[420 Girl]

Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) wants to increase penalties for high-potency pot.

Legislation he introduced Friday would boost penalties for the distribution or sale of pot containing more than 15 percent THC, the potent ingredient in marijuana.

"The amount of THC that teenagers are being exposed to is very different than the marijuana you may have run across in the 1960s or 1970s," Kirk said.

But Bryan Brickner, a co-founder of the Illinois chapter of the National Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws said the law would target medical users. "He's saying we want you to use the lower grade stuff -- so you have to smoke more just to get the same amount of relief."

The Illinois Senate last month approved a bill to legalize medical use of marijuana.

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