National Charity Supporting people around Substance Use and Mental Health. We also have some radio1 listeners with us. Hello we also wa nt to listeners with us. Hello we also want to hear from you tonight. Should cannabis be legal in the uk. You can text us, to eat at bbc newsbeat and we are using the hashtag newsbeat debates. First, newsbeat reporterjim connelly is with me. You have been looking into this subject for a newsbeat documentary. Just remind us where we currently stand in the uk when it comes to the legality of cannabis . Cannabis is the uks most popular illegal drug. We have 2 Million People admitting using it. It is a class b drug and the government are at and it will remain that way. They will not change the law because they say it causes harm to users and wider society. If youre caught with it in possession you can face up to five years in prison, dealing it or growing you can face up to m years in prison. That is where we stand currently. The government say no chance o
Flavors. There are 40 different shield laws and they have different concentric circles to what is protected. They have been successful in keeping the information in the hands of the journalists where they belong. I think we are about out of time so let me thank everybody in the audience. A special shout out and thank you for my colleague for her help with the powerpoint and arrangements. Thanks to the panel and institute. [applause] we will take you to utah for the senate race debate between republican incumbent mike lee and him credit misty snow. Ms. Snow is the second transgender candidate to run for office. Live coverage here on cspan. Tonight will hear from the incumbent, republican mike lee and his democratic challenger, misty snow. We begin with each candidate make a night making a 92nd statement. It was determined that misty snow will speak first. thank you. I would like to thank the Utah Commission for hosting and thank all of you for watching. Wasame is misty k. Snow, i born h
Were either going to win or were going to have a whole different country. That kind of discussion lead to Iowa Governor Terry Branstad getting involved. His son eric is Donald Trumps iowa state director. Director. Branstad backs trump up on the first part of that last tweet that the media is slanting the election in Hillary Clintons favor. Iowa secretary of state paul pate is responsible for running the election in iowa his strong rebuttal has much more to do with the integrity of the process itself. Skeptical becayse they see th bias of the national press. They see what they consdier to be colustion betweent eh clinton machin. E im telling you iowans can be confident in the election system. We have the checks and balances. Weve worked on a bipartisan basis and our office and the local county offices are open to anyone who sees any potential problems so later in the week they both clarifed that it was the media influence that they thing could throw the election not the process itself.
Were going to have a whole different country. That kind of discussion lead to Iowa Governor Terry Branstad getting involved. His son eric is Donald Trumps iowa state director. Director. Branstad backs trump up on the first part of that last tweet that the media is slanting the election in Hillary Clintons favor. Iowa secretary of state paul pate is responsible for running the election in iowa his strong rebuttal has much more to do with the integrity of the process itself. A lot of people are very skeptical becayse they see th they see what they consdier to be colustion betweent eh clinton machin. E im telling you iowans can be confident in the election system. We have the checks and balances. Weve worked on a bipartisan basis and our office and the local county offices are open to anyone who sees any potential problems so we can address it. Later in the week they both could throw the election not the process itself. All that talk has pushed Vice President ial nominee mike pence back i
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