2016. And they argued that Marijuana Legalization would not only keep people out of jail for using small amounts of weed but it would also reduce crime by squeezing out the illegal drug market. Well, that didnt work out. Far from reducing illegal weed, those efforts, instead, allowed the black market to flourish after legalization with the help of organized Crime Operations that run massive, unlicensed farms and store front dispensaries in plain view bringing crime and terrorizing nearby residents. And those raided by police are often up and running again within weeks. Or even days. Now you know what killed the l. A. Times to publish these stories but the broken promises of legalization with the violence and illegal grows they are impossible to ignore. And what is happening in all the other states that legalized it . Well, in maine, where adult use of cannabis is legal and sales are regulated, the chinese have stepped in to undercut prices by starting their own illegal operations. Its
Gone. I have a couple of nephews that are big boys so i had to borrow some stuffing from my wife. That is my worst fear. Thank you to my wife for cooking. My wife also made a nice dinner. We are still eating that food. How many days will they be in your fridge . We had some turkey left over and we had some the next day. I said why not so i got into black friday. People dont go to the stores as much but i went to home depot. I ended up going there later in the morning. The lines were not bad. I think i promise never to go to home depot. I dont take him clothing shopping and he doesnt take me to home depot. Everyone is laughing. Moving on to cyber monday the Biggest Online shopping day in us history. 78 million americans plan to shop online today. They are expected to spend 6. 6 billion. Online sales have increased 14 this year to about 107 billion with those numbers online being the biggest. Christien kafton is in the middle of things with the action happening at the Amazon Fulfillment
Different story, cloudy and gloomy in some areas. Also a bit of sunshine. This is 3 oclock. On the south coast, brightness. Eight degrees in bournemouth after the chilly start. Tonight, the weather is going to be slightly different. It will be a very mild night. We are not expecting any frost. Temperatures in england an wales will be plus five. In glasgow and belfast, double figures. Here a weather front is moving through bringing cloud and drizzle. This is thejet moving through bringing cloud and drizzle. This is the jet stream and look what its doing at the moment. Its pushing in this tunnel of mild air. Right up to lapland into finland there. This weather pattern is not expected to change an awful lot in the run up to christmas. Tomorrow, along with the mild tunnel ofair, tomorrow, along with the mild tunnel of air, there is also a weather front. A bit of drizzle around in lancashire northern parts of wales. Scotla nd lancashire northern parts of wales. Scotland will have a brighter
Its tuesday 19th december. Im ben brown. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The royal navys new £3 billion Aircraft Carrier, hms Queen Elizabeth, is leaking. The navys future flagship, which was commissioned by the queen earlier this month, has a problem with one of its propeller shafts. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports. Earlier this month, amid much fanfare, the royal navys largest, most expensive warship was being commissioned into service by the queen. I name this ship Queen Elizabeth. Hailed as the most powerful capable warship ever to raise the white ensign. But what the navy did not say at the time was that she was leaking. According to the sun newspaper, a fault with a seal around one of the ships propeller shafts has left her taking on up to 200 litres of water every hour. The problem was first identified during her sea trials earlier this year. A royal Navy Spokesman insisted the fault was now scheduled for repair and that it would not prevent the 65,000 tonne wars
There is a stigma over pole dancing. This may have produced an outpouring of reaction in some parts, but the care home says it is now up for inviting the pole dancers back. Time for the weather forecast. Sunshine we will keep through the weekend, on the strength of the wind, bitterly cold, as we go into next week, things turn colder. Increasing chance that of us could see snow, but back to the here and now, whether into the next week is dominated by this area of High Pressure over scandinavia, feeding in the cold air all the way from the arctic, honest lengthening east south easterly wind, pushing in more clout across parts of north easington, southern clout across South West England and Northern Ireland, elsewhere, good deal of sunshine. The thermometer may read four to seven celsius, it will feel colder than that. The wind will continue to push in more clout across parts of north east england and anglia overnight, not quite as cold as it was, lire skies elsewhere and these blue colou