From any of your states or dea. When our state senator just [inaudible] brings to me some articles is and studies that i, he thought that i should consider. I pay little attention to him until a couple of years later that i went to a conference he was giving to many people. And he explained x then i went back to those articles. I thank the nga staff and my taffe to be included one of those articles, and we all, all of us have it right now is an article by glenn greenwald, a yale professor on drug decriminalization in portugal. And this is a very touchy subject, i know. But just to give you numbers, in 2001 people that died by heroin is and opiate in portugal where it was, 281. In 2006 it was 133. They decriminalized all drugs. Just, i know its a very touchy subject, but i think its a good article to take a look at. On page 18 theres a table that shows how decline number of dead people by consumption of illegal drugs. Its something that i am, i havent been able to put forward in pert ri
We will go ahead and get started. I am scott madison, the executive director of the National Governors association. Feel free to take your seats. Welcome. This is the 108th summer meeting of the National Governors associati association and taking place with the backdrop of a lot of serious issues across the nation and world and of course two major Party Conventions taking place in the next couple weeks. I am happy to introduce the chairman of the National Governors association from utah, governor branstad and we have the vice chairman, governor mcauliffe from virginia and the host, the longest serving governor in the mystery of the United States terry branstad. We are happy to have him. [applause] and now, it is funny, people say the meeting is going great so far and i say it is good laws of governor branstad. I am turn it over to david yepsen and many of you probably know david. Heavy has been with the Des Moines Register and on Public Television in different capacities and now he is
Actually taken that question out in terms of the financing for the surveys, so that no one can even if, whether it was a monetary incentive or not, if people were thinking and believing that, we wanted to take the action. Now, going to part two, that medication assisted treatment, which i know you all are working deeply on, we are as well, you may have heard that last week we announced that we have put out a final regulation that will increase the numbers that doctors who are prescribing, as long as they meet certain conditions, because we want to make sure we do this in a safe way, that theyre able to do. In terms of that expanding medication assisted treatment. As well as were also today releasing two reports on ways to help pregnant women and new mothers. Because thats a part of this, with the medication assisted treatment. I see head nods. This is something you all have told us is one of the problems. Weve got two reports coming out to help with that treatment in terms of pregnant
Did you say anything before you fired . No. He fired three shots and hit the intruder twice and the man limped outside and took off. He turned up at this club down the road asking for help. Tonys friends applaud his actions. The man who was shot is hospitalized no charges yet but if he recovers there could be. Authorities are still looking into everything. Police tell me the results of their investigation will be turned over to the District Attorneys office. Officials there will decide whether the homeowner is in trouble. Tony says he has been broken into before and says he used his gun this time because he was afraid. If i had not had one he would probably kill me. If there is another breakin he will do the same thing hoping crooks get the message. In hickory, Steve Ohnesorge wbtv on your side. Police say they are expected to turn their findings over to the District Attorney in the next few days. Scientists believe they have found a breakthrough in the fight to find a cure for cancer.
President ial candidates will continue their whirlwind tour of the state today. Ahead of this weekends republican primary. But with only three days to go. Still no word from governor nikki haley on who she supports in the race. At a tuesday News Conference, the governor said she knows her decision could come soon. But shes still unsure who she believes best understands the challenges our state is facing. She did however make it clear that she would not be endorsing the current frontrunner donald trump. People in South Carolina are doing, which is, i watch the debate. Im trying to go through all the situations, im looking at all the candidates who are there, and trying to figure out who that person would be. So no, im not at a point yet. The governor said at the end of the day the Republican Party needs a fighter. In 2012 haley endorsed former Massachusetts Governor mitt romney ahead of the South Carolina primary. Some top watchers of the campaign say a haley endorsement could go a long