we saw it with joe camel. frankly the alcohol industry, which frankly i had the same feelings towards as i do this budding -- no pun intended -- marijuana industry, is they're targeting kids, you know, flavored alcohol drinks, you know, joe camel u let me -- >>> today we're talking about legalizing marijuana in colorado. when we come back, i want to ask allen if we should legalize much more dangerous drugs, like cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine. stay with us. welcome back. how is everything? there's nothing like being your own boss! and my customers are really liking your flat rate shipping. fedex one rate. really makes my life easier. maybe a promotion is in order. good news. i got a new title. and a raise? management couldn't make that happen. [ male announcer ] introducing fedex one rate. simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex. i needed a new laptop for my pre-med classes, something that runs office and has a keyboard. but i wanted a tablet for me, for stuff like twitter and xbox, so m

>> i think it is a smooth move on their part, not to get too joe camel about the situation.nest is an exciting brand that has a lot of places to go and if they can harness that it will be great for google, great for android in particular, and whatever data they can collect. >> is there a risk to android keeping into the ash creeping into the nest -- creeping into the nest. when this deal happen, a lot of users and consumers said ugh, i don't know. >> you can put any number of layers over that and mobile phone operators in the sum degree mobile manufacturers do that. android isn't anything more than a means to an end. >> the deal is pending regulatory approval, but google is making a bid to buy nest labs for $3.2 billion. $3.2 billion. what is higher than $3.2 billion? $5 billion. squares valuation. we will talk about that on "bloomberg west." ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg west." i am emily chang. we are with a senior writer at ssweek" andbusine also our tech editor. square is holding a secondary offering of $5 billion, square's latest iua should. what do you think of that

so tobacco, joe camel. it took 60 years to reverse the insistence that cigarettes are good for you. how long will it take where all the marijuana growers are getting the investment banking. they will be in the business of addicting kids. >> the point of ending prohibition is to keep it away from kids. you don't think they have access to this drug? they have access via criminals. we are trying to create a situation where it can be available freely and in a regulatory regime. the point of the colorado initiative is safer. keep our kids safer. they can control it. you will never stop them from getting ahold of this or alcohol. but you can't have a seiner system whereby this is demystified and destigmatized. i don't know whether you have a problem with pleasure but i sure don't. >> but if more people have access to marijuana, more adults have legal access to it, doesn't that mean it will filter down to kids more readily? it's going to be somebody who, you know, buys -- >> i think one thing that will turn kids off pot is seeing their kids buy it. part of the appeal is it's subterranean q

joe camel? they went after kids.he same thing with the alcohol industry, larry, it is no secret that they look for new consum consumers. and if you see the million dollars they made today, just imagine what they're going to start doing once they have a corporate interest. and i appreciate your caveat in the beginning about a free market guy. this is not about a free market. this is about more and more people, addicting who are going to be consumers. and it is really who is going to pay the price for it down the road layer, and higher hospitalization rates. >> let me get you, i think you run a string of clinics, i got sober up at hazelton, god love them all. i'm not a professional, i'm not a professional. i'm a recovering alcoholic and drug abuser. i'm not a professional. but as i said at the top, most of the young kids coming into the aa rooms, the 12 step rooms started on grass and went to bigger things. most counselors, you may disagree with this, but most professional counselors, people trained and educated in thi

you know, joe camel. us 60 years to reverse the tobacco industry's insistence that cigarettes were good for you. how long is it going to take with a million dollars a day where these marijuana growers are now getting all this investment banking money, jeffrey. they're going to be in the business of addicting kids. >> you don't addict kids. the whole point on anything prohibition is to keep this drug away from kids. you think kids today don't have access? they have access to the drug via criminals. >> we're going to bring that up with the author of this fascinating "rolling stone" piece. the contributing editor goes after those who go after legal pot and he joins me right now. matt, welcome. >> thanks for having me on. >> these critics, you call them luminaries. you say they are hot to build a wall of decency around a new american menace, marijuana. why did you respond? >> i just think people like joe scarborough and tina brown, generally speaking privileged white people like me and the rest of those peopl

it is why we had joe camel for so long, these industries targeting young people. is the only way to make money. it is the same thing with marijuana. i do not mean we need to imprison people. i get that. let's work on something that is more than middle ground, not overburdened law-enforcement, but there is no reason to legalize marijuana and open the door to big tobacco, which is what we would do. your if you want to give thoughts on what is happening in colorado or other states, or concerns you might express, here is how you can do so. we have divided the lines differently. you can also send tweets and e- mails expressing those concerns. riffle, your response to what kevin said that said. thet: kevin mentioned possibility of a lot of people making a lot of money. there are a lot of people making a lot of money, but under prohibition, those people aren't met -- are mexican drug dealers and cartels and street terminals. we think the smart approach is to put the industry in the hand of taxpaying, licensed, regulated business. prohibition is enacted under the controll

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