Canyon family one of thousands relocating for marijuana treatment

AMARILLO, TX- For the Harmons, their country Canyon farm-house has always been home.

Memories of past Christmases, birthdays, and first's for their three children are all here. But not all the memories are warm ones.

Eight-year-old Jillian Harmon was just an infant when she had her first seizure.

"When she was an infant she was having 40 to 50 a day," Jillian's mother Becca said.

Now Jillian averages one seizure a day after getting off all pharmaceutical drugs and turning to alternative treatments of various vitamins, minerals, and oxygen.

Jillian has severe epilepsy, cerebral palsy, hip displasia and developmental delays.

Becca says her daughter will never be "normal," but hope has the Harmons packing their life in boxes and heading to the mountains.

"It's a big move, it's hard to move away from family and friends, and his career, and it's really hard, but she's worth it," Becca said.

Jillian will soon start on a treatment made from marijuana, grown at a remote, high security facility in the foothills of Colorado Springs.

"Thinking that Jilly could be seizure free, maybe someday be able to communicate somehow or feed herself, little things like that," Becca said.

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Canyon family one of thousands relocating for marijuana treatment