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States have experimented with taxes based on price, weight and potency, but competition is heating up as more states legalize and the market matures.

The state wants to help labs feeling pressure to certify products as having high THC

Your brain at relatively high concentrations, and then that increases its rewarding effects and likelihood of transitioning into addiction. >> how much stronger is it? >> you see the barbed wire, obviously, on the fences. >> well, i traveled to mississippi where marijuana is illegal, but here on the campus of one of the countrys oldest universities, ole miss, a huge stash of marijuana is under lock and key. >> this is our vault. >> this is some pretty tight security. look at this door. >> mahmou...

Marijuana, then the thc content is going to go very fast into your brain at relatively high concentrations, and then that increases its rewarding effects and likelihood of transitioning into addiction. >> how much stronger is it? >> you see the barbed wire, obviously, on the fences. >> well, i traveled to mississippi where marijuana is illegal, but here on the campus of one of the countrys oldest universities, ole miss, a huge stash of marijuana is under lock and key. >> this is our vault. >> th...

Better. and todays marijuana could be more addictive. it has more of the psychoactive ingredient thc than ever before. brain researcher dr. nora volkow. >> if you smoke a very potent marijuana, then the thc content is going to go very fast into your brain at relatively high concentrations, and then that increases its rewarding effects and likelihood of transitioning into addiction. >> so how much stronger is it? >> you see the barbed wire, obviously, on the fences. >> well, i traveled to mississ...

Ahead, control their impulses, thats not fully developed until age 24. that explains why adolescents are much more vulnerable. >> theres something else that addiction experts believe is likely happening in the brain. when you smoke pot, the feel-good chemicals that make up marijuana called cannabinoids, remember them? they cause your brain to stop producing its own natural cannabinoids. when you stop smoking, you have no feel good cannabinoids of your own. until your body kick starts production,...

Marijuana, then the 9 thc content is going to go very fast into your brain at relatively high concentrations, and then that increases its rewarding effects and likelihood of transitioning into addiction. >> how much stronger is it? >> you see the barbed wire, obviously, on the fences. >> well, i traveled to mississippi where marijuana is illegal, but here on the campus of one of the countrys oldest universities, ole miss, a huge stash of marijuana is under lock and key. >> this is our vault. >> ...

Concentrations, and then that increases its rewarding effects and likelihood of transitioning into addiction. >> how much stronger is it? >> you see the barbed wire, obviously, on the fences. >> well, i traveled to mississippi where marijuana is illegal, but here on the campus of one of the countrys oldest universities, ole miss, a huge stash of marijuana is under lock and key. >> this is our vault. >> this is some pretty tight security. look at this door. >> mahmoud alsoli runs whats called a m...

It has more of the psycho active ingredient thc than ever before. brain researchers, dr. norah volkov. >> the thc content will go very fast into your brain. and then that increases, with the rewarding effects. and likelihood of transition into addiction. >> how much stronger is it? >> you see the barbed wire obviously on the fence. >> i travelled to mississippi, where marijuana is illegal. but here, on the campus of one of the countrys oldest universities, ole miss, a huge stash of marijuana is ...

>> if you smoke a very potent marijuana, then the thc content is going to go very fast into your brain at relatively high concentrations, and then that increases its rewarding effects and likelihood of transitioning into addiction. >> how much stronger is it? >> you see the barbed wire, obviously, on the fences. >> well, i traveled to mississippi where marijuana is illegal, but here on the campus of one of the countrys oldest universities, ole miss, a huge stash of marijuana is under lock and ke...