Southern lawmakers in particular in a tough spot on the record on if they supported the flag by graves. The story quoting republican representative jody hice of georges saying this morning he plans to support the amendment. The amendment that is coming to the floor simply codifies existing law that has been in place for five years that allows the states to recognize historical significance on dates of their choosing while at the same time recognizing sensitivities that many have with the flag. While some republicans spoke about the Confederate Flag issue it was mostly the house to make rest that spoke on the floor. In a news briefing about it. Here is that briefing. Nancy pelosi good afternoon. Today we had action on the floor. I presented a privilege resolution that would have captured the action put forth two weeks ago. It was referred to the committee on House Administration never to be heard from again. That is intolerable. I put forth mr. Thompsons similar resolution and that was
Decades or more and the policy has failed. We ought to try Something Else not just continue applying that same model to new substances. Thats just me. Mr. Wooldridge. In talking about alcohol in the period of alcohol prohibition, bootleg dhol was adulterated with methyl alcohol and other compounds and drinkers were blinded and people were paralyzed and there was a term called jake leg which was a kind of paralysis in which people were perm nentsly injured from their use of alcohol and that, of course, we know is the function of prohibition and not of the legal control. Are these drugs harmful . The evidence is of people who present themselves to the police and so on yes, these seem to be quite harmful. They are harmful as a consequence of the market distortions that Law Enforcement creates for the drugs that people want to get and there was an article in the New York Times magazine this sunday, i didnt want to use these drugs, but theyre easier to get and theyre being represented as be
California synthetics for drugs like heroin has alr been done. Eady we will be awash in a florida chief and deadly synthetic drug substitutes. It is important that the drugs we are talking about are quite harmful in contrast to drugs like marijuana and heroin. Heroin legally obtained, safely injected does not lead to crime, it does not cause tissue damage, it does not lead to insanity. Nursing is addicted to and have to manage constipation. Heroin users survive and can live Productive Lives with a safe form of harold is heroin. That story found these analog synthetic problems is not a new one, it is an old one that pcp spawned pce and other analogs that were equally dangerous. There was a synthetic heroin available called and it was one of the drugs that is subject to the mandatory minimum penalties that congress enacted in 1986. A drug demerol synthetic, there was an analog of that called mppp. The synthesis is tricky and it was being made improperly with a contaminant , and people ar
We have no chance. What do we do, ignore the problem . There are things we can do. Thethe goal should be to channel the trade every substance as well as other current illicit drugs and illegal channels come into the hands of reputable businesses which means requiring standards for labeling and dosage so that customers no what there getting. And then as citizens of a free society they get to make there own decisions. People see a percentage of the population has a great desire to get high one way or the other. People have been sniffing glue and paint thinner for decades. We are not about out those substances. It would not be effective if we tried. Again the focus ought to be on Harm Reduction policy one that tries to channel the trade through the hands of reputable businesses, guarantees accurate labeling and dosage and then allows people to remain free to make there own decisions for good or ill. Nobody saidnobody said the ability to make these decisions will always ensure wise decisio
Followed. An agency that over the past several years has been mired in a tory us gridlock. Theyve had difficulty really agreeing on anything of great subs. Substance. As a result, many of these areas that we are talking about are very fuzzy. Court nations, Nonprofit Organizations and whether they can spend as much money as they want to on politics coordinations, Nonprofit Organizations and whether they can spend as much money as they want to on. Many of these issues are being punted. Agencies cannot agree on it. They will be weighing in in 2016 which leaves everything up in the air on these specific questions. Host for the radio listeners we showed a headline to one of Dave Levinthals recent stories about gridlocked elections watchdogs. Questions about these Campaign Reports . Time to call in in general. Democratic line, st. Louis missouri, good morning. Caller good morning. Mr. Leventhal, this is a hypothetical question. If you were to add up all the money that was spent on campaigns,