street name, molly. arthel: is it easy to od on molly? it s a drug that is very easy to overdose on it causes high blood pressure, shortness of breath, rapid heart beat, things you re not always aware of in the context where there is almost always used which is rock concerts. it can sort of exacerbate the sensation or euphoria of music which is why it is very popular in these concerts. a lot of musicians included references to molly in their songs. miley cyrus has a song called, with molly. referred to it. it she later said it is referring to miley, if you believe that. kanye west referred to it. a rapper by the name of rick glamourized the use of molly in date rape and reebok pulled their endorsement of him because of that. good for reebok. arthel: you re talking about 15 to $50 a pop. it comes in white powder form or
micro aspect of this entire conflict and there s a macro aspect to it as well. and looking at the use of chemical weapons is a small detail in a larger landscape of what s going on in syria. and again, our fear from the beginning the weapons would get in the hands of these rebels, that the chemical weapons as well would get into the hands, that they could be transferred, passing along scenario of the chemical weapons, that you could have the asad regime weakened by the attacks as limited as they may be and al qaeda is sweeping in and taking over and the u.n. has to ask itself, are the consequences worth it? would we rather have an al qaeda regime to an asad regime? gregg: one of the other aspects was expressed by charlie hagel. he said where is the threat to america if lives are at stake, american lives are at stake or if it s retaliation for americans who have been killed,
officers who are at the front lines and directing the use of chemical weapons so this is the last thing we should be doing is giving incentives to release kenneth bay because although that s never a good idea to give the north koreans what they want but now because they re engaged in especially bad bhafr, we need to make sure we do not incentivize the regime for anything, supplying weapons or whatever to the syrians. arthel: so getting back to north korea, you re saying don t negotiate with them. don t give them what they want. meanwhile, mr. bay is in the hospital which is a different scenario than is usually the case for the prisoners held there. they re making sure that he s kept alive basically and in fairly decent health, although i think his health is failing at this point. why is he doing that? the last thing the regime wants is for kenneth bay to die on them. normally when they serve a term in the labor camp, the last thing the north koreans do is transfer them to the hospita