This article from “Washington Post” tells the story of Jackson Leyden, who started to have seizers few months after his eighth birthday, and how his parents came to a medical marijuana treatment. Though since 2016, when the article was published, medical cannabis has become more popular and more common, this article gives a basic understanding on how it works and what health conditions it can help with.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/a-powerful-new-form-of-medical-marijuana-without-the-high/2016/12/29/81bbf7c0-b5b2-11e6-b8df-600bd9d38a02_story.html