dr. maddi began studying this phenomenon, this positive response to stress, with workers whose jobs were threatened by the break up of at&t. salvatore maddi: we were doing a longitudinal research study at illinois bell telephone at the time, and, you know, we were confronted with some people who just fell apart completely in the upheavals that took place there when at&t was federally deregulated, and the companies were-- there was mandated divestiture of them. but there were some people who actually thrived on the upheavals, and we were confronted with those data, and we were trying to think of ways of referring to it easily, and, you know, we started saying, well, these "hardy people," you know? and so that was kind of the beginning of the concept of "hardiness." deborah khoshaba: hardiness is a term of resiliency. it's about a set of attitudes that a person has that helps them to transform the problems that they encounter in life in a way that enhances their performance, their morale, their c

come to colorado from virginia because it is in colorado that she can get the drug to treat maddy's epilepsy. and drmargaret gedde is with us, she runs the clinicians institute for cannabis medicine. we want to ask after gedde when we come back about doctors calling her from around the country. we're hearing young people and parents are pushing for this kind of legislation in other states. what about doctors? stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> cat stevens was just inducted into the rock 'n roll hall of fame. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> as we continue our talk about your one of refugees and medical cannabis, i want to turn to a video featuring their jackson talking about her son who once suffered 200 seizures a day. this figure was produced by realm of hope. epilepsy diagnosis. it entails lots of seizures ,very day, delayed development that sort of thing. in the end, we had tried every medication. 17 treatments and all, plus a special diet for epilepsy. we really tried everything we could. nothing help or would even make a s