>> well, it was a reaction. first of all there were serious problems with crack invading communities and the violence that was associated with it. but we were not able to distinguish those cases that had violence versus those cases that someone was just using crack and similar to someone else using powder cocaine. a lot of the turmoil and concern was created by the death of lynn bias, former maryland basketball player , that caused congress to enact this tough mandatory penalty. so this is one of those good occasions in congress where you can actually do something to restore some fairness in the system. >> ifill: why did the attitudes begin to shift on this? >> i think a lot of it was education. i remember when i was in congress 14 years ago ed advocating for reducing this disparity. many of my colleagues did not want to sign on to this because they have didn't want to be perceived as being weak on crime. they didn't want to reduce the penalties for cocaine. and so it had to take a lot of very difficult stories

well i mean there's a lot more problems as well as even with the existing oil oil pipelines in the far north the canadians are very worried that since permafrost is melting some of these oil pipelines that are built on the permafrost might start might begin to collapse or leak just because the ground is softening up or ones that are underground you know with the melting water it's going to get to the pipes and corrupt the pipes so there's there are a lot of worries even with the existing infrastructure up there that the warming is really going to have an adverse effect on it all right so let's contrast what's going on there with most in the gulf of mexico obviously british petroleum quite irresponsibly drilled in a place that they had a no sound backup policies in place to handle any contingencies of course you could claim that this was unconscionable and they should all be thrown in jail but of course since they own the obama administration we won't see any of that but what's the big difference between drilling in the gulf let's say drilling in the arctic you mentioned some infrastruc

>> well, it's hard to say. you know, who knows what remained buried in the sands of palestine but -- >> do you draw hope from the rapprochement that may take place between syria and israel? >> i think anything that opens up the land to exploration, archeological exploration is going to be helpful. >> you think there's a lot more there/. >> you don't think it was bethlehem. >> that's right. >> there was a controversial word used by jeffrey sheler a year ago and that was mary was a virgin at the time she gave birth to jesus, correct, that's what he said? >> no, jeffrey said that's what the gospel writers said, am i correct? >> that's right. >> quoting the gospels, thank you for the correction, i'm glad to see the principles of scholarship are being enforced here. >> makes a difference. >> you don't believe mary is a virgin or that the gospels make the case that she was a virgin at the time of the birth? >> certainly both -- matthew specifically and luke more subtly claimed that she is a virgin. mark says nothing.

thirty to forty meters between the wells the distance is enough for an explosion to pinch the well but the. depth was fifteen hundred meters we needed to approach the troubled well at that depth as close as we call sibley could . so that's what we did let me put the flames out thanks. the underground explosion triggered a small scale earthquake as a result the shells began to move squeezing the shaft. common explosives are not powerful enough to achieve this. and. the explosion formed a hollow underground sphere with a radius of twenty to forty meters the newly hardened multan rock created a natural tomb for the radioactive waste this shaft has been successfully blocked and gas is no longer leaking supervisors found no trace of radiation either in the air or on the ground nuclear material ended up buried at a depth of one thousand five hundred meters. why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy. reports. say to join the military because i thought that it was my duty that it was something that i could do to help my country. my government that it is necessary for amer

we have to kill the well. we have have no oil coming ashore so that we know the activities on the surface have been completed. i met with ken feinberg before we came down here. that needs to be up and operating. one of my response abilities is interfacing with the bp claims process. someone needs to assume that responsibility. the report by the secretary mabus needs to be structured and identified in a leadership position, said they know who is going to be the new person talking to you here. and when all those conditions are met, we will be of point where i can have a transition plan available to provide to my superiors how we would transition to a regional command, very similar to what we stood up in robert, louisiana before i was national incident commander. we need to make sure that we have response capability, that we keep our commitment to the people of the gulf, and we keep our commitment to provide oversight to bp to make sure they carry out their responsibilities. to the extent that those conditions tr

we are dealing with drizzle as well look especially around the coast well below average temperaturesed into the afternoon we will cool it down from yesterday the school that will continue over the next couple of days check out your 7 day around today shows tomorrow friday inland temperatures warm yesterday we sought '90s we will barely make get out of the '70s tomorrow and friday. >> tracking hotspots the right on 580 westbound heaviest through the altamont pass looking better at the dublin interchange 680 south also say moving well. highway 4 definitely slowing through antioch there was trouble out by the bypass earlier that has cleared up. through will pass to concord still looks good for the trip to walnut creek. 664 will take a short break. it is is nothing more than a chart marked uc rubble that is what is left of the aircraft itself it does seem for were not sure if somebody else was on board there was at least one female pilot on board.

in the past five years, the share of the gold production from altered deep wells, well's deeper than 5,000 feet, climbed from 1% to 32%. but altman played deep water drilling has special risk including that which appears to have been the primary cause of the deepwater horizon tragedy. an uncontrolled blowout. these risks were there to be seen but were largely unprepared for or ignored by both government and dustry. we want to know why. it is clear that the move could deepwater represents an enormous change in u.s. energy exploration. unfortunately our government and industry did not undergo a similar transformation in its regulatory, safety, and response focus. we need such a shift now, and today we will be hearing information to guide our thinking about what it should be. many of the causes of this disaster go back decades, and are attributable aoss the spectrum to government,o industry, to the white hse, congress, to replicans, to democrats. we should be clear -- this disaster represents an enormous and shared failure of public policy. we are holding all responsible polyps -- all r

the project projection will be preing as well. -- will be proceeding as well. the i.m.p. has not been updated, however the information that's in the project description will be used for the updated institution after plan that will be coming out fourth. we have been assured that will form the basis of the updated institutional master plan. chair maxwell: with the use issue, is there han opportunity -- is there a place that they can, before they buy a building, can they come to you and ask if these uses are allowed in the area? >> of course they can, yes. we have our codes on line. and we have staff available to discuss what would be needed to essentially go through the process of legally establishing the use of building zoning in the district. chair maxwell: could they get the information beforehand? could they have come in and said, we want to do this in this building on van ness. is it permitted or what do we have to do to make it right? can thre do that beforehand? >> yes, they can. anybody can see lentionly request a letter of -- anybody can essentially request a lette

and on the senate contest as well.e've seen carly fiorina, the republican, and barbara boxer in a head-to-head battle. both of them are very, very close. and this is going to be for the next two months the battle that the country's going to be watching. fiorina and boxer are going to be debating for the first time this week in a debate co-sponsored by both the "chronicle" and kqed and channel 2. and i think that's going to be a really -- a nationally watched contest. the republicans, we talked to mike murphy, who's the strategist for meg whitman today. he says the republicans are really motivated because they say they have the most diverse group of candidates that they've had in a long time in california. they've got a latino, abel maldonado, lieutenant governor, damon dunn, african-american, for secretary of state. whitman, fiorina, two women at the top. so the democrats have got to challenge this also. and brown has had a very low-key campaign, has hardly spent any money. so this is all going to be about is it this a

thirty to forty meters between the wells the distance is enough for an explosion to piece the well but the. fifteen hundred meters we needed to approach the troubled well as close as we call simply could. so that's what we did. thanks. to underground explosion triggered a small scale earthquake as a result the shelves began to move squeezing the shaft. coming explosives are not powerful enough to achieve this. and. the explosion formed a hollow underground sphere with a radius of twenty to forty meters the newly hardened molten rock created a natural for the radioactive waste. has been successfully blocked and gas is no longer leaking supervisors found no trace of radiation either in the air or on the ground. clear material and buried at a depth of one thousand five hundred meters. more news today is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to corporations are only day. you. don't want to think. this history still keeps its secrets but now it's time to move feel. the soviet files and. please make by call is one of the large

in the well that night. i don't want to presuppose the outcome of these investigations, they're under way and need to run their course but we need to know the performance of the systems, the safety systems. we had a fail safe system that was supposed to work but didn't. >> rose: it didn't. and why do you think it didn't? >> well, i think we're not going to know until these investigations are done. but it's going to be critically important. that's the reason as we move to ta out the blowout preventer, that's almost a metaphorical black box at this point. the forensics will need to be done on that in addition to the statements taken and the other forensic evidence that has been gathered and the joint investigation team will be looking at that in consultation of the department of justice. >> rose: as you know, many people suspect that b.p. took cost-cutting measures that would have provided a better fail safe system. >> i'm not privy because i'm operating with the response. to the extent those issues come out,

now that's the fifty euro note that you gave me ok you're hanging the money you're passing bad bills well speaking of bad bills this is indirectly in my first headline max china's gold demand surge is twenty six percent in q two w g c w g c is the world gold council and they report china's gold demand in the april june period reached one hundred eleven point seven tons making the nation the world's second largest consumer of the precious metal after india max keiser you said this would happen. that's right of course they chinese people watch this show they know that the global feel currency world is collapsing and they're buying gold to protect themselves of course also in china there's a history you know the first fortune you make in china you put away in gold then you worry about your second fortune that's the tradition is that what confucius facts say this is that what confucius max is put all of your money into gold bullion do you have in savings and then you go build your second your second fortune the first fortune always goes into gold bullion well forty eight percent of the total

well.raffic is slow off the upper deck near the fremont street exit where you can see cars are just inching along. metering lights are off. as you can see there's not much of a delay at the toll plaza. so it's just backed up from about treasure island out towards the skyway heading into downtown san francisco. but if you are looking for some alternates in the meantime, the san mateo bridge looks great. this is in the commute direction. this is westbound 92. still looking good at 13 minutes from hayward out to the peninsula. bart is always a good option. that is your traffic. for your forecast, here's tracy. >> hey, thanks, elizabeth. forecast this morning includes cloudy skies out there. looking out toward coit tower, yeah, plenty of clouds around the bay even a little drizzle this morning for the bay and the coast and because of those clouds, delays on arrivals at sfo. afternoon highs 79 in concord, 78 fairfield, 72 napa, 72 in santa rosa. 59 in san francisco. yeah, another cool day around

it was well received. he gave a wonderful speech in turkey calling for a model partnership but there's been no follow-up to either speech. and there's a vacuum and some dissatisfaction may eventually grow. >> rose: okay. tell me how you assess overall the obama foreign policy. >> i gave it very high marks generally in asia. i think they've gotten the north korean policy correct, i think both the secretary of state and the secretary of defense have spent a lot of quality time in asia trying to prove that we are going to be part of the asian century. i think, however, in the main, that this is a sort of kinder gentler george w. bush policy that we're seeing without major departures from the administration. >> rose: in asia? >> generally across the board. >> rose: it's a kinder gentler george w. bush foreign policy? >> well, it's a kinder gentler george w. bush foreign policy without trade policy which actually puts us in a whole. there aren't major deviations from where mr. bush was going. the bush surge in

the light well faces west. the light is not impacted at all except perhaps late in the afternoon in the west son and the horizon. i don't even know the conditions around the neighborhood. the question is what is equitable for the permit holder vs what accommodation can be made. listening to her and her concerns, i would have thought neither a glass or an open rule but a six or 7 foot high is more appropriate. because of that, it would be very minimal. >> there are some contradictions. and the one hand, i think that the two feet additional job in will not have any impact on reducing the noise of children. they will make noise. adults make noise as well. there is noise that will be had on the entertainment space. i don't see much value in that in terms of addressing those concerns. i don't think that the light is impact, however i think that there is value in neighborly relationships. if you're talking about 600 bucks, that is worth it. if you are taking a principled position, we don't have to do anything you are

who is the teller think it was for being with us thanks for the invitation oh well sister why do you followers call you mr fire is that true it is true yes a friend of mine twenty some years ago so that whenever i was with somebody i always inspired them i was always encouraging them to do something with their lives to follow their dreams she said basically i was lighting a fire under their butt and she started to call me mr fire and it stuck ever so ok you claim that a person could actually achieve whatever he wants does that mean that you use of the cheve everything you wanted i've either achieved that or are about to not dead yet so i have many of things that are in progress but i'm a guy who went from homeless. to having bestselling books to being in thirteen different movies to being on your show so i think i am manifesting a lot of great things but there are more to come how come you become homeless when you when you were you there was a bad investment it was in the one nine hundred seventy s. there were as oil and gas being found and pipelines being built in other countries an

well then i'm going to take you to some headlines. basically dramatize in the entire collapse of the u.s. first one. harvard university fund sells all israel holdings so that harvard and down it fund one of the largest if not the largest of all universities in america has dumped all of their shares of all israeli companies it was over forty million dollars worth of shares well last week the last show i should say we interviewed some from crucell about the boycott campaign and for the divestment campaign was this was harvard responding to our show well or it could be just harvard having lost so much money under larry summers by the way and now knowing that larry summers is with the rest of the collapsing empire maybe they're trying to say ok let's cut our losses now we rode this baby all the way down and in fact if you look at their f.c.c. report there they've increased their holdings in brazil and china and china is the next headline china's economy surpasses japan's capping three decade rise so remember last year they passed germany

well i mean. there's a difference in the fact that ironically the government is the final arbitrator whether or not you can get into this industry you can. in other words you can't get a license unless the government says you can as david just said and so ironically the government is what we call in economics there are all kinds of entry barriers from entering this industry into the government makes it that's why the industry is so profitable because you can you can only allow so that the government will regulate how who gets in and why. and it's interesting what's happening in the industry now that more and more state governments are allowing more casino gambling and how and how the how the markets are expanding that way i mean and also i think it's also by the way i think it does to go back to an earlier point i think our attitude towards risk in is now is much higher i think we allow ourselves to take a lot more of a risk as individuals than we did before and so it's that's another interesting

but when you say to live fully to live a full life what do you mean by that well well well well do you live a full. and of yourself what is it except thinking about death well people think about this sometimes but what's a full life for one of the ways to look at a full life is to leave as little unlived life inside of you you know i have i'm aware of my own problem does that mean what for example i'm sorry for interrupting but those that mean sleeping with every beautiful woman i see. is that. driving every nice car. i see advertised all things like that or is something different i think that when you really take your mind you begin to see these really quite superficial issues you know they're just. sensual pleasures it means living so that you really have no regrets in your life you feel proud of what you've done you feel you've you've you've honored your life in a way so i would say you know there's a term that i used in my last book it's using the term awakening experiences and there are many characters in that maybe one of the great examples of that might be dickens story of a chr

with casualty well you say well though actually you say and you like to talk about it a lot says writtenin the russian magazines about about lots of fun you're having when you come to moscow you know your name is all around the glamour magazine is nightclubs. what about is there something else except having fun and that attracts in moscow a lot i know you're introducing your new book but except making money and having fun is there anything else you know it's not only making money when you promote a novel you have the chance to meet a lot of people who ask you deep questions why do you write these what about your childhood who are you really friendly and it will have no answers if there are no answers about you but you know it's like doing a psychoanalysis for free and in a foreign country people don't know my image in france they have another image they think i'm somebody else it's really very relaxing and very rewarding for me i feel like it's a big honor to meet all these people and discuss during the day but also during the night because going out at night is not only to destroy mysel

>> well, people over 85. if you want to know the actual number of people that are 100, no, we don't have that number. >> well, the british isles did that computation, england and wales did, and i can get that in this note that i have here in a moment. what's the social implications of rethinking how we envision old age? >> it gets rid of stereotypes, which influence how people behave. there is a famous study that shows if the psychologist is testing somebody sort of takes the attitude well, you're not going to do well because you're old or your memory is going to do poorly, well, the person will do poorly. if they take the attitude, look, you have a lot of life experiences, you're wise, intelligent, nobody will perform better. there is feedback. ageism has a negative effect on performance. >> as we do in a cultural environment in which age is stereotyped, right? >> yes. >> then you will conform willy-nilly to that stereotype, if you're supposed to be fragile at the age 80. >> yes. >> then you become fragile.

we have met with the existing concession mayor as well as his representative. the place to the aforementioned at in the february edition of the "san francisco chronicle." we also posted this on the department's web site and on the trips city a ministration database, we have sent this to bidders as well as all identified interested parties, met with the leaders of the boat house coalition, met with the leader of the sf nature organization, so all of that was done prior to the issuance of the rfq. upon announcement of the recommendation, we undertook subsequent community outreach. that includes on july 22, notifying that ortega family enterprises was selected as the respondent. that same day, we notify the office of president chiu, supervisor chu, supervisor mar, and supervisor mirkarimi. that same day, we notified susan dumans of the selection panel's recommendations. busy day. we did a lot. again, on july 22, we issued press releases to all major sfpd outlets and then posted said press release as well at the selection panel competition. on august 6, we notify n

the government says relief wells will still -- wells will still be needed to ensure the damaged well is dead for good. >>> as you mentioned earlier, san francisco supervisors are considering a so-called charge for harm ordinance. it's essentially a booze fee. the idea to get alcohol distributers to pay a fee that would finance treatment programs and pay for responses to emergencies related to drinking. all right. so what do you think? do you think it's reasonable for a city to charge alcohol distributors a fee to pay for alcohol-related city expenses? send your answers to mornings@cbs5.com. we are also on facebook and twitter. >>> time now 5:13. thick fog making it drizzly out there again this morning. tracy used those windshields wipers for the first time in months. >> i had mine on this morning. windshield wipers for the coast and the bay. what about the afternoon forecast? temperatures are slightly cooler than normal. we'll take a look at today's forecasted highs and let now if any warmer weather may be on the way. ,, i tore both my rotator cuffs. first i injured this shoulder, th

for an explosion to pinch the well but the. depth was around fifteen hundred meters as we needed to approach the troubled well at that depth as close as rico simply could. so that's what we did let it put the flames out thanks to. the underground explosion triggered a small scale earthquake as a result the shelves began to move squeezing the shaft shut. come in explosives are not powerful enough to achieve this. and. the explosion formed a hollow underground sphere with a radius of twenty to forty meters the newly hardened molten rock created a natural for the radioactive waste this shaft has been successfully blocked and gas is no longer leaking supervisors found no trace of radiation either in the air or on the ground nuclear material ended up buried at a depth of one thousand five hundred meters. please. division and those. four months of preparation is a monster minus. the last effort to keep the lead on the eastern front and lead citadel of funds to come up. and so. the battle won and a great sacrifice of luck and moves ar

>> well, i just have to say this. i think it's very clear between the two parties who's trying to resolve this and who's not. i mean, you have people who were saying let's repeal the 14th amendment. for god's sakes, as somebody wrote, that's taking leave of our senses. if you're born in america, you're an american citizen. that's a basic premise. so you have people doing that. so i think it's our job as republicans and democrats, again, to come forward and take care of this. you have a lot of people who have backed the arizona law. well, the arizona law, like my opponent did, it's very divisive. it targets, you know, latinos. no question about it. so i think latinos know where our hearts are. but to get to your point, i take nothing for granted. we need to show that we can legislate. that's why i've been pushing the dream act, which would help with our young people and get them a path to legality and give them an education. and also, i've been pushing add jobs, which is a very good bill that senator feinstein and i wr

>> well, yeah.e apartment and that was something very important because it was a young director. plus i met that actress that i am still married to, monika bell you werei. >> rose: a stunning italian actress. >> but i think, you know, moviemaking is important when suddenly it becomes a part of your life and not just a job. so meeting your wife, taking part of something politically-- political in a way, being part of that young, angry mankind of directors, you know, that i was attached with. you know, all these things really helped me to build myself as a person, as a human being really. >> rose: and then irreversible came along. >> yes. irreversible, yeah, i think it is an important movie and-- is one of the best director as live, definitely. it's not for everybody. it's not box office kind of movie. but you know, i think it's the closest thing we have in modern cinema to-- i guess. >> rose: it's the story of a man who sets out to find the rapeest. >> yes. well, actually, the interesting thing about

well, as dr. krantz would note, yes, the physician does, but, again, in a period when you've got multiple medications, sometimes from multiple practitioners, that's not as easily- that's more easily said than done. but one of the things you can do is, you go to a single pharmacy, and in the era of electronic records and electronic prescribing, it's a lot easier for that single pharmacy to have their computer programs acknowledge when there are potential conflicts or adverse reactions. there are delivery models, like medical homes where you've got one entity that is the repository of all your medical information, so if there's a red flag, that can be easily tracked. when you get into the medicare age range, through e-prescribing, again, it's a lot easier to track the records. so we're moving in the direction of having personal health records and electronic medical or electronic health records where the computers can play a role. but, as dr. condon pointed out, the seniors themselves should understa

wells. last name, wells, and i go by kent. >> thanks a lot, sir. >> by whom are you employed. >> bp. >> and what position do you currently hold with bp? >> i'm one of our senior vice-presidents for exploration and production, and my current role is i lead our north america onshore gas business. >> thank you. and holong have you held this position, sir? >> since june 2007. i've been in that role or similar role to it, the organization has evolved a little bit, but i've been leading our onshore gas business, lower 48 states, since about -- june 2007. >> thank you. and can you please briefly describe your job responsibilities currently with bp, sir? >> yes. as the leader for our onshore gas business, i work on our strategic plan, what do we want to do with our business in the lower 48, we look for ways to expand the business, develop more, bring more natural gas to market. i'm involved in our resource allocation, which plays do we decide to allocate capital to. where do we send drilling rigs to

global compact as well as the bay area council. there was a little bit of concern with the bay area council because there was a factor of opposition 16. but we think that this organization allows us to be at the table. and, again, the staff member assured us that this organization is more about sharing resources and making sure that people talk to each other and not advocating for one group. so we wanted to hear if any of you have any objections. and also, we wanted to add that it's free for us as a government. supervisor mirkarimi: i think it's great. i do recall debating the executive director, who is pro-prop 16. so if we're seeing a new leaf turned by all means. commissioner schmeltzer. >> sorry. i just want to agree with that. and i know there are a lot of organizations in the bay area that participate with bay area council and i think it's a good opportunity to reach a broader audience. >> if there's no objection, we're going to go through with the partnership. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: very good. scintillating there f

, too well, yeah.ving back to new york city. >> yeah. there's not better place on the earth than new york. >> jimmy: yeah, i agree with you. it's awesome. it's a great place. [ cheers and applause ] now, you shoot "dark blue." is that shot in los angeles or where do you shoot that? >> yeah, yeah. it's based in los angeles and season two -- >> jimmy: congratulations. >> thank you very much. thank you very much. >> jimmy: back for season two. that's awesome. >> yeah, that's right. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. >> jimmy: now, this year, you've kind of gotten less dark. >> yeah, i mean, last season -- >> jimmy: less blue. >> yeah, yeah. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: but it's still "dark blue." >> it's still "dark blue." >> jimmy: yeah. >> yeah, this season is a little bit lighter. >> jimmy: it's like a midnight -- midnight blue. >> it's a periwinkle blue. >> jimmy: it's like -- it's azul? what is that? >> yeah. [ laughter ] so yeah, it's a little more romantic, a little more friendly -- but it's still

>> well, it fits in this way, jim. that the elements of this election year, the temperment of the voters is fear and fury with a large overlay of pessimism. and in that sort of environment, us against them argument is very appealing to voters who are scared. and i think that's been... . >> lehrer: scared about... . >> scared about their future, scared about their job, scared about their retirement, scared about their kid's future, just scared and the immigration i think fits right into that. and i think it's a necessary, we hope helpful. but i mean i think it was a response that was more political than it was substantive. >> lehrer: do you agree, michael? >> i do. it does show that congress can act in a bipartisan swift way when they are scared to death. i think they're trying to avoid and kind of preempt state action on some of these issues because a lot of states are very up set about federal immigration policy. but the immigration reform groups themselves are not happy about this. this is normally the sort of thing

wow what a revelation well how can you tell they're lying to us well take a look at this other video from america and its third world america tens of thousands of americans outside of atlanta georgia fight to get an application just an application for public housing and here is again the presenter he's just arrived at the scene and look what he says when he first arrived it was the first thought that i had when we pulled up on the scene here was whether we were in america and i have to be very careful as a reporter not to overstep my bounds but this was a very disgusting scene that we saw here in metro atlanta today dozens upon dozens of people passing out from the heat standing in the heat just to get an application to upload my public house well you know states never the same thing happened three hundred years ago two hundred fifty years ago as the indigenous population of america was pushed onto reservations now in the u.s. of course if you're poor or you're considered to be part of the underclass and the tendency now is to push the poor people on to reservations ghettos this type

well quite simply that well two things one as i heard myself on the ground in afghanistan the farmers whose fields a opium are destroyed will join the taliban in protest but secondly many of america's key allies in the war against the taliban are themselves involved in the drugs trade including by all accounts the brother of president karzai himself so obviously this makes it virtually impossible for the americans to do anything serious about this issue i think it's worth remembering that that was also true though to a lesser extent. during the soviet period in afghanistan and that over the past thirty years or so there has been only one force only one force in afghanistan which has ever been able to control the heroin trade and that is the taliban for their own reasons so my own feeling is that in the long run if we are going to control heroin production at least in the pashtun areas we will need to do a deal with the taliban because they are the only people as a for a generation who've been able to control the pashtun countryside and therefore the production of heroin there if you d

and they are very well attended. you know, you get almost 200 people in a room to recognize those that have graduated and those that have been in recovery for many, many years. and it's growing. actually, the last time, we were probably 3 years ago now, we have about 500 people who celebrate in terms of acknowledging their recovery and the years. and we do the walk also recovery, a whole bunch of organizations, we get together and things like that. but dr. clark, i think it has to go beyond the recovery month. i mean, recovery month is fantastic and we certainly support it, but really what do ethnic, racial, and special populations need to be cognizant of that maybe they are not yet? well i think, as with any population, what we're trying to foster is this understanding that we're dealing with powerfully reinforcing psychoactive substances when we talk about the misuse of alcohol, when we talk about the use of methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, or prescription drugs. and that the person who is at risk is anybody in th