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Hunters Point South Ferry Destroyed Television Once again we had the ghetto vandals do more destruction in our Hunters Point South Park. I heard the smashing last night. I knew something was going on around 2:30 am. I wanted to call the 108th precinct, but I knew the odds were as always, they would not show. I have given up on the NYPD  here. They are nice guys, but we just can not get any enforcement on any of our complaints.  We all love our community We have problems. Graffiti almost every single night is plastered everywhere. They turn over the flower pots, they smash bottles and they destroy park benches. I spent so much time calling the Parks Police and the 108th precinct the first two years only to wait for a response and then nothing. So I just gave up.  At night they come down here with gigantic bongs and smoke their weed and they drink like fish. Not the cheep alcohol either, not like when we were growing up and drinking Budweiser, they drink ...

Cynthia Nixon Talks To Teen Vogue Calling all Sex And The City fans (and people who care about a more equitable world): In this special edition of Teen Vogue (Side) Take, we caught up with Cynthia Nixon at the Teen Vogue Summit in NYC; everything from ABC's cancellation of Roseanne to how legalizing weed in the state could level racial dynamics. Teen Vogue Take is a weekly multi-platform digital show that explores the intersection of pop culture and social justice.​ Subscribe to Teen Vogue on YouTube ! ABOUT TEEN VOGUE Fashion, beauty tips, celebrity style, pop culture, videos, and more—everything you need to be ahead of the trends. Fashion starts here.

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Highlights From Last Weeks Show Hot Topics: New additions to View family: Sara Haines welcomes new baby We welcome two special deliveries — Haines' daughter Sandra Grace and our production assistant Jessica's daughter Zoe! WATCH: https://youtu.be/NYS4fWEoryM Hot Topics: New Year's most memorable moments They discussed the most memorable moments of New Year's Eve — from Mariah Carey asking for tea during her performance to Steve Harvey's eye-catching outfit. (Video Above)  The View Talks Marijuana Hot Topics: California legalizes recreational marijuana Whoopi Goldberg reacts to the landmark new law: "This is for folks who have been waiting for a very long time." (Video Above) Hot Topics: Things to care about in 2018 Ana Navarro says the deadly protests in Iran deserve more of our attention in the new year: "You cannot stifle freedom for that long — at some point hope will come b...

Medical Marijuana This week Las Vegas is hosting the world’s largest gathering of cannabis executives, exhibitors, and innovators. The Fall 2017 installation of the Marijuana Business Conference and Expo, taking place this week from November 14-17, 2017 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, is the place to discuss the latest trends in the multi-billion dollar global cannabis industry. CEO of Premium Produce Priscilla Vilchis, the only female minority with two cannabis licenses in Las Vegas and three in Los Angeles County, California, will be speaking on the “Cultivation Data Download: Stats, Trends & Analysis” panel on Friday, November 17 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. She will be presenting alongside other marijuana executives on a number of topics, including the range of costs required to start and operate various types of growing operations; tips to increase yield and maximize revenue; how cultivators are adapting to falling wholesale mari...

Morgan Freeman In AARP Morgan Freeman has weighed in on the current political landscape in the February/March issue of AARP The Magazine in an interview before Inauguration Day. On playing POTUS “Some people thought Hollywood wasn’t ready for a black president, but I didn’t consider it. I’m not a professional black actor; I’m a professional actor. I can remember only once in the movies playing black, and that was Driving Miss Daisy.” On the current political landscape “As for politics today, I supported Hillary in the election, and now it feels like we are jumping off a cliff. We just have to find out how we land. I’m not scared, though. I’m holding out hope that Donald Trump has to be a good president. He can’t not be. What I see is a guy who will not lose.” On his stint in the United States Air Force “I went into the Air Force with the idea of being a fighter pilot, but they made me a radar mechanic. I’m about as m...

Miley Cyrus E! NEWS -- Miley Cyrus killed Hannah Montana using a potent combination of sexuality, foam fingers and marijuana. And it happened right in front of our eyes. Her transformation began exactly two years ago, when she caused international outrage by twerking her butt offagainst Robin Thicke's crotch during the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards. The performance came across as desperate, a suggestion that she was willing to do anything to break free from the shackles of her Disney-sweetheart alter ego. But two years later, as she gears up to host tonight's VMAs ceremony, we know how wrong we were. It has become remarkably clear that Miley is much smarter than anyone initially gave her credit for. She may have stuck a fork in Hannah Montana that night, but she reinvented Miley Cyrus. Here are five things we're loving about Miley 2.0: She Outwitted Her Critics: For a while, Miley's spree of candid marijuana talk, twerking...

**** DEATH ALSO SCARES LARRY KING **** Larry King Former Governor Jesse Ventura turns the tables on legendary broadcaster Larry King, the man who’s interviewed over 60,000 people in his storied career. Larry sounds off the state of our nation (“hopeless”), marijuana (“a great aphrodisiac”), his greatest fears (“death”), and President Obama (“a puzzle to me”) on Jesse Ventura's weekly podcast "We the People with Jesse Ventura" available on PodcastOne and iTunes. Larry King sets the record straight: Yes, he's smoked pot...in the 80s...with his doctor.... "I guess I smoked weed in the mid-80s, about five or six or seven times. I enjoyed it. I found it a great aphrodisiac. It was much better than liquor; I never liked liquor much. I like a little wine, but I enjoyed pot...I smoked with my doctor. He got great stuff from Jamaica."  His greatest fear? Death. “I worry about going to sleep and not wa...

**** THE ELVIS DURAN INTERVIEW **** Lady Gaga On Elvis Duran Lady Gaga sat down with Elvis Duran and The Z100 Morning Show to talk about the release of her new album ARTPOP(out today), being the first performer to sing in space, and her emotional struggles with drugs and depression in the past. Elvis was able to dig into "Gaga's basement," during his 45 minute exclusive with the POP SuperStar. Elvis, as usual, created a comfortable atmosphere in which Gaga felt safe enough to discuss these difficult topics. ON BEING ADDICTED TO MARIJUANA “I just want young kids to know that you actually can become addicted to it [marijuana]… I have been addicted to it and its ultimately related to anxiety coping and it’s a form of self medication and I was smoking up to 15-20 marijuana cigarettes a day with no tobacco. I was living on a totally other psychedelic plain, numbing myself completely and looking back I do see now that some of it had to do with m...

**** THE WOODWARD REPORT The War on Drugs is Immoral and Ineffective By Brian Woodward  **** The War On Drugs Despite increased efforts, manpower, and resources, the war on drugs has been a resounding failure. W.C. fields once quipped, “If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a damn fool about it.” Not only does the government continue to fail in its crusade against drugs, it continues to perpetrate a policy of immense immorality. It has been over forty years since President Richard Nixon declared war on drugs. What do we have to show for it? The United States has wasted over one trillion dollars, caused incarceration rates to exceed that of the Gulag Archipelago under Stalin, discriminated heavily against African-Americans, propped up the drug cartels, and allowed drug profits to flow into the pockets of al-Qaeda and other such terrorist groups. The biggest success in the war on drugs has been the...

**** Medical Marijuana Plan Passes Assembly "It's Cruel to Deny Treatment to Patients Who are Suffering" Says Gottfried ****  Medical Marijuana The following e-mail was sent to us by Assembly Health Committee Chair Richard N. Gottfried. We applaud the work he does, not only on this issue, but so many other issues that make New York a better place. Patients suffering from serious debilitating or life-threatening conditions could be treated with medical marijuana under medical supervision under a bill overwhelmingly passed by the Assembly on Wednesday, June 13. The bill has substantial support among the medical community, patient groups, and religious organizations. Seventeen states and the District of Columbia have laws that allow medical use of marijuana, with Connecticut being the most recent to sign it into law on June 1. "If the patient and physician agree that the patient's serious debilitating or life-threatening condi...

Scott D. Levy We find it insane that New Yorkers still get charged with little marijuana offences. The money spent and the lives ruined is horrible. Read below the news story that NORML sent us. We applaud Gov. Andrew Coumo for fighting this injustice. We knew when we elected him, that he was fair and understanding just like his parents. Having met just about the whore family, the saying "The apple does not fall far from the tree" rings true here. FROM THE DESK OF NORML Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo has endorsed a legislative effort to equalize marijuana possession penalties, regardless of whether the cannabis is possessed in private or in public view. Governor Cuomo announced his support at a press conference on Monday. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly are also backing the effort. Under state law, the private possession of up to 25 grams of marijuana is a non-criminal civil citation, pu...

**** THE CHICAGO GOSSIP **** Marijuana Once again legislators in Illinois are discussing whether to legalize marijuana for medical purposes. According to State Rep. Lou Lang (D-Skokie), the sponsor of the bill, he thinks he has the votes for passage in the House. “It will be the best, most restrictive, mostly regulated law in the country,” Lang said. The law would allow people with debilitating medical conditions to smoke marijuana but would limit possession to less than 2.5 ounces, prohibit driving for six hours after smoking the drug, would only be sold in state-licensed highly regulated not-for-profit dispensaries (limiting the outlets to 59—one per senate district) and the program would expire in three years. Think of the new levels of bureaucracy that will have to be created to administer and enforce the law. Insane! Having penalties, including potential prison time, is not going to discourage anyone from trying to sell medical prescription marijuana on the street anymore t...

Snoop Dogg Rap star Snoop Dogg says he has never performed sober. Snoop is insisting he takes the stage only when he's smoked marijuana. The Snoop has long been an advocate for the legalization of the weed and has a prescription for medical marijuana. He also admits he is never without cannabis when he hits the stage. He told Larry King, "I’m under the influence of medical marijuana. I’ve never performed without it." Photo By: RD/Kabik/Retna

**** THE JAMES EDSTROM EDITORIAL ***** David Paterson It really amazes me how our government officials in New York, like Governor Paterson and now Mike Bloomberg, continue to tax the poor, but they do it in such a round-about way, that all the politicians look saintly. This proposed soda tax will only hurt the poor, plain and simple. The rich will continue to buy soda and anything else they want. The poor will also continue to buy soda, but they will be forced to spend money they really do not have. Just take a ride through any poor neighborhood, there are limited choices in the supermarkets, deli's and bodegas. Soda is the cheep choice to sell in these communities. No one in these neighborhoods can afford to buy these 5 dollar designer healthy drinks. Healthy food costs big bucks. Poor people do not have the option of buying anything but soda. Go into any fast food restaurant, a healthy salad is 4 times more than a less nutritious double cheeseburger. Look what the cigarette tax...

**** We received the following e-mail from Assemblyman Richard N. Gottfried on legalizing Medical Marijuana. We commend him on his stand, and we hope his fellow elected officials will support this issue in full. **** Marijuana As the debate over medical marijuana goes on across the country, the New York State Assembly Committee on Health today passed a bill that would legalize the use of marijuana for patients suffering from life-threatening medical conditions. Currently, 14 states have laws that allow medical use of marijuana, and a bill in New Jersey is expected to be signed into law before January 19th. New York State's bill, modeled on Rhode Island's law, requires patients to have a physician or licensed prescriber certify their need for marijuana for treatment of a statutorily defined "serious medical condition." Patients must then file their certification with the Department of Health and receive a registration card from the state. Possession would be limited...