Until research unlocks medical understanding of marijuana, patients experiment

Until research unlocks medical understanding of marijuana, patients experiment

PBS NewsHour

InläsarePBS NewsHour
Längd8 min
Språken
FörlagNewsHour Productions
ISBN9781987115178

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.