1900s through today. Prof. Guerra all right. Welcome to class, everyone. Today, we would like to welcome our cspan viewers joining our class today. We are going to be covering a lot today. This class for those of you that are watching at home is a course focused on business in society here at colorado college. In this class in particular, we are looking at the making of the u. S. Drug war and particularly how it relates to the prohibition and now the legalization of cannabis and how that impacts consumer access to this particular substance. I have been doing research on ethnographical he and historically ethnographically and historically on the drug war and cannabis legalization for the last two decades. So you get to join us now on our tour of the last 100 years of drug policy. As you remember yesterday, we were talking a little bit about the impact of culture and science on our approaches to medicine in conceptualizing what is an acceptable substance for medical consumption and what
Colorado college and in this class in particular, we look at the making of the u. S. Drug war and how it relates to prohibition in the legalization of cannabis and how that impacts consumer access to this particular substance. Ive been doing research on the drug war and cannabis for the last two decades, so you get to join us today on hours tour of the last 100 years of drug policy. Alexa remember yesterday we talked a little bit about the impact of culture and science on the approach to medicine and conceptualizing what is an acceptable substance for medical consumption and what marks the substances that are different from medicine. So, today we will try to see how the very ideas actually impact the laws that govern our access to substances. So, we will start at just over a century ago with the pure food and drugs act of 1906. This is something that impacts us into the present and really helps to control access to a whole range of substances. So, the lie itself is focused on consumer
Calculation by me came to roughly a 7 decline when the market would open. A decline that was unrealized and then tossed aside when the day dawned and grew light with the dow ultimately gaining 257 points today. S p climbing 1. 1 . And the nasdaq finishing the same, up 1. 1 . The markets now up close to 4 for the week, which means if we can hold at these levels, this will be the best week of 2016. I know youre puzzled. I know its hard to believe that someone who is regarded as the enemy of the stock market last night can be embraced as an old friend by midmorning. But i want to explain, just put it in plain english so that you can understand whats happening here. To begin, though, you have to get into the heads of the people who actually bought stock, people who committed capital today. Thats whats often the key to figuring out a rally. It was downright absurd, totally insane, but then of course turned out to be anything but. So let me list the types of buyers, the people who came in wi
Market would open. A decline that was unrealized and then tossed aside when the day dawned and grew light with the dow ultimately gaining 257 points today. S p climbing 1. 1 . And the nasdaq finishing the same, up 1. 1 . The markets now up close to 4 for the week, which means if we can hold at these levels, this will be the best week of 2016. I know its hard to believe that someone who is regarded as the enemy of the stock market last night can be embraced as an old friend by midmorning. But i want to explain, just put it in plain english so that you can understand whats happening here. To begin, though, you have to get into the heads of the people who actually bought stock, people who committed capital today. Thats whats often the key to figuring out a rally. Thats how youll know whether insane, but then of course turned out to be anything but. So let me list the types of buyers, the people who came in with real money, why they were motivated to do so, and how they moved the market. T
Ferguson. The hope here is that they can build on Law Enforcement, the community can build on what happened last night. Peaceful demonstrations to where there was clergy, were talking about elders from this community in the crowd last night, keeping the temperature down on the demonstrations, will that carry over into tonight . Thats what everyone is loapg for, police in the community, tense, fingers crossed. Its been very tense day on the street. Law enforcement has pushed the media back into the corners here and theyve cut off traffic to this area. A repeat of what they did last night, though it did seem to be effective. Well take a look at that, the developments throughout the day with the attorney general here in the area and well learn much more coming up as america tonight begins right now. On americ america tonight, the countrys top law man in ferguson. Its important because it shows their concern whats happening in stlowz. Thats going to speak st. Louis because that speaks volu