Lectures in history series continues now with a look at marijuana regulation in u. S. History. We also heard about views and laws on marijuana, alcohol, opioids and other narcotics. This is 50 minutes. All right. Welcome to class, everyone, today. Wed like to welcome our cspan viewers that are 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 and society here at colorado college. And 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. Ive been doing research ethnic graphically and historically on the drug war and cannabis legalization the last two decades. So you get to join us today on our tour of the last 100 years of drug policy. So as you remember yesterday we were talking a little bit about the impact of
Difference is we are 24 7 so that right now journalists dont have much time at all to go deep. There never was a lot of time to explore and be thoughtful but now it is all about breaking news. That is of big difference. There is also not a lot of opportunity for journalists to learn and grow and become more proficient and more knowledgeable. I think that is the difference now too. Was there something you heard from all even journalists that resonated why they left the profession . I think most of the mcnall of them said basically i wanted to do more and do less. Would you ever come back to journalism . If so what would you cover . I am not sure. I love writing, i love writing books. It is more likely i would do another book. If your are a former journalist interested in the profession, celia wexler is author of Pointe Du Hoc out of the news. Now Ricardo Cortes talks about attempts to prohibit the use of coffee and coca in the u. S. And around world. Ricardo cortes describes secret deal
In the next 2 months or so, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is likely to announce that it will reschedule cannabis under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) from a Schedule I highly.
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