joining us at the white house. we have dr. sanjay gupta joining us to break it down for us. what more do you know about the president s condition? president biden tested positive for coronavirus this morning. we re told that the president went to bed last night, largely feeling fine, but he woke up this morning having not slept very well, tested, according to the white house s routine screening procedures, that s according to the white house doctor, dr. kevin o connor, who says that the president is now experiencing mild symptoms, which include a runny nose, fatigue, and an occasional dry cough. the president s physician recommended that he begin a course of paxlovid, that antiviral that is considered the gold standard of care for coronavirus, particularly early on in the onset of the disease. and, we re told by the white house that the president has, indeed, begun that course of paxlovid. now, i also spoke separately with dr. ashish jha, the white house s coronavirus coord
who smoke ganja, we had, or refer, as our parents used call. at the medicinal plant has gone from an illicit drug purchase from some dude in high school to a multi billion dollar industry. it is so massive that legal marijuana sales in the u.s. are expected to hit 33 billion dollars this year alone. the number could rise to 84 billion by 2028. 18 states and the district of columbia have legalized the sale of marijuana, and in 21 states, many of them conservative, it is legal for many medical purposes. a new cbs poll shows that methods of americans support legalization. the house passed a bill to decriminalize marijuana but it is expected to fail in the senate because, shockingly, the vast majority of our white, geriatric conservative senators refused to do we want them to do. it is what they do. meanwhile, communities of color are left to pay for that
fox news alert and discussions reportedly underway for president zelenskyy putin to meet likely face to face. ukrainian negotiator outlet ukraine, there is high degree of probability the president will meet and turkey. he tells the outlet turkeys president reached out to both sides and seemed to confirm turkey is ready to organize a meeting in the near future, date and location for the meeting have not yet been set but likely to take place in one of the turkish cities. the house of representatives passed a bill to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level but most republican they is a distraction from issues americans are really concerned about like historically high
legislation. you heard the brilliant comedian, philosopher dave chappelle reference how america has reckoned with this war on drugs. do you think given where we are that a bill to decriminalize everything will get support from large swathes of different communities and sectors of america? thanks for having me. it s good to see casandra on here. yeah, tiffany, i think the research is showing us, the studies which have been done do signal that people in this country are looking for a new approach and that we do recognize that the war on drugs as initiated by the nixon administration was for other nefarious reasons and it has not worked. it has not made us safer. it has not changed the use of drugs. what it did do was devastate our families and devastate our communities. so if you re asking me do i believe that the people in the united states of america recognize that we need to change
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