http://reason.com/blog/2012/09/28/o...arij?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews
On Wednesday, Sept. 26, CNN's Out Front With Erin Burnett ran a segment titled "No more 'War on Drugs.'" The segment begins with CNN reporter John Zarrella narrating footage of a U.S. Coast Guard cutter disabling a boat carrying marijuana. "This was the mid 1980s," Zarrella says. "The drug war was at its height."
Zarella continues talking in the past tense, saying, "Then Vice President george bush headed up a task force to fight the problem....Stash houses and drug labs were routinely raided. That was a war on drugs. These days, it's not even a war of words. The White House doesn't even call it a war on drugs anymore, focusing instead on prevention." The rest of the segment is dedicated to a single drug court in Broward County, Florida, and the many lives it has saved.
What Zarrella may not know is that the day before his CNN segment ran, the Drug Enforcement Administration launched a coordinated crackdown on 71 medical marijuana dispensaries in and around Los Angeles, bringing the total number of California dispensaries closed this year to over 800.
Perhaps Zarrella omitted this breaking news update from his package because he didn't see it, or it was too late to address it.
On Wednesday, Sept. 26, CNN's Out Front With Erin Burnett ran a segment titled "No more 'War on Drugs.'" The segment begins with CNN reporter John Zarrella narrating footage of a U.S. Coast Guard cutter disabling a boat carrying marijuana. "This was the mid 1980s," Zarrella says. "The drug war was at its height."
Zarella continues talking in the past tense, saying, "Then Vice President george bush headed up a task force to fight the problem....Stash houses and drug labs were routinely raided. That was a war on drugs. These days, it's not even a war of words. The White House doesn't even call it a war on drugs anymore, focusing instead on prevention." The rest of the segment is dedicated to a single drug court in Broward County, Florida, and the many lives it has saved.
What Zarrella may not know is that the day before his CNN segment ran, the Drug Enforcement Administration launched a coordinated crackdown on 71 medical marijuana dispensaries in and around Los Angeles, bringing the total number of California dispensaries closed this year to over 800.
Perhaps Zarrella omitted this breaking news update from his package because he didn't see it, or it was too late to address it.