Pratt. We are blessed to have our usual camera crew but also to have cspan with us this evening. We are also Live Streaming this on the udc facebook page. For those of you who want to find it later, you can go to our page, i think. We are going to upload it on youtube, as that correct . So, again, i am sharon pratt, the founding director of the institute of politics, policy, housed aty, which is the university of the district of columbia. We were launched in january of last year by mayor bowser and president mason. We have the same focus as other institutes of politics, except a very strong focus on the history of this city, and by so doing the history of this country. Because unlike most other cities we are entirely a creature of the politics of creating a new nation. For those of you who saw the musical hamilton there is a song that says in the room where it happened. We are what happened. Washington, d. C. While we have topics of contemporary interest, we always try to drill down on
For those of you who were not here yesterday, my name is jayesh rathod, im the associate dean for expeer enshal its my pleasure to welcome all of you here to the law school and i offer that welcome on not only behalf of our law school, cosponsoring by ericions, led hershberg and dennis stinchcomb, as well as the American Immigration Lawyers Association and our committee representatives. Again, thank you for everyone [applause] thank you for all of the hard work that the Planning Committee has put into making this event such a success. Thanks to all of you. I know you all have very busy schedules. I appreciate your willingness to be here. For those of you who were here yesterday, we have a series of enriching panels to face the facing migrant youth, some of the factors across the world, as well as some of the ways the asylum system is being challenged here in the United States as well as how we can understand more deeply the standards which is at the heart of the gathering. Were pleased
Regular camera crew, but to have cspan with us this evening. And we are also Live Streaming facebook page,c and any of you who want to find them later, you can go to our page, and will upload it on youtube. Is that correct . So, again, im sharon pratt. On the founding director of the is it due to politics, policy, and history which is housed here at the university of the District Of Columbia. We were launched up january of last year. And we have sort of the same kind of focus as do other institutes of politics, except a very strong focus as well on the and by so this city, doing, the history of this country, because we are entirely a creature of the politics of creating a new nation. For those of you who saw the musical hamilton, there is a song that says, in the room where it happened, and we are what happened. [laughter] washington, d. C. So, while we have topics that are contemporary, we always try to sort of drill down on that topic to talk about its historical origins, and that is
My name is jayish, the dean and director of the immigration justice clinic here at American University Washington College of law. Its my pleasure to welcome all of you to the law school and i offer that welcome not only on behalf of the law school but on behalf of our cosponsoring institution, the American University center for latin american and latino studies led by eric herbburg and dennis stitchcom and the American Immigration Lawyers Association and our Planning Committee representatives. Again, i thank you for everyone who has been [ applause ] yes. Thank you. For all of the hard work that the planning economy has put in to making this event such a success. Thanks to all of you. I know you have very busy schedules so i appreciate your willingness to be here. For those of you who were here, yesterday we had a series of enriching panels beginning to unpack some of the challenges facing migrant youths, some of the factors across the world as well as some of the ways in which the asy
[inaudible conversations] good morning the subcommittee will now come to order. Welcome to everyone that is here in the hearing room. The chair now recognizes herself for an opening statement. According to dhs National Survey on drug use, 44 million americans reported using cannabis in the last year. Thirtythree states now allow the medicinal use of cannabis and in the district of columbia have legalized for adult use. State laws and federal policy are 1000 miles apart. The federal governments still strictly prohibits even restricting legitimate medical research. Widespread availability of cannabis is the purpose of the hearing to examine the pressing need for medical research of cannabis and the chemical compound with cbd being one of them. Half a century ago the congress listed cannabis as schedule one substance including heroin heroine, lsd, and ecstasy. Schedule one drugs have no medical value in high potential for abuse. Scheduled to drugs such as cocaine and vicodin even schedule