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>> what? >> come watch this. >> what am i watching? >> i was looking on facebook, and i caught this. ready? oh, my goodness. >> from the roof. >> white t-shirts for everyone. >> white t-shirt contest. >> oh, my god. >> guess what? >> guess what? >> weve been challenged by team dixie for the als ice water challenge. >> my name is tripp keber. this is team dixie. today well respond to the als ice bucket challenge. today we challenge medicine man. today we challenge incredibles. >> tell them what w...

>> the pot barons have done this before. answering questions and being available as part of their job. their goal is to meet the neighbors and win over hearts and minds. sally is meeting with a local business development group. >> theres a lot of stigma associated with marijuana, im always happy to debunk that or at least educate people and move them along in the process. >> we love doing stuff like this. making sure people understand what is happening. >> im sally. my family owns medicine man. ...

Condition. thank you, idiot. my god. >> i know. >> what are we supposed to do with kids like this? what were their parents doing? how did they not know their kid was upstairs making pot brownies? see, we cannot regulate for that. theres no regulation in the world thats going to stop that. thats bad parenting. >> yep. i dont know what to say to all that. >> the pot barons enemy is the black market, and they fear it. its unregulated, untaxed, dangerous, and gives their products a bad name. to date...

Group is to come to some sort of conclusion about how they want to mark products, shape, size, color, stamps. >> its a very harsh bill for manufacturers to try and shape, stamp, or color their product. >> packaging and proper labeling is frankly our best bet. >> we are concerned about keeping edibles away from people that do not want them and cannot have them. >> if we do everything correctly on the front end, if its labeled properly, if its in child resistant packaging, i still come from the st...

Im richard liu with your top stories this hour. police officers lining up for blocks outside a new york church to pay respects to one of with the officers executed in brooklyn. the funeral will be held tomorrow. one day after wishing troops a merry christmas in hawaii, the president and first lady extended wishes to those celebrating kwanza. now back to "pot barons." for the pot barons the banking crisis is problem number one. whatever colorado might say, the feds say marijuana is illegal ...

Compliance, it can drive up costs for any industry, but for marijuana, a start-up industry without banking support, the pot barons say the changing rules restrict revenues and halt production, which can lead to ruin. and when youre the kingpin of an edibles empire, you can feel at risk of becoming a government lab rat, stuck in a maze of emergency rules, fire safety regulations, production codes, all while building a state of the art weed factory. >> whats up? how are you, bud? good. >> howdy, h...

>> white t-shirt contest. >> oh, my god. >> guess what? >> guess what? >> weve been challenged by team dixie for the als ice water challenge. >> my name is tripp keber. this is team dixie. today well respond to the als ice bucket challenge. today we challenge medicine man. today we challenge incredibles. >> tell them what were doing. >> we want to thank the grew at oot crew at dixie elixir for calling us out on the als ice bucket challenge. this is the incredibles team. lets do this. >> it was a...

>> the pot barons enemy is the black market, and they fear it. its unregulated, untaxed, dangerous, and gives their products a bad name. to date, the fates have been kind to legal weed. but the sunny days the edibles industry has been enjoying are about to give way. storm clouds are rolling in over the rockies. the first thunder clap came from what the coroners report called an accidental suicide. >> a 19-year-old boy from the congo who was a student in wyoming came over, ate one cookie, and sta...

Mourners gathering this afternoon for the wake of officer rafael ramos who was killed in an execution style shooting on saturday. financial markets with a record-high close today as the dow jones industrial average surged above 18,000. and holiday weekend travellers facing a winter storm through early tomorrow. now back to "pot barons." its basic economics. supply and demand. right now the demand for all weed products in colorado far exceeds the supply. yes, it grows like a weed but sometimes ...

I would. switch to comcast business and get the fastest wifi with the most coverage. comcast business. built for business. as it turns out, applying for a marijuana license is a lot like applying to college. searching to find the place you want, then the arduous application forms, financial statements, and the interviews. of course, the waiting is the hardest part. for the pot barons, today is the day the day the waiting ends.