Until research unlocks medical understanding of marijuana, patients experiment
PBS NewsHour
Jul 2016 · NewsHour Productions · Narrated by PBS NewsHour
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Lenny and Amy’s 5-year-old son has epilepsy. When conventional medications caused terrible side effects, they started giving him a daily drop of cannabis oil, with dramatic results. But it’s a calculated risk: While there is anecdotal evidence of cannabis’ effectiveness, scientists face research roadblocks because it’s a schedule 1 controlled substance. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien reports.
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