Kind of ceasefire that might allow both what the israelis want, which is the demilitarizization of hamas and what might allow hamas to get what it wants, which is the opening of the borders for flows of goods and services. You talked a little bit about that. What kind of arrangement might permit that. The role that the p. A. Might play in that. And also, the issue of reconstruction of gaza and how that might be structured in such a way that actually could begin not just a reconstruction process but a reform process that could begin to do what you talked about, getting these institutions in a line between gaza and the west bank. I admit these are sensitive questions. I think what you said was very interesting and would be useful, and i would just simply invite you to share that portions that youre comfortable with. Thank you very much. No, i would be extensive on those issues. I think its really important to place this in the right context in terms of how to deal with gaza and to begin
As much as 14 of fatal or tested positive for thc. Dont have to have data to understand the full scope of the problem. Data collection policies are generally testing only with fatalitiesh. Traditional field testing is not identify andive to remove intoxicated drivers from the road. We have no standard test for marijuana for drivers. There is no standard test. Federal standards since notof t h c, the federal level any level of thc is illegal, a schedule one narcotic, and supposedly zero tolerance. Currently there is no roadside breathalyzer for marijuana. Technology is advancing. Some have started to use a roadside oral test. This is one of those testing machines. Europe. Ed in takes a swab of to swab the panelists. I thought i would not do that today. You can take a swab with this. It can tell you if anyone has used marijuana within 4 hours. We have no standard or acceptable test. We have no way of telling if people are impaired. Most data we are getting right now is from the fatalitie
Safety administrations research on drugged driving. We take tremendous pride in protecting americans by partnering with states to enforce strong Highway Safety laws and working to make vehicles safer. Highway fatalities have declined, traffic deaths fallen by 22 in the past decade. With more than 30,000 fatalities each year we must look at new and innovative ways to save lives. Working with our partners and other organizations we made substantial process including drunk driving and seatbelt use and applied the same approaches to emerging concerns such as distracted driving. The legalization of marijuana under state laws poses new concerns and we are working to understand these risks and develop appropriate countermeasures. Available evidence indicates alcohol is the most Common Source of driver impairment. In 2012 more than 30 of traffic deaths involved a driver with blood alcohol level at or above legal limit. Several decades of Data Collection and a well established criminal justice
The Traffic Safety administration gave at the lifesavers award in 2010 and the Justice Department gave judge long an award in 2013. Alm. S left is stephen he is a judge in hawaii. He was the attorney for the district of hawaii. He took the bench in 2001 and has been a circuit judge in honolulu ever sense. A he has established the hope program as a means of using probation and drug testing and the imposition of certain punishments as a means of deterring illegal drug use and crime. He runs both the hope and add hope programs for why. Like the 24 7 the program, the hope row graham has received numerous awards. The specialeceived merit citation. 2009, he received the mcgovern award. 2013, the Kennedy School of government named it one of the top 25 innovations in government. He received an, award and is here now only after receiving that and will be able to tell you about that in this program. Dr. Robert l dupont. He is the director of Unity Services for the district of Columbia Department
Agency, dea, to try to get scheduled narcotics on to electronic prescribing. And after years of bureaucratic battle, finally the regulations came out. I think that facilitates via electronic prescribing Prescription Drug monitoring, when you no longer have to go and ask for the paper scripts from individual doctors or from individual pharmacies, you can look at a database and you can see, wait a minute this, fellow is a podiatrist. Why are they prescribing oxycodo oxycodone . They prescribed 500 capsules last month and now theyre prescribing 5,000. Wait a minute. This person has gone to five doctors in five pharmacies for the same prescription. Whats going on . It opens investigatory doors. And yet, years later, its now electronic prescribing for all this stuff. The Prescription Drug monitoring programs dont seem to have yet really come online as a proper investigative tool to give us the common sense information that we need to make these determinations. What are the best next steps t