I think marijuana should be legalized. I wouldn't use it because I think it's dumb to do so but I don't care if other people want to. All other drugs that are now illegal should be decriminalized but businesses shouldn't be allowed to sell them. In my opinion we'll never be able to regulate things like heroine and meth enough to make them "safe." Really what this boils down to is I don't want my tax dollars being used to prosecute people who just hurt themselves. Not my problem.
the problem as I see it for police officers amd (dont forget their master the attoneys) is malum en se vs. malum prohibitah. malum en se is where there is a real crime. malum prhoibitah is just prohibited by statute and is a total rip off. Malum prohibitah is argued effectively in ourt with the never talked about 6th amendment right to be informed of the nature and the cause of the accusation. read my website
Decriminalize weed and legalize hemp to stimulate economy. Sounds pretty good to me. I am sick of paying money to strip people of their rights for non-violent crimes.
Go war on drugs! Drugs result in deaths of others so hell yeah drug abusers should be punished. Legalizing them is like legalizing speeding: it kills people.
Yeah go ahead! Go ahead and hand out addictive poison to your own children! You think gangs wont find any other territory to move into and fight for? Are you that stupid?
Yeah but the United States isn't any European country. A model set by country A may not necessarily work in country B, depending on the social status and the willingness of the people. The most basic example you can view is Michael Moore's view of violence in America, take a look at some examples before calling other people "idiots". I've lived in many different countries including the States and they're all very different models, and the solution is not that simple. Idiot.
Although I don't drink and I don't use 'weak, mild' (if this is the correct term) drugs (becuae of my subjective reasons), I would never want to impose this viewe on others. As history has proven countless times, when stating an 'opinion' based on emotions and not logic, and saying that it's the absolute truth, then expect it to be lies and for it to smell of death.
Although I don't drink and I don't use 'weak, mild' (if this is the correct term) drugs (becuae of my subjective reasons), i would never want to impose this viewe on others. As history has proven countless times, when stating an 'opinion' based on emotions and not logic, and saying that it's the absolute truth, then expect it to be lies and for it to smell of death.
It all comes down to this - you can make big profits from alcohol and you tax alcohol because it's relatively difficult to make - you can't tax weed because it grows so easily. It's not a question of morality or public-health - it's just about money.
@shumble32 Actually it IS about public health. Cannabis is the cure for cancer, among many other things. Pharmaceuticals would rather keep people weak with deadly chemotherapy and pump people full of pills. If marijuana was legalized, and people used this outstanding medicine, then the people making the drugs will lose out on millions. This weed that only needs dirt and water to thrive cures hundreds of illnesses, but cannot be patented, so nobody can make money off it. Such greed is disgusting.
Man saved from cancer with cannabis: watch?v=Q7ytJu4Zcrk
Promotes neurogenesis (grows new braincells): watch?v=y-6RT1UrVec
This one is just chalk full of benificial effects of cannabis including how legalization would benifit society in the opinion of Judge Gray of California: watch?v=sKBB1Apc0Ng
Dr. Melamede PhD on cannabinoids killing cancer cells: watch?v=n31Nuj_AvTg
Child saved from brain tumor using cannabis: watch?v=HG3mtAgh6Ww
yup - and you can end God's wrath for genociding his herb and trees - the most ancient of textiles, fuel, and sustenance to mankind , - Hurt not the Trees! the bible, revelations.............
People are finally waking up and realizing the "War on Drugs" has completley been fucked over. It seemed like a good idea in the conservitive 50's and early 60's, but now, we have actual proof marijuana has more bennifits than downsides.
He didn't even mention the real "main" reason that drugs should be legal: a country that blathers on about how "free" it is has no business telling people what they can do with their own bodies and minds. It's especially ironic that Republicans, who love to blither mindlessly about "less government" are the most opposed to freedom.
Not that this idiot had any credibilty before.. but after this pathetic rant his credibility is DESTROYED!!! Hey Cenk/Jenk.. your 15 seconds is about up!!
@bishopville Are you retarded? This is one of the few thing he's said that makes perfect sense. He's improved his credibility immensely. Everything he said was simple fact. Other than the fact that you hate freedom, would you care to refute anything he said, or try some actual rationalization of the anti-drug laws that makes sense? You'd be the first to ever do so, btw.
Yeah.. That's it!! Make it legal cuz it would be easier!! What a F'n moron!! OK then lets make DWI legal.. cuz it would be easier.. Rape.. hell legalize that too.. Why spend the money to put rapist's behind bars?? How about child porn?? Ah what the hell.. Why not?? Come on folks.. Cenk is a moron.. If we got rid of every law cuz it would be easier.. we'd have no law..period!!
@bishopville Obviously nothing in this video came even close to anything like "legalize it because it would be easier," but since you are so vehemently opposed to personal freedom, why stop at banning just some drugs? Obvioiusly cigarettes should be illegal as they're far more addictive and deadly and burdensome to the healthcare system. Fatty foods should be illegal, riding motorcycles. Anything that you personally wouldn't want to do should be punishable by imprisonment.
ah cenk I see you care about those thousands in deaths in mexico, what about the 100k + kurds killed, iranians, and kuwaitians for the regime of saddam?
If you want to learn how short a distance we've come in a period of 40 years or so, read "The Consumer's Union Report on Licit and Illicit Drugs" by Edward M. Brecher.
Published in 1972, it is, without a doubt, the most reasonable and unbiased account of drug use in America.
I bought the book for a Canadian quarter six years ago and it was the best money I've ever spent. if you ever want insight into that issue, that book will give you the answers you seek.
thats true, but keep in mind that weed is the most used drug, and there are less meth heads than weed heads. Less demanding drugs dont make as much money, the less money, the less violence.
Kinda cool how TheYoungTurks use youtube for promotion... why doesnt people from Foxnews, CBS, ABC do the same thing, or their contributers on their shows? and start posting segments on youtubes in mass like TYT?for example: the segments posted from fox news on here are by random people, most of the time hating... is this a sign that TheYoungTurks are desperate for viewership? This is how low they have to go, mass postings of televised segments? hope my clicked helped you TYT!!!
That is why more people should vote in America. Right now the people that are voting are the people that would make coffee illegal. It is still the rich and elite that control America because they all vote.
1st time i've ever heard this idiot say anything intelligent, i can't believe my ears. too bad he is a total retard on every other issue known to man.
@MTVVH1sucks No... I just can't stand this prick, but I am man enough to admit when someone I disagree with 99% of the time says something intelligent. The war on drugs is a total joke, and needs to be stopped.
@ipwnm00bs You can get pot and alcohol in 10 minutes and ur 12. Jesus Christ talk about a fucked up childhood. If you ever want to talk send me a private message. I just hope you get help in time before you become too fucked up.
No genius. . Because pot is illegal, a black market is created, which makes it unbelieveably easy to obtain at a ridiculously low price. Alcohol however is legal, but only for certain ages, so there is no black market for alcohol. Theres no shady guy at the park selling it. That means that the only way for people under 21 to obtain it woud be to have a friend over 21, which happens, but isnt as easy. Seriously, its easier to get pot than it is to get a lighter. Not even joking
@CenkIsAdorable I could get alcohol.I would just get caught because my dad would have noticed his beer missing and i would be in trouble. It was so easy to get weed that i wouldn't even have to look for it.People just came up asking if i wanted to buy weed in school all the time.
Enforcement ain't gonna do it. Never has, never will. There are too many so called "good people" (lawyers, bankers, businessmen, judges, cops) who are making easy money on the illegal drug trade so it will never stop. The only answer now is legalization, total and unconditional. When the money incentive goes, there goes the crime and corruption. Simple, end of discussion.
Agree agree with Cenk all on all his points but in addition, if drugs were legalized not only would the government not have to pay to enforce its drug police laws, but also be able to TAX DRUGS.
Essentially, this 1 trillion dollar current price tag would instead become BILLIONS OF DOLLARS of government revenue EVERY YEAR.
Little known fact: when Prohibition was repealed in 1933, some of the main opponents to making alcohol legal were the bootleggers. They knew they'd be put out of business. So yeah....
@MADDKNOCKER True but it sure is a main source of revenue. After that we might look at legalizing and regulation other "crimes" such as numbers, prostitution, etc.
I'm very surprised he even mentioned the War on Poverty. I'm not surprised he didn't mention that it was an utter failure, as mostly all welfare programs are, and actually may have made poverty worse.
Gangs were around before prohibition, but it was prohibition which gave them a perfect business opportunity! It made them very rich and very powerful!
You wanna know what ya do about the gangs. Re instate the death penelty. The truth is we put these people in prison and they run their gangs from the prisons.If we kill em of, they won't be able to run these gangs and crime will decrease.
I don't get the United States... a country where you have to be 21 to buy and consume a beer, but you'll only have to be 19 to join the military and kill people with guns.
it's easy for a 18yr old to 99yr old to rant about legalizing what ever they want without the consequences, but there are people with children, people who has to raise children into a cultivated adult, a very easy task. unfortunately for america we now have teens drunk driving for casual fun. we have casual adults in drug rehabs without the legalization of certain drugs.all we need to do is try to make our children immune to all of this garbage in society, an easy task in a lost economic decade.
it's a moot situation. if they ended the war on drugs, with a depression coming, who is going to continue using? no one, because your not going to impress any employer ,because there is enough mentally deficients out there even without intoxicating substances, and about 80% of the folks actually can't handle their chronic, so en employer is just not going to chance hiring a chronic smoker. unless he knows that you can handle it.
@fedtheend artists, freelancers, the 20% of the folks who can handle their chronic, the 80% of the folks who can't (they can still smoke on the weekends), and the employers themselves. it's not a moot situation.
@fedtheend just pullin persentages out of no where, dude ppl dont smoke weed while at work, just like ppl dont drink alcahol at work. weed is less dangerous, less addictive, cannot overdose. ppl will use it on weekends and after a long shift, not on their way to work...
@crackerz99 true enough I guess, it might be fifty fifty or even better. the point is there is lots of folks under extreme stress and you would need to convince them, and parents with adults and teens moving in with them, and the parents perception weed is effecting their current predictatment , rather than the general economic conditions. were lucky alcohol is still legal under these circumstances. I am conforming to the extreme now and being sober 100% of the time. and only healthfood.
this guy is as naive as he is stupid, you legalize drugs, and you musacle the drug cartels out? theres still going to be retrubuiton, in fact once you do that anmd start selling them in stores there gonna start going after the feds and the govt directly, yea you can sell heroin and coke in the stores, but its absurd to think that the cartels are just gonna shuffle their feet and leave, in fact id propose like i said beofre, you muslce the gangs out fo their money? there gonna retialiate
@crazyassblinddude Because a customer in a free market of drugs will wonder "Hmmmm, should i buy my drugs from a gang, that are possibly poisonous overdoses and will make me a criminal, or from the 7/11?"
Your right Cenk, any vice that costs too much to fight isn't worth fighting at all. Tell that to the woman on the cover of Time magazine who had her nose and ears cut off by terrorist. "Those things which are precious are saved only by sacrifice.” - David Kenyon Webster. No weed may not be the greatest threat, but it's certainly not worth endorsing. Gosh how do you still have a job!!! Some of your ideals are just crazy.
@skippy563 Actually, just because you want it LEGALIZED does not mean you endorse it. Pot is less harmfull than alcohol of nicotine. Also, even when they know upper-class people who are doing crystal meth, they go after lower class inner-city kids because they can't afford lawyers. Many police who were in the dep. for years admit to this.
@arachnophile01 Well I am speaking from philosophical stand point of legalizing anything harmful, not the level of harm it will do to a person. It's just makes it harder to teach my students about the harm. I mean the state governments put together a school curriculum that teach students to not drink no matter what age, but that doesn't always get across to students because it's only a matter of relativity and age limits. I guess this is just my rant.
@skippy563 Doughnuts are harmful, maybe not AS harmful as drugs but still causes some amount of harm in the form of too many calories and lipids. by your logic we should illegalize those to convince kids to eat healthy. and if you can't convince your kids not to do alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, or nicotine without saying "The boogeyman police is gonna getcha" than you are not educating, you are indoctrinating
@arachnophile01 Yeah... oh man you got me there. Those were the exact lesson plans I had for the upcoming school year. I think the point of this conversation has now been lost like the beating, downing, and shooting a dead horse.
@skippy563 yeah, drugs are harmful, everyone knows that, after a long time you can have bad sideeffects from weed jsut like alcahol, the point is, if weed calms ppl down, alcahol hightens anger, weed doesnt impare your vision or motor functions, alcahol does, you cannot overdose on weed, you can on alcahol, it is impossible to get addicted to weed, you can get addicted to alcahol. question is, with all these facts why is alcahol legal, but weed is not?
@skippy563 Are you in all seriousness comparing a responsible, law-abiding American citizen smoking a joint after work to the violent mutilation of women by Islamic extremists? I'm sorry friend, but I am forced to hereby declare you utterly insane.
@beingforitse1f Sorry, that comment was directed to the terrorism part of his rant. More or less it's his logic that is upsetting, not particularly what he is applying it too.
@skippy563 endorsing weed is crazy? dude, endorsing alcahol is fucked up, alcahol causes overdoses, car crashes, bar fights and alcaholism, weed calms people down, if you find a dude high on weed as angry or excited as a drunken man, you should document it, cause that dude is a freak of nature. those people cut off her nose and ears cause they oppress women. not becuase of weed.
@crackerz99 I do believe you missed the point on the terrorism part. And I am really failing you logic on the why is pot illegal and alcohol not. All you are doing is stating the fallacy of Appeal to Common Practice. If alcohol is so wrong then your argument provided no basis by which we should accept the legalization of weed.
@skippy563 you got my point exactly,(if alcahol is bad then why is it legal but something not even close as bad, is not) alcahol there are a million worse drugs than weed an alcahol which should definetly stay illegal, legalizing and selling weed will boost the economy tremendousely, not only will regular users buy some, but a huge crowd of ppl wanting to try it, but never do cause its considered a crime will buy aswell, gangs will b shut down, i dont see any downside.
@crackerz99 Your argument is completely missing the point. We put huge taxes on cigarettes to keep people from smoking, not to gain a reward. Not to mention gangs aren't dependent upon drugs. If anything it would only cause more problems because it would cut their finances since they are going to register as legit pot dealers. I guess there is no point to this conversation if you aren't seeing the lack of foundation for your claim.
@skippy563 yeah but we want people to smoke pot, cause pot is awesome, we dont want people to smoke cigarettes cause they are not good in any way, were talking about mexican gangs that bring weed across the border that killed 25000 people in the last 3 years, the mexican gangs arent going to continue to kill eachother because they can sell it legit, so whats the point, right. the gangs will dissolve and become business' (many) mexican drug gangs ARE dependent upon drugs.
@crackerz99 Right......so let me see if I understand what you are saying. You apparently indulge in the very thing that has been apart of the 25000 deaths in the last three years. I'm sorry my friend but your hand and the hand of the cartels are joined together through the blood of innocent people. Call me crazy, but I don't get an "awesome" feeling about people being killed for my addiction; nor in the lives of students who I have witnessed lose all care for a future from their "awesome" grass.
@skippy563 when legalized those gangs will dissolve and no more ppl will die due to marijuana gangs, my friends aswell have "lost care for the future" they ahve told me, they no longer care about the way ppl see them, they dont care about material items, i pride myself on that aswell, we care more about music, friends and family, we wana do what makes us happy, pot helps us when were down, we dont want to conform, we wana be ourselves. pot has brought me closer to my family and friends.
@skippy563 They can't become legit pot sellers. Most likely marijuana will be sold by pharmaceutical companies. (Like it already is in some areas) Or by corporate America. NOT by former gang members!
@asteroide so the only reason everyone does not destroy their lives with hard drugs right now, is because they are illegal? ROFLMAO hahahahaha. And how many people die from alcohol every year? Have you been to Russia?? And making alcohol illegal would do what? Have you heard of 1920's? Prohibition? Same thing that is happening now in Mexico happened in USA during the prohibition
@normalais ~ hu?! sounds like you are contradicting yourself, BUT precisely, it's not because they are illegal that ppl destroy their lives, what I said is, making them legal as alcohol will give under 21s something else to look forward that cannot lead to anything constructive, legalizing them doesn't guarantee they won't be abused ..So because too many people die of Alcohol already, we should give ppl another legal way to destroy themselves and put other people's lives in danger as well?
@asteroide It is easier for 15 year olds to get drugs than it is to get beer. Because beer is legal and regulated by government. That's a fact. Wake up.
@normalais OMG, what a BS. How come i do not know anyone who can sell me drugs? I don't know what crowd you hang out with or your kids, but normal Americans can not buy drugs because they are very difficult to get, because of the "war on drugs".
@RussMusiq Actually it is extremely easy to get. You get a contact, you meet up give him/her the money you get the goods and your off. Alcohol on the other hand is much more difficult, you either A: have to get an adult to buy it for you knowing that that adult may face jail time for doing such a thing or B: you have to try to get it yourself with a fake ID and a lot of luck, which good luck to anyone who is trying to do that. So I say, make cannabis like alcohol, out of the reach of children.
@ipathbomb92 Cannabis is completely harmless unlike alcohol. I would also suggest that alcohol is very easy to get if your underage. Everyone knows someone who is 21 and you can just scrape off the serial number on the bottle. Now its completely untraceable to who bought it..
@BCRice111 if your 17 and smoke pot like I am then its way easier to get marijuana then alcohol. All i have to do is ask any of my multiple friends or other connections who i know to smoke pot to deal to me. And I don't live in a city either I live in a upper middle class suburban town. Once you become a stoner its so easy to get pot. It's everywhere. With alcohol I have to steal it from my parents and risk getting caught or find some sketchy guy over 21 who is willing to buy it for me.
@JayKay0010 who gives a shit aboutpot and stoners thats even a real drug thats just a herbal stimulant, you guys are way less cool than you make yourselves out to be once you get over the weed mystique and realize its just a leaf, the war on drugs is focused on cocaine and real drugs
@crazyassblinddude ok? i don't think i'm cool because i spend my money on pot and I never claimed i was. and about 60% of drug trafficking from mexico is marijuana.
@RussMusiq drugs are very easy to get dumbass. Those are not my words but some people from the DEA who want to fight against teenage drug use. They said themselves drugs are too easy to get for teenagers because they are illegal and not regulated. And you don't know anybody because you haven't looked for it.
@RussMusiq Who cares if you know any contacts or not? Thats not the point... people who want to do drugs will still get them and people who don't still won't do them whether it is illegal or not. The only difference is that legalizing would mean all the revenues from drugs go to the government and not to violent criminal organizations. There has never been more of a no-brainer than ending this "war on drugs".
@RussMusiq Because people will buy it illegally anyway, and it's a lot safer for not only the user, but also pretty much everybody else if the sale is done legally.
@normalais - It's easier for them to get drugs because they are ILLEGAL! they don't get carded, if you made them Legal they are not suddenly going to say, "OH, now they are legal I can just wait until I am 21 one to score some". they would get them underage no matter what plus the bonus of at 21 being able to do it LEGALLY. Regardless...it doesn't solve the problem, it just adds some of the tax burden of the consequences to the rest of the people more crimes will be committed and rehab programs
@asteroide Many people who are fighting against teenage drug use want marihuana to be legalized simply because right now it is easier for the average 15 year old to get marihuana than beer. That's a fact.
@cheeseylemon You need to be 21 to get beer but drug dealers don't care how old you are, so the average 13 year old can get marihuana any time he wants. But not beer.
@normalais I disagree, it's as easy for a 15 year old to get drugs as it is for me to get drugs, but anyone who would give drugs to a kid would probably also give them alcohol.
The illegal nature of Cannabis makes it harder for consenting adults to enjoy the freedom to do with there own body as they wish. Controlling peoples personal lives without justification the the real atrocity here.
It is completely subjective, if you grew up in a place that had been infested by illegal drug trafficking I would believe you, but don’t you understand with the privatization and regulation of the drug trade altogether would crush the current system we have now? Which might I add is in the hands of gang members, Mexican cartels and lets not forget dirty cops. You forgot to ask yourself a more important question, which is an easier drug a fifteen year old to get high off of: glue or alcohol?
You're argument made no sense to what normalais said.
Im 17 yrs old and if i want to buy cannabis in or out of school i can find a person that will sell me it in a matter of less then 10mins. If i want to get alcohol, i would have to find a person over 21 that is willing to risk giving alcohol to a minor and since most teenagers hang around people their age, its hard.
You say the same person selling weed, would buy alcohol for a minor yet that is not even true. Most sellers are underage and the ones that are old enough wouldnt even bother trying to help a minor get alcohol after all their business is slanging Cannabis.
@asteroide dude, no one wants to legalize hard drugs, were talking about weed. its an exit drug, it is so soft, weed makes alcahol look like meth. everyone knows hard drugs like meth shoudlnt be legalized becuase, meth has no benefits, it deadly. kinda reminds me of alcahol.
@crackerz99 ~ I know, thanks, the people I was writing to, implied all drugs should be legalized, plus we were talking about Mexico where the problem is trafficking not consumption as in the states where it makes more sense to legalize softer drugs. That would take the Cartels business away, In Mexico it wouldn't work to legalize because the government is corrupt and they or their buddies would become the Cartel with a license.
i agree with him that ALL drugs should be legal but the only thing i have a problem with is when these fuck up LOSERS destory their lifes with those drugs please dont come crying to me to pay for there rehab but this guy will find something that society did to make them consume what ever drug they did and make everyone pay for it so cenk please shut the fuck up
i don't have a problem with medical marijuana being legal but the thing is people want all forms of marijuana legal and i just see a problem with that.
@hossamg1493 Marijuana was de-criminalized in Holland, people actually began using it less, where it is used now is nice little cafes, no crime or probs,
Decriminalization also means users can get medical assistance should they require it.
Right-wing politicians used drugs to generate public hysteria for votes from older, and often very worried conservative voters.
Nixon was not popular & needed scapegoats.
The result is twisted values & laws even the police think are dumb. gangs, crime. death.
the reason why people kill each other is not because its illegal its because they are addicted to drugs, and look at cigarettes they are legal how is that turning out for us? people wasting their money on corporations that do nothing but help you end your life faster, legalizing drugs is just a gateway to more corporations taking our money for things that help us in no way shape or form, and cigarettes are still sold illegally despite it being legal
more people die from "legal" prescription drugs than "illegal" drugs, look it up!
dluff 3 months ago
I think marijuana should be legalized. I wouldn't use it because I think it's dumb to do so but I don't care if other people want to. All other drugs that are now illegal should be decriminalized but businesses shouldn't be allowed to sell them. In my opinion we'll never be able to regulate things like heroine and meth enough to make them "safe." Really what this boils down to is I don't want my tax dollars being used to prosecute people who just hurt themselves. Not my problem.
tedfreeway 7 months ago
sign up to end the war on drugs! google avaaz "war on drugs" we're trying to reach 750.000, and were already over 600.000
ratmrulesyou1 8 months ago
the problem as I see it for police officers amd (dont forget their master the attoneys) is malum en se vs. malum prohibitah. malum en se is where there is a real crime. malum prhoibitah is just prohibited by statute and is a total rip off. Malum prohibitah is argued effectively in ourt with the never talked about 6th amendment right to be informed of the nature and the cause of the accusation. read my website
steveahmann 8 months ago
Cenk Uygur is great!
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Fastlan3 8 months ago
Decriminalize weed and legalize hemp to stimulate economy. Sounds pretty good to me. I am sick of paying money to strip people of their rights for non-violent crimes.
MrBurchettryan 9 months ago
Annual Cannabis smoking rates by adults
USA: 12.6%
Holland: 6.1%
Total lifetime adult use by country
USA: 42%
Holland: 22%
WAKE THE FUCK UP
2edsajdmsa 9 months ago
i like this guy
samo5566 9 months ago
Go war on drugs! Drugs result in deaths of others so hell yeah drug abusers should be punished. Legalizing them is like legalizing speeding: it kills people.
dmcarefuldriver 10 months ago
It's a war on the people
muzapstar 10 months ago
Yeah go ahead! Go ahead and hand out addictive poison to your own children! You think gangs wont find any other territory to move into and fight for? Are you that stupid?
ScarletSnake 11 months ago
@ScarletSnake you're an idiot! in Europe some countries have legalized drugs and it's working just fine
bbphnix 9 months ago
@bbphnix
Yeah but the United States isn't any European country. A model set by country A may not necessarily work in country B, depending on the social status and the willingness of the people. The most basic example you can view is Michael Moore's view of violence in America, take a look at some examples before calling other people "idiots". I've lived in many different countries including the States and they're all very different models, and the solution is not that simple. Idiot.
ScarletSnake 9 months ago
Wait, Cenk's a Libertarian?? ; )
Buergs323 11 months ago
Although I don't drink and I don't use 'weak, mild' (if this is the correct term) drugs (becuae of my subjective reasons), I would never want to impose this viewe on others. As history has proven countless times, when stating an 'opinion' based on emotions and not logic, and saying that it's the absolute truth, then expect it to be lies and for it to smell of death.
TheThordir 11 months ago
Although I don't drink and I don't use 'weak, mild' (if this is the correct term) drugs (becuae of my subjective reasons), i would never want to impose this viewe on others. As history has proven countless times, when stating an 'opinion' based on emotions and not logic, and saying that it's the absolute truth, then expect it to be lies and for it to smell of death.
TheThordir 11 months ago
@SoakUpAllTheBlood138
Republicans want to tell us who to love, what to buy, who to trust, what to think and what to watch.
Both parties see their followers as their property.
toto123459876 11 months ago
It all comes down to this - you can make big profits from alcohol and you tax alcohol because it's relatively difficult to make - you can't tax weed because it grows so easily. It's not a question of morality or public-health - it's just about money.
shumble32 1 year ago
@shumble32 Actually it IS about public health. Cannabis is the cure for cancer, among many other things. Pharmaceuticals would rather keep people weak with deadly chemotherapy and pump people full of pills. If marijuana was legalized, and people used this outstanding medicine, then the people making the drugs will lose out on millions. This weed that only needs dirt and water to thrive cures hundreds of illnesses, but cannot be patented, so nobody can make money off it. Such greed is disgusting.
NormanMatchem 11 months ago 13
@NormanMatchem
I'm pro legalization. But what you said is wrong. Cannabis cures nothing. It simply alleviates the symptoms of many ailments.
ananimous0 9 months ago
@ananimous0
Man saved from cancer with cannabis: watch?v=Q7ytJu4Zcrk
Promotes neurogenesis (grows new braincells): watch?v=y-6RT1UrVec
This one is just chalk full of benificial effects of cannabis including how legalization would benifit society in the opinion of Judge Gray of California: watch?v=sKBB1Apc0Ng
Dr. Melamede PhD on cannabinoids killing cancer cells: watch?v=n31Nuj_AvTg
Child saved from brain tumor using cannabis: watch?v=HG3mtAgh6Ww
It's been an effective medicine for millenia.
NormanMatchem 9 months ago
yup - and you can end God's wrath for genociding his herb and trees - the most ancient of textiles, fuel, and sustenance to mankind , - Hurt not the Trees! the bible, revelations.............
48snowbird 1 year ago
People are finally waking up and realizing the "War on Drugs" has completley been fucked over. It seemed like a good idea in the conservitive 50's and early 60's, but now, we have actual proof marijuana has more bennifits than downsides.
Litterboxer529 1 year ago
the govt is racist and wants Mexicans to die, thats why they refuse to legalize it
keithbu 1 year ago
@keithbu - America doesn't want Mexicans to die - the great Christian nation just doesn't give a damn if they do or don't
shumble32 1 year ago
Beautiful. Truth.
ParrhesiaJoe 1 year ago
Ahh logic and reason. Such beautiful things.
iversonmatthew 1 year ago
Legalize Pot
ProRanting 1 year ago 6
You also effectively end terrorist funding from opium if you legalize drugs, killing 2 birds with one stone.
mushroomcloudy 1 year ago
25 thousand, sobering.
antidoteco 1 year ago
He didn't even mention the real "main" reason that drugs should be legal: a country that blathers on about how "free" it is has no business telling people what they can do with their own bodies and minds. It's especially ironic that Republicans, who love to blither mindlessly about "less government" are the most opposed to freedom.
MaximusRelaximus 1 year ago
Cenk's voice gets annoying when he rants like this.
nataniellek 1 year ago
Evil = TYT
EyeConicRed 1 year ago
Not that this idiot had any credibilty before.. but after this pathetic rant his credibility is DESTROYED!!! Hey Cenk/Jenk.. your 15 seconds is about up!!
bishopville 1 year ago
@bishopville Are you retarded? This is one of the few thing he's said that makes perfect sense. He's improved his credibility immensely. Everything he said was simple fact. Other than the fact that you hate freedom, would you care to refute anything he said, or try some actual rationalization of the anti-drug laws that makes sense? You'd be the first to ever do so, btw.
MaximusRelaximus 1 year ago
Yeah.. That's it!! Make it legal cuz it would be easier!! What a F'n moron!! OK then lets make DWI legal.. cuz it would be easier.. Rape.. hell legalize that too.. Why spend the money to put rapist's behind bars?? How about child porn?? Ah what the hell.. Why not?? Come on folks.. Cenk is a moron.. If we got rid of every law cuz it would be easier.. we'd have no law..period!!
bishopville 1 year ago
@bishopville Obviously nothing in this video came even close to anything like "legalize it because it would be easier," but since you are so vehemently opposed to personal freedom, why stop at banning just some drugs? Obvioiusly cigarettes should be illegal as they're far more addictive and deadly and burdensome to the healthcare system. Fatty foods should be illegal, riding motorcycles. Anything that you personally wouldn't want to do should be punishable by imprisonment.
MaximusRelaximus 1 year ago
Legalize prostitution and gambling for the same reasons. they are insane prohibitions, that cost billions, and dont work.
Ddstairclimber 1 year ago
ah cenk I see you care about those thousands in deaths in mexico, what about the 100k + kurds killed, iranians, and kuwaitians for the regime of saddam?
homeloansmd 1 year ago
@homeloansmd
What do kurds, iranians, and kuwaitians have to do with the "war on drugs"?
88Keyz101 1 year ago
If you want to learn how short a distance we've come in a period of 40 years or so, read "The Consumer's Union Report on Licit and Illicit Drugs" by Edward M. Brecher.
Published in 1972, it is, without a doubt, the most reasonable and unbiased account of drug use in America.
I bought the book for a Canadian quarter six years ago and it was the best money I've ever spent. if you ever want insight into that issue, that book will give you the answers you seek.
OdinLowe 1 year ago
@tuque420
thats true, but keep in mind that weed is the most used drug, and there are less meth heads than weed heads. Less demanding drugs dont make as much money, the less money, the less violence.
88Keyz101 1 year ago
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Kinda cool how TheYoungTurks use youtube for promotion... why doesnt people from Foxnews, CBS, ABC do the same thing, or their contributers on their shows? and start posting segments on youtubes in mass like TYT?for example: the segments posted from fox news on here are by random people, most of the time hating... is this a sign that TheYoungTurks are desperate for viewership? This is how low they have to go, mass postings of televised segments? hope my clicked helped you TYT!!!
homeloansmd 1 year ago
Why is this message so hard to understand? I really dont get it.
88Keyz101 1 year ago
@88Keyz101 Because you are smoking pot and it is hard to pay attention.
Zurie53225 1 year ago
@Zurie53225
I dont smoke pot.
88Keyz101 1 year ago
@Zurie53225 It was a joke and nothing is wrong with it if you did.
Zurie53225 1 year ago
@Zurie53225
lol, i know. Text doesnt capture sarcasm very well, my bad.
88Keyz101 1 year ago
whats so sad is americans think they can win JA JA JA JA
juandeldiablo696 1 year ago
Can't have drugs legal when the CIA makes all it's money from the illegal drug trade. Duh.
MrNobody425 1 year ago
@MrNobody425
I lol'd
OdinLowe 1 year ago
people are getting their heads chopped off a few miles from me because of this silly war on drugs
dannon2010 1 year ago
How bout the war on firearms?
Noahthebeast09 1 year ago
That is why more people should vote in America. Right now the people that are voting are the people that would make coffee illegal. It is still the rich and elite that control America because they all vote.
skyvilla 1 year ago
marijuana should be legal if cigarettes are legal
TurkiyeCumhurbaskani 1 year ago
@TurkiyeCumhurbaskani I agree with you but cigarettes are nothing like weed. Weed is used to treat cancer not give it.
MTVVH1sucks 1 year ago
QUICK, EVERYONE IN THE COMMENTS SECTION USE THE PHRASE "wake up".... Good job, continue.
jgrakowski 1 year ago
1st time i've ever heard this idiot say anything intelligent, i can't believe my ears. too bad he is a total retard on every other issue known to man.
LehmanAaron 1 year ago
@LehmanAaron are you a banker?
MTVVH1sucks 1 year ago
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@MTVVH1sucks No... I just can't stand this prick, but I am man enough to admit when someone I disagree with 99% of the time says something intelligent. The war on drugs is a total joke, and needs to be stopped.
LehmanAaron 1 year ago
When I was 16 it would take my a week to get alcohol. It would take me 15 minutes to get weed. Wake the fuck up.
CenkIsAdorable 1 year ago 43
@CenkIsAdorable lol, yeah, one call and a quick walk
horbergaren 1 year ago
@CenkIsAdorable lol i can get all those in 10 minutes and im 12....
ipwnm00bs 1 year ago
@ipwnm00bs You can get pot and alcohol in 10 minutes and ur 12. Jesus Christ talk about a fucked up childhood. If you ever want to talk send me a private message. I just hope you get help in time before you become too fucked up.
CenkIsAdorable 1 year ago
@CenkIsAdorable
No genius. . Because pot is illegal, a black market is created, which makes it unbelieveably easy to obtain at a ridiculously low price. Alcohol however is legal, but only for certain ages, so there is no black market for alcohol. Theres no shady guy at the park selling it. That means that the only way for people under 21 to obtain it woud be to have a friend over 21, which happens, but isnt as easy. Seriously, its easier to get pot than it is to get a lighter. Not even joking
dudesonman4200 1 year ago
@dudesonman4200 why did you reply to me? I agree with you.
CenkIsAdorable 1 year ago
@CenkIsAdorable a week?
my friend when I was 15 it took me only 5 minutes to get booth
You must to be a shine person :)
so what about weed?
I tried it,I tottaly stopped my drinking
and I like it :)
zousanai 9 months ago
@zousanai wow I bet you're so proud, you were surrounded by alcoholics at a young age. I bet your parents are so proud
CenkIsAdorable 9 months ago
@CenkIsAdorable Yes I was
and now I more proud! I smoke weed :)
(and yes Alcohol is a Get away drug and dont be wrong!)
zousanai 9 months ago
@CenkIsAdorable
So true.
I dont know how old you are.. but nothing has changed as of 2004 when i was 16.
bjahava 9 months ago
@CenkIsAdorable I could get alcohol.I would just get caught because my dad would have noticed his beer missing and i would be in trouble. It was so easy to get weed that i wouldn't even have to look for it.People just came up asking if i wanted to buy weed in school all the time.
nowwithmorekick 5 months ago
Enforcement ain't gonna do it. Never has, never will. There are too many so called "good people" (lawyers, bankers, businessmen, judges, cops) who are making easy money on the illegal drug trade so it will never stop. The only answer now is legalization, total and unconditional. When the money incentive goes, there goes the crime and corruption. Simple, end of discussion.
fliegeroh 1 year ago
@fliegeroh sooo true.
MTVVH1sucks 1 year ago
hahahaha the truth is simple.
thelivingfire 1 year ago
Agree agree with Cenk all on all his points but in addition, if drugs were legalized not only would the government not have to pay to enforce its drug police laws, but also be able to TAX DRUGS.
Essentially, this 1 trillion dollar current price tag would instead become BILLIONS OF DOLLARS of government revenue EVERY YEAR.
WHO IS LOSING HERE???
1nsultTo1njury 1 year ago
Little known fact: when Prohibition was repealed in 1933, some of the main opponents to making alcohol legal were the bootleggers. They knew they'd be put out of business. So yeah....
mcc1789 1 year ago
When's cenk gonna run for pres?
MATTHEWisBEASTLY 1 year ago
@MATTHEWisBEASTLY lol! this counrty would nvr let him be president cuz he wuz aborn a muslim
billubhaiishere 1 year ago
@billubhaiishere haha, good point. thumbs up for that one
MATTHEWisBEASTLY 1 year ago
yeppers
CancerLover87 1 year ago
listen to this guy...and end the war
michweinersuckmydick 1 year ago
true true
enricoundera 1 year ago
Amen
royal1000 1 year ago
I agree with him 100%, and I'm not a liberal.
CubsFan2006 1 year ago
Prob is Cenk gangs just dont make money selling weed.
MADDKNOCKER 1 year ago
@MADDKNOCKER True but it sure is a main source of revenue. After that we might look at legalizing and regulation other "crimes" such as numbers, prostitution, etc.
mcc1789 1 year ago
GO Cenk! That is a win for everybody!
TheSirBoyKing 1 year ago
9 people missed the 'like' button.
temporaldisplacement 1 year ago
I'm very surprised he even mentioned the War on Poverty. I'm not surprised he didn't mention that it was an utter failure, as mostly all welfare programs are, and actually may have made poverty worse.
KillerDaCereal 1 year ago
they will still try to smuggle in e and coke
MUSIKALPRoPHET 1 year ago
Ha that chicano line was genius!
mynameaborat993 1 year ago
Cenk, Do you actually think prohibition "created Al Capone"? Do you know gangs were around way before drugs? Are you really this stupid?
mikfeds 1 year ago
@mikfeds
Gangs were around before prohibition, but it was prohibition which gave them a perfect business opportunity! It made them very rich and very powerful!
Praiosrondra 1 year ago
nothing is wrong with a war on poverty.
JeniusRob 1 year ago
I actually agree with Cenk on this one.
zachsav5 1 year ago 33
You wanna know what ya do about the gangs. Re instate the death penelty. The truth is we put these people in prison and they run their gangs from the prisons.If we kill em of, they won't be able to run these gangs and crime will decrease.
mr19932001 1 year ago
Haha he is like liberal bill o'reilly
adam0pimp 1 year ago
I don't get the United States... a country where you have to be 21 to buy and consume a beer, but you'll only have to be 19 to join the military and kill people with guns.
You have an awesome basketball league though.
mahdogzbite 1 year ago
@mahdogzbite lmao we don't get it either
Youngmessage 1 year ago
Amen brother
trousersnake7 1 year ago
Nixon also said
"I was under medication when I made the decision to burn the tapes."
nuff said
raidergunz 1 year ago
Makes sense.
JustmeSteve100 1 year ago
it's easy for a 18yr old to 99yr old to rant about legalizing what ever they want without the consequences, but there are people with children, people who has to raise children into a cultivated adult, a very easy task. unfortunately for america we now have teens drunk driving for casual fun. we have casual adults in drug rehabs without the legalization of certain drugs.all we need to do is try to make our children immune to all of this garbage in society, an easy task in a lost economic decade.
tube02148 1 year ago
They'd be better off starting a war on fast food then trying to pursue this war on Marijuana. Would save a lot more lives too lol
daemonarchangel 1 year ago
Finally someone with a brain!
Xocoheart 1 year ago
it's a moot situation. if they ended the war on drugs, with a depression coming, who is going to continue using? no one, because your not going to impress any employer ,because there is enough mentally deficients out there even without intoxicating substances, and about 80% of the folks actually can't handle their chronic, so en employer is just not going to chance hiring a chronic smoker. unless he knows that you can handle it.
fedtheend 1 year ago
@fedtheend artists, freelancers, the 20% of the folks who can handle their chronic, the 80% of the folks who can't (they can still smoke on the weekends), and the employers themselves. it's not a moot situation.
drueksen 1 year ago
@fedtheend just pullin persentages out of no where, dude ppl dont smoke weed while at work, just like ppl dont drink alcahol at work. weed is less dangerous, less addictive, cannot overdose. ppl will use it on weekends and after a long shift, not on their way to work...
crackerz99 1 year ago
@crackerz99 true enough I guess, it might be fifty fifty or even better. the point is there is lots of folks under extreme stress and you would need to convince them, and parents with adults and teens moving in with them, and the parents perception weed is effecting their current predictatment , rather than the general economic conditions. were lucky alcohol is still legal under these circumstances. I am conforming to the extreme now and being sober 100% of the time. and only healthfood.
fedtheend 1 year ago
Again, Cenk is a hypocrite. He wants freedom for some things (drugs), but not for others (currency, postal service, etc...)
bajoverga 1 year ago
this guy is as naive as he is stupid, you legalize drugs, and you musacle the drug cartels out? theres still going to be retrubuiton, in fact once you do that anmd start selling them in stores there gonna start going after the feds and the govt directly, yea you can sell heroin and coke in the stores, but its absurd to think that the cartels are just gonna shuffle their feet and leave, in fact id propose like i said beofre, you muslce the gangs out fo their money? there gonna retialiate
crazyassblinddude 1 year ago
@crazyassblinddude Because a customer in a free market of drugs will wonder "Hmmmm, should i buy my drugs from a gang, that are possibly poisonous overdoses and will make me a criminal, or from the 7/11?"
arachnophile01 1 year ago
This is not the TYT, there needs to be a separate channel for this msnbc bullshit.
aarondavid826 1 year ago
Your right Cenk, any vice that costs too much to fight isn't worth fighting at all. Tell that to the woman on the cover of Time magazine who had her nose and ears cut off by terrorist. "Those things which are precious are saved only by sacrifice.” - David Kenyon Webster. No weed may not be the greatest threat, but it's certainly not worth endorsing. Gosh how do you still have a job!!! Some of your ideals are just crazy.
skippy563 1 year ago
@skippy563 Actually, just because you want it LEGALIZED does not mean you endorse it. Pot is less harmfull than alcohol of nicotine. Also, even when they know upper-class people who are doing crystal meth, they go after lower class inner-city kids because they can't afford lawyers. Many police who were in the dep. for years admit to this.
arachnophile01 1 year ago
@arachnophile01 Well I am speaking from philosophical stand point of legalizing anything harmful, not the level of harm it will do to a person. It's just makes it harder to teach my students about the harm. I mean the state governments put together a school curriculum that teach students to not drink no matter what age, but that doesn't always get across to students because it's only a matter of relativity and age limits. I guess this is just my rant.
skippy563 1 year ago
@skippy563 Doughnuts are harmful, maybe not AS harmful as drugs but still causes some amount of harm in the form of too many calories and lipids. by your logic we should illegalize those to convince kids to eat healthy. and if you can't convince your kids not to do alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, or nicotine without saying "The boogeyman police is gonna getcha" than you are not educating, you are indoctrinating
arachnophile01 1 year ago
@arachnophile01 Yeah... oh man you got me there. Those were the exact lesson plans I had for the upcoming school year. I think the point of this conversation has now been lost like the beating, downing, and shooting a dead horse.
skippy563 1 year ago
@skippy563 yeah, drugs are harmful, everyone knows that, after a long time you can have bad sideeffects from weed jsut like alcahol, the point is, if weed calms ppl down, alcahol hightens anger, weed doesnt impare your vision or motor functions, alcahol does, you cannot overdose on weed, you can on alcahol, it is impossible to get addicted to weed, you can get addicted to alcahol. question is, with all these facts why is alcahol legal, but weed is not?
crackerz99 1 year ago
@skippy563 Are you in all seriousness comparing a responsible, law-abiding American citizen smoking a joint after work to the violent mutilation of women by Islamic extremists? I'm sorry friend, but I am forced to hereby declare you utterly insane.
beingforitse1f 1 year ago
@beingforitse1f Sorry, that comment was directed to the terrorism part of his rant. More or less it's his logic that is upsetting, not particularly what he is applying it too.
skippy563 1 year ago
@skippy563 endorsing weed is crazy? dude, endorsing alcahol is fucked up, alcahol causes overdoses, car crashes, bar fights and alcaholism, weed calms people down, if you find a dude high on weed as angry or excited as a drunken man, you should document it, cause that dude is a freak of nature. those people cut off her nose and ears cause they oppress women. not becuase of weed.
crackerz99 1 year ago
@crackerz99 I do believe you missed the point on the terrorism part. And I am really failing you logic on the why is pot illegal and alcohol not. All you are doing is stating the fallacy of Appeal to Common Practice. If alcohol is so wrong then your argument provided no basis by which we should accept the legalization of weed.
skippy563 1 year ago
@skippy563 you got my point exactly,(if alcahol is bad then why is it legal but something not even close as bad, is not) alcahol there are a million worse drugs than weed an alcahol which should definetly stay illegal, legalizing and selling weed will boost the economy tremendousely, not only will regular users buy some, but a huge crowd of ppl wanting to try it, but never do cause its considered a crime will buy aswell, gangs will b shut down, i dont see any downside.
crackerz99 1 year ago
@crackerz99 Your argument is completely missing the point. We put huge taxes on cigarettes to keep people from smoking, not to gain a reward. Not to mention gangs aren't dependent upon drugs. If anything it would only cause more problems because it would cut their finances since they are going to register as legit pot dealers. I guess there is no point to this conversation if you aren't seeing the lack of foundation for your claim.
skippy563 1 year ago
@skippy563 yeah but we want people to smoke pot, cause pot is awesome, we dont want people to smoke cigarettes cause they are not good in any way, were talking about mexican gangs that bring weed across the border that killed 25000 people in the last 3 years, the mexican gangs arent going to continue to kill eachother because they can sell it legit, so whats the point, right. the gangs will dissolve and become business' (many) mexican drug gangs ARE dependent upon drugs.
crackerz99 1 year ago
@crackerz99 Right......so let me see if I understand what you are saying. You apparently indulge in the very thing that has been apart of the 25000 deaths in the last three years. I'm sorry my friend but your hand and the hand of the cartels are joined together through the blood of innocent people. Call me crazy, but I don't get an "awesome" feeling about people being killed for my addiction; nor in the lives of students who I have witnessed lose all care for a future from their "awesome" grass.
skippy563 1 year ago
@skippy563 when legalized those gangs will dissolve and no more ppl will die due to marijuana gangs, my friends aswell have "lost care for the future" they ahve told me, they no longer care about the way ppl see them, they dont care about material items, i pride myself on that aswell, we care more about music, friends and family, we wana do what makes us happy, pot helps us when were down, we dont want to conform, we wana be ourselves. pot has brought me closer to my family and friends.
crackerz99 1 year ago
@skippy563 They can't become legit pot sellers. Most likely marijuana will be sold by pharmaceutical companies. (Like it already is in some areas) Or by corporate America. NOT by former gang members!
JafRich 1 year ago
@JafRich I do believe you are right on that one.
skippy563 1 year ago
War on video games!!!!
Tony007corp 1 year ago
Making Hard Drugs Legal equals Legalizing Suicide!. Give people the legal right to destroy their lives and their close ones while at it.
asteroide 1 year ago
@asteroide so the only reason everyone does not destroy their lives with hard drugs right now, is because they are illegal? ROFLMAO hahahahaha. And how many people die from alcohol every year? Have you been to Russia?? And making alcohol illegal would do what? Have you heard of 1920's? Prohibition? Same thing that is happening now in Mexico happened in USA during the prohibition
normalais 1 year ago
@normalais ~ hu?! sounds like you are contradicting yourself, BUT precisely, it's not because they are illegal that ppl destroy their lives, what I said is, making them legal as alcohol will give under 21s something else to look forward that cannot lead to anything constructive, legalizing them doesn't guarantee they won't be abused ..So because too many people die of Alcohol already, we should give ppl another legal way to destroy themselves and put other people's lives in danger as well?
asteroide 1 year ago
@asteroide It is easier for 15 year olds to get drugs than it is to get beer. Because beer is legal and regulated by government. That's a fact. Wake up.
normalais 1 year ago 42
@normalais OMG, what a BS. How come i do not know anyone who can sell me drugs? I don't know what crowd you hang out with or your kids, but normal Americans can not buy drugs because they are very difficult to get, because of the "war on drugs".
RussMusiq 1 year ago
@RussMusiq Actually it is extremely easy to get. You get a contact, you meet up give him/her the money you get the goods and your off. Alcohol on the other hand is much more difficult, you either A: have to get an adult to buy it for you knowing that that adult may face jail time for doing such a thing or B: you have to try to get it yourself with a fake ID and a lot of luck, which good luck to anyone who is trying to do that. So I say, make cannabis like alcohol, out of the reach of children.
ipathbomb92 1 year ago
@ipathbomb92 Cannabis is completely harmless unlike alcohol. I would also suggest that alcohol is very easy to get if your underage. Everyone knows someone who is 21 and you can just scrape off the serial number on the bottle. Now its completely untraceable to who bought it..
BCRice111 1 year ago
@BCRice111 if your 17 and smoke pot like I am then its way easier to get marijuana then alcohol. All i have to do is ask any of my multiple friends or other connections who i know to smoke pot to deal to me. And I don't live in a city either I live in a upper middle class suburban town. Once you become a stoner its so easy to get pot. It's everywhere. With alcohol I have to steal it from my parents and risk getting caught or find some sketchy guy over 21 who is willing to buy it for me.
JayKay0010 1 year ago
@JayKay0010 who gives a shit aboutpot and stoners thats even a real drug thats just a herbal stimulant, you guys are way less cool than you make yourselves out to be once you get over the weed mystique and realize its just a leaf, the war on drugs is focused on cocaine and real drugs
crazyassblinddude 1 year ago
@crazyassblinddude ok? i don't think i'm cool because i spend my money on pot and I never claimed i was. and about 60% of drug trafficking from mexico is marijuana.
JayKay0010 1 year ago
@RussMusiq drugs are very easy to get dumbass. Those are not my words but some people from the DEA who want to fight against teenage drug use. They said themselves drugs are too easy to get for teenagers because they are illegal and not regulated. And you don't know anybody because you haven't looked for it.
normalais 1 year ago
@RussMusiq Who cares if you know any contacts or not? Thats not the point... people who want to do drugs will still get them and people who don't still won't do them whether it is illegal or not. The only difference is that legalizing would mean all the revenues from drugs go to the government and not to violent criminal organizations. There has never been more of a no-brainer than ending this "war on drugs".
BCRice111 1 year ago
@BCRice111 I do not get it, how can you justify a legal sale of crack cocaine to people.
RussMusiq 1 year ago
@RussMusiq Because people will buy it illegally anyway, and it's a lot safer for not only the user, but also pretty much everybody else if the sale is done legally.
balderdash707 1 year ago
@normalais - It's easier for them to get drugs because they are ILLEGAL! they don't get carded, if you made them Legal they are not suddenly going to say, "OH, now they are legal I can just wait until I am 21 one to score some". they would get them underage no matter what plus the bonus of at 21 being able to do it LEGALLY. Regardless...it doesn't solve the problem, it just adds some of the tax burden of the consequences to the rest of the people more crimes will be committed and rehab programs
asteroide 1 year ago
@asteroide Many people who are fighting against teenage drug use want marihuana to be legalized simply because right now it is easier for the average 15 year old to get marihuana than beer. That's a fact.
normalais 1 year ago
@normalais How does the government make it harder for kids to get alcohol instead of drugs?
cheeseylemon 1 year ago
@cheeseylemon You need to be 21 to get beer but drug dealers don't care how old you are, so the average 13 year old can get marihuana any time he wants. But not beer.
normalais 1 year ago
@normalais Good point
thesparitan 1 year ago
@normalais I disagree, it's as easy for a 15 year old to get drugs as it is for me to get drugs, but anyone who would give drugs to a kid would probably also give them alcohol.
The illegal nature of Cannabis makes it harder for consenting adults to enjoy the freedom to do with there own body as they wish. Controlling peoples personal lives without justification the the real atrocity here.
rarrmonkey 1 year ago
It is completely subjective, if you grew up in a place that had been infested by illegal drug trafficking I would believe you, but don’t you understand with the privatization and regulation of the drug trade altogether would crush the current system we have now? Which might I add is in the hands of gang members, Mexican cartels and lets not forget dirty cops. You forgot to ask yourself a more important question, which is an easier drug a fifteen year old to get high off of: glue or alcohol?
MTVVH1sucks 1 year ago
@rarrmonkey
You're argument made no sense to what normalais said.
Im 17 yrs old and if i want to buy cannabis in or out of school i can find a person that will sell me it in a matter of less then 10mins. If i want to get alcohol, i would have to find a person over 21 that is willing to risk giving alcohol to a minor and since most teenagers hang around people their age, its hard.
megadethrulez1 1 year ago
@rarrmonkey
You say the same person selling weed, would buy alcohol for a minor yet that is not even true. Most sellers are underage and the ones that are old enough wouldnt even bother trying to help a minor get alcohol after all their business is slanging Cannabis.
megadethrulez1 1 year ago
@normalais so true.
MTVVH1sucks 1 year ago
@asteroide dude, no one wants to legalize hard drugs, were talking about weed. its an exit drug, it is so soft, weed makes alcahol look like meth. everyone knows hard drugs like meth shoudlnt be legalized becuase, meth has no benefits, it deadly. kinda reminds me of alcahol.
crackerz99 1 year ago
@crackerz99 ~ I know, thanks, the people I was writing to, implied all drugs should be legalized, plus we were talking about Mexico where the problem is trafficking not consumption as in the states where it makes more sense to legalize softer drugs. That would take the Cartels business away, In Mexico it wouldn't work to legalize because the government is corrupt and they or their buddies would become the Cartel with a license.
asteroide 1 year ago
i agree with him that ALL drugs should be legal but the only thing i have a problem with is when these fuck up LOSERS destory their lifes with those drugs please dont come crying to me to pay for there rehab but this guy will find something that society did to make them consume what ever drug they did and make everyone pay for it so cenk please shut the fuck up
torchlakemi 1 year ago
i don't have a problem with medical marijuana being legal but the thing is people want all forms of marijuana legal and i just see a problem with that.
hossamg1493 1 year ago
@hossamg1493 Rewatch the video~
ThaATrain10 1 year ago
@hossamg1493 Marijuana was de-criminalized in Holland, people actually began using it less, where it is used now is nice little cafes, no crime or probs,
Decriminalization also means users can get medical assistance should they require it.
Right-wing politicians used drugs to generate public hysteria for votes from older, and often very worried conservative voters.
Nixon was not popular & needed scapegoats.
The result is twisted values & laws even the police think are dumb. gangs, crime. death.
marsCubed 1 year ago
the reason why people kill each other is not because its illegal its because they are addicted to drugs, and look at cigarettes they are legal how is that turning out for us? people wasting their money on corporations that do nothing but help you end your life faster, legalizing drugs is just a gateway to more corporations taking our money for things that help us in no way shape or form, and cigarettes are still sold illegally despite it being legal
hossamg1493 1 year ago
Canada saved the U.S from Prohabition.
rangergxi 1 year ago
just wait for the war on oxygen
saintsrow182 1 year ago 24
@saintsrow182 It's already begun.
GalaticTG 1 year ago
and this is why I like this show (TYT)
emancera82 1 year ago
youtube . com/watch?v=4EcVmoZTaiY&feature=related
This is video of the POLICE HARASSING RICK SIMPSON, the guy who put up videos on hemp oil curing CANCER!!!!! BUSTING INTO HIS HOME WITH