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A successful artist, his canvases sell for up to $25,000. >> its my favorite way to work. >> using marijuana? >> yeah. >> he has been painting for 14 years, smoking for even longer. he says it makes him feel more relaxed, but most importantly for him, he says it makes him less critical of his own work. >> stop worrying so much about this and that and just sort of looking and being as present as possible. >> amir does caution that its a delicate balance for him. >> it would make me very apprehens...

Soon. theyve got my name on a little tiny list. the list is the "no good" list. inmates have them. they carry them around. when they get letters from the mainline, they check to see if that persons name is on the list, and if it is, they send a secret message back to the main line saying go ahead and destroy him, hes no good, and ill probably get stabbed in the back soon. because im sny. because i dont want to stab anybody more. i dont want to be their prison bitch. >> in order to be moved to an...

Emily and didnt report what happened to them. >> you really start wondering well is it actually going to do me any good to report. for some people its worth it. for some people its not. >> reporter: she started the process of reporting her attack. >> i had panic attacks on campus. i was covering my face with a hood and running from class to class because i was fearful of running into the person that hurt me. >> reporter: eventually she dropped her case but told cnn she witnessed disturbing scene...

You had a bad experience with a person or had a bad experience at that party or house or whatever. >> you know what im talking about, but im not actually saying it. >> reporter: emily powell said she was assaulted by an acquaintance last year. >> i remember crying. i remember crying when it happened. and i remember saying, no and i remember pushing him off of me and then i remember sobbing. >> reporter: according to university officials, 38 uva students reported to the university that they were ...

Reported to the university last year that they were raped. none of the reports led to expulsions, and there is no way of knowing how many are like emilys and they didnt report what happened to them. >> you start to wonder well, will it do me any good to report it? for some people it is worth it, for some people it is not. >> reporter: she found it too hard to finish. >> i was having panic attacks on campus and literally running from class to class because i was so fearful of running into the per...

It can lead to panic attacks or anxiety attacks in people. >> how do you know when youve done too much? >> simple tasks become very frustrating. like mixing paint. and then just get into a state of ahhhhh -- you know. >> and why that happens is exactly what columbia university neuroscientist carl harp is investigating. >> exhale. >> research subjects in his lab smoke marijuana and then take a variety of cognitive tests. >> effects will be disruption in memory. disruptions in inhibitory control. ...

>> less inhibition thats something that painter amir says helps him be more creative. a successful artist, his canvases sell for up to $25,000. >> its my favorite way to work. >> using marijuana. >> yeah. >> hes been painting for 14 years. smoking for even longer. he says it makes him feel more relaxed but most importantly for him he says it makes him less critical of his own work. >> stop worrying so much about this and that and just sort of looking and being as present as possible. >> amir doe...

A successful artist, his canvases sell for up to $25,000. >> its my favorite way to work. >> using marijuana? >> yeah. >> hes been painting for 14 years, smoking for even longer. he says it makes him feel more relaxed, but most importantly for him, he says it makes him less critical of his own work. >> stop worrying so much about this and that and just sort of looking and being as present as possible. >> amir does caution that its a delicate balance for him. >> it would make me very apprehensive...

That was fall of 2009. clay died march of 2011 and, five weeks later, i get a letter, addressed to me, regarding his disability appeal, which is now complete. and his pts grading is 100%. >> do you see him as a casualty of war as surely as if he had been killed in iraq by the enemy? >> absolutely. >> you do? >> absolutely. i said that back in april of 2011 in an interview. someone asked me, ironically, from cnn, same question. theres no doubt in my mind. >> because you knew him before he went to...

There is something a bit unusual about a republican primary thats decided by labor ral democrats. liberal democrats. >> if he sounds like the loser, well, he is. the tea partys chris mcdaniel, he has yet to concede, but he is the loser of this epic runoff race thats the nearly deposed mississippis thad cochran, 36 years in the u.s. senate. and in case you hadnt noticed, another tea party story. fire brand emerges from out of nowhere and either beats a republican heavyweight or runs close enough ...