In ‘Weed’, a one hour documentary, CNN’s chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta spends nearly a year traveling the globe to shed light on the debate. While it is part of a lifestyle for some, it is a lifeline for others including five-year-old Charlotte Figi. Charlotte suffers from a rare condition called Dravet’s syndrome, making her prone to up to 300 seizures per week. Like many people who use marijuana for medicinal purposes, parents Paige and Matt Figi tried every other option before resorting to this type of prescription. Dr. Gupta follows their journey. Gupta takes viewers to Colorado where weed dispensaries and pot cafes have become the norm. Dealers, doctors, users – Gupta meets with various people, like the Figis, offering a raw insight to what’s been dubbed “The Green Rush.”
Dr. Sanjay Gupta looks at U.S. federal laws that consider marijuana a drug with no medicinal value and serious scientists who say they're wrong. It is the politics of pot - the politicians vs. the patients.
CNN Takes an In-Depth Look at the Havoc Designer Drugs are Wreaking on America’s Youth. Senior Investigative Correspondent Drew Griffin will take viewers on an in-depth journey into the world of synthetic drugs, focusing on the deaths of two teenagers in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
On the evening of October 17, 1989 — as the first pitch was about to be thrown in the third game of the World Series — disaster struck as the world watched live. It was the most powerful earthquake the Bay Area had seen since the one that devastated San Francisco in 1906. In a CNN Special Report titled San Francisco Shaken: 25 Years Since the Quake, CNN’s Randi Kaye reports on the aftershocks – of the emotional kind – that can still be felt decades later.
For nine years, Bill Cosby has been accused of sexual assault, but he has said the stories are untrue and has never been prosecuted. Model Beverly Johnson says Bill Cosby's reputation was a secret in Hollywood for decades, one she wished she knew when he allegedly drugged her in the 1980s. A story with no joy attached that began as one stand-up comic called out Bill Cosby, America's favorite dad, as a rapist, to several decades' worth of dark allegations ignited by dozens of women accusing Cosby of a pattern of drugging and rape.
Investigators continue their quest for answers at Boston’s Isabella Gardner Museum, the site of history’s largest art heist.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta puts medical marijuana under the microscope again.
From student superstar, to controversial first lady, to historic candidate for president, Hillary Clinton has become the most written about woman in American politics. Unfinished Business: The Essential Hillary Clinton takes a look at the highs, the lows, and the inside stories behind the moments that have defined the democratic presidential nominee. CNN’s Brown sits down with both Hillary Clinton and daughter Chelsea Clinton, to look at how she became a political force in her own right — as Senator, and later, Secretary of State.
In All Business: The Essential Donald Trump, CNN reveals the moments that made the man – the challenges he’s overcome, the critics he’s silenced, the controversy that follows wherever he goes, and the confidence engendered in his every word. The documentary, featuring interviews with Donald Trump, Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Eric Trump, follows his journey from his childhood in Queens, to his early years in Manhattan and Atlantic City, to primetime fame and now the Republican nominee for president.
Politicians promise to lead the country out of the worst drug crisis in its history, but opioid abuse continues to kill Americans in record numbers. Are our leaders ignoring a lifesaving solution? Over 115 Americans die every day from opioid overdoses, more than those killed in car accidents, from breast cancer or even guns. Nearly 2.5 million Americans struggle with opioid addiction, and though controversial, some people believe a potentially lifesaving solution may lie in medical marijuana. In the fourth instalment of his groundbreaking series, CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta takes an in-depth look at marijuana’s potential as both an alternative to opioids in treating pain and in ending opioid addiction.
More than six years since CNN's first investigation into medical marijuana, Dr. Sanjay Gupta searches for the truth about CBD, which has turned into a multi-billion dollar industry.
Tis the Season is a panoramic celebration of the beloved genre of holiday films and television specials. Featuring decades of rich archival footage and lively interviews with notable celebrities, directors, producers, film critics, historians and pop culture experts, this two-hour special unwraps the most memorable and festive moments on screen and explores why these projects continue to delight audiences, no matter what age.
