Michael Cutler on Commonwealth v. Pacheco

Michael Cutler, a member of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) Legal Committee, talks about the reasoning behind the amicus brief he (along with Stephen Epstein) filed in the case of Commonwealth v. Pacheco, a case testing whether sharing a joint of cannabis constitutes illegal “distribution” of the drug.  He also argues more generally against cannabis prohibition and expresses confidence in the future evolution of cannabis legalization, recorded from Northampton, Massachusetts, on December 11, 2012.

 

James Comer on reviving the production of industrial hemp in Kentucky

 

James Comer, Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture, talks about his efforts to bring industrial hemp production back to that state through the work of the Kentucky Industrial Hemp Commission and changes to state and federal law, recorded from Frankfort, Kentucky, on December 4, 2012.

 

Lisa Guernsey talks about “Screen Time”

 
Lisa Guernsey, Director of the Early Education Initiative at the New America Foundation and author of “Screen Time:  How Electronic Media--from Baby Videos to Educational Software—Affects Your Young Child,” talks about the impact on children’s development of increased exposure to television and interactive media, recorded from Alexandria, Virginia, on November 30, 2012.