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Into real-life issues. tomorrow is the beginning of an amazing national experiment. joining us now is tony decopel, senior writer at "newsweek" and the daily beast, and author of "the new pot barons." thanks for being here, tony. >> thank you for having me. >> this is a statement in the western district of washington, which kind of highlights the issue here. the statement reads, in enacting the controlled substance act, congress determined that marijuana is a schedule one controlled substance, regardless of any changes in state law.ç he goes on to say, basically, members of public are advise...

Amazing national experiment. joining us now is tony decopel,ç senior writer at "newsweek" and the daily beast, and author of "the new pot barons." thanks for being here, tony. >> thank you for having me. >> this is a statement in the western district of washington, which kind of highlights the issue here. the statement reads, in enacting the controlled substance act, congress determined that marijuana is a schedule one controlled substance, regardless of any changes in state law. he goes on to say, basically, members of public are advised to remember it remains against federal law to bring an...

This titanic clash has been set up between the state of washington and what the federal government says is illegal. >> absolutely. that's either a rogue u.s. attorney or it's a trial balloon from the obama administration. and i think more likely, it's a trial balloon. because obama himself has said, look, i'm the president, but i can't legalize marijuana, because congress has outlawed it. either way, it is a trial balloon in the sense that it's going to have a chilling effect on the evolution of the industry in washington. the governor of the state, the regulators, when they get together to ha...