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Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.49,0:00:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What goes through your mind\Nwhen I tell you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.51,0:00:23.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that my 11-year-old twins\Nare using marijuana?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.20,0:00:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you think to yourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.01,0:00:30.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh my god, the drug problem in the U.S.\Nis worse than I thought"?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.60,0:00:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How is it possible that 11-year-olds\Nget access to pot?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.53,0:00:40.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe some of you thought,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.20,0:00:43.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Geez, I wonder what\Nmedical condition these kids have."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.08,0:00:45.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truth of the matter is,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.39,0:00:49.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most of us don't think about medicine\Nwhen we hear the word "marijuana."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.93,0:00:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I admit - I'm embarrassed to admit\Nthat up until two years ago
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.34,0:00:57.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was completely misinformed\Nabout marijuana,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.59,0:00:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think many\Nof our population is today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.85,0:01:04.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember vividly in sixth grade\Nbeing ushered into the auditorium
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.13,0:01:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see a government-sponsored\N"documentary" about marijuana.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.74,0:01:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the most scary thing\NI'd ever watched.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.31,0:01:15.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People jumping off buildings,\Ncar crashes - it was mayhem.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.93,0:01:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But not once was there\Na mention of the possibility
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.14,0:01:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that cannabis was useful as medicine.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.04,0:01:25.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be honest, in retrospect,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.39,0:01:29.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a little angry about the propaganda\Nthat our government is putting forth;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.29,0:01:31.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's even happening today.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.42,0:01:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My big idea worth sharing\Nis that medical cannabis can be
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.43,0:01:42.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the healthcare success story\Nof our lifetimes
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.84,0:01:46.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but only if we all engage\Nin learning the truth
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.88,0:01:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ask our federal government\Nto end prohibition of cannabis.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.01,0:01:56.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like to introduce you\Nto my twins, Addison and Cassidy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.01,0:01:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Believe it or not, today's their birthday.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.08,0:02:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eleven years ago today,\Nonly a mile from here,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.76,0:02:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were born and came into our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.04,0:02:11.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Happiest day of my life -\NI love the date too: January 23, 2004.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.74,0:02:14.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1, 2, 3, 4.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.17,0:02:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, Addie and Cassie\Nsuffer from a very rare genetic disorder
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.15,0:02:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called Niemann-Pick Type C .
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.60,0:02:28.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This horrible disease\Nis more commonly called,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.97,0:02:31.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or what we call it,\Nis childhood Alzheimer's.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.67,0:02:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their little brains\Nare drowning in cholesterol.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.92,0:02:37.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're missing a protein\Nthat allows them to process cholesterol
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.100,0:02:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both in and out of their brain cells.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.55,0:02:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cause is neurodegeneration.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.49,0:02:47.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can no longer walk,\Nand they can no longer talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.33,0:02:58.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were told the Addie and Cassie\Nwould be lucky to see their 12th birthday.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.87,0:02:59.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sniffs)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.17,0:03:07.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After reeling with\Nthis devastating diagnosis,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.32,0:03:10.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my wife and I dedicated ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.27,0:03:13.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to finding treatments\Nfor our twins in their lifetime.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.65,0:03:17.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We gave up successful\Nhigh tech careers in Silicon Valley,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.88,0:03:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we became research philanthropists\Nraising money for research,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.07,0:03:24.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ultimately, we became\Nbiotechnology entrepreneurs
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.32,0:03:26.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,developing a compound.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.89,0:03:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The compound we found was cyclodextrin,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.76,0:03:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we found it with an amazing group\Nof scientists, researchers and physicians
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.95,0:03:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from all over the world,\Nincluding right here in Reno.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.100,0:03:42.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every week the girls get an infusion.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.46,0:03:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's eight hours long -\Nit goes into their bloodstream,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.06,0:03:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the cyclodextrin.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.14,0:03:54.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every other week, like yesterday,\Nthe girls go to the hospital
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.65,0:03:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they get a lumbar\Npuncture in their spine
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.54,0:04:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to get the cyclodextrin\Nto reach their brains directly.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.71,0:04:05.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We think that the combination\Nof those two routes of administration
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.87,0:04:08.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are slowing down\Nthe neurodegenerative progression,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.27,0:04:11.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hopefully, maybe even stopping it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.84,0:04:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Addie and Cassie were\Nthe first little pioneers
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.04,0:04:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try this scary treatment.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.41,0:04:18.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can tell you as a parent,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.22,0:04:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with no one in front of you\Npaving the way,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.52,0:04:23.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it truly is a scary moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.79,0:04:29.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thankfully, a couple dozen\Nkids around the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.37,0:04:31.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including a few at the NIH,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.07,0:04:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are now engaged\Nin further science and research
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.94,0:04:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on this experimental treatment.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.06,0:04:44.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the treatment doesn't seem\Nto help with their seizures.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.52,0:04:48.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a result of the neurodegeneration,\Nmy kids have seizures almost daily.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.70,0:04:51.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A couple years ago\Nthey were way more than daily,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.98,0:04:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were many a day.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.63,0:05:04.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We started giving the kids\Ntraditional pharmaceutical medicines
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.37,0:05:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for their seizures.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.24,0:05:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they worked - some of them worked,\Nsome of them didn't work,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.25,0:05:10.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the big problem was
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.37,0:05:13.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most seizure drugs cause\Nyour kids to become zombies.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.87,0:05:15.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The whole purpose of the drugs
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.31,0:05:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to essentially take away the stress\Nor the triggers that cause seizures.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.69,0:05:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had heard about a father in California\Nthat was treating a young son
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.58,0:05:28.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who has intractable seizures,\Nseizing constantly, all day long,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.25,0:05:30.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was using cannabis medicine.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.29,0:05:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We became interested.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.10,0:05:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We contacted him;\Nwe learned more about the drug.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.27,0:05:40.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ultimately, we decided\Nto pursue cannabis in earnest.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.35,0:05:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you know that the cannabis plant
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.44,0:05:48.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was used as early as 2900 BC\Nin China as medicine?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.67,0:05:52.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you know that we in America\Nwere using, in the 1800s,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.21,0:05:56.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a century, we were using cannabis\Nto treat a number of afflictions.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.19,0:06:00.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, in the early 1900s,\Nas you all probably know,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.13,0:06:01.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cannabis was prohibited
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.38,0:06:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and subsequently demonized\Nand turned into a war.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.70,0:06:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a shame. It truly is a shame.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.06,0:06:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we became convinced\Nthat the oil would work.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.36,0:06:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we set out to find\Na supply of oil, certainly -
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.92,0:06:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cannabis has been legal\Nin the great state of Nevada
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.36,0:06:21.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for almost a decade,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.37,0:06:24.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,surely we could just go out\Nand buy some oil and give it to our kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.65,0:06:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not true; there was no oil\Navailable in our great state.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.53,0:06:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we set out to do it ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.24,0:06:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First we got physician approval\Nto do the treatment of cannabis,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.72,0:06:38.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we became caregivers,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.18,0:06:40.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,licensed caregivers\Nin the state of Nevada,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.20,0:06:43.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which allows us to cultivate\Nand make extractions,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.44,0:06:46.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oils from the cannabis plant\Nto give to our kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.90,0:06:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every day - three times a day -\Nthe girls get a little oil,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.88,0:06:54.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like what you see here.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.58,0:06:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This oil is extracted\Nfrom a very special cannabis plant
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.26,0:07:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's high in cannabidiol,\Nor CBD as we call it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.25,0:07:09.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, this oil, by itself,\Ndoesn't even completely, for our children,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.53,0:07:14.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stop their seizures, so we still use\Na small amount of pharmaceutical medicine,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.20,0:07:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we use less - we've reduced\Nthe number of drugs the kids take,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.98,0:07:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we've reduced the amount of dose\Nfrom the few drugs we do give them,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.54,0:07:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and consequently our kids\Nare not only having fewer seizures
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.47,0:07:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and shorter seizures,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.83,0:07:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're also bright eyed\Nand happy children again,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.46,0:07:33.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're no longer little zombies.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.83,0:07:39.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was great progress,\Nbut I thought to myself, holy cow,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.35,0:07:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are two million epilepsy or seizure\Ndisorder sufferers in the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.74,0:07:46.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who's going to help those folks,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.95,0:07:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those kids, those adults\Nwith these disorders?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.41,0:07:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at that moment we decided
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.28,0:07:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take what we had learned\Nfor our children
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.02,0:07:58.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and turn it into a commercial business\Nhere in the state of Nevada,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.18,0:08:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was just preparing\Nto allow that to happen,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.83,0:08:03.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as Kylie mentioned,\Nwe've endeavored to do so
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.81,0:08:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are now licensed\Nto grow, extract and sell,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.87,0:08:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dispense cannabis here in Nevada,\Nin the state of Nevada.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.95,0:08:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someday the federal government\Nwill end prohibition.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.34,0:08:20.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But how many lives\Nwill be lost, potentially,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.66,0:08:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or severely affected in the meantime?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.26,0:08:28.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many kids with seizures like mine\Nwill move their families,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.11,0:08:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will uproot their homes to move to\NColorado or Nevada to get these medicines?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.62,0:08:35.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many cancer patients\Nwill be denied access
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.45,0:08:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to inexpensive and effective medicine
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.62,0:08:42.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to treat the side effects like pain\Nand nausea that come with chemotherapy?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.27,0:08:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a groundswell of folks like me\Nwho understand the potential of cannabis,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.20,0:08:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm grateful for that.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.04,0:08:55.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ironic thing is\Nsome of my family and friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.94,0:08:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including, most particularly,\Nmy own mother,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.58,0:09:00.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are still not convinced.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.89,0:09:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother is worried
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.02,0:09:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that free access to cannabis\Nis actually a threat to society
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.18,0:09:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that perhaps the medicinal value\Ndoesn't outweigh that threat.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.58,0:09:15.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she sees the medicinal value\Nin her grandchildren.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.49,0:09:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem, I think, is that, really,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.47,0:09:21.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we just don't have enough hard evidence\Nyet to convince the skeptics.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.91,0:09:24.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There just isn't enough\Nscience and research
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.07,0:09:27.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to back the foundation\Nthat the medicine's working,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.21,0:09:31.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the medicine's effective, that it's useful\Nfor large populations of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.06,0:09:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not to say\Nthat research doesn't exist,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.23,0:09:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a mountain of evidence\Nthat the cannabis plant is useful.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.01,0:09:42.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's not a lot of clinical science,\Nhard clinical science to that effect.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.53,0:09:45.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the conundrum;\Nthat's the chicken and egg problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.19,0:09:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until the federal prohibition\Nof cannabis ends,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.60,0:09:52.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until we take cannabis\Noff the schedule of harmful drugs
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.74,0:09:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like LSD and methamphetamines\Nthat have no medicinal value,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.00,0:10:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until we remove cannabis from that list,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.08,0:10:03.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is insane that\Nit's on that list to begin with,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.58,0:10:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until we remove it from that list,\Nresearch can't take place.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.38,0:10:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I came to the University of Nevada,\NReno Medical Center tomorrow
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.02,0:10:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a million dollar grant\Nto study cannabis,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.26,0:10:18.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would likely not have success.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.55,0:10:21.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not that the scientists\Ndon't want to study the plant,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.31,0:10:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's that they are fearful\Nof losing federal funding.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.35,0:10:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's because they'd\Nhave to deal with the DEA
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.40,0:10:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other regulatory agencies\Nat the federal level,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.82,0:10:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a complex and expensive process.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.36,0:10:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is one of the many tentacles\Nof the prohibition of cannabis
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.02,0:10:41.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that actually prohibits us\Nfrom moving forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.61,0:10:44.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My own personal experience with cannabis\Nalong with the evidence,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.68,0:10:46.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the science that I know about,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.31,0:10:49.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,makes me absolutely certain\Nwhat I shared with you earlier.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.09,0:10:50.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cannabis has the potential
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.41,0:10:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become the big healthcare\Nsuccess story of our lifetimes
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.04,0:10:56.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but only if we allow it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.40,0:11:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here are Addie and Cassie\Nin a more recent picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.03,0:11:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For those of you who are still skeptical,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.71,0:11:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perhaps for those of you like my mother
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.62,0:11:10.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who still worry about\Nthe societal downside of cannabis,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.69,0:11:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ask you to look at this picture\Nand consider the following:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.56,0:11:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By limiting access to cannabis\Nfor parents like myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.38,0:11:19.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're forcing me to make a decision
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.13,0:11:21.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the lives\Nor well-being of my children
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.31,0:11:22.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and going to jail.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.64,0:11:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How is that a fair or rational\Nset of thinking in modern society?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.87,0:11:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our 16th president,\Nthe famous 16th president,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.01,0:11:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had very strong feelings\Nabout this subject.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.08,0:11:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Prohibition ... goes\Nbeyond the bounds of reason
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.22,0:11:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that it attempts to control\Na man's appetite by legislation
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.84,0:11:47.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and makes a crime out of things\Nthat aren't crimes ...
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.74,0:11:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A prohibition law strikes a blow\Nat the very principles
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.06,0:11:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,upon which our government was founded."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.22,0:11:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was Abraham Lincoln.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.66,0:11:57.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said these words\Nbefore we had the experiences
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.58,0:12:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had with alcohol prohibition\Nor with cannabis prohibition.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.70,0:12:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someday the federal government\Nwill spend the money on research.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.74,0:12:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someday the NIH will actually be actively\Npursuing cannabis as a treatment.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.44,0:12:16.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until that day comes, a large group of us\Nhave come together and formed a nonprofit
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.76,0:12:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to organize and fund clinical research\Nin cannabis in the private sector
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.46,0:12:23.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until we can use\Nthe academic institutions.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.49,0:12:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We call the foundation PeopleCann,\Nin honor of advocates like myself
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.24,0:12:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who over the last several decades\Nhave been saying what I'm now saying
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.22,0:12:38.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whose words I didn't listen to\Nuntil my own situation demanded it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.15,0:12:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Never in her wildest imagination -\Nexcuse me - would my wife have thought
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.04,0:12:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that today she would\Nbe a cannabis advocate.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.80,0:12:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was also "misinformed,"\Nlet's say, about the plant
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.56,0:12:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until we needed to learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.92,0:12:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Neither my wife nor I would ever believe\Nthat our young children
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.93,0:13:02.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would become the next generation\Nof cannabis advocates.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.31,0:13:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Exhales)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.35,0:13:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like you to meet them.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.33,0:13:14.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please give a birthday welcome\Nto my wife Chris - excuse me -
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.69,0:13:17.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my daughters, Addie and Cassie Hempel.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.80,0:13:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.52,0:13:24.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.65,0:13:25.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.94,0:13:55.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would it be unkind to ask\Nif we can sing Happy Birthday?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.06,0:14:00.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(All singing) Happy Birthday to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.07,0:14:04.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Happy Birthday to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.81,0:14:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Happy Birthday dear Cassie.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.47,0:14:13.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Happy Birthday to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.63,0:14:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yay! Good girls!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.56,0:14:18.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)