Ricki Lake's New Film Explores Using Pot to Cure Pediatric Cancer
"Weed the People" seeks to raise awareness of the impact cannabis has on cancer patients and to depict how the chemicals in the plant can be life-saving.
For the full interview, [click here](https://cheddar.com/videos/the-making-of-weed-the-people).
U.S. officials granted full approval to a closely watched Alzheimer’s drug on Thursday, clearing the way for Medicare and other insurance plans to begin covering the treatment for people with the brain-robbing disease.
The planet's temperature spiked on Tuesday to its hottest day in at least 44 years and likely much longer, and Wednesday could become the third straight day Earth unofficially marks a record-breaking high, the latest in a series of climate-change extremes that alarm but don't surprise scientists.
