Colorado marijuana's potency five times US average

More than two years after Colorado began selling marijuana for recreational use, cannabis consumers have access to pot that is more potent than ever.

There are dozens, if not hundreds, of different strains among thousands of plants grown legally under bright lights and fans in giant warehouses across the state.

"I think we're the best industrial growers of cannabis in the world," Medicine Man Marijuana CEO Andy Williams said of his company.

Williams owns a high-tech cannabis grow facility. He gave CNN a glimpse inside one section of it: a 12,000-square foot operation with machines that regulate temperature and humidity, and filter the air to create the best environment for fine-tuning cannabis concoctions.

"While we don't do genetic engineering here, we're constantly looking for better genetics. That means good, big and fast. So, it's been a constant evolution of our genetics over time," Williams said.

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