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That's the lowest number in more than two decades, and it's something we heard over and over as we travelled around the country. >> not really that harmful. >> it has a lot of benefits. not really too concerned about it. >> i think it's safe if you're a safe person. >> but the experts we spoke to said there is more to the story. >> there are people who compulsively smoke, who want to stop smoking, but they can't stop smoking. >> in fact, 9% of marijuana users will become dependent. now, that's not as high as other drugs, like heroin. 23% of users become addicted. 17% with cocaine. 15% with alc...

In fact, a new study of children showed that by high school only one in five think marijuana is harmful. that's the lowest number in more than two decades, and it's something we heard over and over as we travelled around the country. >> not really that harmful. >> it has a lot of benefits. not really too concerned about it. >> i think it's safe if you're a safe person. >> but the experts we spoke to said there is more to the story. >> there are people who compulsively smoke, who want to stop smoking, but they can't stop smoking. >> in fact, 9% of marijuana users will become dependent. now, tha...

In fact, a new study of children showed that by high school only one in five think marijuana is harmful. that's the lowest number in more than two decades, and it's something we heard over and over as we travelled around the country. >> not really that harmful. >> it has a lot of benefits. not really too concerned about it. >> i think it's safe if you're a safe person. >> but the experts we spoke to said there is more to the story. >> there are people who compulsively smoke, who want to stop smoking, but they can't stop smoking. >> in fact, 9% of marijuana users will become dependent. now, tha...

>> thank you. >> so as we talk today, let me just say, i listen very closely to my colleague jake tapper's interview with the president last week. the president said his biggest concern when they were talking pot, criminalization of pot use. my question to you, are our feds, our police, are they cracking down equally on marijuana versus something like heroin? >> there are a lot of arrests for marijuana. there's not a crackdown in progress right now. most of those arrests are possession and don't lead to criminal convictions. perfectly reasonable to think we should be arresting fewer marijuana ...

Reports of fatal marijuana overdoses. and it's perhaps one of the biggest reasons most people think pot is safe. in fact, a new study of children showed that by high school only one in five think marijuana is harmful. that's the lowest number in more than two decades, and it's something we heard over and over as we travelled around the country. >> not really that harmful. >> it has a lot of benefits. not really too concerned about it. >> i think it's safe if you're a safe person. >> but the experts we spoke to said there is more to the story. >> there are people who compulsively smoke, who wan...