All language subtitles for A Life Of Its Own The Truth About Medical Marijuana 2017 2_English

We are standing here in the greenhouse

which is the genetic bunker.

All the production of different strains

is done here.

He was 4 months old.

He had a seizure at home.
We took him to a hospital.

They ran checks and he was
diagnosed with epilepsy.

All of a sudden he would just fall

often he would hit his head

or somehow physically harm himself...

...and sometimes he would lose control
of his bladder

and urinate through the seizure.

What happened was Eyale's seizures

were becoming more frequent...

due to the medications
his body lost control.

Until it got so bad that he was admitted
to ICU for 5 days.

We started two months ago,

we started with one drop...

and we have now ramped

up to 20 drops at night time
and 13 in the day.

He's a lot more alert and attentive
and his speech has improved.

He has a better interaction

with people and his surroundings.

He's more quiet and less hyper.

At night he still has seizures...

Much better than it used to be,
but not perfect yet.

He's simply a new boy.

It's easier to communicate with him now,
teach him new things.

He understands more and speaks more.

Yes I do wish I had accepted it
earlier because...

all the other drugs we had given to our
child has so many negative side effects.

We are trying hard with the doctors
to see how we can reduce...

the number of other drugs he is taking
so we can just use the cannabis.

This is a mother plant
of the strain Raphael.

It's one of the richest CBD strains
that we have.

It has 17% CBD and just under 4% THC.

What's special about these plants,
Raphael and Avidekel,

they are both strains that are earmarked

for the treatment
of children with Epilepsy.

We produce CBD oil and it's
a very complicated process.

There are many stages to the process.

We learnt it through
Professor Raphael Mechoulam.

In simple terms, using the crystals
we are able to control

the ratio of THC to CBD.

What we do is take the flower or the bud

and we extract from it an oil

We tailor-make a medicine for each child

based on that patients' diagnosis.

For example some children
that have epilepsy

also have physical disabilities.

By increasing the ratio of THC

it helps to calm them.

Pull on this to show how it works.

I only got up to go to the toilet.

Well done, you're walking, great!