AS IT IS 2015-09-30 Cashing In on Cannabis

AS IT IS 2015-09-30 Cashing In on Cannabis Use of the plant marijuana remains illegal under U.S. federal law, but it has been legalized for medical or personal use in 23 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. This has attracted investors and created a boom

VOA慢速英语2014--大麻有助于治疗儿童癫痫

Marijuana Helps Children with Epilepsy 大麻有助于治疗儿童癫痫 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 In the eyes of the United States federal government marijuana is an illega

NPR 2012-07-05

Frustration is growing from Virginia to Indiana, where more than a million homes and businesses have been enduring a heat wave without electricity since last Fridays thunderstorms. Utility companies say theyre working as fast as they can to get power

TED演讲 第15期:为什么我们应该终止禁毒战争(1)

What has the War on Drugs done to the world? 毒品战争对世界有什么影响？ Look at the murder and mayhem in Mexico, Central America, so many other parts of the planet, 看看那些发生在墨西哥、中美洲，和世界其他地方的谋杀

纯正英语一分钟-Drugs

Drugs are becoming a big problem in many societies. When I was growing up, you rarely heard about drugs. Now, theyre everywhere. Children in schools are smoking marijuana and taking harder drugs. There were many kids at my school who smoked. Nicotine

【英语语言学习】大麻的合理使用与滥用

This is For The Record. Public perceptions of marijuana have come a long way. Once a symbol of the counterculture, now pot is a part of the culture. In the state of Colorado, it's part of the everyday culture. (SOUNDBITE OF NEWS REPORTS) UNIDENTIFIED

【英语语言学习】寻求违禁药品的解决方式

We've been looking a lot at the issue of addictive drugs, opioids. Heroin is the one we think of first, but there are lots of legal prescription painkillers which are also classified as opioids - also addictive, but certainly medically necessary to t

最高法院决议拒绝大麻作为药品

24 最高法院决议拒绝大麻作为药品 DATE=5/19/01 TITLE=IN THE NEWS#481 - Supreme Court Rejects Medical Marijuana BYLINE=Cynthia Kirk （Start at 1'06

格鲁吉亚批准大麻合法化

Georgia Is First Former Soviet Republic to Legalize Marijuana Use Georgia has become the first former member of the Soviet Union to legalize use of marijuana. Yet Georgians are still barred from growing, storing or selling the drug. Georgias constitu

CNN 2009-07-23

Hi there! Thanks for joining us. I'm Virginia Cha at the CNN center in Atlanta with a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. President Obama is expected to make a big push for overhauling the health care system at his news conference tonight. Som

万花筒 2010-01-07&01-09 我的名字叫大麻！

The names Jacob, Michael and Emma have been ranked at the top of the social security administration's list of most popular baby names for years. But over the past decade less conventional names like Jagnen, Chloe have gained in popularity. But here w

美国国家公共电台 NPR How One Boy's Fight With Epilepsy Led To The First Marijuana-Derived Pharmaceutical

NOEL KING, HOST: The first medication derived from marijuana could be in pharmacies as early as this fall. The FDA recently approved it to treat two rare types of epilepsy. KQED's Lesley McClurg has the story of one family's quest to get this drug. L

【英语语言学习】讨论大麻的问题

From VOA Learning English, This is AS IT IS. Welcome back! Im Caty Weaver. Growing marijuana and marijuana use are illegal in the United States under federal law. However, eighteen states and the nations capital, Washington, DC, permit the use of mar

PBS高端访谈:越来越多的美国土著部落正效仿科罗拉多的大麻制度

RICK KARR: Marijuana grower and retailer Andy Williams can barely keep up with the demand for his product these days. He says he can't imagine a more exciting and lucrative industry to be in right now. But the buzz is all coming from capitalism. He d

每日一词【1019】measured：谨慎的

今天我们要学的词是measured。 Measured, 意思是谨慎的，经过反复斟酌的。 He was quite measured in his response to the criticism, 面对批评，他做出了很有分寸的反应。 The city council has adopted a measured approac

外媒关注 房祖名柯震东涉毒被抓

The son of martial arts movie star Jackie Chan has been arrested for marijuana possession at his Beijing home. 武打巨星成龙之子房祖名因在北京的家中私藏大麻被警方逮捕。 Jaycee Chan, 32, and his Taiwanese movie star friend K

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-02-02

1. Five days after a devastating ice storm hit Kentucky, almost a half million residents are still without power. Governor Beshear has deployed Kentucky's Army National Guard and part of the Air Guard. But authorities warned it could be days or even

经济学人235:智利大麻 减轻痛苦

Cannabis in Chile 智利大麻 Easing the agony 减轻痛苦 The state relaxes its stance on the use of the drug as a painkiller 政府立场松绑，允许大麻作为止痛药使用 CECILIA HEYDER has breast cancer. She also has systemic lupus, a d

经济学人349:合法使用大麻变成空话(2)

But then, last year, the administration issued the Cole memo (these things are named after the deputy attorneys-general who draft them). It seemed, in dense verbiage, to suggest that the Ogden memo had been misunderstood, and that federal prosecutors

经济学人348:合法使用大麻变成空话(1)

OAKSTERDAM university, a self-proclaimed cannabis college in Oakland, California, has been called everything from the Princeton of Pot to the Harvard of Hemp. Its founder, Richard Lee, has become the public face of the movement to legitimise marijuan