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[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] welcome good morning, everybody. Im john walsh, im with the Washington Office unlike america and its my behalf or to want me to this mornings event on the International Impact of the u. S. Trend towards Marijuana Legalization. This is the sixth event in the brookings series on Legal Marijuana. It again in october 2012 with an eye to what might happen if, in fact, the states of colorado and washington voted to approve Legal Marijuana. In fact, that it happened. Weve had a series of events since then about federalism i...

Difference is we are 24 7 so that right now journalists dont have much time at all to go deep. There never was a lot of time to explore and be thoughtful but now it is all about breaking news. That is of big difference. There is also not a lot of opportunity for journalists to learn and grow and become more proficient and more knowledgeable. I think that is the difference now too. Was there something you heard from all even journalists that resonated why they left the profession . I think most of the mcnall of them said basically i wanted to do more and do less. Would you ever come back to jou...

National government and irresponsible behavior in the financial markets. We can explain how europe has worked to fix the crisis. What we wouldve lost if we have not succeeded in upholding the Single Market. Because the Single Market was under threat and upholding the common currency. Because at some time ago people were predicting the end of the euro, the common currency. If we had not coordinated Recovery Efforts and employment initiatives, where would we be now . Some people will say that europe is forcing governments to cut spending. But we can remind voters that the government that goes wa...

Colonized in some ways is because of a bunch of old white end men in europe couldnt get it up. [laughter] so there you have sex, drugs and International Relations in a nutshell. [laughter] but i tell the story because what we consider drugs is important. And so when the mostly white males of european ancestry who drafted this 1961 International Convention got to exempt all of their favorite drugs, the ones they were partial to and got accustomed to; coffee, alcohol, tea, you know, all these things that they loved to do. But coca was manager that indigenous was something that Indigenous People ...

Thank you. We are going to be talking about coffee, and cola and the ingredients in cola. His latest book examines a series of highly addictive substances that have caused many deaths through much profit and how they make their way into the United States and what the u. S. Governments role has been in ensuring that they come into this country. This evening, we are pleased to be joined by two drug policy experts as well. Without further ado, i would like to hand it over to the panel. [applause] thank you so much for coming out here. I am so excited. It is great to be here in new york. Im going ...