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OVERPOWER THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS MORNING, ANNIE KA CABRERA.
>> Reporter: THE SCENT IS
PERMEATING SOME COLORADO
NEIGHBOR HOODS.
>> I CAN'T TAKE MY TWO-MONTH-OLD
DAUGHTER INTO THE APARTMENT
BECAUSE IT SMELLS LIKE
MARIJUANA.
>> Reporter: AND ODOR COMING
THROUGH THE BUILDING VENT SO
STRONG THIS FAMILY HAD TO MOVE.
>> IT IS VERY STRONG, YES.
>> Reporter: SAME PROBLEM,
DIFFERENT COUNTY.
I DON'T THINK THAT ANYONE
REALIZED THAT THIS WAS GOING TO
BE AN ISSUE.
>> SUSAN LIVES IN PENROSE,
COLORADO AND PUTS UP WITH A
PUNGENT POT AROMA TOO FROM A
GROW OPERATION DOWN THE ROAD.
>> WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE
CAN TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS, AS FAR
AS ODOR CONTROL, LIGHT
POLLUTION, WATER USAGE.
SOME THINGS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE.
>> Reporter: IT IS SITUATION
LIKE THIS WHERE BEN SILLER IS
CALLED TO HELP.
THIS IS CALLED THE NASAL RANGER.
THAT IS IT'S REAL NAME.
A DEVICE HE USES TO QUANTIFY HOW
STRONG AN ODOR, ANY ODOR, REALLY
IS.
>> YOU ARE DRAWING AIR THROUGH
THESE PORTS THAT FILTERS OUT ANY
OF THE ODOR.
>> Reporter: WE ROAD RODE ALONG
WITH HIM TO SNIFF OUT A
COMPLAINT.
>> GOT SOMETHING.
>> Reporter: HE HAS RESPONDED TO
DOZENS OF COMPLAINTS SINCE 2012.
THE PROBLEM STARTED WITH
LEGALIZATION OF MEDICAL
MARIJUANA.
IF THE ODOR REGISTERS AT A
CERTAIN POINT ON THE NASAL
RANGER, IT CAN BE GROUNDS FOR
CITATION.
>> I AM NOT SMELLING ANYTHING.
>> Reporter: CAN I TRY IT?
>> SURE.
>> Reporter: SO FAR, HE HASN'T
HAD TO GIVE ANY CITATIONS FOR
MARIJUANA.
IT TYPICALLY DOESN'T EXCEED THE
ODOR THRESHOLD ON THE NASAL
RANGER.
>> IT IS A DISCERNIBLE ODOR.
>> Reporter: HE CAN HELP
CANNIBIS CULLTY VA TORS.
SOME ARE URGING FOR TIGHTER
CONTROLS.
>> WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT
REGULATED HERE.
IT NEEDS TO BE REGULATED
ELSEWHERE AS WELL.
>> IT LOOKS FUNNY.
IT IS HARD TO SAY ALL OF THAT
WITH A STRAIGHT FACE.
THIS IS BECOMING A SERIOUS
ISSUE.
REGULATION DO NEED SOME WORK
WHEN IT COMES TO THE POT ODOR.
WE ARE HEARING FROM A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO SAY BECAUSE DIFFERENT