created a community transition unit to help former inmates with the basic necessities. well, part of the process is to begin changing a system that was primarily focused on incarcerating people. and although we ve for decades had thousands of inmates involved in educational vocational programs, what we were not doing was linking them with community resources. lieutenant mike parker supervises the community transition unit, which assists inmates in getting jobs and finding a place to live after jail. in the first few minutes when somebody gets out of jail i hear from inmates, social workers, homeless shelter people, you name it. the first few minutes when they leave the jail is the most pivotal. we are here to try to assist you in some housing, whatever you need, transportation, california i.d., job developer. are there any special needs right now? yes. like what? i need housing, and i need employment.
what would happen if somebody ate this whole piece of cake? it s got five doses of cannabis in it if they eat it all at once? they would be overmedicating. there have been zero deaths caused by cannabis. you cannot overdose. you may sleep pretty well that night. leahy says that the pharmacy doesn t make a profit and it abides by strict state laws buying from designated growers and selling only to those with a doctor s recommendation. there s a lot of documentation. oh, yeah. everything has to be completely documented. if there is no documentation or anything is out of line or don t have a california i.d. that s current. if they have it, if it s not current, we don t let them in. what s the difference between the stuff you buy on the street and the marijuana or cannabis you buy in here? everything we have here is organic.
it s got five doses of cannabis in it if they eat it all at once? they would be overmedicating. there have been zero deaths caused by cannabis. you cannot overdose. you may sleep pretty well that night. leahy says that the pharmacy doesn t make a profit and it abides by strict state laws buying from designated growers and selling only to those with a doctor s recommendation. there s a lot of documentation. oh, yeah. everything has to be completely documented. if there is no documentation or anything is out of line or don t have a california i.d. that s current. if they have it, if it s not current, we don t let them in. what s the difference between the stuff you buy on the street and the marijuana or cannabis you buy in here? everything we have here is organic. all of our caregivers that supply the cannabis for us have not added any pesticides or
one. fire crews battle flames in los angeles this morning after an explosion at afood processing plant. black smoke from the blaze was visible to morning commuters on one of the city s main freeways. fire officials say that one of the combustible elements in the fire was soybean. roughly 150 firefighters responded to that blaze. right now we re getting new information into one of three security incidents on board u.s. passenger planes over the weekend. an unruly passenger was wrestled to the floor after pounding on the cockpit door of an american airlines flight bound for san francisco. the suspect was carrying a yemeni passport. we re hearing reports he was also carrying a california i.d. a continental flight and a delta air lines flight were diverted after security breaches on those flights. nbc justice correspondent pete williams has more, and, pete, there s no indication these are connected because there are various details with them. but still all in one day. reporter: right
okay? there have been zero deaths caused by cannibas. you cannot over dose. you may sleep well that night. you know. he says the pharmacy doesn t make a profit and that it abides by strict state laws, buying from designated growers and selling only to those with a doctor s recommendation. there is a lot of documentation. oh, yeah. everything has to be completely documented. if there is no documentation or anything is out of line or if they don t have a california i.d. that s current, i don t even care if they have it. if it s not current we don t let them in. what s the difference between the stuff you buy on the street and the marijuana or cannabis you buy in here? everything we have here is organic. all of our caregivers that supply the cannabis have not added anything, any pesticides, anything to change the value of the medicine. what you buy on the street is hit or miss.