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Damage of recreational marijuana to the brain. now she's also set her sites on the possible benefits of medical marijuana. massachusetts, as it turns out, is the perfect place for the study. because they just legalized medical marijuana. gruber's goal is to study new patients who have never used cannabis. >> our goal was to use at the folks before they started using medical marijuana and then three months in, six months in and a year. primarily to look at frontal executive functions because that is the big question. >> that question how does medical marijuana impact brain function longer term?...

Things that are core executive functions and negotiating for the release of a member of the armed services on active duty is a core function. and i don't think congress can give him instructions on how to exercise that kind of power on a retail basis. >> why go ahead and sign the law? >> presidents sign all kinds of things that are presented to them in legislation that are hundreds and hundreds of pages long. it has happened repeatedly. presidents have had to swallow deeply. show me a president who will veto a defense appropriation. let's get realistic about how the system works in washington,...

However, i do think there are things that are core executive functions and negotiating for the release of a member of the armed services on active duty is a core function. and i don't think congress can give him instructions on how to exercise that kind of power on a retail basis. >> why go ahead and sign the law? >> presidents sign all kinds of things that are presented to them in legislation that are hundreds and hundreds of pages long. it has happened repeatedly. presidents have had to swallow deeply. show me a president who will veto a defense appropriation. let's get realistic about how t...

In juvenile court. and there's two reasons why, ashleigh. first of all, the evidence is undisputed. the scientific evidence. that at the age of 12, the brain is nowhere near fully developed. in fact, the front aal lobe, th controls your ability to understand consequences, controlled your impulsive nature, controls your judgment, not developed. >> the executive functions. >> secondly, if you think about it, in either single instance in the united states, we protect kids against themselves. if a 12-year-old has sex with an adult, we don't automatically say because she acted like an adult, she wa...

Which is expanding in syria and in the region and convene the conference to reach the syrian in accordance with -- should agree on the creation of the transition bodies that we'll have all of the executive functions and this is our common objectives. and i hope that our today's and tomorrow efforts and all other efforts we continue will help to move on and achieve this objective. thank you for your attention. >> well, thank you very much, mr. lavrov. my privilege to be here with our delegation. i want to thank you and your delegation on behalf of all of the people who hoped that diplomacy can ...