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>> 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 country's oldest universities, ole miss, a huge stash of marijuana is under lock and key. >> this is our vault. >> this is some pretty tight security. look at this door. >> mahmoud runs ...

The state allows adults over 21 to buy and possess up to an ounce of the drug. if you're not a colorado resident, you'll be allowed to buy a quarter of an ounce per transaction. colorado residents can also grow up to six plants, also -- >> the law requires advertising restrictions, childproof packages and limits on how much thc can be in edible products. >> the big appeal was the fact they even called it the campaign to regulate marijuana like alcohol. they're taking that seriously. the bills require all marijuana products to include warning labels, serving size, meaning if it's a quarter of a...

You seem very comfortable with it. >> i'm a good actress. >> i think that there is an argument to be made. i'm going to do it from my husband's point of view, not necessarily my own. but i do think law enforcement figures would say this. marijuana today is not your children's. marijuana, meaning your parents' marijuana, i should say. the marijuana of 1960 does not have anything near the thc content of the marijuana today. this is a far more potent drug. and please, in particular, look at it as a gateway drug. and the difficulty becomes this. if you start to legalize marijuana, what is the next...

True. as they navigate and turn it into a successful economic model, how will you see the objectors change the arguments? >> well, first of all, i think that the revenue side is a very -- going to become an increasingly important thing for states. as other states move toward full legalization. washington state is looking at -- they hope raising $190 million over 4 years. but they may have made a mistake in how they decided to tax it. which is i think the same way colorado does. correct me if i'm wrong which is based on price and not on the thc content. which would be equivalent to the alcohol ...