As Washington's legal pot business booms, some people in the state are facing federal drug charges for growing marijuana.
The price of pot: Life sentence for buying marijuana?
Five people in Kettle Falls, Washington may be facing 10 years in prison for conspiring to grow and sell marijuana. The five claim they were using it for medical reasons.
Should marijuana use be legal?
But if pot is legal, why won't the federal prosecutors drop the charges? Does the punishment fit the crime?
CNN's David Mattingly has the story.
A Missouri man is serving a life sentence for pot. Marijuana may be legal in some parts of the country, but in others, pot could land you in jail for the rest of your life.
Life sentence for buying marijuana?
So how does the punishment fit the crime?