cannabis -- an innocuous looking green plant at the heart of a multi-billion dollar global industry. but should we ban it or tax it? this week we look at two very different approaches to the consumption of the controversial crop. that's just one of the topics coming up on the show. cannabis in colorado -- how legalizing the drug has helped to keep the municipal coffers full. inside an armenian prison -- for despondent inmates, reform can't come a moment too soon. and -- national park status in uganda --

hazing on college campuses is often seen as innocuous. but we begin with a new lawsuit filed by a stuns at one of america's most prestigious universities that is shining light on ra underworld where the hazing ranges from horribly degrading to truly dangerous. when 19 year old anthony mark antonio, an olympic hopeful enrolled in the university of virginia one of america's premiere institutions of higher learning he could never have imagined what he says happened to him when he joined the swim team. >> they threatened him with sexual violence of a very awful variety. they were locked into a bathroom and told to drink vast quantities of alcohol. think were imprisoned in the bathroom and couldn't get out. and through it they were threatened. >> reporter: he has filed a lawsuit claiming that violent haszing cost him him swim career. >> from that moment on he couldn't get in the pool when the other swimmers were there, as the coach put it to him, i can't guarantee your safety. >> reporter: his lawsuit is the latest in a growing war against haz

had some 20 filipino-americans that reside on natomas street get hit with 3-day notices for very innocuous reasons. it had not been for the close-knit community that included services like senior and disability action, asian pacific islander outreach and west bay filipino multi-services, you know, these families perhaps would not be able to stay in their homes. district 6 of the course is part of the youth and family zone are sda zones and other agencies and it remains the home of vulnerable populations including low-income filipino-americans and for areas targeted for wealthier residents. progress should not come at the expense of the poor. that is why these new proposals such as having notices put in english, and other languages for people that are mono lingual, taking away the landlord's profit motives for evicting long-term, underserved tenants are all reasonable things. we're coming upon august 4th, the 38th anniversary of the evictions of the i-hotel and let's pass this in their memory. because it was out of control now and it's way out of control now. they are off the chain and we h

cannabis -- an innocuous looking green plant at the heart of a multi-billion dollar global industry. but should we ban it or tax it? this week we look at two very different approaches to the consumption of the controversial crop. that's just one of the topics coming up on the show. cannabis in colorado -- how legalizing the drug has helped to keep the municipal coffers full. inside an armenian prison -- for despondent inmates, reform can't come a moment too soon. and -- national park status in uganda -- good news for wildlife, but at what cost to the human population? recreational drug consumption is big business. just how big, it's hard to say with certainty since most transactions take place outside of the law. the un, however, estimates that around 260 billion euros worth of drugs sales are made globally each year. around a quarter of a billion people are thought to take drugs, the most popular of which is cannabis. around 180 million people worldwide smoke or consume cannabis, also referred to as "weed," "hash," and "dope," on a regular basis. opinions as to the dangers of cannab

we bread and raised them for a year at the zoo, innocumented them and have a string of frogs here that should be immune to the disease so they are released and we'll be watching them. a lot of volunteers and employees went there to release. as you may have seen the sculpture learning plaza opened this to great fanfare we had 1300 members come and open the plaza. this finishes out the childrens exploration zone near the playground. most of the animals and skeptures are species you do not find at a zoo. this is a rare tropical chameleon and understand supervisor norman yee would like the name right frz this guy. i guess it matches one of his suits. this is the head of a grey whale. there is braille on each skullture so the blind visitors can touch the whale. i just have to point out this [inaudible] was so real life my husband startleed. this was made using the scales of a dead python shipped in from florida to assist the artist and it is quite amazing, looks life like. if you vafear of snaims perhaps skip that part of the zoo. on the very good news, as aknow we had a 6 million dollar fa

as he passes this innocuous looking pillar, he is entering a foreign country.ident of an indian enclave deep inside bangladesh cut off from delhi and its public services. >> translator: they have no schools in here. so our children can't go to school unless they sneak into bangladesh to study. >> reporter: those inside the enclaves have found themselves unable to leave their villages without becoming illegal immigrants. things can get pretty surreal at the border. for instance, i'm standing inside a bangladeshi enclave that is entirely surrounded by an indian one. but these anomalies are about to disappear into the past. indian and bangladesh have finally agreed to swap the enclaves and these villagers are gathered here to discuss whether to stay and become bangladeshi citizens or head to india. this is one of almost 1,000 people who are choosing to leave for india. while others are choosing to stay where they are. >> translator: we have a lot of family inside of india, so it will be nice to be reunited with them. and being an enclavist hasn't been easy. there

sounds innocuous enough. we've got a problem. >> oh, boy. >> how do you not have the enough fuel?egulations require planes to have enough fuel to get to their destination airport and predesignated diversion airport plus an additional 45 minutes of flying time. they did not have that clearly. >> come on, on your car it has a little yellow light that lights up. i can't imagine a plane, right? >> simple as that. >>> coming up, the olsen twins possibly getting back to their roots on television. >>> the latest movie remake starring one bad mother. >> shut your mouth. >> that's it. >> "skinny" is next. >>> "world news now" continues after this from our abc ♪ skinny, so skinny ♪ >>> topping the "skinny" this morning, more exciting news for "full house" fans. >> we told you yesterday about casting announcements for the spinoff fuller house," now it's the one everybody's been waiting for. >> previously it was reported mary-kate and ashley olsen would not be involved so they could focus on their fashion careers. but netflix now hinting that the twins may reprise their role after all. netfli

some of those masquerade as such innocuous products as air fresheners or potpourri. the question we are debating is can these new mind altering substances be outlawed without resorting to tortured legal rationales? are there alternatives to a prohibitionist strategy or could policymakers better promote public safety by requiring strict production standards but not attempting to ban their use? in this recent analysis for those of you watching this is also available online, this new study examines the issues that we will be talking about today and i'm pleased to welcome him here his remarks will be followed by eric sterling and jacob hornberger. a few words about my friends and mentor ted. ted is a senior fellow for defense here he served as the director of foreign-policy in 1995 and is vice president for defense and foreign policy studies from 1995 through 2011. this includes the fire next door, mexico's drug violence and danger to america and bad neighbor policy and those are directly relevant to this topic more probably toward a prudent foreign policy for america. h

one of the things i have tried to make clear is if you think it is innocuous that relates to race it ultimately comes back and doing violence. think of something that seems abstract. a debate over affirmative action? how is that related to physical violence? there are many who want their kids -- you decide whether you like a policy are not. they hope they improve their station and grew up somewhere that is not like where they grew up. it is almost always i do want you to have to walk out the door and watch your back the way i did. charlie: that's why your writing this letter. ta-nehisi: yes. charlie: it is the very much this act of violence against the body. your terms. the basic difference in terms of how you see that from the president -- probably you have had debates in the white house. ta-nehisi: yes. that's true. [laughter] i think the president reflects in his public comments to the extent that the kind of optimism that is very much rooted in the african-american experience, the notion of hope the notion that it will be better tomorrow is almost religious within the african-ame

louis chapter of care, she and her fellow muslim activist thought they would have this nice innocuouslittle group. they would create t-shirts that said muslims care, a play on the word, they would have bake sales and show the community they were happy, fun people and not make waves. she said after 9/11, when the entire world changed for muslims in america, she realized that is not a solution. that is what makes communities vulnerable, by not demanding their rights they will curry favor and protect themselves stop the only way she realized for muslims or any other group in history to have improved their situation is to find allies outside of the group and band together and demand those rights rather than hoping they will be accorded to them. there is a lot of sentiment in the united states that makes clear there was really grounds for optimism for believing that's true. a couple months ago there was a mosque in joplin, missouri, that had been the target of arson and other vandalism over the past several years that earned to the ground. leaders in that community set a goal of a quarter

as he passes this innocuous looking color that marks the end of his village he is enter a foreign countrypart of an indian enclave cut off from deli and its services. >> our children can't go into school unless they sneak into bangladesh to study. >> those inside the enclaves have found themselves unable to leave their villages without becoming illegal immigrants. i'm standing inside a bangladeshi enclave that's entirely surrounded by an indian one. that is, an enclave within an enclave. yet these cartographic issues are about to be dissolve. be officials are gathered to discuss whether to stay or head to india one of almost 1,000 people who are choosing to leave for india while all of those in the bangladeshi enclaves inside india are choosing to stay where they are. >> we have a lot of family inside india and it would be nice to stay with them. there is a lot of stigma attached so leaving makes sense for me. >> he is one of those who have decided to stay back. he and his fellow enclave residents are marking the occasion by lighting 68 candles. one for each year in limbo. mahar sathar, a

that is an innocuous stance iran's leaders have always maintained. >> do you want to pursue a nuclear bomb? >> translator: is there a law that tells me i must swear to convince others? i have said on numerous occasions that we do not anatomic bomb. >> why should we believe you? you are violating four u.n. resolutions, you've kicked out u.n. inspectors. why should the world believe anything that you say on this subject? >> we do not insist that you should believe us. we've never said that you should. you are free not to believe us. >> for now many do not believe tehran. throughout negotiations the regime has continued to ignore six united nations resolutions saying that it suspend uranium enrichment. >> eric thanks voech for that. we are back now with senator dan coates of indiana. senator, let me ask you if a deal does not get done what are the implications for the world? >> well we don't know for sure what the implications are, but what we do know is that if we maintain strong sanctions and even rachet those sanctions up iran will be in desperate economic trouble. they cannot sustain

is the federal prosecution of the individual, of the person, which renders that rights denial in innocuous, bradley's language. the federal prosecution of that individual perpetrator has to be predicated -- bradley's term -- predicated on that state support sanctioning, protecting, excusing. this is the vocabulary of state neglect and it is the vocabulary that has been circulating in circuit court for over the past decade. that is also under theorized. for folks who want to take that concept and suck it out of history and bring it into today this is an under-theorized concept. this is not only articulated in the ways people might want it to be. we can go back to the canonical expressions of state action option, where i began. it is the same decision. individual rights is not the subject matter of the amendment.n no but these wrongs have the color of law and there may be federal penalties, federal punishments of those individuals. this is not a code of municipal law. codes of municipal law take original jurisdiction. it is quite clear the act of 1856 is clearly corrective because it does no

. >> all lives matter may sound innocuous, but some people took deep offense to those comments from martinley. as a matter of fact activists stormed the stage at that conference yesterday i attended by some voters in phoenix. >> demonstrators have just taken over o'malley's time on stage here. >> say her name! >> say her name! >> say her name! >> say her name! >> it's an important message. >> right now here today, we want to take a moment to acknowledge the lives lost, specifically the black women's lives that are lost. >> if i die in police custody. >> if i die in police custody. >> call my mom first. >> call my mom first. >> [ bleep ]. >> this issue is so important. black lives matter. white lives matter. all lives matter. >> how many black people have killed police officers this year? how many? [ bleep ]. >> i'm trying to respond to the call of your question as best i can. >> do not generalize this [ bleep ]. >> please let's do this. >> specifically i believe every police department in america should have to report in an open and transparent and a timely way all police involved shooting

one of the things i try to make clear repeatedly is any sort of term you think as innocuous or a euphemismhat relates to race and policy in terms of race and black people ultimately comes back to violence and doing violence to african-american bodies. for instance, take something that seems abstract and disconnected like affirmative action. how is that related to physical violence? i assure you there are african-americans in this country that want their kids -- and leave aside what you think of the policy but those african-americans trying to get theirs advantages for their kids are trying to get them in the hopes that they approve their station and grow up somewhere not like where they grew up. behind that is not just not growing up poor working-class or whatever. it's almost always "i don't want you to have to walk out the door and look and watch your back the way i did." rose: that brings me to an essential point. it is still very much with us this act of violence against the body -- your terms. you have a basic difference in terms of how you see that from the president. coates: probabl

that's that's an innocuous to statement right there. of course we all do. all stand on the shoulders of our founding fathers let's thank them. and before he uttered that phrase "you didn't build that," he had this dripping hostility for people who rightly believe that it was their own initiative that, yes they worked harder and yes, they were smarter. >> every time i discovered some new fact, some new unsung entrepreneur -- and i'll get to a couple of them momentarily here -- they had to hear every last detail. [laughter] and so my kids got to see a very different side of me. not just angry cable tv lady, but nerd mom. oh, my gosh, there she goes again. talk about the wildcat stop her! [laughter] but the fact is i've always been, you know, somewhat of a frustrated tinkerer myself and i talk about some of the things that i try to make with me kids, and this is why they're always rolling their eyes because they know it's never going to work. the soda bottle submarine that sank to the bottom of the time, the marshmallow shooter that has marshmallows wedged in

some of the new drugs even masquerade as such innocuous perfectly legal products such as air fresheners or potpourri. the question that we're debating today, or several really, is can these mind-altering substances be outlawed without resorting to tortured legal rationales. are there alternatives to a prohibitionist strategy, or could policy makers better promote public safety by requiring strict production standards, but not attempting to ban their use. in this recent cato policy analysis, we have copies outside this room if you'd like a copy. for those of you watching online, this is also available online. this new study by cato senior fellow ted carpenter examines the issues we'll be talking about today. i'm very pleased to welcome him here. his remarks will be followed by comments by eric sterling and jacob hornberger. first, though, a few words about my friend and mentor, ted. ted galen carpenter is a senior fellow for defense in foreign policies here at cato. he served as cato's director of foreign policy studies from 1986 to 1995 and then as vice president for defense and foreign

one of the things i try to make clear repeatedly is any term you think is innocuous or a euphemism that relates to race and policy on race and black people ultimately comes back to violence and doing violence to african-american bodies. for instance, you take something that seems terribly abstract and disconnected is the data over affirmative action. leave aside what you think of the policy, but the african-americans trying to get the advantages for their kids are trying to get them in the hopes that they improve their station and grow up somewhere that's not like where they grew up. behind that is not just i don't want you to grow up poor working class, or whatever. it's almost always, i don't want you to have to walk out the door and have to look and watch your back the way i did. >> rose: and that's why you're writing this letter to your son. >> yes. >> rose: it brings me to a special point here. it is still very much with us, this act of violence against the body -- your terms. >> mm-hmm. >> rose: you have basic terms in how you see that from the president. >> probably. >> rose: wel

the futility of trying to ban to make illegal things that are kind of transparently innocuous, legal then the process, the market being what it is for the process of getting around those restrictions. and this is a.command i we will admit this is a topic i had not studied much. i was struck by the ease with which the manufacturers of these chemicals substances can evade restrictions by making very minor changes to the chemical composition to get around the law but then as we have talked about they may inadvertently introduce new harms to users who thought they were getting one thing and get something else. can you talk a little bit more about that concert? we will we have seen is really quite tortured legal reasoning to describe, we aredescribe, we're going to make illegal substances like this and others like them sort of thing. laws that are that vaguely worded. it carries a host of threats to liberty. >> first of all, i would like to thank eric and jacob for excellent comments on the paper and presentation. what chris has pointed out is an inherent dilemma that prohibitionists face

without whose very astute work on the floor late last night to catch what looked like annin ok in ok innocuous technical amendment we may not be here with an opportunity to have a recorded vote on this important issue. she and her staff did us a great service last night. betty. [ applause ] >> well, the interior bill is a polluters dream profiteering from pollution for those who want to not follow the law. but it had one bright spot in it. it had funding in it for native american brothers and sisters. and then because of the amendments of mr. jeffers and mr. huffman, it had two more bright spots added to it. i sat on the floor when these gentlemen introduced their amendments. and i was really proud. and i was really proud of the fact that there was no objection raised from the other side of the aisle. and i thought america at its best. we are doing better. we can do better. and then last night around 8:00 when we were ready to wrap up the bill there was a flurry of activity and then a little bit of disruption as the chairman of the committee started just talking about wildfires and striking th

the compost itself is completely innocuous other than it has nutrients that have value. >> it is not just the euthanasia but quickly burying or composting the carcasses. >> if you leave it in the environment, it can be tracked on shoes or close. -- clothes. >> the other related issue that i just heard about a couple of days ago in some of the layer operations it has been a real problem cleaning it up. the bills. this particular grower had heard about the potential of having a 120 day. -- a 120 day time where you wouldn't have to clean everything out. is that the case? >> yes, it is. we are looking at that and evaluating that as well as may be trying to look at heating the buildings up during that process in order to reduce the amount of cleaning and disinfection that has to be done. our primary goal is not to clean the building. we are going to continue to evaluate. one option we are looking at. hopefully, it will work because to me it would save and reduce work and resources that are currently having to be spent cleaning these up. >> this particular producer said he will probably ha

some of those masquerade as such innocuous products as air fresheners or potpourri. the question we are debating is can these new mind altering substances be outlawed without resorting to tortured legal rationales? are there alternatives to a prohibitionist strategy or could policymakers better promote public safety by requiring strict production standards but not attempting to ban their use? in this recent analysis for those of you watching this is also available online, this new study examines the issues that we will be talking about today and i'm pleased to welcome him here his remarks will be followed by eric sterling and jacob hornberger. a few words about my friends and mentor ted. ted is a senior fellow for defense here he served as the director of foreign-policy in 1995 and is vice president for defense and foreign policy studies from 1995 through 2011. this includes the fire next door, mexico's drug violence and danger to america and bad neighbor policy and those are directly relevant to this topic more probably toward a prudent foreign policy for america. h

the futility of trying to ban to make illegal things that are kind of transparently innocuous, legal and then the process, the market being what it is for the process of getting around those restrictions. and this is a.command i we will admit this is a topic i had not studied much. i was struck by the ease with which the manufacturers of these chemicals substances can evade restrictions by making very minor changes to the chemical composition to get around the law but then as we have talked about they may inadvertently introduce new harms to users who thought they were getting one thing and get something else. can you talk a little bit more about that concert? we will we have seen is really quite tortured legal reasoning to describe, we aredescribe, we're going to make illegal substances like this and others like them sort of thing. laws that are that vaguely worded. it carries a host of threats to liberty. >> first of all, i would like to thank eric and jacob for excellent comments on the paper and presentation. what chris has pointed out is an inherent dilemma that prohibitionists

they couldn't have tom delay be the speaker so they had to find somebody innocuous, cooperative, whow we all saw it. if you wanted to get in an engagement, you didn't go to the speaker for that. you went to mr. delay who really ruled the roost. >> you saw hastert as a figure head. >> absolutely. that doesn't make this any sadder. the damage they were doing was not springing from him. but acquiesced to by him. >> fascinating comments there. you can watch more of john's conversation with nancy pelosi on "power lunch" dot c new york stock exchange . >>> not all business owners are on board with the president's plan. we'll debate that when "power lunch" returns. ♪ every auto insurance policy has a number. but not every insurance company understands the life behind it. ♪ those who have served our nation have earned the very best service in return. ♪ usaa. we know what it means to serve. get an auto insurance quote and see why 92% of our members plan to stay for life. i'm here at the td ameritrade trader offices. ahh... steve, other than making me move stuff, what are you working on? let m

who without whose work on the floor late last night to catch what looks like an innocuous technical amendment, we may not be here with the opportunity to have a recorded vote on this. [applause] >> well, the interior bill is a polluter's dream profiteering from pollution for those who want to not follow the law. it had one bright spot and it. funding for our native american brothers and sisters. because of the amendments of mr. jefferson mr. hoffman, it had two more bright spots added to a terrible bill. i sat on the floor when these gentlemen introduce their amendments. i was proud of the fact that there was no objection raised from the other side of the aisle. i thought, america at its best. we are doing better. and then last night around 8:00 when we were ready to wrap up the bill, there was a flurry of activity. then a little bit of disruption as the chairman of the committee started talking about wildfires in striking the last word. people coming to the floor from the leadership offices of speaker boehner. i noticed the parliamentarian was called off in the speaker's lobby to discuss som

kills inactivates that virus and also digests that virus so that the compost itself is completely innocuous other than it has nutrients that have value and can be land-applied. >> so it's just not the euthanasia, but it's quickly burying or composting the carcasses. >> right. because if you just lee the virus sit -- leave the virus sitting in the environment, it can be tracked on people's shoes or clothes. if it's on equipment moving farm to farm, you can track it that way. >> yeah, i've heard that is possible. thank the gentleman for yielding. >> thank you. the other related issue that i just heard about a couple days ago, in some of these layer operations it's been a real problem cleaning it up, you know with the -- i don't know the belts and all of this sort of thing. it's a big problem. and so this particular grower had heard about the potential of having a 120-day period that would change the way -- you wouldn't have to go in and clean everything out, that 120-day period would be, would potentially work. is that the case? >> congressman peterson, yes, it is. we're looking at that and e

eric described them now i know that three-nec round-bottomked flask, things that transparently innocuously legal, and then the process, the market being what it is, process of getting around those restrictions. this is a point, and i admit this is a copy oftopic i have not studied very much, the ease at which the manufacturers of these chemical substances can evade fictions by making very minor changes to the chemical composition to get around the law, but then, they may inadvertently introduce new arms to users who thought they were getting one thing but ended up getting something else. can you talk more about that concept, because we have seen some tortured legal reasoning to describe your going to make illegal substances like this and others like them sort of thing. if we have lost her that vaguely -- laws that are that daily worded -- mr. carpenter: i would like to thank the presenters for excellent comments. what chris has pointed out, the dilemma that prohibition is face. -- prohibitionists face. when you are dealing with synthetic drugs from a small change in chemical composition ca

but the first one was the principal down in miami who lost his job for putting up a totally innocuous facebook comment on a miami herald news story about the mckinney pool party. he sided with the cops. i happen to disagree with that opinion, too but don't think you should get fired for it. there was no vulgarity involved. no racism involved. just a comment. lost his job as a principal. and then there's the guy the scientist of late who made the somewhat awkward joke about women in labs falling in love with scientists scientists and men falling in love with women. imagine that, a scientist who makes an awkward joke about sex. but he -- i believe he is a nobel prize winner. >> doesn't matter. >> very, very high up and just being hounded and hounded and hounded and hounded and it's like these things -- i hadn't even heard about that one they happen so fast, even though i'm paying take because i wrote a book you. can't keep track of them and it makes me sad to think of how many people are hurt in their own communities and in states and maybe doesn't even make it to the national news leve

kills and inactivates the virus and digests that virus so that the compost itself is completely innocuous other than it has nutrients that have value that could be land applied. >> it's just not the euthanasia, it's quickly burying or composting the carcasses? >> right. because if you just leave the virus sitting in the environment, it can be tracked on people's shoes or clothes, if it's on equipment even farm to farm, you can track it that way. >> i've heard that is possible. i thank the gentleman for yielding. >> thank you. the other related issue that i just heard about a couple days ago, in some of these layer operations it's been a real problem cleaning it up. you know i don't know the belts and all of this sort of thing, it's a big problem. and so this particular grower had heard about the potential of a -- having 120-day period that would change the way you wouldn't have to go in and clean everything out, that 120-day period would be -- would potentially work. is that the case? >> congress pan peterson, yes, it is. we're looking at that and evaluating that as well as maybe trying t