Life. It seemed as though he cannot possibly. And a certain inevitability that takes over when i lay his story out. Here is like it could be no other way. To understand is to forgive. Watching the wire and lately. I mean, i have been watching it is supposedly an accurate portrayal breed i dont know if you have seen it. But an accurate portrayal baby brought in and distributed pitbull and dave simon was a former reporter please do you find these two stories dont really jive with that whole wire police catching people on wiretaps and all these sorts of drug buys and Police Informants in that sort of thing. And just curious your thoughts on that. Well, two points. I mean, they are dealing crack and heroin. So categorically different kind of animal involved in that business. I dont know much about how it works really. It is a different individual that gets involved. Also on the Street Corner level i have no idea what happens there. George was. It george never tell what this had nothing to
Researching sustainable cannabis counties and i saw the stalk from the plant isnt being used and it has an Energy Resource and that planted me the seeds for hemp bound. The reason i believe industrial cannabis is going to be bigger than the other kind is because coors is big but exon pexonn is bigger. So a quick reality check. The post harvest process of retting how many people have heard of retting . It is a bit medieval. If you see sketches from the 10th century france hemp fields it looks like this. Minus the factory there. I have the slide here because i was told if you tell people something three times they retain it. So in addition to the seed oil and the fiber want you to get the energy. So i am sneaking it into slides that has nothing else to do with it. So retting it isnt a no brainer to cultivate hemp for oil. You have to harvest at the right time and store it in a way that it retains the correct moisture level before getting to the processors and i think newbies could figure
Said you know africa more than i do can we invest together. So some of you maybe having information and moving to the this or other african countries, we know our continent and we are there with you and meet ch challen challenges and opportunities together. Thank you for joining me in the panel. [applause] our special booktv programming continues over the next several hours with a focus on marijuana. Beginning with doug fine on his book hemp bound dispatches from the front lines of the next agricultural revolution. In a little more than an hour you will hear from angela hawkin on marijuana legalization. And then the last pirate. We want to hear from you. Tweet us your feedback at twitter. Com booktv. Doug fine is up next talking about the hemp and argues with the relaxation of marijuana, hemp will become a billion dollar industry soon. This is about an hour. Hello and thank you so much for coming. I first met doug last year on colorado day, which is august 1st, when we found each other
My father was surprised to what the d. A. Thinks is the most prolific smuggler of the reagan era. He did one more job with an old ring he used to be involved in, boston guys and they disappeared. He did one more job and disappeared. That ring in boston, as a way to launder money they had loan shark and i notice that the loans were going to friends and family. They got busted and they got indicted for marijuana sales and willie was on the indictment. The d. A. Was like who is the supplier . We want to find him. Willie was in portugal living it up in a big Coastal Community and being a shed head. He had a furry and he was driving fast around the place. They couldnt find them for a long time and in the Court Records there are all these references to the, what did they say . They said will, last name unknown. They dont know where he is but eventually the local authorities are like who is this gringo with a four regarding . So they identify him successfully. He gets busted at the dentist. T
Interested. And once he one of their work of eliot know, theyre never want to talk about it. Just wondering. How do you [inaudible question] remain employed and 21st century journalism. Road trips to mexico any more. Seventeen countries were ever you were doing. Get a leave of absence from newsweek. I was a professor during this. I quit this week to become rich and famous magazine writer. Working fulltime. Sent a day job. Ahead of the book ideas she has endured this book. Shes out there. Before you leave a gun ask myself, whats next . This has a woman as the protagonist i can describe it all. St. Martins press. Next summer. 2015. The working title is the princess and the da. Just quickly to when it is about a woman who was kidnapped. She is an American Woman from a Colombian National kidnapped. But colombian guerrillas. And since the king that she was a rich woman who had a multi, multi, multi Million Dollar wanderings cream in boca raton florida. They kidnapped her, brought her up int