exactly how you grow marijuana on essentially an indoor farm. so where does it start? it starts here in the lab. reporter: with cuttings known as clones. get a little gel on there. reporter: that go into these tanks for about two weeks, then this room for about five weeks under simulated sunlight in a co2-rich environment. each plant has its own bar code? that s right. every single plant when can comes out of the cloner is coded individually. we re able to trace that plant from this stage all the way to the end product. reporter: then the light is cut back to simulate the shorter days of autumn, triggering the plants to flower, and finally it s off to be trimmed and dried. the entire process is regulated by the state. after a criminal background check, employees are issued a worker i.d. card. every time a plant is moved, the employee logs it using this software, a fingerprint scanner tracks the employees at every turn. there s no scarface here, no ak-47s. none of that s
clones. get a little gel on there. that go into these tanks for about two weeks and then to this room for about five weeks under simulated sunlight in a co2-rich environment. each of these plants gets its own bar code? that s right. every single plant once it comes out of the cloner, once it gets into here it s coded individually. we re able to trace that plant from this stage all the way to the end product. then the light is cut back to simulate the shorter days of autumn triggering plants to flower and finally it s off to be trimmed and dry. the entire process is regulated by the state. after a criminal background check, employees are issued a colorado marijuana worker id card. every time a plant is moved, the employee logs it using this software, a finger fingerprint scanner tracks the employees at every turn. there s no scar face here. there s no ak-47s, there s none of that stuff. we have inspectors from the state in here all the time. even though he pays sales and inc
amount of stress for you? yes. it does. i am talking to you right now. there is a voice in the back of my head that there is an innate nervousness to being in the business. reporter: a bill in congress would bar the federal government from going after people in states that have legalized marijuana, but it is unclear if the bill has a chance of becoming law. are you afraid that all that you ve built here will be taken away from you? yeah. i can t even keep my face straight right now saying that. that s such a real fear. reporter: nate runs the warehouse. i want to learn more about exactly how you grow marijuana on essentially an indoor farm. so where did it start? so it starts here in the lab. reporter: can cuttings known as clones. get a little gel on there. reporter: that go into these tanks for about two weeks and into this room for about five weeks under simulated sunlight and co2 rich environment.