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Chasing Life

Sanjay Investigates “Weed 7: A Senior Moment" Pt. 2

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.58K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Sanjay Gupta examines the potential benefits of medical marijuana. Over the last 10 years, Dr. Gupta's reporting on the topic has produced seven CNN documentaries. In his most recent investigation, he meets scientists and families who found success using marijuana for patients suffering with dementia. This special report originally aired on CNN on August 6, 2023. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey there, it's Sanjay.

0:02.6

You know, while the chasing life team is hard at work on the next season of the podcast,

0:06.6

I wanted to share a recent documentary that first aired on the whole story with Anderson

0:11.6

Cooper.

0:12.7

It's my seventh special on medical marijuana, and it's called Weed Seven, A Senior Moment.

0:19.7

In part one, I was over in Israel talking to scientists and families who found success

0:24.8

using marijuana for patients suffering with dementia.

0:28.3

Well, in the second part of the documentary, we're going to travel to Palm Beach, Florida,

0:32.5

where others are now seeing success using marijuana to treat what I call the nuicences of aging.

0:49.8

This is Neil Rosenblum, and his wife Iris.

0:53.3

Iris?

0:54.3

Yeah.

0:55.3

How are you?

0:56.3

My wife's mother and sister and aunt, they had Alzheimer's.

1:02.3

It scared her half to death, and it progressed very slowly.

1:08.8

Maybe four years ago, she cried for a half an hour every morning, like clockwork.

1:14.2

This is full on cry.

1:15.9

Cry?

1:16.9

Did they try different medications?

1:21.2

She had enough antidepressants to keep an elephant calm.

1:27.8

And still, she cried.

1:35.3

In 2019, they started a pilot program here at Morse Life.

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