patrick kennedy is waging what some call a fierce anti pot campaign.ijuana could cause what he calls a public health nightmare. and the former congressman is joining me now. patrick, welcome. >> thank you, alex. >> i want to talk about, first of all, where you are right now. you're a studio in vermont, which has a pretty big heroin problem in that state. i know that you have said that marijuana takes you to the same place as cocaine and heroin, it just takes longer. talk about that. do you base that on scientific evidence or anecdotal evidence? >> we do need more research, but let's just follow our common sense. people here in vermont are in crisis. heroin overdoses and addiction rates are all-time high. the governor up here in vermont has said it's a major public health crisis. but people don't just start injecting heroin the first time they use a drug. they start, you know, maybe taking oxycontin, which like medical marijuana, can kind of deceive you. because it's medicine. that's what they say. like, medical -- it can't be hurtful to you. and what h

one who says that is former congressman patrick kennedy, someone who struggleed with drug abuse himself. why do you want more of this more that failed ee even you. >> we know what works, public health, drug use often correlates to sense of permissiveness. and when we lowered our standards, by calling it medical marijuana, more people use, if particularly teenagers. john: how do you know more people use in portugal they decriminal used, fewer use. >> i rely on national institute of health for my information they came out with a survey of add lesseaddadd lesadolescent ds the highest. not surpriseing. my big thing, is the issue of commercialization of another addictive substance. we saw how tobacco with joe camel targeted kids to become smokers. i worry about with big marijuana we'll is a new tao*rg industry, thatobacco industrythat targetsf with mood disorders, depressed. they will do now in addition to drinking, they will now have marijuana. i don't think that is a very good combination for the future. john: if marijuana is legal, in terms of exposeing kids, opposite is true, legal sales

. >> patrick kennedy, with his deep political connections and famous name, is pushing the feds to fast track cannabis research. >> they ought to get at it quickly. the fda and the federal government, they ought to just get it done. we just need a greater urgency to this issue overall. >> it's a bold statement for kennedy. a recovering addict who's been outspoken that making medical marijuana legal in any way is dangerous. that more children will be able to access it and more smokers will become addicted it to. now he thinks the only way to remove that risk is to have all medical marijuana products federally regulated, rigorously studied and strictly controlled. >> i think making this truly a medicine as opposed to forcing people to go on the street and try to buy something that they can't determine whether it is what it says it is. >> but he understands why sick patients want marijuana now. remember his father, ted kennedy, died of brain cancer and his brother lost his leg to cancer. >> i wouldn't have begrudged any member of my family with cancer, and they've all had cancer, anything

. >> patrick kennedy, with his deep political connections and famous name, is pushing the feds to fastesearch. >> they ought to get at it quickly. the fda and the federal government, they ought to just get it done. we just need a greater urgency to this issue overall. >> it's a bold statement for kennedy. a rekoefring addict who's been outspoken that making medical marijuana legal in any way is dangerous. that more children will be able to access it and more smokers will become addicted it to. now he thinks the only way to remove that risk is to have all medical marijuana products federally regulated, rigorously studied and strictly controlled. >> i think making this truly a medicine as opposed to forcing people to go on the street and try to buy something that they can't determine whether it is what it says it is. >> but he understands why sick patients want marijuana now. remember his father, ted kennedy, died of brain cancer and his brother lost his leg to cancer. >> i would have not begrudged any member of my family. >> it's why he's dealing with anyone to speed things up. but it t

. >> patrick kennedy, with his deep political connections and famous name, is pushing the feds to fast cannabis research. >> they ought to get at it quickly. the fda and the federal government, they ought to just get it done. we just need a greater urgency to this issue overall. >> it's a bold statement for kennedy. a recovering addict who's been outspoken that making medical marijuana legal in any way is dangerous. that more children will be able to access it and more smokers will become addicted it to. now he thinks the only way to remove that risk is to have all medical marijuana products federally regulated, rigorously studied and strictly controlled. >> i think making this truly a medicine as opposed to forcing people to go on the street and try to buy something that they can't determine whether it is what it says it is. >> but he understands why sick patients want marijuana now. remember his father, ted kennedy, died of brain cancer and his brother lost his leg to cancer. >> i wouldn't have begrudged any member of my family with cancer, and they've all had cancer, anything that w

. >> patrick kennedy, with his deep political connections and famous name, is pushing the feds to fastannabis research. >> they ought to get at it quickly. the fda and the federal government, they ought to just get it done. we just need a greater urgency to this issue overall. >> it's a bold statement for kennedy. a recovering addict who's been outspoken that making medical marijuana legal in any way is dangerous. that more children will be able to access it and more smokers will become addicted it to. now he thinks the only way to remove that risk is to have all medical marijuana products federally regulated, rigorously studied and strictly controlled. >> i think making this truly a medicine as opposed to forcing people to go on the street and try to buy something that they can't determine whether it is what it says it is. >> but he understands why sick patients want marijuana now. remember his father, ted kennedy, died of brain cancer and his brother lost his leg to cancer. >> i wouldn't have begrudged any member of my family with cancer, and they've all had cancer, anything that wou

patrick kennedy former congressman from rhode island and author of the book what addicts know 10 lessonsnefit everyone. both men were substance abusers at one time. so, mr. kennedy, i understand you're against the legalization of marijuana. why? >> well, i have a mood disorder and i'm also in recovery because i'm also an addict. with another drug being commercialized, one that actually has the for-profit motive of hooking new consumers. they are going to target teenagers. they are going to make their money off of people like myself who are addicts and i just don't think this is the kind of thing that makes our country stronger, families stronger and of course jeopardizes the public health at large. >> proactive say it's harmless, less than alcohol. unfair to have alcohol legal and pot not. you say. >> i say two wrongs don't make a right. the marijuana today is in beverage form, in candy form, you can eat it now, i was an asthmatic. i didn't go down the root of marijuana. if i could have eaten it like they did in colorado it would have been a totally different game. this is a scary game.

hillary clinton herself was in the meeting with patrick kennedy, the number three man in the department was made to deny that request. and then most importantly this proves without any question that the idea that the attack on our mission was caused by an anti-islamic video is a fabricati fabrication, it is completely false. >> the report did find no evidence of a political cover-up, the kind of political cover-up the republicans had been alleging. do you dispute that in this book? >> well, is it incompetent or a cover-up? it is absolutely false that the demonstration as "the new york times" days before said in cairo was a precursor, and the actions in benghazi were caused because of an anti-islamic video. that is a lie. and the state department added this that were talking points by the cia used by susan rice to dissemble for the american people. >> what is the point of doing this some i know reading this you're not a fan of hillary clinton. and our viewers formed an administration, the acronym that begins with a c. >> it is a senate intelligence committee report by republicans and dem

former congressman and drug addict patrick kennedy was on the o'reilly factor last night. listen to this. >> they're going to target teenagers. they're going to make their money off of people like myself who are addicts. and i don't think this is the kind of thing that makes our country stronger, our families stronger. there are eight times as many liquor stores in minority neighborhoods than there are in white neighborhoods and the same thing is going to happen with legalized marijuana. it is going to target the most vulnerable in our country. >> votes onç holder's proposal to shorten those sentences could come as early as next months. congresswoman sheila jackson may need a bit of a history lesson. listen to this. >> how well it is we have lasted some 400 years operating under a constitution that clearly defines what is constitutional and what is not. >> she was asked -- off by two centuries. if it was 400 years old this would mean the constitution was signed in 1614. the u.s. constitution was formally adopted in 1787.ç bill o'reilly knows that. he's a guardian of hist

patrick kennedy trains investigators looking into pipeline explosions. >> i've seen a lot of loss of lives, loss of property, serious maiming and injuries from people who were injured because their gas lines were 100 years old. >> gayle and charly, according to the senator, the cost of those gas leaks to the american consumer is $20 billion. >> thank you, michelle. this morning, bp is allowed to go back in business in the gulf of mexico. you may recall the oil skwraoeupblt was banned in 2012, two years after the deepwater horizon disaster. it killed 11 workers and spilled on thursday, bp signed an agreement with the epa that lets the company bid on new leases. >>> now, to ukraine, the cripple yann crisis is the subject of a meeting in london between secretary of state john kerr skpreu his russian counterpart. the two diplomats trying to held off a confrontation. the last ditch talks take place before they vote on whether to break away from ukraine. we look at what happens if the effort fails. margaret, good morning. now. kerry and lavrov both said they were glad to meet but behind cl

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patrick's day. president kennedy said "our two nations divided by distance have a -- have been reunited by history."bvious to everyone of you today. nothing exemplifies that a bond more than this building. it was designed by an irishman named james hoban. room?bans in the i live across the street from a guy named johnny hoban, a long story. it has been occupied by 19 president of irish dissent. [applause] war despond and they cannot make that claim. [laughter] it is wonderful to be here today with all of you. -- the remaining were despondent they cannot make that claim. i am reminded of an article that pat, god bless him, put on my desk back in the early 1990's. .t was an "new yorker" article it was about sitting in a pub in new york. pat looks at mike and say don't you wish you were in dublin in a pub wishing you were in a new york? [laughter] in the irish catholic family i grew up in, that was the issue. we are nostalgic about the future. [laughter] think about that. you will know it is true. away a couplessed of years ago, catherine finnigan biden, used to say this. joey, the irish is about famil

towering figure on so many issues, they joined together with senator kennedy's son, representative patrick kennedy, and wrote the bipartisan mental health parity and addiction act. they wanted to make sure we had parity in how insurance companies treat mental and physical health. that bill became law finally in 2008. it was a huge step forward. i'm proud to be -- i was proud to author mental health parity in the affordable care act which was the next big step forward. today we voted on the final step in mental health parity in the community. the ability to get funding for quality mental health services, the same way we fund quality community health services. i met and heard from so many people who have personally felt the effects of mental illness and who want us to pass this bill so they and others can get the treatment they need. one of those people who joined us, in fact, today at a press conference, flew in from michigan is melkia neumann who lived over 30 years with undiagnosed bipolar disorder. over 30 years. she finally got the treatment she needed through the oakland county health authorit

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patrick's day comes early today. bill clinton was at the university for the study of peace. it's named for tip o'neill and the irish leading john hume. o'neill along with kennedywere those who led for peace in ireland. o'neill later won ronald reagan's support in getting british prime minister margaret thatcher to back the historic reconciliation. all of which led to the good friday peace accords that finally ended the troubles. we'll be right back after this. >>> we're back, as a candidate for mayor committed to lead new york city in a new progressive direction, including de blasio's promise, he aimed to slow the growth of charter schools in favor of more traditional neighborhood public schools. the mayor has now cancelled an agreement, negotiated by his predecessor which would have allowed three new charter schools to operate in public >>> we're back, as a candidate >>> we're back, as a candidate for mayor committed to lead new york city in a new progressive direction, including de blasio's promise, he aimed to slow the growth of charter schools in favor of more traditional neighborhood public schools. the mayor has now cancelled an agreement, negotiated by

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