[ screaming ] and no one knows this better than iowa s republican secretary of state matt schultz, who ran for office in 2011 on the signature issue of stamping out voter fraud. in the notoriously corrupt state of, again, iowa. still, he made good on his promise, paying iowa s division of criminal investigation $150,000 to do nothing but root out cases of voter fraud. and after 18 months, guess how many cases of voter fraud turned up? 1,000 cases, you say? okay, 100. how about 50? 25? nope! in a state where more than 1.5 million ballots were cast in the last presidential election, their efforts yielded fraud in, wait for it, 16 cases. 16 cases. five of those cases have resulted in guilty pleas. five others have already been dismissed, and none of the cases have gone to trial. these include such terrifying assaults on democracy like a woman who cast an absentee
and no one knows this better than iowa s republican secretary of state matt schultz, who ran for office in 2011 on the signature issue of stamping out voter fraud. in the notoriously corrupt state of, again, iowa. still, he made good on his promise, paying iowa s division of criminal investigation $150,000 to do nothing but root out cases of voter fraud. and after 18 months, guess how many cases of voter fraud turned up? 1,000 cases, you say? okay, 100. how about 50? 25? nope! in a state where more than 1.5 million ballots were cast in the last presidential election, their efforts yielded fraud in, wait for it, 16 cases. 16 cases. five of those cases have resulted in guilty pleas. five others have already been dismissed, and none of the cases have gone to trial. these include such terrifying assaults on democracy like a woman who cast an absentee ballot for her daughter, which
frustrating, like mixing paint, and then just sort of get into this state of, you know and why that happens is exactly what columbia university neuroscientist carl hart is investigating. exhale. research subjects in his lab smoke marijuana and then take a variety of cognitive tests. the affects will be disruption in memory, disruptions in inhibitory control. they will become slower at cognitive functioning, a wide range of things. these effects are temporary, but they are pretty pronounced and they are clear. and it s slowly becoming clear to scientists what part of the brain is most affected. it s the prefrontal cortex. it s very important for planning, thinking, coordinating your behaviors. there are tons of marijuana
it can lead to panic attacks or anxiety attacks in people. how do you know when you ve done too much? simple tasks become very frustrating, like mixing paint, and then just sort of get into this state of, you know and why that happens is exactly what columbia university neuroscientist carl hart is investigating. exhale. research subjects in his lab smoke marijuana and then take a variety of cognitive tests. the affects will be disruption in memory, disruptions in inhibitory control. they will become slower at cognitive functioning, a wide range of things. these affects are temporary, but they re pretty pronounced, and they are clear. and it s slowly becoming clear to scientists what part of the brain is most affected. it s the prefrontal cortex. it s very important for planning, thinking, coordinating
stop worrying so much about this and that and just sort of looking and being as present as possible. amir does caution that it s a delicate balance for him. it would make me apprehensive, maybe a little paranoid. just too analytical. can you get paranoid and have disorganized thinking. you get disoriented. it can be uncomfortable. it can lead to panic attacks or anxiety attacks in people. how do you know when you ve done too much? simple tasks become very frustrating, like mixing paint, and then just sort of get into this state of, you know and why that happens is exactly what columbia university neuroscientist carl hart is investigating. exhale. research subjects in his lab smoke marijuana and then take a variety of cognitive tests. the affects will be