Was living a lie. Is the global war on drugs a lost cause of the United Nations stated goal of a drugfree world is it a dream. Five nobbelprized winning economists and former secretary of state George Schultz are a group of politicians and academics saying that, signing off on a report from the London School of economics calling for an end of the drug war and resources to be redirected to what they call effective policies. Im joined from london by john collins, International Drug policy coordinator at the London School of economics ideas center for the study of the international affairs. He is the editor of the schools expert groups report ending the drug wars. Good of you to join us. You write that International Efforts to control drugs have been going on for more than a century. Have they been a failure, have they slowed the flow and use of Illegal Drugs . Its a complicated question when we look over a century. Over the last few sent ris they have been a failure. They generated enorm
Turning here for a cheaper alternative. What started as a domestic dispute ends with that, a home exploding. How a Police Officer lost his life in the process. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im del walters. Im stephanie sy. Wildfires are burning in texas and new mexico. A fire in the texas panhandle consumed over 2500acres, destroying 89 homes. New mexicos first major wildfire of the season consumed more than 4700 acres so far. The Double Diamond fire is burning in texas while new mexicos silver fire is racing through a National Forest. We are tracking these fires. Where do we stand this morning . When these wildfires break out, were anxious to hear the containment numbers. That means how much of the fire is under control. Overnight, the news on that front got worse in texas. As for new mexico, the containment number is worse. The estimate in texas is dropped from 75 to 65 . One county official said it looks like a war zone. Sally wall can relate. My home and the home next to mine was
Im antonio mora. Welcome to consider this, here is more on what is ahead. I believe we have responsibility. For what we is down for the United States, they have paid the price. Other concern is about other interpreters, the ones in iraq and afghanistan. Vampire affair. Others see it as the fountain of youth. Studies show that the blood of young mice can make the cells of older mice younger again. Growing up in the philippines, i always knew i was going to america. Jose Antonia Vargas is a journal. I lived the american dream. I was living a lie. Is the global war on drugs a lost cause of the United Nations stated goal of a drugfree world is it a dream. Five nobbelprized winning economists and former secretary of state George Schultz are a group of politicians and academics saying that, signing off on a report from the London School of economics calling for an end of the drug war and resources to be redirected to what they call effective policies. Im joined from london by john collins, I
Calling for the removal of Eric Shinseki. Writing in an oped today in u. S. Today usa today that he is looking at this questionable scheduling practices. For our first 45 minutes, we will show you the findings in this report that listed problems of long waits at the systemic as a systemic problem. We will get your thoughts as well on what should be done about the situation. Here are the numbers to call. 202 5853880 for democrats. 202 5853881 for republicans. 202 5853882 for independents. We have set aside a line for veterans. 202 5853883. Tweet us. Make your thoughts on facebook. You can always email us, too. If you want to see that hearing latetook place i yesterday, you can go to our website to see more. Its a reaction to a report from the Inspector General. Times at v. A. Way facilities. Specifically the one in phoenix. Here are the pages you can find in the Washington Post. The phoenix va hospital placed 1700 veterans on an unofficial waitlist. Study of 226a veterans and 2013 showe
Eventually, it is going to be corrected. Set that, relax, this is the greatest nation on earth. After 100 years we finally have a congress and a senate and a president who have finally done something for the people. Host that is all the time we have for this mornings washington journal. We hope you will join us again tomorrow. We go live to the brookings institution, holding a panel on afghanistan 2014. The president ial elections and the planned withdrawal with general john allen and ronald nuemann, former ambassador to afghanistan. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] good morning, everyone. Welcome to brookings. Thank you for coming to discuss afghanistan. We have ael ohanlon, very distinguished group of american and afghan individuals and officials to talk with us former officials and continued scholars and experts on afghanistan to talk about the transitions underway. This upcoming saturday is afghanistans