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[inaudible conversations] good morning the subcommittee will now come to order. Welcome to everyone that is here in the hearing room. The chair now recognizes herself for an opening statement. According to dhs National Survey on drug use, 44 million americans reported using cannabis in the last year. Thirtythree states now allow the medicinal use of cannabis and in the district of columbia have legalized for adult use. State laws and federal policy are 1000 miles apart. The federal governments still strictly prohibits even restricting legitimate medical research. Widespread availability of cannabis is the purpose of the hearing to examine the pressing need for medical research of cannabis and the chemical compound with cbd being one of them. Half a century ago the congress listed cannabis as schedule one substance including heroin heroine, lsd, and ecstasy. Schedule one drugs have no medical value in high potential for abuse. Scheduled to drugs such as cocaine and vicodin even schedule
[inaudible conversations] good morning the subcommittee will now come to order. Welcome to everyone that is here in the hearing room. The chair now recognizes herself for an opening statement. According to dhs National Survey on drug use, 44 million americans reported using cannabis in the last year. Thirtythree states now allow the medicinal use of cannabis and in the district of columbia have legalized for adult use. State laws and federal policy are 1000 miles apart. The federal governments still strictly prohibits even restricting legitimate medical research. Widespread availability of cannabis is the purpose of the hearing to examine the pressing need for medical research of cannabis and the chemical compound with cbd being one of them. Half a century ago the congress listed cannabis as schedule one substance including heroin heroine, lsd, and ecstasy. Schedule one drugs have no medical value in high potential for abuse. Scheduled to drugs such as cocaine and vicodin even schedule
Morning. Nowhere near as cold yesterday. Were in the 30s right now. 35 decrease in philadelphia, and the wind has settled down. Its moving at just 6 miles an hour. We will see the clouds this morning break for some sunshine. Well see partly cloudy skies and 41 at 10 00. Also notice the wind is going to be picking up out of the southwest. Thats going to boost temperatures. Also 34 with a little bit of a breeze at 6 miles an hour. By 10 00 the clouds break for some sunshine. Upper 40s and low 50s. 32 degrees in philadelphia, and upper 503 in delaware. Ill break the forecast down hour by hour to show you how quickly those temperatures climb in your neighborhood when im back in ten minutes, but first Jessica Boyington has your first alert traffic. And to start this morning were on the schuylkill expressway. On the westbound side were watching a construction project. If you look very closely you can see some cones in the street there. Coming out of south street. And coming out of collegevil
For thursday, january 5, 2017, happy new year everyone id like to call roll at this time. Or actually please silence any devices that may sound off during the proceedings. And and when speaking before the commission, if you care to, do state your name for the record. Now im not commissioner president fong commissioner Vice President richards commissioner koppel commissioner melgar and commissioner moore. We expect commissioner johnson and commissioner hillis to be absent firefighters is proposed for continuance at leeland avenue discretionary review to january 12, 2017, and item 2 conditional use authorization is proposed until january 26th no other items proposed for continuance there are no speaker cards. Okay any Public Comment on the two items proposed continuance not seeing any, Public Comment is closed. Commissioner moore. Move to continue as noted. Second. Thank you, commissioners on that motion to continue both matters and proposed commissioner koppel commissioner melgar commis