Life. It seemed as though he cannot possibly. And a certain inevitability that takes over when i lay his story out. Here is like it could be no other way. To understand is to forgive. Watching the wire and lately. I mean, i have been watching it is supposedly an accurate portrayal breed i dont know if you have seen it. But an accurate portrayal baby brought in and distributed pitbull and dave simon was a former reporter please do you find these two stories dont really jive with that whole wire police catching people on wiretaps and all these sorts of drug buys and Police Informants in that sort of thing. And just curious your thoughts on that. Well, two points. I mean, they are dealing crack and heroin. So categorically different kind of animal involved in that business. I dont know much about how it works really. It is a different individual that gets involved. Also on the Street Corner level i have no idea what happens there. George was. It george never tell what this had nothing to
Make those false statements does. I think it creates an uncomfortable system. I have some real concerns about how it is played out in some states. Host what kind of tax revenues has california garnered from medical marijuana and what are the early results from colorado . Guest colorado has been fascinating to watch. The last few months we have seen taxation results released and Advocacy Groups from the beginning were talking massive tax benefits in many states looking for additional source of revenue is very appealing. In some of the states the idea of Marijuana Legalization being a cure for problems sounded very appealing. The initial estimates most of us thought were too high. The tax revenues would not be nearly as high as the Advocacy Group had implied. The results came out in colorado and the tax revenues were much higher. Suddenly we were wrong in our understanding of this. If you look closely what happened in colorado in the early after when pot was made legal there wasnt suffic
Netherlands and portugal but these two states where the first jurisdictions on earth to ever allow the commercial sale of marijuana which makes this uruguay has filed suit. Whats interesting is this is left the community and a bit of a scramble. The u. S. Government is a signatory to treaties that say you have to pursue and stop the use of Illegal Drugs including marijuana. International Narcotics Control Board has sent letters to the United States into uruguay following these legalization moves and as a watchdog Body International narcotics board doesnt have a lot of teeth. A park slope at his neverland teeth. The truth is very little the States States are not signatories to international and the federal government can pursue marijuana cues in any of the states but cant require the states use their resources to pursue marijuana grocers and growers and users. The federal government has been really quiet and has taken a backseat. If they were ever going to take a mission of Marijuana Le
And so its really good to be back. Writing a book about drug dealers is very alluring and there are a lot of people that do it the you are dealing with people, unless you were dealing with methamphetamine dealers or heroin dealers whose product is a lot more lethal, they are basically an entertaining lot. Well they know they are criminals they dont really think what they are doing is wrong. Selling stuff to people who want it at a market price is only harmful if you overindulge. Sean lev her nextdoor which we used to call sean lecter and he would not only deliver liquor but he would deliver cash money and he would give him a check. So he would cash the check and give you the liquor. I just left this on a note to say all right kevin i think his name is to you remember me . Do you still deliver cash to houses along with liquor . [laughter] these guys feel very clever about themselves. Not only because they made a lot of money that because they really enjoy the cat and mouse game with the
The response there. Adam housley live in l. A. With the fallout. Byron york here with analysis on all of this. Lets start with leland. What is the white houses response on the cyberattack . Reporter so far theyre saying a lot from the past couple days in the white house but largely sitting on their hands despite what is reported conclusive evidence north korea is behind this. This put this movie, known as the interview, at the center of what the white house calls a Major National security matter. Still though, they are pulling their punches. Before we start to publicly speculating about a response its appropriate that we allow the investigation to move forward. Sophisticated actors, when they carry out actions like this, are often times, but not always, but often seeking to provoke a response from the United States of america. They may believe a response from us in one fashion or another would be advantageous to them. Reporter we have also learned from senior officials here, that there