california synthetics for drugs like heroin has alr been done. eady we will be awash in a florida chief and deadly synthetic drug substitutes. it is important that the drugs we are talking about are quite harmful in contrast to drugs like marijuana and heroin. heroin legally obtained, safely injected does not lead to crime, it does not cause tissue damage, it does not lead to insanity. nursing is addicted to and have to manage constipation. heroin users survive and can live productive lives with a safe form of harold is heroin. that story found these analog synthetic problems is not a new one, it is an old one that pcp spawned pce and other analogs that were equally dangerous. there was a synthetic heroin available called and it was one of the drugs that is subject to the mandatory minimum penalties that congress enacted in 1986. a drug demerol synthetic, there was an analog of that called mppp. the synthesis is tricky and it was being made improperly with a contaminant
operator made several errors. byron barnett is live with more on the man who should have been behind the controls. byron reporter: yeah. well, from the beginning, officials have been saying that the investigation was focusing on operator error. with respect to that. sources familiar with the investigation tell 7 news that the operator of the run-away train apparently, tied a cord around the throttle and failed to set the brake when he exited the train to override the signal. now, these are some of the preliminary findings of that investigation into yesterday run-away train. a red line train takes off from braintree early thursday morning. filled with passengers, but no conductor. the train pick up speed. it went from, like, five miles per hour to, like, 30. it kept going and going and going. reporter: t workers noticed the problem within minutes. it had gone six miles and right around that time back in braintree, they were calling for help for that missing driver, 52-
will come up in debate in the agriculture bill. it s such a broad variety of issues. a ban on horse slaughter is now in the law. there could be some discussion over a rider in the bill that prevents usda from spending money on some key competitiveness and contract issues, specifically related to poultry farming. we might hear some debate about reforming sugar programs. you never know. it could be chinese chicken. one of the things what the he food stamp program. the assistance program known as food stamps is a mandatory program. for the most part that tends to stick to the farm bill as far as where that s debated out. you might hear lawmakers complaining about how the cuts have been implemented. they think states have made meaningful cuts to food stamp programs. you might see discussion about that. the other nutrition issue that could be brought up is allowing white potatoes in the women, infants and children feeding program. up until now white potatoes have not been allo
challenged in courts. yields time i m happy to to my good friend from the other side of the aisle, from georgia, two minutes. the gentleman from georgia. the gentleman from georgia is recognized for two minutes. under current law, the president is required to notify congress prior to releasing any prisoners from guantánamo bay. unfortunately, he failed to do that. although i m grateful to sergeant that sergeant bergdahl has been reunited with his family, i strongly disagree with the president s decision to negotiate with terrorists. i don t agree with his position to make this prisoner exchange without first consulting with congress and the manner required by federal law. the freeing of terrorists poses a national security threat to americans and our armed forces and complicates it s not going to change their perception one iota. i understand that people had an honest disagreement about the way the statute was interpreted and implemented. what i was just saying to yo