nine years ago crary accidently shot himself in the head while playing with a gun. after painful surgeries and physical therapy, he spent years on more than a dozen medications and received regular shots of botox for severe muscle spasms but recently he started taking medical cannabis instead. he says it's the most effective in relieving his pain and spasms. >> i just quit taking all my pain pills they prescribed me and stuff. >> reporter: crary has made several trips across the border to marijuana dispensaries. he says the strains of marijuana he can legally purchase in colorado are better for his pain than what he can get illegally in his area. what's it like for you to knowingly break the law when you're driving back from colorado with some weed in your car heading home? >> i mean, it makes you feel like a criminal. i hate it. i never know whether the next cop's gonna be so i'm always looking around. >> reporter: we spoke to a sheriff of deuel county which is one of those counties you have to drive through to get back this way. are you concerned at all about bein