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Medical Marijuana, Epilepsy, and the Search for Treatments

Season 1 Episode 26

Doctors and parents in Los Angeles advocate for a controversial cannabis oil which almost stops seizures in children. A look at marijuana for chronic pain treatment and the first surgeon on the West Coast to use a minimally evasive robotic device for brain surgery on people with epilepsy.

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