is legal. and washington still working through some of the regulations on sales of recreational marijuana. but we have learned there are at least eight other states from colorado to maine that are considering this, and you have to think, when they see the type of money colorado is making or could be making from taxes, that that would certainly have some kind of influence over whether or not they decide to follow suit. deb? >> no question about that. all right, ana cabrera, thanks so much. appreciate that work. let's expand the conversation about marijuana and all the tax money that colorado now expects to reap from it. joining me from denver is ricardo backo, marijuana editor for "denver post" and the fact that the paper actually created a job with that title says a lot. now the executive director of the marijuana industry group says that pot is on its way to becoming a billion-dollar industry. could it get that big? >> well, you know, it's not only the industry who is saying that, but colorado governor john hickenlooper just announced some