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Colonel hunt, all right, you are more likely to act on it, perhaps today than you were 50 years ago. however, i want to get back to the mental health stuff. you, yourself, know these people. you know they are in the street. you know they are substance abusers, some of them. you know they can adjust to society when they get out of the military. there is very very little that a huge society can do to force them into some kind of behavioral pattern that will be positive. you know, tell me i'm -- i want to be wrong on this. but i have never seen it. >> i know because, we need more professional men...

Legalization out there. but i believe the amount of damage being done to coloradoians drug addiction and social ills will cost that state far more than it's taking in. of course i can be wrong. patrick kennedy former congressman from rhode island and author of the book what addicts know 10 lessons from recovery to benefit everyone. both men were substance abusers at one time. so, mr. kennedy, i understand you're against the legalization of marijuana. why? >> well, i have a mood disorder and i'm also in recovery because i'm also an addict. with another drug being commercialized, one that actual...

But i believe the amount of damage being done to coloradoians drug addiction and social ills will cost that state far more than it's taking in. of course i can be wrong. patrick kennedy former congressman from rhode island and author of the book what addicts know 10 lessons from recovery to benefit everyone. both men were substance abusers at one time. so, mr. kennedy, i understand you're against the legalization of marijuana. why? >> well, i have a mood disorder and i'm also in recovery because i'm also an addict. with another drug being commercialized, one that actually has the for-profit mo...

Male and female offenders. usp's 430 women are housed here, at the timpanogos facility. >> they come from every social, economic class that there is. they come in and say, i didn't think that this would ever happen to me. and here i am. >> the timpanogos facility is split into four buildings or stars. lieutenant whitney supervises star-4, a home of the excel program, a therapeutic community for substance abusers. >> i'm in here for zero to five. >> possession with intent to distribute. >> possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute. >> two counts of distribution methamphetam...

I feel unworthy. but, you know, i'm working on that right now, you know what i mean? >> how has it made you feel when you see other kids -- your other peers with pictures and they're showing pictures and you're not showing any pictures of your kids? >> it feels -- it's like an emptiness, you know. >> these women are part of walden house, valley state's residential community for substance abusers. "today's topic" is the effect the inmates' addiction has had on their families. >> me and my kids don't have that relationship or that bond that a mother and child are supposed to have. >> so right no...