Patt Morrison for July 8, 2010
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A cheaper buzz, a more readily accessible buzz? What will legalization do to marijuana costs & usage in California?
A study conducted by RAND has affirmed what most people already suspected—if marijuana is legalized, a question which goes before California’s voters in November, the price will drop dramatically. How dramatically, you might ask? Today’s average prices for high-quality pot, roughly $375 per ounce, could drop to as little as $38. So logically it could be assumed that if the price comes down so much, consumption might increase. RAND estimates that use of marijuana could rise just as significantly as the price will come down—consumption of pot could go up from 50 – 100%. The data is sure to become part of the intense and complicated debate over the legalization of pot, as Proposition 19 looms on the November ballot. If the use of marijuana could jump by as much as 100%, does that make you less likely to approve of its legalization?
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Laurence Fishburne takes on a very different role in “Thurgood”
When the name Laurence Fishburne finds its way into conversation, the first image that pops into most people’s minds is that of The Matrix character Morpheus clad in leather duster and sunglasses. But Fishburne will trade in the black coat for a black robe as he portrays Thurgood Marshall in the stage production of Thurgood, which opens at the Geffen tomorrow night. Alex chats with Fishburne about his decision to take on the role and what it means to him.
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Reducing military and Pentagon spending… a bipartisan plan
An actual bipartisan agreement?! With heated tea party protests and a slew of budget and spending reforms coming from left and right, both literally and figuratively, it seems extremely difficult to make a bipartisan decision in Congress. But a new proposed spending decrease by the Sustainable Defense Task Force may just be the answer to the country’s mounting financial woes and the bipartisan ticket to budget reform. The plan: reduce military spending by $1 trillion while still keeping us safe. But there’s a catch. There would be a reduction of 200,000 military personnel and cuts in research and other programs. Is this the best way to reduce spending and kick up our economy? Should job loss be the sacrifice for our fiscal woes? We'll talk with Rep. Barney Frank and Rep. Ron Paul, the two seemingly different congressmen who’ve pushed for this bipartisan budget reform. Is this the ticket to economic turn-around and will the military even agree?
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Grim Sleeper nabbed through family DNA…a positive or negative advance in law enforcement?
The apprehension of Lonnie David Franklin, the suspected “Grim Sleeper” killer who is suspected of murdering at least 10 people, was 25 years in the making, but in the end detectives have the mistakes of Mr. Franklin’s son to thank for solving their case. It was Mr. Franklin’s son, who was convicted of gun charges, whose DNA ultimately did in his father through a controversial and, until now, seldom used investigation technique called “familial DNA.” LAPD detectives had an old DNA sample from the Grim Sleeper that had not been matched up with any suspects; when Franklin’s son was arrested and his DNA was tested, it eventually matched as a relative to the Grim Sleeper sample, through California’s new familial DNA search program. Connecting the dots detectives eventually closed in on the elder Lonnie Franklin. The familial DNA search had been criticized as an invasion of privacy but now that it’s yielded amazing results, should it used without hesitation?
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Kevin Starr's “Golden Gate: The Life and Times of America’s Greatest Bridge”
The Golden Gate Bridge is an iconic symbol of the rise of the west coast and of the strength of the American worker. Built during the Great Depression, the Golden Gate Bridge became a California and United States landmark, but its rich history is widely unknown, as most people just recognize it on a postcard. State historian Kevin Starr chronicles the engineering, construction, and life behind that golden (well, red) bridge in his latest book, Golden Gate: The Life and Times of America’s Greatest Bridge.
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