On this episode of “TechKnow,” contributor Crystal Dilworth travels to Colorado to meet the creators and learn more about Charlotte’s Web, a cannabis derivative that’s being used to treat kids with severe forms of epilepsy.
Jesse Stanley and his brothers began growing marijuana in 2008 after Colorado passed medical-marijuana laws. Their earliest efforts were focused on pain management and cancer treatments using THC, but when they began learning about the purported health benefits of CBD, they began breeding specifically to maximize CBD content in their plants.
The resulting concentration has been nicknamed Charlotte’s Web, after Charlotte Figi, the girl who went from having up to 300 grand mal seizures a month to being seizure-free after starting CBD treatments.
Also on this episode, contributor Phil Torres meets the creators and users of specialized prosthetics and bionic limbs.
Original Air Date: March 9, 2014
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