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University of California, San Francisco
Dr. Stanley Glantz is Truth Initiative Distinguished Professor of Tobacco Control at the UC San Francisco Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education
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Stanley Glantz
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FROM Stanley Glantz
Olney in L.A.
Prop 64: The legalization of recreational marijuana use One of the hottest measures on the ballot this November is Proposition 64 , the one legalizing the recreational use of marijuana. California legalized marijuana for medical use in 1996. But are voters ready to take the next step? We look at both sides of the very high profile issue.
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Human Rights in the era of Donald Trump President Trump’s UN Ambassador, Nikki Haley, said today the US might pull out of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council. Serious violators of human rights are members of the Council itself–and a US resignation could make things worse. Later on today’s show, now that he’s into his second term, comedian turned US Senator Al Franken is telling jokes again.
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Will the Senate write a healthcare bill in secret? While Democrats and Republicans argue White House relations with Russia, another question is being decided behind closed doors: who gets help buying health insurance and who doesn't? We hear how the pros and cons are being shrouded in secrecy.
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What happens when America retreats from the world? Is President Trump taking his "America First" agenda to extremes, withdrawing the country from the international stage on trade and climate change, distancing America from its traditional allies across the Atlantic and even threatening to physically isolate the country through the building of a wall along its southern border? León Krauze guest hosts.
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Trump's 'America First' goes missing abroad In the Middle East, President Trump is changing some policies of the Obama Administration—and reversing his own campaign attacks on Islam as a religion that "hates us." We hear about his visit to Saudi Arabia and what's at stake for the rest of his foreign excursion.