Groves even up until the last couple years have existed outside of traditional building codes and requirements, and that level of exposure to the regulatory bodies for the Marijuana Industry is whats defining the go forward path. Were really regulatory Management Companies here in colorado. We do produce a product, and we sell it, but we have to manage and provide data to these regulatory bodies to give comfort to the federal government that were accomplishing is it the eight bullet points on their memo. The politics are extremely local because your local hue mispalties and your municipalities and your state regulatory agencies, those are the people answering to the goth saying government saying, hey, were doing our best to prevent child consumption. Youll see also thats where the biggest foot dragging is coming from. Bureaucracies are not going to want to readily assume the burden for, you know, playing interference with the federal government for you. And its a big request to say, he
With each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip imited to five minutes each, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 1 50 p. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from North Carolina, mr. Jones, for five minutes. Mr. Jones mr. Chairman, thank you very much. Shortly before the july fourth break, we had three marines from camp lejeune, which is in my district, were killed during combat operations in afghanistan. Sergeant davis stewart, Lance Corporal brandon garbrandt, and Lance Corporal adam wolf. May i at this time extend my deepest condolences. Much attention has been given to the chaos building in iraq. However, we must not forget there is chaos in afghanistan. In june of this year, i visited Walter Reed Medical Center in bethesda, maryland. I met through soldiers from fort bragg who lost one leg each in afghanistan. I met two marines from my district, camp lejeune, one marine, 23 years old, had lost two legs
That is something our moderator was asked earlier today. Observers think the egyptians are in the best position to play that role, but my knowledge they are not playing that role. The conversation today comes at a crucial moment. Who are the palestinians, and what government governs all the palestinians, if any . Does the integration of the amas into side of h the Palestinian Authority reflect the integration of hamas or not . Is the rest of hamas operating separately, and he is that part of hamas contributing to the problem or solution . The Wilson Center has invested attention to the development in the neighborhood. This year we hosted an israeli minister of intelligence, palestinian the chief negotiator. Close to half of our ground truth briefings, something you know about which are telephonic conversations about hot spots, close to half of our nearly 30 iefings have been devoted to the region. Our guests will be introduced by aaron, who is the brandnew father of a son. The senior f
The nfl agreed to eliminate 675 million cap on concussion related claims available to thousands of players as part of a major lawsuit. So without objection i will enter the nfls statement in the record. Part of what were going to discuss today is traumatic brain injuries, a bump, a blow, a jolt to the head or penetrating head injury that disrupts the normal function of the brain. More mild t. B. I. S, more commonly referred to as concussions have been the center of increasing discussion within the Sports Community in recent years as a growing number of current and former athletes say that they are suffering from memory loss and other impairments caused by repeated blows to the head. Of course, we are seeing the t. B. I. S that are coming home from overseas with our men and women in uniform and the performance of their duties as well. The centers for Disease Control and prevention have looked at 1. 6 to 3. 8 million recreational sports related t. B. I. S. They say they occur in the u. S
The inability to stop an impulse, that may lead to that very tragic recipe that eventually turns the suicide. To suicide. More subject to this type of injury than men . The data would say yes. In sports like soccer and basketball where the rules are very similar, women suffer more concussions. The prevailing theory is that it is likely biomechanical. Takes less ofit an impact for their heads to move rapidly in the brain to move quickly. And playingitle ix organized sports for not so long, we do not know the longterm consequences. We only have a handful of female brains. We are not sure what we are seeing there but it is this concerning a disconcerting. Coach or are the team dr. , what is your best way to make an assessment as to whether or not your player should be able to continue . I would say first, you do a memory and attention test on the sidelines. Nowadays, we know a lot of arees after a concussion related to balance impairment because of inner ear damage during the concussion.