Press Secretary Sean Spicer said Trump would not follow Obama’s permissive approach to marijuana, alarming the pot industry – we look at what that means for CA; plus, our annual Oscar preview ahead of Sunday’s award show. TGI-FilmWeek!
White House signals possible crackdown on recreational pot, what would it mean for CA?
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said yesterday that the White House could exercise “greater enforcement” of federal laws over the use of recreational marijuana, setting up a potential conflict with the many states that have gone the route of legalization, including California.
Californians voted to legalize the recreational use of pot in November, and an infrastructure for a legal market in the state is still being hammered out. How would the White House’s stance on pot use impact CA?
Guests:
David Welch, principal at D.R. Welch Attorneys At Law in Los Angeles, who works with the CA marijuana industry
Jeff Zinsmeister, executive vice president of Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) and a senior fellow at the University of Florida’s Drug Policy Institute
FilmWeek's 2017 Oscar preview from The Theatre at Ace Hotel
The countdown is on for the 89th Oscars® telecast, but first tune in for AirTalk's annual preview event.
KPCC's FilmWeek critics and host Larry Mantle plus an audience of 1,000 gathered at the historic Theatre at Ace Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles to discuss and debate the contenders for this year’s major Oscar categories. There were vigorous deliberations over "Moonlight" and "La La Land" in the Best Picture categories and almost no agreement on the Best Documentary Feature.
Who are you favoring for this year's Academy Awards?
Critics:
Justin Chang, film critic for KPCC and the Los Angeles Times
Tim Cogshell, film critic for KPCC and Alt-Film Guide
Christy Lemire, KPCC film critic and host of YouTube’s “What the Flick?”
Lael Loewenstein, KPCC film critic
Wade Major, KPCC film critic and host for IGN’s DigiGods.com
Amy Nicholson, KPCC film critic and chief film critic for MTV News
Peter Rainer, film critic for KPCC and the Christian Science Monitor
Charles Solomon, film critic for KPCC, Animation Scoop and “Animation Magazine”