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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 you're 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. >> what's up? how are you, bud? good. >> it's borderline emotional for me to reflect on not only where we started but what this facility looked lik...

General public so when someone in the general public sees an edible, they know it's an edible. >> the ultimate goal of the work group is to come to some sort of conclusion about how they want to mark products, shape, size, color, stamps. >> it's 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 it's labeled properly, if it's in child resistant pack...

>> guess what? >> we've been challenged by team dixie for the als ice water challenge. >> my name is tripp keber. this is team dixie. today we'll respond to the als ice bucket challenge. today we challenge medicine man. today we challenge incredibles. >> tell them what we're doing. >> we want to thank the grew at dixie elixir for calling us out on the als ice bucket challenge. this is the incredibles team. let's do this. >> it was a memorable summer, the first summer for legal marijuana, and for the pot barons of the industry, it was the summer they survived. >> ahh! [ laughter ] [ applause ]

But it's the graduating class of 2014, right. and now marijuana companies are profiting in some cases profiting immensely. ♪ >> when i say trip, say high. trip, high. trip, high. >> we don't have crystal balls, not sure what the future is going to hold but it's looking pretty bright. ♪ and we're still only in the second inning. >> for marijuana lovers colorado is now a magical place. for the pot barons, it's the first place, they're betting that there are many more to come and soon the rest of america will come to embrace marijuana like colorado does. when that happens, they expect to cash...

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 you're 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. >> what's up? how are you, bud? good. >> it's borderline emotional for me to reflect on not only where we started but what this facility looked lik...