John also suffers from a rare form of childhood epilepsy . The year - old suffered from frequent , violent seizures . At wit 's end , his mother gave him a liquid , nonpsychoactive dose of cannabis . What drives him , he says , is the hope that his boy will one day say , `` I love you , '' something David says a thousand times a day to his son . For more than a year , it has helped stem his seizures .
John also suffers from a rare form of childhood epilepsy . The year - old suffered from frequent , violent seizures . At wit 's end , his mother gave him a liquid , nonpsychoactive dose of cannabis . For more than a year , it has helped stem his seizures .