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Marijuana's Mainstream Move Triggers Different Kinds Of Family Talks

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If pot laws were colors, a map of the U.S. map would resemble a tie-dye T-shirt.In some states, marijuana is illegal. In others, it's legal for medical purposes. And still in others, it is even legal for recreational use.Recreational pot has been legal in Oregon now for a year, but it was a long time coming. Voters approved medicinal pot 20 years ago. Arizona is voting on it this fall – along with California, Nevada, Maine and Massachusetts. It was only six years ago that Arizona approved marijuana for medicinal use.The Arizona measure is making some voters nervous. A group that includes two county attorneys even sued, unsuccessfully, to get it off the ballot.Then there's 59-year-old Debbie Moak, who lives outside of Phoenix. She put her son in drug rehab when he was 20."A lot of these kids who are going to be impacted the most by this, they won't be voting in this election," she says. "This is where we need to be the adult in the room and protect the kids."Moak says pot led her kid to

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