Some call the Stanleys drug dealers. Others accuse Jesse of doing amp;ldquo;Satanamp;rsquo;s work,amp;rdquo; even though a unique form of medical marijuana he developed, an oil called Charlotteamp;rsquo;s Web, has brought relief to over a hundred families with epileptic children. At a time when a majority of Americans favor legalization and pot is shaking off its 1960s era hippie dippy image to emerge into the mainstream of American life, Jesse encourages evangelicals to stop demonizing a drug that he says is far safer than alcohol, a substance that increasing numbers of his Christian friends consume. Satan didnamp;rsquo;t create this plant,amp;rdquo; says Jesse. amp;ldquo;Satan doesnamp;rsquo;t create anything. This is Godamp;rsquo;s plant. And God is moving in the hearts of men and women and children around the world about this plant in ways that I never wouldamp;rsquo;ve imagined five years ago.amp;rdquo;Paige Figi began telling everyone she knew about the oil, now called Charlotteamp;rsquo;s Web. Converts include CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta. After filming a program called amp;ldquo;Weedamp;rdquo; about the Stanleys and Charlotteamp;rsquo;s Web, he published an article on CNN.com apologizing for his previous opposition to medical marijuana. amp;ldquo;We have been terribly and systematically misled for nearly 70 years in the United States, and I apologize for my own role in that,amp;rdquo; he wrote in a piece titled amp;ldquo;Why I changed my mind on weed.amp;rdquo; Today, Paige Figi, Charlotte's mom serves as a volunteer roving ambassador, pleading with legislators around the country to reform federal laws that classify marijuana, heroin, LSD and ecstasy as Schedule I drugs with amp;ldquo;no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.amp;rdquo; When you ask Charlotteamp;rsquo;s Web moms what they think about the Stanley brothers, they use terms like amp;ldquo;godly,amp;rdquo; amp;ldquo;humble,amp;rdquo; amp;ldquo;caringamp;rdquo; and amp;ldquo;compassionate.amp;rdquo;
