Drug Legalization Cited During Jon Stewart/Jim Cramer Interview, Then Edited Out.

[MrBanker2222]

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[bourbonfish]

I agree with your feelings on legalization, but I am off-put by the sloppiness of your thinking. Cramer's hyperbolic remark seems barely worthy of comment, yet you present it as an astute observation from a respected source. Did you somehow tune out the rest of the interview in which this man's reputation turns to complete shit in front of millions of viewers? It seems to me you are missing the forest for the trees. Stewart's interview tackles far more interesting fare than the war on drugs.

[RCD503]

Absolutely! Opponents of legalized marijuana want to throw all recreational drugs into one basket to scare others into opposing it. The other tactic is to claim that all these marijuana zombies will be out on the road behind the wheel of a car. Of course, if that were true, they'd be in the fast lane doing twenty miles an hour! I'm tired of the "nanny" government and the religious right dictating our moral choices to us!

[Chuckjagermeister]

I love when people assume that legalization means 7-11 selling crack cocaine and infants getting sold heroin in daycare parking lots (ok that's a little sarcastic but hey). Probably the only drug (among the currently Illegal drugs) that would be available without a prescription IF we ever legalized, would be marijuana/hashish. Hard drugs would be obtainable only by proven addicts and only thru a doctor.

[stupaod]

and may I remind you that cocaine, morphine, heroin, methamphetamine and LSD all started out as perfectly legally obtained drugs and all caused detrimental problems for society

these drugs lend themselves to lifestyles that are counterproductive at best(whether legally obtained or not)

do a search for "kid on lsd"

[thelowmax]

I never understood why cocaine was illegal. I know it's not good for you but neither is alcohol or cigarettes.

On a side note, did you know that out of over 600 lemon-lime sodas that were being sold around the time of the Depression, the number 1 seller was 7UP? Maybe that was because of the the fact that 7UP's one of it's main ingredients was lithium. Nothing works together better than economic hardship and anti-depressants.

[Bilakaifa]

so? who are you to decide what is productive and not? Valuation is subjective. SO people high on LSD might think they are being productive, and because it is their life, they get to choose what is productive for them and what is not. You do not get to choose for others. Your are not their mother/father. Long as they hurt no one, let them be dumb asses.

[UponInfinity]

If drugs are ever legalized, as I'm sure they will be in the near future, I imagine a decade or two from now, we'll be overthrowing the government for ever getting us all hooked on these addicitive, brain wasting substances.

[Kubenzi86]

@stupaod

You are incorrect about heroine, morphine, and cocaine. They occur naturally in the coca plant and poppy seeds. Theyve been around at least as long as the human species, and never was there such a horrible problem until a black market was created for these drugs. Prohibition fuels the money that fuels the drug problem. Meth and LSD are not naturally occuring drugs and both were made after drug prohibition was already set in place on natural substances.

[stupaod]

neither heroin nor cocaine is naturally occurring...

they are both semi synthetic

its possible that drug prohibition has made the problem worse but that does not change the fact that drugs like cocaine, heroin, morphine in some cases and many other prescription drugs as well cause more problems then they solve and lead to mental problems both in the users life and the people within that persons life

marijuana should be legal and even drugs like LSD and mushrooms can be beneficial

[Kubenzi86]

@stupaod

It isn't just possible that drug prohibition worsened the situation, it is a proven fact.

Heroine and cocaine plants are both extensively cultivated, one in afganistan, the other in south america. No, you cant just harvest powdered cocaine from a large field, but it is still a naturally occuring substance. This is a fact. It's been used far longer than america has even existed.

[stupaod]

I think your right about cocaine...I was under the impression that it was semi synthetic but I guess its an extract

[Kubenzi86]

@stupaod

Crack might be considered a synthesized form of cocaine, i'm not sure.

[Kubenzi86]

@stupaod There were never drug addiction problems on the current scale, before prohibition. People used to just buy heroine at the pharmacy and abuse it like kids abuse cough medicine today.

[buprenorphed]

@Kubenzi86 I swear the greeks were already getting high on ergot infested bread like over a thousand years ago no? Also, lisergic acid amide is naturally ocurring in plant material and flower seeds,flowers as common in the west as morning glory contain LSA which you can look up by yourself if you are interested. Stones throw from lisergic acid diamide.

[Quiquemore]

you are prutty!

[djbricksta]

LOL what a joke, your using that as evidence to help you get high? your a fucking idiot

[stupaod]

I guess she just looks for any reference possible to spout off about this non-sense

I'm a former drug legalization advocate and user for the record

so I know first hand what the shit does to your life

was I arrested for it? not directly for drugs but for actions because of the drugs

and this was through a legal medical perscription(well it wasn't mine but it was still professionally dispensed)

Oxycontin has become one of the worst drugs for society and its legal

[Bilakaifa]

yes, the medications that make big pharmacutical companies rich are legal, even though they are more dangerous then a lot of the drugs that are illegal... because big pharma can lobby government beyond what any individual can. Problem is, though, that the government has no legal authority to make certain commodities illegal. (read your constitution starting with amendment 10 and then the section about what congress is able to legislate). I am a non user that 100% supports legalization.

[matenizer]

@djbricksta It is somewhat clear that money IS going to the mafia. There's no denying there'll always be drugs, there'll always be dealers and there'll always be people wanting drugs.

[Puabond]

Why would comedy central of all organizations edit that out??????

[theanvilcracks]

Who's to say it was their own decision to make?

[Monclova34]

you know whats funny?? If some drugs were to be legalized public consumption could go DOWN not up, specifically cocain. The fact that the drug user would have to go to a store to buy the drugs would have a social stigma. Not like theres no stigma right now, but u dont see junkies in stores now do you? Unless they sold it outside on a booth or something. MaryJane on the other hand, u dont c thousands of people getting overdosed with it like alcohol or cocain every year, and its medicinal. LoLz.

[Monclova34]

thats stupid, even without guns they'd just use wrenches, knives, screwdrivers. etc

cocain and hoochies legalized?? i dont think so. but maryjane... sure im all for that 1 XD

[smilnaf]

NOooooo, common, think, society needs regulation, just like markets need regulation.

Legalize drugs, common, where would you draw the line? Look what guns do to your country, in no other 'developed' country in the world is there so much crime..

[Bilakaifa]

about the dumbest comment I have ever heard. You, sir, are a fascist.

[mattmehl1]

you rule stacia!

[joshgeek1]

gj on this. i highly (no pun intended) recommend reading that economist article, if you haven't already. it's a gem.

[irinalex88]

Yeahhh Stacia!