"We are talking about something much, much, much, much milder than a high, " said Piomelli, a researcher at the Neurosciences Institute of San Diego.

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We are talking about something that could be hundreds of years away, if not thousands, when most politicians and voters can't think more than four years ahead.

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"We are not talking about something that is going to suddenly pop up and kill someone in six months or a year, " explained panel member Michael Tuttle of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

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We are talking about losing something in the range of 700 billion to 1.2 trillion of direct contribution to the GDP, not ot mention the multiplier effect as it rolls through the economy.

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So what are we talking about now in terms of getting something actually done?

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"We have been, on a number of occasions, preparing for mass production and in a room and realized we are talking a little too loud about the virtues of something, " he said.

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"We are talking about taking landscapes that are not doing anything for anybody and producing something of value, " said Saint-Laurent.

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