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Decide it's bad and ban it. it's a whole strange argument that instead of cutting spending and solve problems there, let's find additional things to tax. >> is this, angela, a bunch of hippies in tie-dyed shirts who like to do something in their back yards in their birkenstocks? >> hardly. folks are utilizing marijuana for all types of things, whether it's recreationally or for medical usage. it has caused or been the result of a lot of folks benefiting from, you north caroliknow, the and not suffering harm any longer. you can watch any pharmaceutical drug commercial and there are a laundry li...

Legalization is leading in the polls in two of those states, in washington in colorado, it's trailing in oregon. the folks who are trying to keep marijuana illegal are getting badly out spent especially here in washington state where it's $6,000 to $4 million. most of the politicians inee seattle are for it. even the childrens alliance endorsed legalization saying drug laws are enforced unevenly and are hurting the minorities and poor. >> if those kids parents are shutout of housing and employment and ed indication alopportunities for not helping those kids. >> critics say just the opposite, t...

Indicated on policing and pursuing young people, people of color, poor people, for marijuana usage. we could bedder apply those resources for drug treatment or assessment. why can't we use a system that young people show up and be tested and treated for drug abuse. thirpg that would be a much better use of our resources than just simply either arresting people, holding them in custody days, weeks at a time in an already overcrowded adult system in particular, and rather than using those resources in ways that will have a longer term payoff or benefit. >> obviously i think the policy case here ...

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Since it opened hundreds of graduated from the six-week $475 course which has been sold out the last few months. >> it's a new frontier and i'm excited to see this for the state. they need help, as much as they can get. >> reporter: but there's a clear catch-22 when it comes to what's legal and what's not. registered patients can smoke medical marijuana, but they can't legally buy it. and care givers can plant it, but they can't buy the seeds to grow it. >> it's like you think the government or the state is playing a joke on you. okay, marijuana is legal. but then they come bust you. >> report...