u.s. is not less than this but because we have a part of the constitution we have drug policies that allow for strong control of the substance so we see that for at least a short period the u.s. is in limbo around the policy for how to prosecute marijuana possession cultivation and deportation. so, what it does is, shortly thereafter and in september 1969 it launches on operation intercept at the u.s./mexico border. but, what is happening in september's harvest season for outdoor grown marijuana in mexico and so, they were expecting a large influx of marijuana and at the same time we don't have the potential to criminalize and prosecute the possession of the substance. so, with the u.s. does as part of the nixon administration is it sends as many officials as it can to the u.s. border and mobilizes all the board of regents and it essentially shuts down the u.s./mexico border for 10 days to try to stop mexican marijuana from entering the u.s. that's important because something between 70 and 80% of the marijuana consumed was sourced from mexico. now, that is sort of short-lived because we a

the u.s. drug supplies 90% generic with the majority of those drugs coming from overseas principally india and china as well as 80% of the active ingredient in all of our drugs whether brand or generics come from overseas from china and india. it's crucial to the health and safety of the american public that these drugs are effectively regulated. those standards should be permitted to enter the u.s. market and yet china has been a continuing source of vocal traded drug products most recently its active ingredients for the generic blood pressure medicine bow spartan that was found to contain a carcinogen previously used in the production of liquid rocket fuel which is not good for you. if the investigators found widespread fraud and manipulation of quality data in chinese manufacturing plants. after extensive reporting on this topic is my conclusion that the fda is not effectively regulating the overseas manufacturing plants including in china that exports u.s. markets. fda officials are allowing su

u.s. market nd officials are allowing substandard drug products to enter the u.s. market making xception for reasons that include concern over drug shortages and confusion in their own authority overseas. he f.d.a. investigate fors are then and some willing to perform inspections. f.d.a. must at the overhaul the foreign inspection force and more strictlien its own regulations it ensure the safety of the american public. i would like it if i have you three examples which are from my book. followed and investigator named peter baker who arrived in 2015.ng in of 38 manufacturing plants that 48 nspected in china, or data e found fraud manipulation in 38 of them. there is intkpl mick proud because c they have found that themselves. investigation by china's own national medical found administration that 80% of clinical trial data ubmitted by chinese companies to gain approval for new drugs was fabbri indicated. fabbri indicated. plant ker showed up in a of shanghai site pfizer.nt venture with by night plant. it was china's largest exporter the u.s.ients it instead of requ

states yesterday we reported on the blockbuster game changing 570 $2000000.00 judgment against the u.s. drug giant johnson and johnson for their profit while corporate complicity in the nation's deadly addiction crisis the judge in the case found that johnson johnson had deceptively market addictive products and the judgment against seem to have galvanized other market players with other major exposure to opiate related risk to subtle perhaps most prominently the poster family for the crisis are the factors the founding family of the drug farm purdue pharma and though they are preparing to seed ownership of the company and that it declared bankruptcy as part of a settlement that put value between $10.00 and $12000000000.00. i reported $3000000000.00 of that total will come directly out of the fact our family fortunes other drug companies including and no international and allegan are also reported to be in very advanced settlement talks. and joining us now to take a look at the market reactions on the opioid crisis and pharma stocks is danielle a director of options simpler trading welcome b

here in the vast, pacific ocean along the americas -- there is a borderless war that pits drug smugglers against u.sd crew. moments like this are the latest frontier of drug busts. where vessels, like this so-called "narco-sub," are intercepted carrying more than 17,000 pounds of cocaine. and high-speed pursuits break out on the high seas as drug smugglers race to toss bales of narcotics overboard before they are cornered. we've gained special access inside the tactical operations of the u.s. coast guard, an agency that seizes three times as much cocaine as all other u.s. law enforcement combined. and we witness firsthand the new frontlines of the war on drugs. our journey begins on the coast of el salvador in 2017, where the coast guard cutter "stratton" is preparing to depart. this crew patrols the eastern pacific day in and day out, with the help of other agencies and even international partners. it's mission -- to find and intercept drug boats carrying uncut cocaine before they can reach land. these waters, officials say, now the prefered routes to smuggle dope. >> over the last year the coast g

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u.s. based drug firm langkow for $7600000000.00 the move will create the 2nd largest company of its kind for buyer animal health is only a small part of the group's business and 20 again it brought in revenue of around one and a half 1000000000 euros it's larger units include consumer health with $5400000000.00 euros crop science with just over $14000000000.00 and pharmaceuticals with almost $17000000000.00 euros. selling the animal health division will allow buyer to bring in some urgently needed cash the company has had a few rough months with multi-billion dollar lawsuits over the weekend a roundup and its active ingredient delightful said it with funds dwindling and share prices dropping fire has recently moved to sell units not directly related to its core business of life sciences most recently it on loaded suntan lotion brand coppertone as well as its dr scholl's foot care unit buyers planning to focus more on its traditional divisions including pharmaceuticals and consumer health british prime minister boris johnson has asked the e.u. to renegotiate its back brags that agreement thre

general barry mccaffrey, retired four star general, heavily decorated combat veteran of vietnam and u.s. drug czar, among his other roles, general i know you have been in the countryside in afghanistan, and counted the number of turrets that make up former russian tanks dotting the landscape. what is it like to hear the president say, we could win it there in two days, four days at the outside? >> well, you know, there's two ways of looking at it. in one sense, it was just blather, political blather, it didn't have any meaning at all. on the other hand, it is one of the most horrific illegal statements ever made in the oval office. it implies that the u.s. armed forces actually considered and gave the president a plan to use nuclear weapons against a civil war whose government we're supporting. there could not possibly have been a jcs analysis of that option. it would have been illegal. we have been there 19 years. 70 plus years in germany and japan. what serves u.s. national interest? that's a tough questi with afghanistan. there is not a coherent afghan central government. the taliban are i

attached to the treat, a 1999 c-span clip from a committee hearing on u.s. drugforts in columbia and how drugs from a culture of flooding into many american cities. speed of this to say. >> this morning , i left my community of baltimore, a drug-infested area, where a lot of the drugs we are talking about today have already taken the lives of so many children. >> kennedy: maryland's republican governor, larry hoga larry hogan, weighing in on president trump's criticisms of cummings in baltimore. watch. >> i didn't think the kind of angry attacks on twitter where appropriate. i just happen to believe that we ought to be focusing on the problems and the solutions. i think it's good that we are paying attention to the problems in baltimore. i would like everyone from the president of the administration and the congress to work with us at the state level and with the folks in baltimore city. >> kennedy: and now some democrats telling the hill that by constantly responding to the president's attacks, they are playing into his hands by getting distracted from their age

drugs eventually. in 2001, after the anthrax attacks when the u.s. government needed to buy 20 million doses united states the had to get it from a starting material from a plant in china. i have four main points and will highlight four recommendations. the first is our industrial base to make our medicines is collapsing. we have virtually no manufacturing capability left in the united states to make generic antibiotics. this is what you give your kids for ear infections, strep throat, superbug treatment and last we sort antibiotic. in five to 10 years we will have no capacity for generic drugs. this is 90% of our medicine. the second point is china's dominance is global. in february, dutch public television aired a documentary reporting the netherlands dependence on china for medicine. a former industry official said on camera that there concerned that china may not supply them with medicine. and as mentioned earlier even india is dependent on china for 80% of the key ingredients it needs for its generic industry. and when you control the supply of

u.s. food and drug administration is investigating the link between e-cigarettes and seizures.eo.terview with the uber he comments on the path to profitability, how the ride-hailer will fair and a trade war. we also have a bloomberg exclusive. we will hear from a top huawei executive as the telecom giant remains on the blacklist. dropping all tria after the dow jones reported the u.s. federal trade commission is investigating the marketing practices of juul. invested $13 billion into the popular e-cigarette maker. regulators are investigating whether juul engaged in deceptive marketing. in addition, juul was named in documents by the u.s. food and drug administration as it investigates whether e-cigarettes can trigger seizures. joining us is our bloomberg news andth care policy reporter a reporter who covers juul. what is the fda investigating? >> they have gotten reports from people that this has happened to who say they have had seizures of thet juul was one e-cigarettes that some of these .eople putting reports in used they said recently, the fda, that there have been 120 se

u.s. president drugs they're optimistic about reaching a trade deal with china another flash point of the g. 7 wildfires raging in the amazon in france the leaders agreed on a $20000000.00 fund to help tackle the blazes but brazilian president also noro he has objected to that idea or to any idea of an international alliance to save the rain forest saying the plans treat his country like a colony the president only began to deploy troops to battle the blaze is last saturday fire. off 2 weeks of raging fire is still they've been this smoke choking its way across brazil affecting the lives of millions of people. who probably could be no it's not good it blocks your nose there's a lack of air it's difficult to sleep because it's hard to breathe. the fires leave them mark where ever they go destroying walks ever in that path. after an international outcry of super zillion president bolsa naro decided to send in the army. military planes have been pumping vast amounts of water across the amazon state of rhonda neo in the north of the country. soldiers have also been offering back up to struggl

u.s. sanctions drugs as chief justice says iran has now guaranteed in writing that the oil was not going to syria 2 weeks after the grace one was seized iran captured a british flag tanker at the entrance to the persian gulf. and there are reports now suggesting that iran might be planning to release a british flag oil tanker that was seas 2 weeks later earlier due to abuse tropper in iran explained what today's developments mean for that vessel. all these other news iran has been waiting for here in the persian gulf preparations have been made for potential exchange for days now our source within the iranian revolutionary guards told us that the british tanker has already been moved from the place it was detained in the strait of hormuz to another place closer to the port of ponder about us and that is a place where we couldn't go and see all cells because we were told there's an increased number of military forces there so apparently they're ready to set the british tanker free but there's no official confirmation for that yet there is however an official reaction to the fact that the u.s

drugs from foreign countries where they often cost much less. dr. john torrez reports on your money, your life >> reporter: a disturbing trend in the u.s., the rising cost of medication >> drug companies are greeting the new year with price hikes. >> reporter: with few competitors, the price skyrocketed, a heated topic at last night's debate and making headlines today. >> we're open for business >> reporter: as the trump administration laid out the foundation to allow the u.s. to legally import drugs from foreign countries like canada where medications are often much cheaper. >> we'll let you bring them in in a way that's safe for the american consumer and also reduce their costs >> reporter: while welcomed news for many, it's not the answer for millions of others because today's proposal does not include certain drugs like insulin. >> without this drug, my son will die >> reporter: insulin is one of the most common drugs americans like kathy go to canada to purchase a vile there costs roughly ten times less than it does in the u.s. ally was diagnosed with diabetes at 12. >> how essential is it for a type one diabetic to use insulin? >> it's the onl

u.s. food and drug administration is investigating the link between e-cigarettes and seizures. plus, my exclusive interview with the uber ceo. he comments on the path to profitability, how the ride-hailer will fair in a trade war, and a former employee who forbeen federally charged stealing trade tickets from out for that. we also have another bloomberg exclusive. we will hear from a top huawei executive about what the u.s. is losing out on as the telecom giant remains on the blacklist. first, shares of tobacco company altria dropping after the dow jones reported the u.s. federal trade commission is investigating the marketing . -- marketing practices of juul labs. it has invested $13 billion into the popular e-cigarette maker. regulators are investigating whether juul engaged in deceptive marketing. in addition, juul was named in documents by the u.s. food and drug administration as it investigates whether e-cigarettes can trigger seizures. joining us to discuss, the co-author of that scoop, our bloomberg news health care policy reporter and a reporter who covers juul. what ex

lewis: if the fda cannot inspect the drugs being exported to the u.s., i don't understand why we would be any -- why we would buy any goods from china that would not meet our need, even if european drugs are a higher price. mr. priest: i think, and i believe, i will go back and be assured that i'm speaking correctly, but i think we would. was another shortage recently and that's exactly where we went and looked at buying from europe, particular western europe. mr. lewis: thank you very much. i don't understand why we are buying products from china. ms. bartholomew: thank you again. are you a californian? excellent. always good to see californians out here. i want to make sure that i understand, even when we are getting drugs from a taa-compliant country, the areonents of those drugs still being produced in china or india or somewhere else, right? there is no guarantee of the , even of the component though we are buying it through a system that is acceptable to us, is that right? mr. priest: i think that's a fair assessment. we would agree based on our understanding that that is true. t

u.s. justice department is focusing on drugs. u.s. attorney for northern california, dave anderson, says agents will concentrate on drug problems, and his office already shutdown two drug trafficking operations. this comes after repeated criticism of san francisco's problems by the president. >>> this morning there may be a new momentum after several near misses on the tarmac at san francisco international airport. later today, the famed pilot, "sully" sullengerger will be there. today, "today in the bay," we go to what is happening at sfo now. >> reporter: good morning. there are a number of near-misses taking place here at sfo, and one congressman wants to fix the problem with new legislation. this was from a couple years ago, and this is from july of 2017 when an air canada plane came close to hitting planes waiting for takeoff. the pilot aborting the landing before hearing from the control tower. this is one of many close calls within a 16 month period, and they were due to pilot error, and the safe landing act would address aviati

drugs to their troops in formation. that's a bad day. that's a bad day. in 1969, vietnam, military assistance command vietnam, which included all u.s. troops in republic of vietnam, recorded 47 drug apprehension. 1965, 47 apprehensions. in 1969, there were 8,446 drug apprehensions. that's a 10,000% increase in 4 years. and as we've seen here, by the end of american involvement in the war, more soldiers were being evacuated to the u.s. for drug problems than for wounds. low morale in vietnam was both indicated and exacerbated by race relations, as we've also heard. our post-tet military reflected the worst aspects of that divisive right here in the u.s., but soldiers and marines had high-powered weapons. afros, daping, black power symbols, passing power. they're all ancient history. some of you many the room probably haven't heard of them before today. in '67, '68 and 69, they were the fuses of daily fights in the mess line, aggravated assaults in the barracks, gang fights in camps, fraggings of officers and intramural firemigfights. 1969 in the marine corps in vietnam, there were two intramural firefights. black marines versus white

u.s. in drugs.ou could pick those up, but those are razor blade type businesses that can go through a down cycle. , have need to spend certain medical procedures no matter what. we like those businesses. you're also focused on businesses that can monetize down, during a media slow -- during a slowdown, such as media companies. ough?we hit a tr nadine: we have been long time buyers of treasuries across the curve. you are having a 30-year turned negative in germany and japan. here in the u.s., people are talking about negative rates. we don't believe you'll get to that point, but that does not mean it could weaken further. that could obviously help to prop up treasuries. the other element that is foreign investors, if they only see negative yields in their pensions, they may continue to turn to u.s. treasuries as a place to get some sort of positive yield, which would continue to prop up those prices. nadine terman, solstein capital ceo, thank you for joining us. what is in a name? the $33 billion hed

u.s. china problem but as a global issue on synthetic drugs.ilar to the methamphetamine epidemic in asia and codeine and tramadol in africa. it will be easier to engage chinese government if we invite them to be a part of alliance to fight against the synthetic drug crisis. finally, on building a surveillance system and data sharing system i will go back to the successful case of the influenza collaborations between u.s. and china. given the time, i will stop here. >> thank you. >> thank you senator tallent, commissioner wetzel and the rest of the commission for inviting me to provide this testimony today. over the past five years, china has advanced its biotech capabilities and offerings primarily through three industries. therapeutics, contract research and manufacturing and dna sequencing and related technologies. although in many cases china is still catching up to the major players in the global biotech market they are beginning to make and roads and in some cases notably genomics are among the leading edge of technology. many of the biolo

the disputed 2017 reelection and is approved him for stemming the flow of migrants and illegal drugs to the u.s. but the opposition disagrees i don't buy we live in a country that is a narco state with the supreme court of justice the public ministry congress and the armed forces are used for drugs to cross the border drugs have been crossing through one door since 2000 to 17 years of it 17 years of money being handed to politicians. the drugs war means honduras has one of the highest murder rates in the world are the crimes coupled with poverty and corruption is driving the need to escape hundreds of hundreds attempts to migrate to the united states every day so i highly doubt. the firefighters are trying to stop a large blaze from reaching ancient ruins and peru emergency crews have been battling the fast fire for 4 days it's fair the flames could reach the clear lot that's a walled settlement dating back to the 6th century. police in south africa have conducted a series of raids and johanna's for going to bed to cut crime but shop owners so they feel threatened by the move farmer the miller

drug trafficking but we're not going to stop. the conservative leader has enjoyed a good relationship with the u.s. government donald trump backed him in the disputed 2017 reelection and is approved him for stemming the flow of migrants and illegal drugs to the u.s. but the opposition disagrees we were so i don't buy this we live in a country that is narco state with the supreme court of justice the public ministry congress and the armed forces are used for drugs to cross the border drugs have been crossing through one door since 2217 years of it 17 years of money being handed to politicians. the drugs rule means honduras has one of the highest murder rates in the world other crimes coupled with poverty and corruption is driving the need to escape hundreds of hunger and attempt to migrate to the united states every day so to hide out. the united nations needs urgent help to recover from a drought that has left millions on the brink of starvation president emerson has the clear the drought a national disaster. has more from harare government officials say zimbabwe has had one good season of rainfall

u.s. judge has ordered drug maker johnson and johnson to pay over half a $1000000000.00 u.s. dollars to the state of oklahoma for fueling an opioid epidemic the judge said the company's marketing for the pain killers understated the risk of addiction it's the 1st of several 1000 lawsuits against opioid makers and distributors to go to trial . u.s. president donald trump says he would be.

u.s. judge has ordered drug maker johnson and johnson to pay over half a $1000000000.00 u.s. dollars to the state of oklahoma for fueling an opioid epidemic the judge said the company's marketing for the pain killers understated the risk of addiction it's the 1st of several factors in the lawsuits against opioid makers and distributors to go to trial.

when i join you, a major blow to drug cartels as the u.s. s $40 million worth of cocaine on international waters. we'll see them in action and describe what happened to the drug smugglers who were trying to ferry the drugs to the u.s. and at 8:00, just because it's legal doesn't mean it's safe. a study on marijuana shows how attitudes about that drug may be changing after recreational marijuana is legal. we'll be right back. >>> police have discovered a new victim in the grazed by a b and needed stitches. authorities knew about him and had been trying to reach him. this brings the number of people wounded to 17. three people were killed by the gunman who killed himself in a confrontation with police. >>> an arraignment is expected today for a san francisco police sergeant faces misdemeanor charges for falsely pulling a fire alarm. charges were fired yesterday . she's accused of pulling the fire alarm, reportedly, she was angry about being kept out of a closed door meeting. >>> a federal judge threw out the criminal sex trafficking case agains

when opioid abase to drugs flooded the u.s. market the problem grew as patients turned to heroin dealers after their prescriptions started to run out in 2018 almost 70000 people died from drug overdoses across the country on average 130 americans die every day from an opioid overdose the legal battle against the drug manufacturers is ongoing in dozens of u.s. states. addiction specialist and olympian believes big pharma aggressive marketing is partly responsible for the spread of opioids well dr certainly there are some responsibility for the opioid epidemic but i think to really understand how this happened in the united states it's necessary to realize that a whole generation of physicians was educated to believe that opioids are not addictive as long as you're giving them to a patient in pain and this was a message that was eagerly adopted by produced by johnson and johnson by chance and by t.v. by many other opioid manufacturers why because it helped their bottom line to sell more opioids so certainly doctors have to be reed

when opioid debased to drugs flooded the u.s. market the problem grew as patients are turned to heroin dealers after their prescriptions and started to run in 2018 almost 70000 people died from drug overdoses across the country on average 130 americans die every day from an opioid overdose the legal battle against the drug manufacturers is ongoing in dozens of u.s. states. we're now joined by ana lemke who is a doctor specializing in addiction thank you very much for being with us as you very well know this is such an important topic. that a lot of lip service is paid to but not a lot of action is being done so we have had pharmaceutical companies settle out of court in these cases in the past but this is the 1st time one has been found guilty how significant is this ruling for you. it's a really big deal because basically what it says is that the court upheld the idea of the public nuisance which basically means that the manufacturer johnson and johnson harmed the public good by overstating the benefits in understanding the risks

u.s. sanctions. with each new designation, any real hope of resolving the conflict gets bleaker. drugnd criminal gangs is pushing mexico's murder rate to a record by thespite a pledge president to make the country safer. there were 17,608 killings across mexico from january to june. that is worse than the peak of mexico's drug war in 2011. 100 people are killed every day nationwide. have thees that mexico current record at 118. a cycle of violence has gripped the mexican state of veracruz. it appears as though insecurity here has spiraled out of control. not only has there been an increase in homicides, but also other crimes like extortion and kidnappings. thehe coastal city, perception of insecurity many residents feel has led to a sharp economic decline forcing business owners to close shop and leave town. -- isnapping is a lot hitting hard. it has been bad for us. it has had a devastating impact in the city. reporter: the escalating just onein veracruz is example of the deteriorating security situation across much of the country. there were 17,608 murders recorded nationwide in the

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u.s. advertisements for prescription drugs is on a level television here and it is in the united states i an the commercialization of medicine in the u.s. is dramatic our law makers and doctors in the u.s. are they looking to europe for guidance into why the opioid crisis has not happened here and why it's happened in the u.s. . i was it to some degree that's that's true i would say that by and large we became a culture that for which a pill was the solution to most of our ills and pain was certainly at the top among them and i would say that there isn't an attitude in the united states and maybe it exists to some degree in europe but i'm quite sure probably not to the extent it does air that we are ought to be allowed a life free of pain i think this attitude was particularly robust in the past years maybe people are coming to a different idea right now but but but there was this attitude that we should be allowed in title to life free of pain and the doctors were the ones who are going to give us that and that also that we didn't have to be accountable for our own wellness and doctors ha