:28:24,081 --> 01:28:25,690
See you in a bit.

2091
01:28:25,691 --> 01:28:34,395
♪♪

2092
01:28:34,396 --> 01:28:43,055
♪♪

2093
01:28:43,056 --> 01:28:51,499
♪♪

2094
01:28:51,500 --> 01:28:54,502
[Laughter]

2095
01:28:54,503 --> 01:28:58,114
♪♪

2096
01:28:58,115 --> 01:29:00,682
[Laughter]

2097
01:29:00,683 --> 01:29:03,772
[Indistinct conversations]

2098
01:29:03,773 --> 01:29:06,165
[Laughs]

2099
01:29:06,166 --> 01:29:08,603
WOMAN: [Over P.A.]
Alexander Kephart!

2100
01:29:08,604 --> 01:29:11,170
[Cheers and applause]

2101
01:29:11,171 --> 01:29:17,394
♪♪

2102
01:29:17,395 --> 01:29:23,749
♪♪

2103
01:29:27,623 --> 01:29:30,668
♪♪

2104
01:29:30,669 --> 01:29:32,061
♪ Mm ♪

2105
01:29:32,062 --> 01:29:34,280
- A muffin.
- A muffin?

2106
01:29:34,281 --> 01:29:35,891
♪ Mm ♪

2107
01:29:35,892 --> 01:29:38,197
[Indistinct conversations]

2108
01:29:38,198 --> 01:29:41,810
♪♪

2109
01:29:41,811 --> 01:29:44,465
I think I see
them flies around here.

2110
01:29:44,466 --> 01:29:46,597
♪ Ah, ah ♪

2111
01:29:46,598 --> 01:29:52,168
♪♪

2112
01:29:52,169 --> 01:29:55,780
♪ Millions displaced
by hurricanes ♪

2113
01:29:55,781 --> 01:29:58,870
♪ Islanders fear the clouds
and rains ♪

2114
01:29:58,871 --> 01:30:03,701
♪ There's no place else to go ♪

2115
01:30:03,702 --> 01:30:06,269
♪♪

2116
01:30:06,270 --> 01:30:09,620
♪ This is our home,
the only one ♪

2117
01:30:09,621 --> 01:30:14,712
♪ It should be clear
what must be done by now ♪

2118
01:30:14,713 --> 01:30:19,630
♪ I'm sure we know ♪

2119
01:30:19,631 --> 01:30:22,111
♪ Ah, ah ♪

2120
01:30:22,112 --> 01:30:26,681
♪♪

2121
01:30:26,682 --> 01:30:29,118
♪ Our home ♪

2122
01:30:29,119 --> 01:30:33,688
♪♪

2123
01:30:33,689 --> 01:30:36,168
♪ Ah, ah ♪

2124
01:30:36,169 --> 01:30:40,782
♪♪

2125
01:30:40,783 --> 01:30:43,219
♪ Our home ♪

2126
01:30:43,220 --> 01:30:48,485
♪♪

2127
01:30:48,486 --> 01:30:52,141
♪ We're out of time,
the world's on fire ♪

2128
01:30:52,142 --> 01:30:55,318
♪ No time to wait
to get inspired ♪

2129
01:30:55,319 --> 01:31:00,758
♪ We've crossed
the finish line ♪

2130
01:31:00,759 --> 01:31:02,760
♪♪

2131
01:31:02,761 --> 01:31:06,242
♪ We've got to move,
we've got to fly ♪

2132
01:31:06,243 --> 01:31:09,332
♪ We've got to act,
we've got to try ♪

2133
01:31:09,333 --> 01:31:15,338
♪ We're out of stallin' time ♪

2134
01:31:15,339 --> 01:31:19,211
♪♪

2135
01:31:19,212 --> 01:31:22,258
♪ We're still in time ♪

2136
01:31:22,259 --> 01:31:26,218
♪♪

2137
01:31:26,219 --> 01:31:29,483
♪ We're still in time ♪

2138
01:31:29,484 --> 01:31:33,530
♪♪

2139
01:31:33,531 --> 01:31:37,708
♪ We're still in time ♪

2140
01:31:37,709 --> 01:31:41,190
♪ Mm ♪

2141
01:31:41,191 --> 01:31:49,807
♪♪

2142
01:31:49,808 --> 01:31:58,642
♪♪

2143
01:31:58,643 --> 01:32:04,343
♪♪

2144
01:32:04,344 --> 01:32:09,827
♪♪

2145
01:32:09,828 --> 01:32:13,309
♪ When are we going
to understand ♪

2146
01:32:13,310 --> 01:32:18,619
♪ All that's alive
is in our hands? ♪

2147
01:32:18,620 --> 01:32:24,015
♪ Mm, mm ♪

2148
01:32:24,016 --> 01:32:27,410
♪ When are we going
to understand ♪

2149
01:32:27,411 --> 01:32:32,720
♪ All that's alive
is in our hands? ♪

2150
01:32:32,721 --> 01:32:38,247
♪♪

2151
01:32:38,248 --> 01:32:39,901
♪ Time ♪

2152
01:32:39,902 --> 01:32:43,992
♪♪

2153
01:32:43,993 --> 01:32:46,647
♪ We're still in time ♪

2154
01:32:46,648 --> 01:32:51,042
♪♪

2155
01:32:51,043 --> 01:32:54,785
♪ We're still in time ♪

2156
01:32:54,786 --> 01:32:58,093
♪ Mm ♪

2157
01:32:58,094 --> 01:33:02,750
♪ We're still in time ♪

2158
01:33:02,751 --> 01:33:06,449
♪ Mm ♪

2159
01:33:06,450 --> 01:33:12,629
♪♪

2160
01:33:12,630 --> 01:33:15,240
♪ Ah, ah ♪

2161
01:33:15,241 --> 01:33:19,636
♪♪

2162
01:33:19,637 --> 01:33:23,509
♪ We're still in time ♪

2163
01:33:23,510 --> 01:33:26,251
♪ Mm ♪

2164
01:33:26,252 --> 01:33:30,908
♪ We're still in time ♪

2165
01:33:30,909 --> 01:33:34,651
♪ Mm ♪

2166
01:33:34,652 --> 01:33:39,569
♪ Mm ♪

2167
01:33:39,570 --> 01:33:44,009
♪♪