a spokesperson is putting their situation in the hands of amy hart. >> dr. hart needs to work harder on behalf of the citizens of san francisco who are demanding better and faster health events. it's outrageous. outher department is dealing with staffing issues, the reason for the lengthny turnaround time. >>> a new twist in the bart saga. a possibility that we could see a no strike clause in the feature. that they are well publicized. the deal are pulling off from the provision as a third walkout is a possibility. but this morning on kpix 5, strikes may not be an option. >> if you're a central employee, you don't have the right to strike, but you have the right to fact finding and budget crunching. >> sounds like a no strength clause. >> in a brief summary, that might be something that we'll need to take a look at. >> new york city, growth, washington, d.c. have banned major strikes. >>> truckers plan to walk off the job on monday as they want more money to keep it in compliance with tougher state regulations. 804 truckers will lose their jobs on january 1

dr. carl hart, one of the contributors to the special issue of "the nation" and author of "high price: a neuroscientist's journey of self-discovery that challenges everything you know about drugs in society." still with us is laura flanders of grit tv. dr. hart, let me ask, why do you think it's important to put race at the center of this conversation about legalization? >> well, one of the reasons i think is important is because when we think about drug policy in general, it just becomes another tool by which we further marginalize groups so we don't think about this in terms of drug policy. we don't think about it in other domains in our society. >> one of the things that you make an argument towards in your piece for the nation is that there are health consequences to these racial disparities, that the arrest rates themselves generate health outcomes. here we are worried about health questions of marijuana. what are those health consequences of that racial disparity? >> well, when we t