drugs is playing into the hands of the narcotics cartels moscow says the report by the global commission on drug policy could derail the global fight against drugs. and i'll be back to recap our top stories for you just fifteen minutes from now coming your way next and so we cling to the russian capital moscow and. hello and welcome to this week's alfhild muskrats i'll be exploring how to relieve stress and also look after your mind body and soul in a busy thriving city sun is shining so take a deep breath as we discover what's exciting remedies and treatments the recent capital cost of. modern day city living pollution noise traffic too much causing stressful jobs extreme temperatures the list seems to go on it's easy to see why hundreds of thousands of muscovites next pets take to the city's parks and gardens every possible chance ok it may not be the countryside but it does prove that people strive for green trees fresh air and relaxation even though the russian capital is far greener than most think men and women of all ages still search for the latest treatments and cures. really is the case and i

than forty thousand mexicans killed in the last five years and a recent report by the global commission on drug policy denounced the recalcitrant violence calling the global war on drugs a failure stop the war on drugs and let's be more constructive in reducing consumption if you look. at the production but not this so profitable that all time to be someone we should be able to risk his life to africa and indeed profit margins related to the drug industry are huge and is the main factor that sustains it and many argue that if some drugs were legalized it would help put a cap on their price and the stop to the incessant violence all the while purging the economy of the black market making drugs more available as this report suggests will make it harder to keep our communities healthy and safe the fact that each dollar that an american spends on drugs goes to fuel a juggernaut of corruption and violence is no revelation and neither is the fact that the u.s. war on drugs has not managed to keep that while in said bay nor yield any substantial results but whether or not legalization can provide an alterna

unemployment and a possible double dip for the economy then next is the global war on drugs a failure that's with a global commission on drug policy is saying and they're now calling for decriminalization of the obama administration has dismissed this report so what have the obama one say this is a legitimate debate the next year republicans have no trust in obama on national security take a look at the defense authorization act and they want to tie his hands when it comes to the start treaty so tonight will determine how bad this bill could be for a nuclear free world and is it just me or does the media have wiener fever i know i'm not just talking about anyway here i'm talking about the crotch shot the made it onto representative anthony weiner's twitter page so why is this stupid story headline is built of and that all those issues and how some fun are happy our segment up first tonight's top story. jobs numbers for the month of may are coming out tomorrow and everything is pointing to a disappointing report you can add that to the home price index that was released which was found that home prices have fallen to a new low and

and russia chooses the global commission on drug policy over promoting drugs after issues a report calling for the legalization of certain narcotics. that's right and more details on these and other stories from r.t. in about fifteen minutes time that's after andrew updates you on the main sports events on what should be a great day for tennis fans. hello there thanks for watching the schools and this is what is coming up. the first day born in dallas a summary is the world's best to bask in the semifinals of the french open. class leading the blues to educate hitting plays downlinks with chelsea ahead of a crucial euro qualifier with belgium. and strong russia's rugby team begin a three month training camp ahead of their first ever world cup. but first there is a blockbusting day of tennis at the french open to look forward to with the top four seeds going head to head in the men's semifinals first up in just over an hour is defending champion and birthday boy rafael nadal other world number one is twenty five today and he's aiming to celebrate with a semifinal victory i would britain's a

global fight against drugs he also said report might be expressly or implicitly connected was dropped there are no words artes to her still you has the details of the un back report. the global commission on drug policy has deemed the war on drugs a failure and they are now urging contraries to consider legalizing cannabis as well as other drugs in order to accomplish two goals which they think are very important one is to undermine organized crime and the second is to protect the citizens health now they are saying that the government should start experimenting with new illegal models of regulation so they do cite an increased number of drug use like since one thousand nine hundred nine according to us a to six there has been a fanatic increase in the use of drugs production as well as the sale of drugs and it is this that they do want to address and there say the so-called repressive measures are not effective they say that politicians the important people should start acknowledging publicly what they have been doing so privately that the measures that have been implemented for decades really are not working now in terms of the trying to undermine organized crime they're suggesting that by legalizi

drugs policies around the world. a report by the global commission on drug policy says the war on illegal drugs has failed. the former president of colombia, member of the commission, joins me on the line from his new york hotel where a live news conference will be held. thank you for your time. this commission is proposing a dramatic shift in the paradigm on drugs. tell us, what is going to come out of that? >> basically, it is it is a disagreement. not too much on in-fighting. traffickers, but dealing with consumption. the problem is that the war on drugs for 30 years has been a failure. many poblingts possibilities of looking for domestic policies. it takes to much better use of the resources of the community. there's a reason for everything. a health problem. >> there are suppliers to the united states -- of course colombia supplies the united states with many of its drugs. they say they should admit it is a problem of supply in north america and not necessarily latin america. >> well, they already recognize thafment the office of drugs already recognizes it is a problem of consumption. the problem for

drugs as playing into the hands of the narcotics cartels moscow says the report by the global commission on drug policy could be rail the global fight against drugs. there's all the headlines here and coming your way next week look at how russia's southern neighbor has been developing over the turbulent years off of the for the soviet union to stay with us. people living in this land seven thousand years ago were already making wine and shoes this world's oldest shoe was drawn right here in this hole in the fourth century armenia adopted christianity as its state religion i was fit for astonished . in the early twentieth century armenians went through the horrors of genocide. only one point five million are. sealed group to move on when you broke free from the soviet union in september one thousand nine hundred ninety one was hands independence brought to this ancient country. in two thousand and eight archaeologists released yesterday and could have rivaled armenian politicians in terms of popularity news of his discovery had spread far and wide for out the world in caves in the mountains around the v

simply playing into the hands of the narcotics cartels moscow says the report by the global commission on drug policy would be rail the global fight against drugs. my colleague bill gawd is here in half an hour's time but for now it's a cross talk to chart and people discuss the so-called humanitarian mission in libya and the legitimacy of military action against us. say twenty years ago the largest country. would have been. challenged. where did it take. you can. stand. alone in welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle under the war powers act the president must get approval from congress within sixty days after ordering u.s. forces into combat now the president barack obama nor any other president has formally acknowledged being bound by this restriction it would appear u.s. presidents can go to war at will. keep. it crossed out the war powers act i'm joined by robert naiman in our band he is policy director at just foreign policy in denver we have david kopel he is an adjunct professor of advance constitutional law at the university of denver and in london we crossed the leslie video morry she is c

russia's anti drug chief has slammed a proposition to legalize some narcotics by the global commission on drug policy as propaganda victory or even off the report is designed to do rail the global fight against drugs the commission is made up of well known for most states when politicians and businessmen. are syria has more from moscow. here in russia the issue on the war on drugs is a really a big deal it has been at the forefront of domestic policy for some time now and about thirty thousand russians are documented to die each year here so it is a subject that is close to heart and so this report did not sit well with russia's anti drug chief because even north and he see believe that this is just propaganda as he said he thinks it's a ploy to simply divert attention of the international community from what really has to be done. to be discussing the report of the so-called global commission we should realize that we're dealing with a global campaign on drugs promotion this country is directly directly linked with the joint revenues amounting to about eight hundred billion dollars. as far as russia

drugs and putting more emphasis on treatment. one of them is the global commission on drug policy made up of international politicians and businessaders. it claims the war on drugs has failed. it estimates cocaine use is up 27%, opiates up 34%. in 1989, the first president bush named bill bennett the first so-called drug czar. today he told us fighting the war is worth it. >> it's like the war against ignorance or barbarism or anything else that's horrible and persistent. when you let up the pressure, things get worse. when you keep the pressure on, often things can get better. >> this war on drugs, when i look at from a civilian's point like, "okay, there's still a lot of heroin, still a lot of drugs on the street, what did it do?" and the second question is, "well if there wasn't a war on drugs, how much more drugs would there have been in here?" >> reporter: he also worries it could claim a third generation, like his granddaughter. sharyl attkisson, cbs news, washington. >> pelley: no illegal drug worries law enforcement more than crystal meth. but the federal government is stepping back from that fight. that story is next. ex

global commission drug policy report stirred big time controversy but in fact it makes perfect sense this self-appointed global commission does not represent the drug busters and counter narcotics community on the contrary it is a collective body of global lobbies on behalf of the drug lords all across the world from the lead in america cocaine plantations back to the killing fields of afghanistan saying typically this report only makes sense if you believe like those commissioners in a social darwinism theory mahfouz isn't and eugenics in essence all those racists theories based on the very simple with some shit the reason master race and there is a human waste that's the larger the silent was stands behind the conclusion of this global commission on drug policy. the countdown has begun of the by going to cosmic where revamped version of the so you spacecraft has been moved into position ready for blast off in just a few days or carry three crew members to the international space station for a six month mission on board mankind's most remote outpost are designs of france reports from the launch pad. the twenty eighth expedition to the international space station blast off from here at the

rush accuses the global commission on drug policy of promoting drugs after it issues a report calling for the legalization of certain narcotics. as the top stories coming up next our he looks at how russia's southern neighbor of armenia has been developing over the twenty turbulent years after the fall of the soviet union. people living in this land seven thousand years ago were already making wine and shoes this world's oldest shoes van right here in this hall in the fourth century armenia adopted christianity as its state religion if christian. in the early twentieth century armenians went through the horrors of genocide in total only one point five million are. sealed groups with armenia broke free from the soviet union in september one thousand nine hundred ninety one what plans independence brought to this ancient country. in two thousand and eight archaeologist very scarce body and could have rivaled armenian politicians in terms of popularity news of his discovery had spread far and wide for out the world in caves in the mountains around the village of allegheny the archaeologi

and russia accuses the global commission on drug policy of promoting narcotics are pretty issues a report calling for the legalization of certain substances and find out why sir. but a major fire has broken out. a storage depot in central russia triggered explosions and injured at least fifty seven people two elderly people have died from heart attacks brought on by the incident and still one person remains unaccounted for and i was having our joins us live for more details on this island we've seen some just spectacular pictures here on our t.v. and now it's been more than twelve hours since the fire broke out any sign of it is a beginning to die down or the situation has it's slightly improved at the size of the fire but it is still described as being very serious indeed of course they could spread across the central russian region of that moved here late last night when a fire broke out at not hillary depo at around eleven fifty pm moscow time on thursday and now five installs multiple explosions at the depot which houses the mine is artillery boringly rocket shells he's fifty grad mul

and a rupture accuses the global commission on drug policy of promoting narcotics profit issues a report calling for the legalization of certain substances make sure you find out why. and after a year in a simulated space it's the final home stretch for the men returning from iraq starting in spite of all of the spells out the details of the trip. a major fire has broken out and i mean a storage depot in a central russia triggering a massive explosions and injuring at least fifty five elderly people have died from heart attack said to have been brought on by the incident military personnel at the site and local residents have all been evacuated to safety that's around thirty thousand people evacuated parties alison but has more details on this. comics spread across the central russian republic all good mostly last night when a fire broke out at a moment's hillary depot right around eleven the fifty pm most a simon says they are not full of intricate a number of exclusions that could see which house is among itself the no rocket shells intended for russia's grad multiple rocket launching

and the war on drugs so says a high profile panel of experts in a report released today by the global commission on drug policy former u.n. secretary general kofi annan kofi annan former u.s. reserve federal reserve chairman paul volcker and these guys are no shrinking by i mean they're the screaming liberals and or rape of current and former heads of state like from nations like mexico brazil and greece including a report that the global war on drugs is an ultimate is an utter failure and it's time to look into legalization commission paid particular attention to the u.s. war on drugs recommending that our nation may want to look at ways to treat addiction like you better health care and not life prison sentences its former colombian president cesar your arena. we hope the united states at least starts to think there are alternatives we don't enjoy seeing the u.s. evolve in a way that is compatible with our country's long term interests so what is the result what is the rest of the world scene that we don't see in america where it comes to the war on drugs joining me now to talk more about this issue is shawn

. >>> a high profile group of world leaders calling a current war on drugs an expensive failure. global commission on drug policy points to the drug violence in mexico that has killed more than 38,000 people. the commission recommends the governments try new ways of legalizing and regulating drugs especially marijuana as one way to defeat the drug cartels. however the u.s. government and the government of mexico are rejecting those recommendations. >>> it now seems likely that more san jose police officers are going to be laid off at the end of this month after contract talks broke down. city negotiators and the police union failed to reach an agreement by a midnight deadline last night. the city was already posed to lay off 122 police officers. without a contract deal an additional 156 officers may be laid off. the city council could order both sides back to the bargaining table before the layoffs become effective. >>> a new poll shows a majority of californians support governor jerry brown's call for a special election to let voters decide whether or not to extend expiring tax increasing in an effort to close

out this morning says the world is losing the war on drugs, and it's suggesting legalizing pot may be the way to go. the global commission on drug policylaims the war has not, cannot, and will not be won. the 19-member commission suggests that the government try to decriminalize the use of drugs, such as marijuana, to undermine organized crime. they suggest putting an emphasis on reducing the consumption of drugs instead. >>> there's a new national spelling bee champion this morning. >> c-y-m-o-t-r-i-c-h-o-u-s. [ cheers and applause ] >> good for her. she did it. pennsylvania 14-year-old sukana roi spelledcy cymotrichous, meaning having wavy hair. huge trophy. very nice. good for her. and she was spelling it out. and i also heard she studied the dictionary, read the dictionary twice, and knew all of the words. good for her. well-deserved. 5:26 now. the investigation into the fire that killed a san francisco firefighter continues this morning. what experts think happened in the moments leading up to that deadly incident. >>> and we find out what happened to jaycee dugard during herf o 18 yes ofaptivivity by this man and woman in antioch

the war on drugs was branded a failure today by an international group of political, financial and cultural figures. the global commission on drug policyevidence is clear that the drug fight "cannot be won". former brazilian president fernando henrique cardoso chaired the commission. he said governments should decriminalize marijuana, for instance, and focus on regulation instead. >> stop the war on drugs. and let's be more constructive in trying to reduce the consumption. if you look at the production, the market is so profitable that all time will be someone which will be capable to risk his life to continue to be trafficking. so it's better to reduce consumption and to use other instruments and not just to limit ourselves to the position of war. >> holman: the office of white house drug czar rejected the group's conclusions.ew a spokesman said making drugs more available would only raise the risk to public health and safety. the commission included former treasury secretary george schultz and former federal reserve chairman paul volcker, among others. in pakistan, islamic militants from afghanistan battled pakistani security forces

data cited in a new report of the global commission on drug policy. global war on drugs has been a failure and says it is time for countries to change their policies. commission member and ceo of virgin atlantic richard branson. >> can't afford to keep the drug policy as it is. it is costing them more and more every year to achieve something which, you know, where her just not winning. not achieving anything. >> reporter: commission made up of heavy hitters, former u.s. secretary general kofi annan. former secretary of state george schultz. former chairman of the u.s. federal reserve paul volcker and various former latin american presidents. they urge, quote, to end the criminalization marginalization and stigmatization of people that use drugs but do no harm to others and recommend governments experience with models of legalizing drugs to reduce the power and influence of drug cartels. >> they don't consider any more -- drugs a crime. they consider it is a problem of the health system. opened the health system to people so people can go and try to fin

workers are fighting to bring the situation under control from russia that uses the global commission on the drug policy of promoting drugs after issues a record calling for the legalization of certain narcotics. right next to a nazi it's our cross talk a great show at this time pete labelle with his guests discuss the so-called humanitarian mission ongoing in libya and the legitimacy of america's military action there. say twenty years ago the largest country. to. have been a. challenger. where did it take. you can. follow in wealthier cross-talk i'm peter lavelle under the war powers act the president must get approval from congress within sixty days after ordering u.s. forces into combat neither president barack obama nor any other president has formally acknowledged being bound by this restriction it would appear u.s. presidents can go to war at well. you can. still. do cross talk the war powers act i'm joined by robert naiman in our band he is policy director at just foreign policy and denver we have david koch how he is an adjunct professor of advance constitutional law at the university of denver

the global commission on drug policy did something in their report. -- canceled. then they showed how scientists except the relative risk of those drugs. there is no relationship between them. alcohol and cigarettes. those are the legal drugs. most scientists rank them high up in terms of their relative danger, more so than marijuana. heroin addicts say it is tougher to quit cigarettes than heroin. cigarettes is causing millions of cancer deaths around the world. heroin can be addictive, but you can remain and live a long live on herren. it does not destroy your bodily organs. it is not like alcohol, or cocaine for that matter. the argument for changing the way we deal with drugs and reducing our reliance on the criminal justice system -- this is not just an argument being made by people on the global commission who do not use drugs. many americans smoke marijuana and do not do harm to anyone else. many have seen the worst that drugs can do, and grown up in families where the addiction was rampant. they see how terrible drugs are, but they understand t

the global commission on drug policy did something in their report. showed the way drugs are handled -- canceled. then they showed how scientists except the relative risk of those drugs. there is no relationship between them. alcohol and cigarettes. those are the legal drugs. most scientists rank them high up in terms of their relative danger, more so than marijuana. heroin addicts say it is tougher to quit cigarettes than heroin. cigarettes is causing millions of cancer deaths around the world. heroin can be addictive, but you can remain and live a long live on herren. it does not destroy your bodily organs. it is not like alcohol, or cocaine for that matter. the argument for changing the way we deal with drugs and reducing our reliance on the criminal justice system -- this is not just an argument being made by people on the global commission who do not use drugs. many americans smoke marijuana and do not do harm to anyone else. many have seen the worst that drugs can do, and grown up in families where the addiction was rampant. they see how terribl

in the course of responding to questions, someone hopefully will address the global commission on drug policy, we go from here and of course the question. >> introduce yourself. >> and carry with the regional justice initiatives. want to push back a little bit about what was taught today because to a certain extent were speaking to the choir. none of this year are typically in any disagreement. we need to change the narrative into me the biggest narrative we have difficulty in changing is the media narrative. what we know here is true and the facts are out out here in the system we see isn't sanity. i want to ask you out, what is your vision of changing the narrative? thank you. [applause] >> who would like to respond? >> i probably represent one of the most conservative in the state. we claim that we are and recognize we have every cd, every state in the united states, but also military bases, korea and japan. the narrative has to change too in that kind of programs we have right now. also importantly as judge burnett laid out, we've got to pass the justice commission act. let me tell you i

. >> reporter: this week the global commission on drugs called for a noncriminal approach to drug policy, an idea dismissed from the obama administration, signaling the war on drugs has many battles ahead. nbc bay area news. >> senator boxer was in san francisco today to call for president obama to scale back operations in afghanistan. california democrat is a senior member of the senate foreign relations committee. she is calling on the president to bring 100,000 troops in afghanistan home. >> there's simply no justification, none, for the continued deployment of 100,000 american troops in afghanistan. >> reporter: boxer told the audience that the mission to defeat alta and capture bin laden has been accomplished and the police and soldiers trained there can secure the pledging democracy from now on. >>> california doesn't have a budget and that could mean lawmakers won't be getting a paycheck. voters approved prop 95 and it says they will lose a day of pay and reimbursement for every day the budget is late. the taxpayer association is vowing to sue if lawmakers are paid out without pas