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We also have a low-income patient program to allow you with some degree of medicine for free. and now we go into the secure area. >> the first stop is here, the intake department. >> this is the most weed i have ever seen in my life. >> well, you know, when you have 600 to. 800 people coming through, you have to keep some medicine in stock. >> all of the members who are part of the harborside collective are called in to have their cannabis evaluated for quality and purity. and then they have a m...

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. >> this is some pretty tight security...

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...

>> 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...

Experienced in marijuana smoking takes some of this, and theyre going to go into the negative effects of the high, the psychosis, the irritation, irritability, paranoia, all of this. >> while not all the plants are this high, theres no question he has seen a trend. in 1972 the average potency was less than 1% thc. now its nearly 13%. >> are people becoming more obsessed with high thc marijuana? >> i think so. theyre starting out with a half a percent and 1%, and they get a good high, and then as...

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. >> this is some pretty tight security...

Security. look at this doctor. this doctor runs whats called the marijuana potency project it. whats the potency of this? >> this is about 8%. >> for three decades now his lab has analyzed weed confiscated from drug pusts. >> this is 36% thc. you can smell it. has a good arrowmatic smell. >> how much does this worry you, 36% tch confiscated? >> very, very dangerous material. you take some of this and theyll go into the negative effects of the high of the thc, the psychosis and the irritability a...

We spent time with the marijuana potency project, where they analyze the marijuana confiscated in various places. back in the 60s and even above 10%. 10 to 13% thc now. they found marijuana with thc concentrations as high as 37%. there has been this breeding of the plant to try and increase the thc. so i think thats true. whether or not its more addictive is a bit of a tougher question to answer. certainly if you talk to the institute of drug abuse. which we did. they believe a higher potency wi...

Part of those comments he was saying the potency of marijuana has gone up. that is true. probably over the last several years. i urge him to look at the scientific papers. i was looking at them in preparation for the show. the science is there. this isnt antidotal in the realm of conjecture anymore. for a long time we ignored the papers but this was a drug used for thousands of years. >> in your documentary, you get in to the effects of medical marijuana which sometimes can be dramatic. >> it re...

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