Texans Flocking to Colorado to Buy Pot

>>> TEXANS BY THE THOUSANDS ARE HEADING NORTH TO COLORADO TO GET ILLEGAL ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH. GOVERNOR RICK PERRY IN TEXAS SAYS HE WOULD LIKE LIKE TO EASE THE PENALTIES FOR POT SMOKERS BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'LL BE COMPLETELY IN THE CLEAR. >> JACE LARSON TRAVELED NORTH, FINDING TEXANS STANDING IN LINE AND HANDING OVER CASH. TONIGHT HE'S REVEALING THE PROBLEMS THAT THOSE PEOPLE COULD FACE WHEN THEY COME BACK HOME. >> Reporter: BOY, GROWING THIS AMOUNT OF MARIJUANA USED TO BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD ONLY BE DONE IN SECRET, BUT NOW COLORADO HAS LEGALIZED MARIJUANA FOR RECREATIONAL USE. TEXANS ARE NOW FLOCKING TO THIS STATE ALL TO GET HIGH. IT'S A NEW DAY HIGH IN THE COLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAINS. MARIJUANA STORE OWNER ADAM RALEIGH IS READY FOR CUSTOMERS. >> ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN, HOW MAY I HELP YOU GUYS TODAY. >> Reporter: ADAM SELLS BUDS, MARIJUANA CANDIES AND THC LEMONADE. IN THE FIRST WEEK -- >> 70% OF MY CLIENTELE ARE FROM TEXAS. >> Reporter: SIGNS OF US ARE ANYWHERE. >> THEY COME STRAIGHT TO US AND GET THEIR CANNABIS. >> TEXANS IS HUGE UP HERE. THIS IS WHERE EVERYBODY COMES. I SEE THEM STOCKPILING PRINGS AND VIE ZONE AT THE MARKET, SO IT'S AN ONGOING JOKE. >> Reporter: TEXANS HERE AREN'T AFRAID TO BUY WHAT'S NOT LEGAL IN OUR STATE. >> I DEFINITELY LIKE THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO INDULGE IN SOMETHING THAT WAS ILLEGAL BEFORE. >> YOU HAVE THE LADY MOM, THE 21-YEAR-OLD, YOU HAVE THE TEXANS THAT LOOK JUST LIKE A HIGHWAY PATROL PATROL COP. THEY'RE IN HERE, HERE'S MY I.D., I WANT TO BUY. THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS I'D LOVE OFFER YOU. >> Reporter: BARB IS FROM DALLAS. >> I HAVE BACK PAIN AND SHOULDERS AND MY WHOLE BACK IS A SPASM. SO I TRIED A LITTLE BIT AFTER CANDY BAR AND I FELT GREAT IN NO TIME. >> Reporter: STATE LAW SAYS THAT COLORADO RESIDENTS CAN BUY UP TO AN OUNCE OF MARIJUANA AT A TIME. BUT OUT-OF-STATE RESIDENTS CAN ONLY BUY A QUARTER OF THAT AMOUNT, OR ABOUT WHAT WOULD FIT IN THIS YELLOW PLASTIC JAR. THERE'S NOTHING IN THE LAW, THOUGH, THAT SAYS SOMEONE CAN'T GO FROM ONE DISPENSARY TO ANOTHER BUYING MARIJUANA. AS LEGAL POT GROWS, SO DOES COLORADO'S REVENUE. POT IS TAXED AT 25%. A $90 QUARTER OUNCE, ABOUT ENOUGH TO GET HIGH EIGHT TIMES, MAKE THE STATE 22.50 IN SALES TAX. >> WELCOME TO MY GARDEN. >> HOW MUCH IS EACH OF THESE PLANT WORTH? >> ROUGHLY ABOUT $5,000 A PLANT. >> ARE YOU RICH? >> NO, NOT BY ANY MEANS. >> POT IS ILLEGAL IN THE STATE OF TUCSON. >> Reporter: HE WARNS AGAINST BRINGING POT HOME, EVENLY THOUGH PENALTIES AREN'T STIFF. >> IF IT WAS A FIRST-TIME PERSON WITH A SMALL AMOUNT, IT WOULD BE A DEFERRED PROBATION WITH DRUG EDUCATION. TO SEE HOW HOW MUCH DRUGS THEY'E USING. >> NO JAIL TIME? >> GENERALLY NOT. >> Reporter: TSA SAYS IT FOCUSES ON TERRORISM AND POT POSSESSION IS USUALLY HANDLED BY LOCAL POLICE. IN TEXAS MANY EMPLOYERS CAN FIRE YOU FOR A POSITIVE DRUG TEST REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU USED MARIJUANA. ADAM SAYS THAT'S NOT STOPPING PEOPLE AND IN FACT, HE SEES AN EXPANSION IN HIS FUTURE. >> I'M PROBABLY THINKING THAT THIS BUSINESS, THIS INDUSTRY, WILL PROBABLY RIVAL THE SKI INDUSTRY IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS. >> Reporter: IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT MARIJUANA IS STILL ILLEGAL UNDER FEDERAL LAW. MOST DEA AGENTS, THOUGH, MAKE IT THEIR MISSION TO GO AFTER LARGE-SCALE MARIJUANA