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And that took him to the place many call, the medical marijuana research capital, israel. it might surprise you, but actually research into cannabis and epilepsy started here in the 1970s with studies that showed it could reduce convulsions in rats. today shackleford is hoping to start clinical trials in humans there. >> we need to understand it well enough that they wont be reluctant to, at least, give it a thought. at least try it. >> and it is not just epilepsy. but researchers in israel are ...

♪ smoking in the boys room ♪ smoking in the boys room >> all right. new dangerous smoking e-cigarettes. battery-powered devices that deliver nicotine. especially popular with teenagers. >> the cdc, sounding the alarm, worried that e-cigarettes will condemn children to a lifetime of addiction. heres abcs david wright. >> reporter: the first tv ad from big tobacco in 40 years. >> perfect puff. hits the airwaves in colorado this month. the product made by r.j. reynolds, a high tech device that ...

Metamucil. 3 amazing benefits in 1 super fiber. ♪ welcome back. as diana would say time for "insomniac theater." high brow entertainment, and the other one a sci-fi sequel. >> first up, riddick, and vin diesel. the title character. this time he has been left for dead on a scorched planet where he got fierce slimy creatures to survive. to escape he activates an emergency beacon that draws two sets of bount incompetent hunters out to get him. one team includes the only woman in the film. >> gr...

>> they found it by -- there were three different ways of looking for this. one they had a lighted item which was a kind of a dome with circulating lights. this was supposed to attract the squid to the lights. somebody else washed up a squid and put the squid in the water and the third head another squid on a baited and filmed all of this. >> covering all your bases. >> that was the idea because other expeditions have tried in the past to do this and all of them have failed up to this point. the...

You did have to dissociative disorder, they called the reality of the condition of blackness in america was having double consciousness. within the context of american racism, it would be tough to say. more in just a moment. but first, its time for a preview of "weekends with alex witt."preview of "weekends with alex witt." hello, michael -- im sorry. we were talking about michael steele and howard dean. theyre going to join me for a strategy talk. the sunday talkshow is lighting up, and another...

Unconscious eventually. the guy on the ground ended up with broken bones in his face. it happened in august, but police just released the video and asking the public to help find the attacker. little pot do could be little in three western states. whats a little? one ounce of pot. thats a huge ziploc bag, by the way. in november, voters in colorado, oregon and washington state will decide whether to decriminalize marijuana for folks 21 and older each proposed prohibits people from lighting up ...

In san francisco. >> reporter: more than ever today the war on tobacco is being waged on campus. 774 universities and colleges have strictly limited where students and staff can light up and more than 560 have banned tobacco use all together. >> they are not saying you cant ever smoke, what they are saying is you cant smoke in ways that would harm other people and thats why these campus policies apply to indoors and outdoors. >> reporter: while no one wants to breathe unhealthy air many students...

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good morning to you. welcome to "early start." aim zoraida sambolin. >> im ashleigh banfield. its 5:00 a.m. in the east and 10:00 a.m. in london. live pictures to bring you from london. this is a climax of a weekend of events marking the queens diamond jubilee all getting underway in london. were getting ready for a service called the thanksgiving service at st. pauls cathedral. the motorcade is filled with the junior members of the royal family. theyre the first to depart their variou...

Happened. lighting up will be considerably more expensive if californians approve $1 a pack tax in addition to other taxes. the comebac tobacco industry is spending billions to combat that tax. >> who do you trust? >> american cancer association? >> american lung association in >> big tobacco. >> prop 29, more bureaucracy. tax dollars out of state. >> this is a david and guy loyath fight. >> wrong issue for a state. >> the issue is proposition 2, california ballot initiative to raise the cigaret...