The Man Who Treats Sick Children With Cannabis

It was a brisk summer afternoon in Lakewood, Colorado, August 24, 2016. Mark Pedersen was on the back deck when he noticed the commotion. First he glimpsed flashes of red pulsing across the front of the house through the rear sliding door. Seconds later, firefighters burst inside the main entrance. He knew immediately that something was wrong with Jack, the disabled teen he’d come to think of as a grandson, someone he called “a piece of my heart.”