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sanjay gupta right now on cnn. >>> three big names stopping by today to talk about parenting, sex, drugs and hip-hop. we'll explain. but first, i want to talk about medical marijuana. as you may know, this is something i've been reporting on. yet there's a question that kept coming up, would this drug be more effective if it were produced and packaged like a traditional medicine. there is one company in the world that has a big head start on this. they're based just outside of london, and they gave me an exclusive look behind the scenes. we're driving deep into the english countryside, just a couple hours outside of london, to visit gw pharmaceuticals. they're a company that makes medicines from the actual marijuana plant. although this is done with the express permission of the uk government, we had to sign confidentiality agreements and cannot disclose our location. marijuana is illegal in just about every part of the country except for the secret labs we're about to enter. wow! this is pretty spectacular. are you used to the smell? >> i'm not particularly partial to the smell. >> if y

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sanjay gupta has her story in this week's human factor. ♪ >> alisyn began playing the violin when shed. >> i started piano when i was 8. i also play viola and a little bit of guitar. those interest main instruments, yeah. >> reporter: at 16, the high school junior and student at the cleveland institute of music start today feel exhausted. then she had difficulty breathing. >> i couldn't perform everyday tasks. i couldn't remember how to dial the phone. >> reporter: she was misdiagnosed with bronchitis and then pneumonia, and a few months later she was rushed to the hospital coughing up blood from a lung hemorrhage. she spent two and a half weeks then in an induced coma. >> there was a period of about a week and a half where they weren't sure i was going to live. >> reporter: when she finally left the hospital, doctors still didn't know what was wrong with her. >> i had a relapse. i was again coughing up blood. they sent me to the cleveland clinic where i was diagnosed. >> which cause as form of inflammation of the blood vessels. >> it took its toll on me emotionally and mentally. >> r

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sanjay gupta is joining us.these families are going through, we've seen them sometimes brought out on stretchers, collapsing, weeping. what is the physical impact of such intense grief and stress? >> you know, jim, people are going to react very differently, obviously, so it's tough to draw with a broad brush. but there's the practical -- people probably are not eating well, sleeping well, they can collapse from fatigue, obviously as you see there. there's more than that, though. the cortisol levels in your body, the stress hormones, on a regular basis they go up and down. it's a natural cycle. in a situation like this, the levels don't really come down as much so you have an increased heart rate, increased blood pressure and you're also on edge and that may manifest by looking at usually harmless threats and perceiving them as more dangerous. these can be some of the manifestations. i should point out, jim, this is a period immediately after this missing plane went missing what they call a heroic effort that de

sanjay gupta, is joining us now from the cnn center in atlanta.jay, we have seen these family members crying, even collapsing from the strain carried out on gurneys, wheelchairs. what's the physical impact of such intense grief and stress? >> well, as you alluded to, wolf, it's unimaginable in so many ways. obviously, it's going to be different from person to person. you know, just the pragmatics, people aren't eating as well, they're not sleeping very well. the idea of somebody collapsing from just pure fatigue is probably not that surprising then. but also your stress hormone levels, cortisol levels, for example, typically go up and down in anybody's given day. but in people going through this sort of thing, those cortisol levels may never come down. so you're always -- have an additional level of stress that affects your heart rate, your blood pressure. but it also really puts you on edge. perceiving what would otherwise be harmless threats as potentially dangerous. and it just becomes this never-ending cycle. so it's a really difficult thing,

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sanjay gupta.nd this. >> you should not have marijuana behind your head. i think it sends the wrong -- >> it just follows you around. >> it's just wrong. >> no, it's just right. but in all seriousness. i want to get your take on what's happening in georgia. we have seen when it comes to medical marijuana, it's almost like we're talking about recreational marijuana. we have 20-some states who have approved it. >> they've been much more conservative on this whole thing and not putting it up for a vote until recently. if you looked at the issue a couple years ago, i don't think many would have thought it had a prayer's chance of passing. it's interesting what's happening there. it is a very restrictive law and i want to be clear about this. this is not recognizelatireatio marijuana. this isn't something that people wou would smoke. this is the therapeutic form of marijuana, but not the stuff that gets you high. that's what they're talking about is this medicine potentially out of marijuana. >> does th

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sanjay gupta, cnn, reporting. >> our thanks to sanjay. i want to take you back live. do this often. we get a time from the white house as to when the president will speak, and then the reality of logistics set in overseas, and there is a bit of a delay. but mark my words, there is a big audience there waiting at the e.u. summit for the president of the united states to begin his remarks. all of this is very critical, the timing of it. because it was only on monday that the and its closest allies booted president putin from the g-8, now effectively the g-7. the comments will reflect that, crimea, and that is what the president is going to highlight when -- we are told is going to suggest that the europeans stiffen their spine when it comes to dealing with president putin. i bet he'll use different language. thank you for being with us throughout this program. we continue live coverage of what's happening in brussels and also continuing our coverage of the search for mh flight 370 and my colleague wolf blitzer will do that after this break. this is mike. his long race d

. >> sanjay gupta md starts right now. >>> welcome.renting, sex, drugs and hip-hop. jane fonda, russell simmons all of them just minutes away. but, first, i want to talk about medical marijuana. as you may know, this is something that i've been reporting on for quite some time. and yet there is a question that kept coming up. would this drug be more effective if it were produced and packaged? more like a traditional medicine. would people be more comfortable if they could get their cannabis at a pharmacy? there is one company in the world that has a big head start on this. they're based just outside of london and they gave me an exclusive look behind the scones. we're driving deep into the english countryside, now just a couple hours outside of london. on our way to visit gw pharmaceuticals. they make medicines in the actual marijuana plant. now, although this is done with the express permission of the uk government, we did have to sign confidentiality agreements i cannot disclose exactly where we're going to be located. you see, marij

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sanjay gupta. i know you can only speak in gener generalizations. of lock, your in shock and it turns to something else. >> you go through periods of denial and questioning and answer and eventually comes acceptance in almost almost cases. you are absolutely right. you are seeing the manifestations of all the stages. there is a real physical impact as well besides the prague pragmatic. your stress levels stay high. you are on edge and it causes all sorts of different physical problems. they have so much to deal with that it doesn't even meet the eye here. >> i think that would perhaps get me the most. a sense that you have no control over anything. you don't have any control over the investigation. you can't go out an look for your loved ones. you are not getting any answers. you are totally out of control. >> there is lack of control, unpredictability and uncertainty. those three things together if you talk to psychologists, those three things make it a very difficult, if not untanable situation. what is interesting is this whole idea there are so

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sanjay gupta. and this is "weed two: cannabis madness." this time our journey begins in new jersey, ironically called the garden state. it's the summer of 2013. a quiet neighborhood diner about to become the site of a headline-making confrontation. between a frantic father, brian wilson, and the outspoken governor, chris christie, all over wilson's 2-year-old daughter, vivian. >> what's the holdup? it's been two months now. >> sir, these are complicated issues. >> it's very simple. >> i know you think it's simple. >> it was a david and goliath moment. you've got a governor who is one of the leading republicans in the nation, and this dad who has got a little girl who he's desperately worried and in love with who just wants to do the best thing for her. >> you see, brian wilson's daughter, vivian, was dying. her brain continuously locked in seizures and nothing had worked. the wilsons were pinning their hopes on medical marijuana. they read about marijuana on the internet and saw stories about it saving lives. like little charlotte, whose s

sanjay gupta, cnn reporting. >>> all right.ave much more on the investigation of this search for that missing aircraft right after this. >>> welcome back authorities say they will focus their search now on land this as pakistan says it has checked it's radar and doesn't see evidence of that plane in it's air space. our analyst is back with us and john mcgaw is back with us and tom fuentes is cnn's law enforcement analyst. if a country says they don't see a plane on radar, how will they make a determination ags s to w land to search? >> other than the pings that we have from the satellite and they have been able to smooth out the data and get rid of the miss leading parts of the data. the other ways are to look at who and what are behind the high jacking or whatever we want to call it at this point. and that is what is so strange at this point. and that is baecause there is a erie silence. it bothers me. in the 9/11 investigation, by this time we have clues, scores of witnesses. people had seen something. people had reports thin

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sanjay gupta. and this is "weed two: cannabis madness."his time our journey begins in new jersey, ironically called the garden state. it's the summer of 2013. a quiet neighborhood diner about to become the site of a headline-making confrontation. between a frantic father, brian wilson, and the outspoken governor, chris christie, all over wilson's 2-year-old daughter, vivian. >> what's the holdup? it's been two months now. >> sir, these are complicated issues. >> it's very simple. >> i know you think it's simple. >> it was a david and goliath moment. you've got a governor who is one of the leading republicans in the nation, and this dad who has got a little girl who he's desperately worried and in love with who just wants to do the best thing for her. >> you see, brian wilson's daughter, vivian, was dying. her brain continuously locked in seizures and nothing had worked. the wilsons were pinning their hopes on medical marijuana. they read about marijuana on the internet and saw stories about it saving lives. like little charlotte, whose sto

sanjay gupta. and this is "weed two: cannabis madness."his time our journey begins in new jersey, ironically called the garden state. it's the summer of 2013. a quiet neighborhood diner about to become the site of a headline-making confrontation. between a frantic father, brian wilson, and the outspoken governor, chris christie, all over wilson's 2-year-old daughter, vivian. >> what's the holdup? it's been two months now. >> sir, these are complicated issues. >> it's very simple. >> i know you think it's simple. >> it was a david and goliath moment. you've got a governor who is one of the leading republicans in the nation, and this dad who has got a little girl who he's desperately worried and in love with who just wants to do the best thing for her. >> you see, brian wilson's daughter, vivian, was dying. her brain continuously locked in seizures and nothing had worked. the wilsons were pinning their hopes on medical marijuana. they read about marijuana on the internet and saw stories about it saving lives. like little charlotte, whose sto

sanjay gupta. and this is "weed two: cannabis madness." this time our journey begins in new jersey, ironically called the garden state. it's the summer of 2013. a quiet neighborhood diner about to become the site of a headline-making confrontation. between a frantic father, brian wilson, and the outspoken governor, chris christie, all over wilson's 2-year-old daughter, vivian. >> what's the holdup? it's been two months now. >> sir, these are complicated issues. >> it's very simple. >> i know you think it's simple. >> it was a david and goliath moment. you've got a governor who is one of the leading republicans in the nation, and this dad who has got a little girl who he's desperately worried and in love with who just wants to do the best thing for her. >> you see, brian wilson's daughter, vivian, was dying. her brain continuously locked in seizures and nothing had worked. the wilsons were pinning their hopes on medical marijuana. they read about marijuana on the internet and saw stories about it saving lives. like little charlotte, whose s

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sanjay gupta. is stance on the drug last year and in a new op-ed out tonight, he's doubling down. sanjay, you used to be on the other side of this. you came out, said i looked at the science and we need to legalize this. >> i think that i've concluded it's irresponsible for the medical community not to be looking at this as a viable option. we prescribe so many different medications for different things out there. i gave the example of a child who had epilepsy that was not treatable by modern medicine. she's on seven different medications at one time or another, any of which could have been so toxic, it didn't work. and then they tried this nonpsycho active cbd cannabis oil. it's not something that gets her high, but it's an oil and it relieves her of her seizure. so yeah, i think that's irresponsible and part of the doubling down. >> what's amazing, you go in the hospital and something is wrong with you and there, according to the federal regulations, you could be prescribed meth, cocaine, they cou

sanjay gupta, joins us now. there is so much uncertainty here.what the experts say about this to the family members. is it healthy to still go on hoping even though all signs point to something awful taking place? >> the initial hope that most people seem to think has some value, people are hopeful, more optimistic if there is value in that. i should add that the hope comes with lots of other things. this is, in many ways, what is referred to often as the heroic period. you literally have the entire world focusing on your loved once as well. you don't feel isolated. you feel like people are on your side despite all the people paying attention to this. and the crash from that can be even harder than from the initial impact. so probably some benefit initially, but at some point there has to be closure, as well. >> and, you know, sanjay, you said -- obviously we all deal with things differently. and is these people, of course, are going to manage their grief and manage their sorrow in different ways. we have seen some people collapsing and weeping a

sanjay gupta and this is "weed 2" cannabis madness. we start in new jersey, a quiet neighborhood diner about to become the site of a headline make confrontation. between a frantic father, brian wilson and the outspoken governor, chris christie all over his two-year-old daughter, vivian. >> it has been two months now. this is well documented. >> these are complicated issues. >> it's very simple -- >> it's not. >> it was a david and goliath moment. they hoped marijuana would rescue vivian from the visit visitor -- that's why she that's why she wears that patch on her eye. if she could be blindfolded, she would be. 4-year-old adele. >> every day on the way home from school. can we stop at the park. if we can't stop at the park. vivian's nurse leaves at 5:00. we have to be home. >> what would adele say about that? >> she will say we can't -- those kids are at the park. but we can't go to the park. vivian has seizures. it kills you. you know? >> new york university neurologist -- >> they're so severely affected. >> there are a lot of them i

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sanjay gupta reporting live. just to remind you, be sure to tune in tonight, "weed 2:cannabis madness". my colleague wolf takes over the my colleague wolf takes over the baton now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> i'm wolf blitzer reporting from the cnn center, and we're following breaking news. how did a plane with 239 people on board just vanish without a trace? that's what experts and investigators are trying to figure out right now. four days into the mystery of malaysia airlines flight 370. here is what we know right now. the director of cia says he's not ready, repeat, not ready to rule out terrorism in the plane's disappearance. listen to what john brennan said just moments ago. >> it's close to now 13 years since 9/11. and i think the memories and tragedy of 9/11 have been seated in the minds of many people. and this is not the time to relax, because we know there are terrorist groups that are still determined to carry out attacks, including against -- especially aga

sanjay gupta takes another in-depth look at medical marijuana.ence, politics and patients caught in the middle "weed 2 cannibis madness" is a followup to weed that got a lot of people talking last summer. this is an all-new report. sanjay follows several more families trapped in the middle of the medical marijuana debate. many have moved to colorado to try to get access for treatment for themselves or their children. sanjay joins me tonight from colorado. >> you are really now all in you're actually in a grow room right now. is all the marijuana surrounding you specifically being used for medicinal use? >> yes. there are about 23 different strains of marijuana in here. they alter the strains to have higher concentrations of various compounds. and they take these strains and they really pair them up with different sorts of ailments. so even though this is something that's still happening in grow rooms like this and dispensaries in a place like colorado, they're trying to find out which particular strains work for the various ailments. that's a lot

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here now with cnn's chief medical correspondent sanjay gupta. >> reporter: 65 years old mark the snakeelchair 9 ball championships. he never planned on becoming a champion pool player, but it helped him overcome something that happened 40 years ago. >> i was asleep on the passenger's side in a little volkswagen beetle and the rear wheel came completely off the car and the impact, my door flew open. i didn't have on a seat belt and i flew out of the car at probably 50 miles an hour. and ended up breaking my neck, my back. broken up all over. >> reporter: he was paralyzed, no longer able to walk. >> the able body as my friends, they said, let's play pool. i sat there watching them play. i said, this can't be that difficult. >> reporter: friendly pickup games turned into tournaments. >> it's pretty much undescribable, you know? i just love it. you know, i'm just -- i just love it. love the competition. >> reporter: it's a feeling he wanted to share with others like himself, which is why he began working with the national wheelchair players' association. its. >> it's not easy. i know exact