marijuana? yes. reporter: the national institute on drug abuse says about 1 out of 11 pot users become addicted. brian doyle decided he needed help and got clean after treatment at the cedar center at the university of colorado hospital. the executive director of this rehabilitation facility says the potentsy of today s position makes the problem worse. the concentration of thc in marijuana today is 30,40% in a typical smoke marijuana versus 3 or 4% thc concentration of 60s and 70s. reporter: other drugs including alcohol and nicotine have higher addiction rates. but there is serious concern among those in the substance abuse field that colorado s new marijuana law will substantially increase the number of marijuana addicts. i think we ll see more people using it on a consistent basis. reporter: but addiction isn t the only concern. 22-year-old stella blessing is also a successful graduate. she was addicteded to crack,
joining me now, a founder of drug policy alliance welcome to you. a stellar panel of experts. let me start with you, howard samuels, is this a force for good or continued concern as america moves toward legalizing marijuana? it s disastrous. we re looking at mass production of marijuana. and that s sort of the issue, we re going to be producing it at a mass level, addiction rates are going to rise. one out of six people are addicted. i was addicted to marijuana, now, i was addicted for years, that took me to heroin, okay? i love how people are so happy about this, about now everyone can get loaded for, you know, legally. i just think that what we re looking at is a real issue, and there is a disconnect about america. i think that it s not about reefer madness, like it was
you. a stellar panel of experts. let me start with you, howard samuels, is this a force for good or continued concern as america moves toward legalizing marijuana? it s disastrous. we re looking at mass production of marijuana. and that s sort of the issue, we re going to be producing it at a mass level, addiction rates are going to rise. one out of six people are addicted. i was addicted to marijuana, now, i was addicted for years, that took me to heroin, okay? i love how people are so happy about this, about now everyone can get loaded for, you know, legally. i just think that what we re looking at is a real issue, and there is a disconnect about america. i think that it s not about
a stellar panel of experts. let me start with you, howard samuels, is this a force for good or continued concern as america moves toward legalizing marijuana? it s disastrous. we re looking at mass production of marijuana. and that s sort of the issue, we re going to be producing it at a mass level, addiction rates are going to rise. one out of six people are addicted. i was addicted to marijuana, now, i was addicted for years, that took me to heroin, okay? i love how people are so happy about this, about now everyone can get loaded for, you know, legally. i just think that what we re looking at is a real issue, and there is a disconnect about america.
situation can be rectified and goodness knows when that will be. two americans this, is the second time in a year that two americans, american couple missionaries murdered. what happened? well, john and wanda, a baptist ministers and missionaries in a small town near monterey called santiago. their son murdered, strangled. it looks as if somebody locally who knew them did this. they ripped a safe out of a wall. they look televisions, they took the pickup truck. they knew the movements of these people. but i was talking to the health minister the other day, and what he said is the mexican government has done surveys in border states in 2002, and 2008, and also this year, early this year. they said that addiction rates are going up. what s happening with the drug war, addiction rates going up is that criminality is also