Father to Chris Christie: Please don't let my daughter die, Governor

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Pot saves lives?

My thoughts exactly.  The only thing I can think of is that it reputedly helps some cancer patients regain their appetite, so maybe he's referring to that or some other indirect effect, but even so I'd be tempted to infract the father for excessive hyperbole.

Yes, believe it or not, pot saves lives. This lengthy report about a 6-year-old medical marijuana patient made the rounds last week. It's worth reading at CNN, but the gist of is that the oil of a specific non-psychoactive strain of marijuana is a very powerful treatment for a particular disease where seizures get progressively longer and more frequent.

She was having 300 seizures a week prior to being treated with the oil. She's down to 3 a month now.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

It's unfortunate that this girl has such a terrible ailment, but marijuana is not the only thing that will save her life

Yes, actually, marijuana is the only thing that will save her life. No one goes to medical marijuana as a first-line treatment for a 6-year-old. These parents seek out medical marijuana because literally everything else they have tried has failed.

Besides, the alternative treatment consists of brutally addictive barbiturates and benzodiazepines. Is that really better?