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Creative. >> successful artist. his canvass 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 appr...

A successful artist, his canvass 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 apprehensive, m...

$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 apprehensive, maybe a little paranoid. just too analytical. >> ...

Thats something that painter amir says helps him be more creative. >> successful artist. his canvass 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...

>> successful artist. his canvass 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 apprehensive, ...

Gleamed in the making of your documentary over the last year you say, intense studying, is there logical scientific backed reason why if tobacco and alcohol are legalized, marijuana should not be legalized? >> i really cant find that. i think theres a fair amount of hypocrisy when it comes to marijuana and dated back 75, 80 years. weve been researching and looking at it. >> you run a big treatment center and an expert and psychologi psychologist. you deal with the sharp end of people that have s...

Thats something that painter amir says helps him be more creative. >> successful artist. his canvass 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...

>> successful artist. his canvass 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 apprehensive, ...

Finish real quick. doctor, why dont you think pot should be legalized? >> yeah. lets get something straight. all right? these people, their specialty is pr. it is not addiction. ive been involved in addiction field for almost 25, 30 years based on also me being an addict. okay? i deal with this day in and day out. how dare they tell me what im saying is not true when i treat individuals who have panic attacks, anxiety attacks, who cannot sleep who have major impulse control issues because theyve...

Alcohol, the hypocrisy is quite stunning, i think, piers, when you start to look a little below the surface. >> let me bring in howard samuels now. obviously, you run a big treatment center and youre a psychologist. so you deal with people with these problems. what is your view. >> without question legalizing marijuana would be a huge mistake, okay? i treat a lot of people that come in very addicted to marijuana, have smoked it every day for years. i see anxiety disorders. i see panic attacks. i...