BACK
BACK ON
BACK ON INSIDE TENNESSEE WITH TWO POWERFUL LAWMAKERS FROM EAST TENNESSEE.
SUSAN, I WANT TO TALK TO DR.
BRIGGS AND THAT BILL THAT YOU
HAVE THAT PROHIBITS REVOCATION
OF PAROLE, PROBATION OR BAIL
BAIL FROM DRUG TESTING THAT
WOULD SHOW THC OUT OF CBD OIL
BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF
PEOPLE TAKING CBD ALL NOW FOR
SLEEP AND ONE OF THEM AND IT
ALSO PROHIBITS PUBLIC EMPLOYERS
FROM I GUESS DISMISSING PEOPLE
THAT HAVE BEEN TESTED POSITIVE
FOR THC THROUGH CBD ALSO TALK
ABOUT THAT AND WHY WHY THAT'S
IMPORTANT FOR YOU.
>> WELL, IT REALLY STARTED A
COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN THE US
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S
SAID THAT IF IT HAD LESS THAN
ZERO POINT THREE PERCENT OF THC
WHICH IS THE PSYCHOACTIVE PART
OF MARIJUANA BUT IT DID HAVE
THE CBD WHICH CAN HAVE SOME
SOME SOME THERAPEUTIC AND
BENEFICIAL EFFECTS.
>> PEOPLE WHO ARE TAKING THE
CBD AND IT'S EVERYWHERE YOU CAN
DRIVE DOWN KINGSTON LIKE CAN
THERE'S THREE FORCED STORES ON
EVERY BLOCK.
>> BUT IF YOU TAKE EVEN
LEGITIMATE LEGAL CBD YOU MAY BE
GETTING ENOUGH OF THE EVEN
THOUGH IT'S IN VERY SMALL
AMOUNTS OF THE THC IN YOUR
SYSTEM.
THEN IF YOUR EMPLOYER OR YOUR
PAROLE OFFICER AS SOMEONE DOES
A URINE TEST ON YOU, IT'S A
VERY SENSITIVE TEST AND IT'S
SHOWING UP POSITIVE FOR THC
EVEN THOUGH YOU WERE DOING
NOTHING ILLEGAL.
AND WHAT MY BILL DOES IT RAISES
THAT THRESHOLD JUST TO THROW A
NUMBER OUT THERE IS 50
NANOGRAMS PER MILLILITERS
POSITIVE.
THIS WOULD RAISE IT UP TO ABOUT
150 NANOGRAMS PER MILLILITER
WHEREAS IF YOU SMOKED A MEDIUM
STRENGTH MARIJUANA CIGARET AND
THEN GOT TESTED A DAY OR TWO
LATER YOU'D PROBABLY BE UP
BETWEEN FOUR AND FIVE HUNDRED.
SO IT'LL SCREEN SOME OF THOSE
OUT.
NOW THIS WILL HELP THOSE ON
PAROLE.
IT WILL HELP THOSE WITH MOST
JOBS AT THEIR EMPLOYMENT.
THE PROBLEM IS THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT STILL HAS A ZERO
TOLERANCE POLICY.
SO IF YOUR COMPANY DOES
CONTRACTING WITH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WHERE THEY REQUIRE
THAT TESTING, YOU'RE STILL
GOING TO LOSE YOUR JOB EVEN
THOUGH YOU HAVEN'T DONE
ANYTHING THAT'S ILLEGAL AND YOU
HAVE NOT USED AN ILLEGAL
SUBSTANCE.
>> FASCINATING.
WELL, THERE SURE ARE A LOT OF
CBD STORES AROUND YOUR SITE
THERE.
I THINK YOU'VE MISSED A LOT OF
THE WELL EXCEPT TOUCHING ON
WHAT SUSAN'S TALKING ABOUT
RAISING AND I'M FAMILIAR WITH
THOSE LEVELS AS A CRIMINAL
DEFENSE LAWYER YOU SORT OF
BECOME AN AMATEUR TOXIC
APOLOGIST.
>> BUT AT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
YOU KNOW, YOU'VE STILL GOT
PEOPLE USING TRADITIONAL
MARIJUANA.
>> AND WHAT IS CURRENTLY AN
ILLEGAL FORM OR FASHION.
>> SO I'M I'M CURIOUS ARE YOU
GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE
AWAY THE ABILITY TO REVOKE
BAIL, PAROLE OR PROBATION FOR A
TEST THAT FALLS INTO THAT
NUMBER?
>> BUT ARE YOU GOING TO ALLOW
COURTS TO HAVE SOME SANCTION
THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE REMOVING
THAT STATUS?
>> KNOW SOME OF THIS IS GOING
TO HAVE TO BE HANDLED LIST.
THE BILL GOES FORWARD AND YOU
KNOW, WHEN WE PUT A BILL
FORWARD THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE
THE FINAL BAIL WE MAY OR MAY
NOT HAVE TO AMEND IT.
WE'LL GET MORE EXPERT INPUT
INTO THIS.
BUT WHAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO SEE
IS PEOPLE LOSING THEIR JOBS.
PEOPLE GOING BACK TO JAIL WHO
WERE DOING WHAT THEY THOUGHT
WAS A COMPLETELY LEGAL ACTIVITY
AND IT'S AND IT'S JUST BEEN A
VERY BIG PROBLEM.
IT STILL DOESN'T SOLVE THE
FEDERAL ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY.
>> I WANT TO SHIFT TO A COUPLE
ISSUES WHERE THERE MAY BE SOME
REPUBLICAN UNREST IF YOU WILL,
BACK SOME ISSUES WHICH HAVE
BEEN OUT THERE FOR A WHILE AND
I'LL ASK TO HEAR WHAT YOU ALL
THINK ABOUT WHAT MAY HAPPEN.
THEY ARE REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT.
THERE'S SOME UNHAPPY YES.
AMONG SOME REPUBLICANS ABOUT
WHAT GOVERNOR LEE DID IN SAYING
HE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO LET
TENNESSEE HAVE RESETTLEMENT.
AND THEN SECOND, THERE IS SOME
CONCERN I NOTICED FOR EXAMPLE,
KING COUNTY HAD SOME CONCERN
ABOUT THE ISSUE OF THE
EDUCATION SAVINGS PLANS OR
SO-CALLED VOUCHERS WHICH IS
STILL IN THE PLANNING STAGE.
I THINK IT'S SUPPOSED TO TAKE
EFFECT LATER THIS YEAR.
AND HE WAS EVEN SAYING WE MAY
HAVE BEEN SOLD A BILL OF GOODS
IN REGARDS TO THE LEGISLATION
THAT WAS PASSED LAST YEAR.
>> I'M CURIOUS TO HEAR FROM
EACH YOU RANDY, IF WE MAY START
WITH YOU.
YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THOSE TWO
THINGS THE WHOLE.
LET'S GET BACK AT GOVERNOR LEE
REGARDING RESETTLEMENT AND ALSO
THE ISSUE OF THE SO-CALLED
VOUCHERS.
>> WELL, THE ON THE
RESETTLEMENT ISSUE I THINK THE
THE EXECUTIVE ORDER FROM THE
PRESIDENT LIMITED WHO COULD
MAKE THAT DECISION THE GOVERNOR
OR THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE.
AND SO THE LEGISLATURE REALLY
CAN'T SAY YES OR NO ON THAT
DECISION.
SO I THINK THERE ARE SOME BILLS
THAT WOULD UNDO THAT.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT YOU CAN
.
AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT THE
THERE'S A FEDERAL COURT CASE
AND I THINK IT'S FAIRLY RECENT
THAT ACTUALLY SAID THAT THE
PRESIDENT COULDN'T DO THE
EXECUTIVE AND RIGHT DID SO
EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW IS ON
HOLD.
AND I THINK IT'S BEST IF WE
WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED, HOW
MANY REFUGEES DO WE HAVE
RESETTLED IN TENNESSEE LAST
YEAR?
>> I THINK IT WAS 400.
RICHARD, I'M SORRY FOUR HUNDRED
EIGHTY NINE.
YES, 400 IS RIGHT OF RIGHT
ABOUT FOR 90 PLUS 500 PEOPLE
ARE REFUGEES THAT ARE IN
TENNESSEE.
>> AND THE NUMBERS IF REFUGEES
IS DROPPED FROM THE UNITED
STATES FROM ABOUT 110 THOUSAND
TO EIGHTEEN THOUSAND.
>> THIS IS A BIT OF A TEMPEST
IN A TEAPOT I THINK.
>> HOW ABOUT THE LEGISLATION
REGARDING SAVINGS EDUCATION
FUNDS AND THE.
I THINK IN THE SENATE IT HAD
PASSED THE SENATE AND IT HAD
PASSED FAIRLY GOOD WELL BUT
DECENT MARGIN AND I DON'T THINK
THE SENATE WOULD BE READY TO
TAKE UP YET.
I CAN'T SPEAK FOR WHAT WHAT
WOULD HAPPEN IN THE HOUSE.
YOUR THOUGHT.
LET GO BACK TO THE REFUGEE
ISSUE AND IN THE LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR IS VERY AWARE OF THIS
.
BUT I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER
FACTOR THAT'S MUDDYING THE
WATER IS THAT THE STATE OF
TENNESSEE HAS A SUIT INVOLVING
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ABOUT
ABOUT SETTLING THE REFUGEES AND
I THINK SOME OF THE OPPOSITION
AND SOME OF THE STATEMENTS THAT
COULD BE THAT COULD BE
PERCEIVED AS BEING ANTI REFUGEE
IS REALLY SAYING WE WISH THE
GOVERNOR HAD WAITED UNTIL WE
COULD HAVE SETTLED THIS LAWSUIT
AND SEE WHERE IT'S GOING
BECAUSE IT'S IT JUST MUDDIES
THE WATER TO HAVE TWO DIFFERENT
POLICIES OUT THERE.
ONE, WE'RE SUING THE GOVERNMENT
ABOUT A REFUGEE ISSUE AND ON
THE OTHER SIDE WE'RE SAYING
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT.
I THINK THAT WAS WHAT SOME OF
THE LEGISLATORS SOME OF THE
LEGISLATORS HAD TO DO.
I REALLY CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT
THE REPRESENTATIVE COFFEES BILL
IS.
I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
BILL IS.
BUT YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE THAT