Introduce tonight speaker eric byrnes. He is a former correspondent for nbc news and the today show. He served as host of the toprated fox news watch for 10 years. He is the recipient of an emmy award for media criticism. He is the author of many books including 1920 the year that make the decade roar, and the golden lad the haunting story of quentin and Theodore Roosevelt. 1920 was named as one of the best nonfiction books published in 2015. It is a great pleasure for me to present to you eric burns. [applause] mr. Burns thank you louise, and thank you to those who applauded. It says in the printed information you have that im going to speak about two books tonight. The golden lad and 1920. Even i would get tired of me if i was speaking about two books. It is just this im talking about. In my library at home i have about 12 biographies of Theodore Roosevelt. And this is just one of them. This is a three volume biography of roosevelt. Its by edmund morris. I want to show you the half o
Receptor. Marijuana works we tested it at the cancer society. It was a fun time to walk down the halls. [laughter] it worked in making people eat and having less nausea and vomiting. Now theres other ways of doing it then using marijuana. Two questions. Why does all the research all have to happen within the confines of the u. S. System . And how fast, wheres it going and the other part of my question which is, we all look at things in technology is such a massive part of this and we think literally timewise and we have been pushing for 40 years since the one cancer began. Now here we are, what what do you think the timeframe is . The next five years can be much faster than the last 40 combined. I think we are going at an accelerated rate. Its worse if you pick up a medical journal. Every issue there something new and exciting. I think the timeframe has accelerated. We are doing two things, and then i dont want want to take up too much time. Converting some cancers and chronic diseases