Why wasn't someone on top of this years ago? I don't have an answer to that. The step decline ... read more

Why wasn't someone on top of this years ago? I don't have an answer to that. The step decline ... got people's attention. That made it possible to start looking at this in great detail.

And he's had his family with him during this time. I think that has really helped.

And he's had his family with him during this time. I think that has really helped.

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.

It's rare that we see them abscond and go completely missing.

It's rare that we see them abscond and go completely missing.

If he is called, either because I want to examine him, or because the commissioner grants any application that might read more

If he is called, either because I want to examine him, or because the commissioner grants any application that might be made(to cross-examine Mr Howard), I hope we can do it on Thursday.

[Abrams described a historically significant episode that revealed how the medical establishment -not just the government- has upheld prohibition.] In read more

[Abrams described a historically significant episode that revealed how the medical establishment -not just the government- has upheld prohibition.] In 1997 after the law was changed in California, Jerome Kassirer, who was Editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, wrote an editorial on medical marijuana called 'federal foolishness,' saying 'We know this drug works, everybody has their anecdotal experience of people who have benefited from it, get over it, reschedule it, make it schedule 2.' Unfortunately, ... he very shortly thereafter became no longer the editor in chief of the New England Journal of Medicine.

We're all trying to get ready for the playoffs. It takes 20 guys in here to do it every night. read more

We're all trying to get ready for the playoffs. It takes 20 guys in here to do it every night. When we have that commitment, we're a really good team.

Everything is going down: the price of the dollar, the price of stocks, the price of bonds.

Everything is going down: the price of the dollar, the price of stocks, the price of bonds.

In our view, these proceedings could drag on for many quarters.

In our view, these proceedings could drag on for many quarters.