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gotten push back for in saying that sha'carri richardson is the victim of these very longstanding rules is people who say, rules are rules, she knew it and she is taking the punishment, why are you bringing up race, because race matters and how the rules are written in the first place. that's something we have to examine moving forward as we start to see more legalization efforts come to fruition. >> yeah. if you look at old films like "reefer madness," which you have not seen it, look for it online. it is worth watching. there's a racial constant to the way that we warned young white kids about the impact of marijuana, of cocaine, about certain drugs that were associated with african-americans, with mexicans. there's a lot of that racial history under the surface that definitely still kind of needs to be reckoned with. everyone stick around. we have more to discuss on the other side of this break. coming up, nicolle hannah jones says no to unc chapel hill and yes to howard university.
is a victim of these very long standing rules is the people who say, rules are rules, she knew it and she's taking the punishment, why are you bringing up race? because race matters in how these rules are written in the first place. that's something we have to examine moving forward as we start to see more legalization efforts come to fruition. >> yeah, if you look at old films like reefer madness, if you haven't seen it, please look for it online, it's worth watching. there is definitely a racial constant to the way we warned young white kids about the impact of marijuana, of cocaine, about certain drugs that were associated with african-americans, with mexicans. there's a lot of that racial history under the surface that definitely still kind of needs to be reckoned with. everyone, stick around. got a little bit more to discuss on the other side of this break. coming up, nikole hannah-jones says no to unc chapel hill and yes to howard university. what does her move say about race and higher education? that's just ahead. stay close.
uc san diego published this in april, appeared in the journal drug and alcohol dependence, found just legalizing medical marijuana correlated with a 23% drop in hospitalizations related to the opioid abuse or overdose. the commission's report, however, makes no mention to medical marijuana. i know you personally oppose the legalization efforts. there were 7,800 comments that went ignored in this report on the online website and the other comments submitted to the commission. how come? >> well, first of all, we have a crisis, as i said, in mental illness and addiction in this country. we love our addictions in america. i just don't think adding more gasoline to the fire by adding a new addictive substance. what we're talking right now about having prescription drug monitoring programs, which is a way of curtailing the prescribing of things like purdue pharma's oxycontin. the notion we would give a
amount of pot on them. and a handful of congressional republicans argue d.c.'s new marijuana guidelines violate federal law, they contend a provision passed late last year as part of a spending bill blocks washington's legalization efforts. the city disagrees on that point. the house oversight committee chairman has jurisdiction over washington. in a letter to d.c. chairman jason chaffetz writes quote: if you decide to move forward tomorrow -- this was yesterday -- with the legalization of marijuana in the district, you will be doing so in knowing and willful violation of the law. d.c. has moved forward. chairman chaffetz says his committee will investigate. jon? jon: wow. what a controversy. rich edson, thank you. you can catch more of rich's reporting on our sister network fox business network. go to foxbusiness.com/channelfinder. jenna: here's what we're working on for the second hour of "happening now." fifteen people managed to survive this horrifying plane crash in taiwan. now we're getting an up-close look at training to save lives
edition of and welcome back to our audience edition of hannity. stoned america, we'll bring back our audience and pundits. but first, advocates say legalizing the drug would make it even safer and lead to an economic boom. this next guest helped to push the legalization efforts in colorado. mason, how are you? >> i'm great, thanks for having me. >> we actually went -- somebody just said you're stoned. we actually went to one of the dispensaries, we'll show that later in the program tonight. do you have any financial interest in this at all? >> no, you know, like most americans i simply think marijuana prohibition has failed and i'm dedicated to trying to end it and replace it with a more sensible approach. so just like someone might work for a nonprofit on gun rights, i'm choose to go work on
america. first, advocates for legalizing pot have long claimed it would make using the drug safer and even said it would lead to an economic boom in certain areas. my next guest helped push the legalization efforts in colorado. mason, how are you? >> i'm great. thanks for having me. >> we actually went -- somebody just said you're stoned. we actually went to -- one of the dispense soirs. do you have any financial interest in this at all? >> no. like most americans, i simply thing marijuana prohibition has failed and i'm dedicated to try to end it and replace it with a more sensible approach. i'm chooseing to work on marijuana policy. >> so you see the kids in the video when we went out to the