MARIJUANA- RELATED BILLS FILED THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
THERE'S A GROWING SUPPORT FOR
DECRIMINALIZIN
G POT, ESPECIALLY FOR MEDICINAL
USE...
THAT INCLUDES C-B-D OIL.WHICH
COMES FROM
CANNABIS PLANTS. IT DOESN'T GET
YOU HIGH LIKE
POT.. INSTEAD IT'S USED TO
TREAT CONDITIONS
LIKE EPILEPSY.
KVUE'S LESLIE ADAMI BRINGS US
THE STORY OF A YOUNG BOY
WHO IS NOW SEIZURE-FREE BECAUSE
OF THE OIL.
FOR SOME PATIENTS LIVING WITH
INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY - IN SOME CASES EXPERIENCING MULTIPLE SEIZURES A DAY -- CBD OIL
APPEARS TO BE HELPING. THAT'S
WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN FAMILIES
LIKE THE JAKELS OF
LOCKHART... WE DO WANT TO WARN
YOU - SOME OF THE VIDEO IN THIS
STORY MAY BE DIFFICULT TO WATCH.
NATS "READY? OH! GOOD TRY!"
IT'S ALWAYS A FULL HOUSE OVER AT
THE JAKELS'... CJ JAKEL: "WE
ARE ALL C NAMES! WE ARE CHAD,
CJ, CLARK, CALLAN
AND CONLEY, AND THE DOGS ARE
CHAOS
CHAOS AND
CHAOS AND CRYPTO!" NATS BARKING THIS IS CALLEN...HE'S THE MIDDLE CHILD.
CHAD JAKEL: "HE MAKES EVERYBODY
ELSE SMILE
TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AROUND THE
HOUSE -- YOU'LL
NOTICE THINGS THAT MAY SEEM OUT
OF PLACE...
CJ: " MY LIFE IS FULL OF GATES
AND WALLS AND BARRIERS, A LOT
OF LOCKS AND LATCHES
"WE'RE THROUGH LIKE TV NUMBER 3
NOW BECAUSE OF A THROWN MILK CUP
"
"MOST OF OUR STUFF IS SCREWED
INTO THE WALLS, OR SCREWED INTO
THE FLOORS.'"
THE FAMILY EVEN INSTALLED THIS
SENSORY ROOM -- JUST
FOR CALLEN.
CJ: WHEN YOU HAVE AN 8 YEAR-
OLD BODY WITH A 2 YEAR-OLD
MENTALITY HE CAN REACH A LOT OF
THINGS THAT A 2-YEAR-OLD CAN'T."
AND THIS HAPPY - ENERGETIC BOY
YOU SEE HERE...
NATS: "MAMA'S RIGHT HERE"
CJ: "CALLAN HAS A RARE GENETIC
CONDITION CALLED KCNB1. HE'S ONE
OF
OF ABOUT
OF ABOUT 65 KIDS IN THE WORLD DIAGNOSED WITH THIS. THEY DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND THE
RAMIFICATIONS."
NATS: "CALLEN?"
CJ:BUT IT IS - EPILEPSY IS A
HUGE COMPONENT OF THE DISORDER.
NATS: "CALLEN...WE'RE RIGHT
HERE BUDDY."
HIS MOTHER SAYS HE STARTED
HAVING
HAVING SEIZURES AT ABOUT 17 MONTHS OLD... NATS: "MAMA'S RIGHT HERE!.."
AND FROM THERE BEGAN HAVING 70
TO 100 SEIZURES
EACH DAY... ALSO CAUSING HIM TO
BECOME NON-VERBAL.
CJ: "THOSE WOULD ALSO KNOCK HIM
DOWN AND KIND OF, HE WOULD SLEEP
THE REST OF THE DAY"
THINGS BEGAN TO CHANGE THOUGH
ONCE THE FAMILY GOT
THEIR FIRST DOSE OF CBD OIL BACK
IN JUNE...
CJ JAKEL: "AND CALLEN HAS BEEN
SEIZURE FREE EVER SINCE
STARTING THAT MEDICATION."
AND THIS PAST CHRISTMAS...
CJ: "WE WENT TO SEE SANTA."
NATS: "WHAT DOES SANTA SAY?"
CALLEN: HO HO HO... HO HO HO!"
MOMENTS LIKE THESE THAT THE
JAKELS SAYS MIGHT HAVE
NEVER
NEVER BEEN POSSIBLE...HAD THEY NOT .. NATS PHONE RINGING
PICKED UP THE PHONE...
NATS: PHONE RINGING
NATS: "COMPASSIONATE
CULTIVATION THIS IS RIANN."
FAMILIES LIKE THE JAKELS' DEPEND
ON 'COMPASSIONAT
E CULTIVATION' FOR THEIR CBD OIL
DOSES.
THE DISPENSARY HAS NOW BEEN OPEN
ONE YEAR
IN MANCHACA. - DELIVERING ACROSS
THE STATE.
MORRIS DENTON, CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER, COMPASSIONATE
CULTIVATION: "2018 WAS A
TRANSFORMATIONAL YEAR FOR US,
FOR OUR BUSINESS AND FRANKLY FOR
THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY IN
TEXAS."
TEXAS."
AT
AT COMPASSIONATE CULTIVATION -- THE PLANT IS GROWN...CULTIVATED...HARVEST
ED...
GROWN...CULTIVATED...HARVEST ED... AND THE CRUDE OIL IS EXTRACTED -
REFINED AND
TESTED UNTIL READY TO GO OUT TO
PATIENTS
SUFFERING FROM INTRACTABLE
EPILEPSY.
MORRIS DENTON: "RARELY IN YOUR
CAREER DO YOU GET A CHANCE TO
PARTICIPATE, NOT JUST WITNESS,
BUT PARTICIPATE IN SOMETHING
THAT IS
TRULY TRANSFORMATIONA L." WITH
THE PASSING OF THE RECENT
FEDERAL FARM
BILL -- INDUSTRIAL HEMP
PRODUCTION
WILL BE MADE NOT ONLY LEGAL BUT
CHEAPER. IT WILL ALSO BE
MANAGED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE AS
A CROP.
DENTON SAYS 'COMPASSIONAT E
CULTIVATION' GOES THROUGH
A VERY THOROUGH PROCESS TO MAKE
SURE
PATIENTS GET NOTHING LESS THAN
THE BEST FORM OF CBD
OIL AND HOPES THERE ARE STEPS
DONE TO MAKE SURE ALL
ORGANIZATIONS ARE DOING THE
SAME... NATS: SIGNING PAPERS
AND HE'S NOT ALONE.
SID MILLER, TEXAS AG
COMMISSIONER: "WE'LL MAKE THE
REGULATIONS. SO
WE'LL HAVE TO INSPECT, TEST,
MAKE SURE IT'S NOT
CONTAMINATED WITH TOO MUCH THC.
COMMISSIONER MILLER WAS VERY
OUTSPOKEN
OUTSPOKEN ABOUT THE FARM BILL'S PASSING -- BUT SOLELY FOR THE SAKE OF
HELPING TEXAS FARMERS
AND FAMILIES LIKE THE JAKELS...
COMMISSIONER SID MILLER: "LET ME
JUST MAKE THIS VERY PLAIN --
THIS
IS NOT A BACKDOOR TO GROWING
WEED OR MARIJUANA, THAT'S
NOT WHAT THIS IS, THIS IS ABOUT
PRODUCING A LOT OF PRODUCTS, OF
2500 PRODUCTS MADE FROM HEMP -
ONE
ONE THAT'S THE HOTTEST RIGHT NOW THAT PEOPLE ARE MOST INTERESTED IN, IS MEDICINAL USES
LIKE CBD OIL."
WHILE THE JAKELS HAVE BEEN MET
WITH CHALLENGES
THAT PERHAPS MOST FAMILIES HAVE
NOT HAD TO
FACE...PARENTS CHAD AND CJ SAY
THEY'RE PROUD OF
EVERYTHING THEY'VE BUILT
TOGETHER....
CHILD-PROOF GATES...LOCKS AND
ALL...
CJ JAKEL: EPILEPSY CAN SHATTER A
FAMILY, IT CAN BE INTENSE, IT
CAN BE
HARD, BUT I DO THINK THAT --
THERE IS HELP OUT THERE."
LESLIE ADAMI KVUE NEWS.