on them. the only big opposition to it was from big pharma, which wanted to keep prices as high as possible. and their dog at opposition, over decades, is why this really popular, sensible proposal, was blocked. yet, today, that air is over. president biden announcing, in a program that is part of the inflation reduction act, the names of the first ten drugs that will be subject to price negotiations with medicare. eric tanden serves a domestic policy adviser, and she joins me now. it s great to have, you have been a democratic policy circles for a while and i ve been around this issue. so, there is something almost surreal about seeing that event today. this is a thing that is happening. yeah, i feel a little like i was aging with the videos. i worked on some of those campaigns over many years where we had leader after leader advocate for drugs being negotiate by medicare, very common sense proposal, but i m really proud that joe biden and
and their dog at opposition, over decades, is why this really popular, sensible proposal, was blocked. yet, today, that air is over. president biden announcing, in a program that is part of the inflation reduction act, the names of the first ten drugs that will be subject to price negotiations with medicare. eric tanden serves a domestic policy adviser, and she joins me now. it s great to have, you have been a democratic policy circles for a while and i ve been around this issue. so, there is something almost surreal about seeing that event today. this is a thing that is happening. yeah, i feel a little like i was aging with the videos. i worked on some of those campaigns over many years where we had leader after leader advocate for drugs being negotiate by medicare, very common sense proposal, but i m really proud that joe biden and democrats in the last congress got together and made history, i think, in really being able to deliver that medicare will negotiate drug prices for th
prison and in the schools. a group describes its as one working to end the war on drugs. in california, blacks and latinos make up less than 44% of the state s population but together instituconstitute up tf the arrest. my brothers and sisters are in the prison system over marijuana when young white kids smoke marijuana ten times more than we do. they re arrested ten times less than we do. this is not justice. on the disparity of blacks being incarcerated, allen agrees. but he fears legalizing marijuana will encourage drug use among young blacks. why would an african-american leader advocate for the blacks to stay high? it s bad for the advancement of colored people. how do you educate an intoxicated mind? reporter: mary snow, cnn, new york.