Amy Goodman
@DemocracyNow·3.2M subscribers·19.4K videos
As Marijuana Refugees Flock to Colorado, Will Medical Community Force Rewriting of U.S. Drug Laws?
Posted
May 9, 2014
Views
3,315
Likes
84
Comments
2
Engagement
May 9, 2014
3,315
84
2
2.59%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
5:13Now PlayingCurrently 20 states and the District of Columbia have approved, and regulate in some capacity, marijuana for medical purposes. However, insurance companies do not cover the costs of such prescriptions. Federally, marijuana remains a Schedule 1 drug, making it against the law to possess. But the debate over marijuana is growing. We speak to Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Dave Philipps of the Colorado Springs Gazette. His most recent article is "As success stories of kids fighting seizures with cannabis oil mount, legal landscape is changing." We also speak to the pioneering medical marijuana doctor Dr. Margaret Gedde and a mother who moved with her epileptic, nineyearold daughter to Colorado for cannabis oil treatment.
Watch the full 30-minute segment on Democracy Now!
Democracy Now!, is an independent global news hour that airs weekdays on 1,200+ TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 89am ET at
Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today, visit
FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE:
Twitter: @democracynow
Daily Email
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
