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alfredo quinones-in owe owes saw, and this is published by the university of california press. we thank you for joining us. >> guest: thank you, brian, for having me. my pleasure. ♪ ♪ >> for a dvd copy of this program, call 1-877-662-7726. for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q and a.org. q and a programs are also available at c-span podcasts. ♪ ♪ >> join us later today when we'll show you our interview with dr. alfredo quinones hinojosa again in its entirety. it's one of the author interviews from our latest book, "sundays at eight." you can see the program today at 7 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. >>> coming up on c-span2, next a congressional hearing looks into overcriminallization. then we'll show you today's "washington journal" program in its entirety. and later, a congressional hearing looking into phone scams. >>> join us tonight on c-span2 for more booktv prime. at eight it's author sidney powell and his book, "licensed to lie," exposing corruption in the d. of justice. -- department of justice. at 9:35, mike earn talks about

university in california as part of booktv's college series. >> host: . >> host: the book is called "marijuana legalization" what everyone needs a now published that for university press. one of the co-authors editors is angela hawken who is a public policy professor at pepperdine university where we are on location. angela hawken is this book pro-or anti-legalization? >> guest: neither and that is what makes it -- and the market. none of us agree with each other on legalization and that is the genius of oxford university press bringing together for opinions and together figuring out what the true evidence base is. the problem with the issues surrounding marijuana is there are such such strong ethics he groups on both sides of the issue that the issue that's on the publicly that they now have no idea which direction they are in pulled in. the idea is to get for people to disagree on issue legalization to agree on the facts surrounding marijuana. >> host: where you stand personally on the issue? >> guest: why was hoping you wouldn't affect another you did in chapter 16 of the book each author was required to publicly basically declare their position on the subject and

this usaid press delet--associated press and then hopkins university writing seminar program where i received my masters degree then i got married and moved out to california where my husband is working. >> cspan: where do you live now? >> guest: sunnyvale california which is the heart of silicon valley. >> cspan: use it in the book the japanese have never apologized for this. >> guest: that's correct never officially apologized. >> cspan: like? >> guest: i think there's really no reason for them to do so unless they were pressured to do so. >> cspan: why hasn't someone pressured them to do so? you compare it to what the germans have done. >> guest: i think demographics has something to do with it. some of the activism behind the events was fairly new but the cold war has a large role in the violence of the japanese and the chinese and the americans on this issue. after the communist revolution, neither the prc were d'argo c. wanted to pressured japan to pay operations and apologize because both of them needed to japan as an ally against each other to be needed at japan as an economic and political reason and the united states .-full-stop japan as its ally