I know I'm probably the only Libertarian here, but honestly, Ron Paul would be great for President. I don't care if he is Republican or Democrat or an elephant or mule. He knows his stuff and shown that he deserves to win.
i like what he says for the most part, but if he thinks there wouldnt be a spike in heroine use due to the fact that its addictive then im afraid i dont believe him. sure, wed make the kingpins obsolete, but wed replace that problem with other problems. who is to say the states would take better care? im just trying to imagine the effects. I want to like this guy for so many reasons.
there was a Joke about the French Revolution .. "Everything is Illegal in France" was the American Joke .. where Everything was Legal.. The United States has been subverted. yes we elect leaders but there are things they can not do. like Speech Laws , i don't care how many Votes you got ..you can not take the Right of Speech from Anyone.. yet we have "Free Speech Zones" and Protest Permits.. and wake up America! Life shouldn't cost a Fee. it should be FREE!
@andyandcarl A gold standard could be phased in. If you look at *how* Paul wants to achieve his goals, they involve a lot of pragmatic gradualism. There's no need to do it overnight.
If heroin were legal I wouldn't touch that shit anyways. Same thing for prostitution. It's not like prostitution being illegal ever slowed it down anyways.
I don't even smoke weed and I'm for legalizing it. Take the incentive away from the dealer, which is the high cost since it's illegal. No high cost, no benefit to dealers, no more drug crimes (killed more this past year than all of our war efforts combined), and clean up the streets in the process. Of course, as Fast & Furious has shown, the government has some hand in helping this drug lords maintain their position in the crime world.
@MrDeathSmiles but having weed illegal makes SO much money for the legal system. There is no telling how many police officers paychecks are payed out entirely with drug fines, etc. I have never smoked weed and I'm for legalizing but the status quo will never do it.
You know honestly I do like Ron Paul, but some of the things he says are kinda batshit crazy like reverting back to gold. I honestly do like what his views are on these issues are, but there is no way in hell he's gonna get the republic nomination.
@andyandcarl The only reason he's not going to become president is because the establishment is committing some of the biggest voting fraud in the history of U.S presidential elections.
@andyandcarl Gold has been money for all of recorded history, save the last 40 years. Since Nixon took us off the gold standard, the dollar has lost > 90% of its value, we are sitting on the edge of financial collapse, and you have to have a finance degree from Harvard just to maintain your wealth.... yet, reverting to gold is deemed batshit crazy?
@eventhisidistaken Reverting back to the gold standard would be extremely difficult (possibly resulting in another recession) and would not guarantee any more financial stability.
@andyandcarl He is not for reverting back to gold, he would like to but he himself admitted it is not plausible in todays conditions. He just wants to make gold and silver legal tender, meaning that you can pay also to other people with gold or silver not just with US Dollar. By using gold and silver you can protect your purchasing power from inflation.
@yugozastava13 Reverting back to the gold standard would be extremely difficult (possibly resulting in another recession) and would not guarantee any more financial stability.
The government of the USA has decided to put people in prison for victimless crimes. These prisons are not made to rehabilitate you (as their European counterparts), but work more on the "Lock him up and throw away the key" principle. Hence, Your average Joe gets incarcerated as a decent citizen and comes out from the "correctional system" a hardened criminal.
My brother is fat because he eats Burger King alot. Cell phones give us cancer. TSA scanners give us cancer. huffing markers kills brain cells..........lets ban everything. Fact is, people want to get high. Just because you make soemthing illegal doesn't mean people wont do it, or find some other way to get high. We should raise our kids right, and speak out, but the government can't force us. They just want a reason to meet their prison quotas
@Merveilleux202 Tobacco is a business that had been booming for a very long time, and the high is negligible. And people got pissed when they banned booze, because it's popular.
I do wish Ron Paul was planning to legalize all drugs at the federal level, and slap an 18+ federal age restriction on their purchase, including alcohol, because could you imagine any state making all drugs legal? I don't think that's going to happen, so the drug war will continue even if Ron Paul wins, but it will definitely be cut down, the federal government won't be going into states where marijuana is legal to arrest people.
I think what they should do about marijuana and some of the less dangerous drugs, is take away all of the laws surrounding it and then let thing's ride their own course. Like Ron Paul said: Not everyone is going to use those thing's, so everything else would depend on the countries overall moral. You would think removing a plant from the natural environment would be offensive? In other words, if people have a reason to use it then they should grow or sell their own.
get your head out of your ass...as a matter of fact when i was in school. weed was alot easier to get than booze. prohibition causes more problems than it solves, its a net drain on society, morally and financially. just because you cant think past two moves, doesnt mean there arent people who can. you play checkers, we play chess. learn chess or let the smarter people explain it to you.
"The solution to decaying moral standards has to be voluntary, through setting examples in our families, churches, and communities — never by government coercion." ~ Ron Paul
Look you can't & won't stop people from using,PERIOD..Now let's tax,regulate,legalize it..If you want to shot dope into yourself,sniff blow,it's your godamn choice..Just because it would be legal doesn't mean people overnight will start using..If they do,their dumb choice & problem..Weed them out
love it, he's the smartest, most articulate, most effective, most interesting, most patriotic candidate in the race. AMERICA NEEDS RON PAUL. he stomped all over that dopey news chump
It's the maxim "GIVE THEM AN INCH THEY'LL TAKE A MILE" This is the exact reason the Constitution and the Bill of Rights were written in the first place. STOP CONCEDING AUTHORITY WHERE AUTHORITY DOESN'T EXIST. Your state, your county, your cities ARE INCORPORATED..They utilize ordinances or statutes....THEY HAVE NO CONTRACT WITH YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL, THEY BASE THEIR CLAIMS ON YOUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE TRUST.....CLAIM THE TRUST AND TAKE BACK YOUR STANDING.
@bmx098890 Alcohol and tobacco aren't good. Why do you think doctors ask you if you use them? Because they benefit your health? Prohibition didn't work in the 20's and it's not working now!!!
@jneil2007 The reasons for legalizing drugs like pot are different than drugs like heroin. Heroin addicts not only effect themselves but entire communities. If you made heroin legal than we'de have the same problems, if your getting heroin from the pharmacy than either you or your insurance is going to pay for it. The problem with heroin is it's never enough. Someones habit will grow and when that happens they need more and more money. They rob banks, pharmacies and houses to support their habit
@jneil2007 P.S.- Don't believe me? Look at the problem we have with oxycottens. They have legal doctors down in Florida that dispenses opiate type drugs and we still have the crime that surrounds it. Look at the opium war fought by the British / Chinese? Look at the statistics surrounding crime and opiates after the civil war and before the Harrison act? If you study your history and statistics you would know that legalizing pot and alcohol is one thing.....legalizing heroin is something else.
@Flipper79able There aren't doctors and patients having violent drug deals in the black market, certain opiates are legal as you know. Heroin is dealt with violence because of the black market. All desired substances work the same, if you prohibit them the price skyrockets creating incentive that wasn't there before to sell it. If you take away the huge profits people will do something else and it would reduce crime drastically.
@jneil2007 So....you don't want to listen to what I said or address it? You would rather just ignore it? That's okay. I just addressed everything you said in my first two statements.
@bmx098890 Drugs aren't illegal "because they are bad"; they are illegal because the damned government wants to control your life. If you think that the almighty damned State is the arbiter of what is "good" or "bad" you must be ON drugs.
Why is it okay for someone to do heroin, that infringes on other peoples liberty aswell, thats the real issue. If there is a heroin drug ring in my neighborhood and the police or government does nothing about it that allows drug dealers access to kids and many others
@Ghannon11 if people really want heroin, they can get it. besides, legalizing drugs means that stores could sell them. drug dealers will suffer. it will also reduce drug crime. but ron paul wants it decided based on states, so people would vote on it. and i doubt most people were be for legalization of heroin, so i doubt you have to worry about that.
@crlnewlls So basically if your son or daughter wants to do heroin you think they should be able to do that freely? or if your daughter wants to come to my house and i want to pay her 100 dollars to have sex with me you would be ok with that. and to ron pauls last comment on the video the laws arnt to protect people from themselves they are to protect people from people who do heroin. people will see it as oh its legal, might aswell try it, get addicted ruin their lives.
@Ghannon11 if they are legal adults, yeah. the government shouldn't be able to say what you can do with your body. most people that i know who have gotten into drugs did so because they were illegal and therefore "cool". and why are you talking about buying sex from my hypothetical daughter? to get back at me for disagreeing with you? lol. anyway, heroin isn't going to be legalized anytime soon so chill out.
@crlnewlls No because ron paul wants to legalize prostitution so lets say your daughter is 18 she therfore has the right and freedom to sell her body to me. and thats not the case of course people can do what they want with temselves i agree with that but when it comes to hard drugs they effect other people, their families and the people around them in the community, look at bath salts, people do bath salts hallucinate and harm themselves or others, ive also had friends not do drugs
@crlnewlls Because they are illegal and turn to alternatives like spice because they are. the issue here isnt with marijuana however its jsut an example marijuana id agree should be legalized it causes no harm to others but cocain bath salts heroin they harm everyone not just the individual user
@Ghannon11 Nonsense. If users aren't driving under the influence, their habit harms only themselves. Alcohol is THE single most harmful drug being used today -- it accounts for huge numbers of health, family, work and social problems -- but prohibiting it not only didn't work but it created worse problems of gangsterism and related violence, just as "drug" prohibition does today.
I do no drugs not prescribed by my doctor -- including booze, caffeine and tobacco -- but that's MY business only.
@KaptKan1 Exactly, if anything there should only be laws in place to prohibit the operation of vehicles while using drugs to ensure that some semblance of safety is provided to the public from inebriated individuals. If that was a factor, would the people opposed to drug use keep saying the same thing, or would they agree that it is your life and you should do what you want with it as long as it isn't to the detriment of others?
@tbergen1 Some people want to run our lives for us and that kind is attracted to power so that they can use it against us. The "war on drugs" is just another excuse for sociopaths to impose their will on others, so no reason or logic will get through to them. The solution is to remove the power from them, not to remove them from power, for there are always more ready to take their place. That's how Dr Paul is so different: he wants to dismantle the machine, not become the next to drive it.
@Ghannon11 So if it's illegal those people will say, "Oh, it's illegal, I won't try it and ruin my life" you think?!? And being illegal, naturally nobody is using it?!?
@KaptKan1 I didnt say nobody would of course there are people who will do it, what my point was, which you clearly missed, was that less people will because it is illegal. And too your first post if you think drugs like cocain, bath salts, heroin, and pcp only effect ones ability to drive you are nuts. My friend from highschool was a regular cocain user he beat his mother so bad she had to go to the hospital, set his shed on fire and burned it to the ground, essentially ruined...
@KaptKan1 his parents, his sisters, his friends, lives not to mention the harm he caused to his neighbors, teachers, aquantances, and general public... but ur right its a shame not more people can buy cocain from the drugstore, it only effects the user...
@Ghannon11 people that want or need drugs find them. whether they move towards them before they even use or not. Its called the human condition. Maybe if our individual rights were more respected, people wouldnt be as depressed in general. depression is the primary cause of drug abuse. Alchohol is the worst of these by far. wake up. kids have more access to it when its illegal. you understand that right?
@runelord37 I 100% agree with you that certain drugs such as marijuana should be legalized, i think its stupid that its not especially when alcohol is. However it is my personal belief that people who are curious abotu drugs like cocain, heroin and other "hard" drugs will do them if they are legal, find out they like them, and abuse them. If they are kept illegal there will be less people that will do them. If they are legal they will be seen as "ok" and not as bad, its the stigma..
@Ghannon11 You also have to keep in mind crime when it comes to this. Criminalization of drugs in this country leads to more crime than there would be without it. When Prohibition was put in place, that is when a lot of the Al Capone types sprouted up. Why? Because they knew they could make the stuff and get rich doing it. This led to violence to protect the "business" and organized crime rings. If people want to do stupid shit to themselves, who are we to say they can't.
@tbergen1 Yea whenever somthing desireable is made illegal there will be people trying to push it, the government spends money trying to control these outbreaks, maybe they should legalize marijuana tax it and spend a good portion of that money on the war on harder drugs. and yes i totally agree people can do whatever they want to themselves but cocain bath salts heroin effect everyone in the community.
@Ghannon11 If you keep them illegal, you create a black market where drug cartels can form. Like the ones in Chicago for example that inhabited the government projects.
@Ghannon11 people that are curious (especially as minors) have easier and not as safe access to those substances. One need to only look at specific occurence of countries removing all prohibition and the subsequent trends that we can see along the lines of abuse or use. Its well documented already.
@runelord37 like in amsterdam, the country with the highest rate of murder, and crime, where most everything is legal or looked past has lower rates of substance abuse then the united states? thats crazy. If you think making drugs illegal makes it easier for kids to get it that is also wrong, being a college kids i have offers everyday from people asking me if they need to buy alcohol for me, the offers for drugs like cocain, heroin, bath salts, even weed happen seldom if ever.
@Ghannon11 no dude...your completely wrong. its the reverse. where theres a will theres a way, but prohibition makes every aspect of a substance problem worse, including availability. it may be counter-intuitive but its true
@runelord37 if so you should conduct your own personal experiment. Go to another state and note the difference in difficulty on trying to get alcohol or marijuana better yet try to get heroin or cocain or bath salts, they are illegal therfore there is less of them.
@Ghannon11 dude you havent read my comments...the experiments have already been done in other countries. ofcourse there would be slight variance in the effects. But those people in other countries arent fucking aliens, theyre human beings. so the results suffice.i can go to any fucking state in the union and if im young and in high school or middle school i guarantee i can get a handle on a supplier.if theres money and a will and a way,its a done deal.who the fuck do you think lets the drugs in?
@runelord37 Prove it, link me a study. one that says a country with drugs legalized has a lower rate of drug abuse then one who doesnt. rate being the optimal word. and i think countries who have lose laws surrounding drugs let the drugs in... hence why we should have strict laws against hardcore drugs so we can battle them coming in and keep as much as we can out.
@Ghannon11 my friends aren't stoners. It is common knowledge that most drugs are easier and cheaper to get than alcohol, it seems you don't get out very much.
@Ghannon11 I get my info from people like Dr. Milton Friedman and Professor Miron. You're the idiot for spouted BS on a subject you don't know anything about. I never insulted you, first you called my friends stoners, then you call me an idiot, stay classy.
@22doodster87 you act like i know or care about those people, there are doctors who say cocain can be good for you, if i had my doctoral degree and i told you that it was easier to murder people if guns were illegal would you believe me just based on my acredidation?
@22doodster87 so if the united states government said no one in the usa can have guns, you would think it would be easier for children to get guns. Makes perfect sense, to a backwoods hillbilly.
@MrJedaloupoi yes, prohobition of alcohol.... it was legal, people realized they loved it, then made illegal so people still wanted it even more then they would have had it always been illegal because they already knew they liked it, if you legalize heroin bath salts and cocain then people who are curious will try them like them abuse them they will be made illegal again then you will have an actual problem with prohibition.
@Ghannon11 the government should make glue illegal too, and paint, and gas. The government needs to protect people like you from huffing paint and sniffing glue.
@Ghannon11 Marijuana is way easier for a minor to purchase than alcohol. Weed is so easy to grow, literally anyone could do it. All it takes is a hydroponics set, seeds, and a tutorial from youtube. That is probably the only reason it is not legal because it would be hard to tax and regulate. Beer is way more dangerous than weed, weed makes you stupid, beer makes you violent and stupid.
@22doodster87 Just because your friends with the stoners doesnt mean its easier for the general population. getting alcohol is much easier and my arguement isnt even about anything related to marijuana if you were paying attention i said i agree with legalizing marijuana.
marijuana, tobacco, and alcohol should be the only ones legal.. if heroin was legal does that mean its legal to do wherever you want whenever you want, even on the streets? its a crazy drug lol. I don't think it would be fully legal just. decriminalized
Legalizing heroin would be a terrible idea. I'm liberal as hell, but i'm a realist. Allowing a society to used hard core drugs doesn't sound the least bit intelligent. Alcoholism is already a damaging factor of a legal substance. "But moderation." Fuck that. YOU might have a sense of moderation, but most don't. Addiction to drugs causes people to make irrational decisions. A poor man on a crack binge WILL get his high by any means of crime. The cons outweigh the pros. Prison is a great deterrent
@db0ywills No. People would no longer see it as something "cool" or "rebellious". If it's legal, it's not like its gonna completely make non-users all of the sudden users.
@ACDCLedZeppelin93 That's not true. I know so many people who have felt the need to smoke spice (artificial THC) just because it's legal. Most of the people who have smoked it (including myself) claim that the high is not even enjoyable, yet people glorify the fuck out of spice. Just because its legal and it gets you fucked up. Now place that same idealism with legal heroin. It's suddenly cool. It's suddenly legal. It's suddenly openly available. Weed? Cool. Hardcore drugs? No
@runelord37 I'm being very clear. The threat of a prison doesn't prevent you from making reckless decisions which harm you or the people around you? If not, you're either a brainless warmonger or a liar. From a mature and realist perspective: People depend on the government to define and enforce their morals. When the government allows people to abuse hardcore drugs, more people would want to abuse drugs. It would be deemed as safe by the naive. The cons of usage would bring chaos
@db0ywills laws aren't preventing people from using heroin, you try it once and you'll do anything and risk anything to get it. One benefit of legalizing and regulating heroin would be to get children out of the drug trade. For example, only a licensed pharmacist would be allowed to sell heroin. history has proven that prohibition does not work, its time to think outside the box and look for alternative solutions.
@db0ywills The government is doing a shit job preventing heroin from getting into NA as it is. I wonder if that has anything to do with the occupation of Afghanistan? The US should bring the troops home to beef up homeland security and prevent these harmful/addictive substances from getting into the USA in the first place.
I actually like his argument and I'm from SC. The whole point is going back to state's rights and minimizing the federal government. We need the federal money for things such as a military and that's it imo.
and big friggin deal if the guy smoked weed. whoa!! what a bad man! get real people. what is going on in your own glass houses. lets stop looking for superhuman leaders and maybe we'll make some progress!!
I like him and people are assholes b/c Ron Paul knows what is going on and he knows about LIFE. He's right about the first amendment. Look what's happening as it is when you say something not "politicially correct;" ppl get fired over stupid comments tht nothing years back. i love ron paul!!
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what. an. idiot. legalizing those dangerous drugs is putting other people in harms way. oh, and cutting off foreign aid? allowing iran to build nukes? what a genius he is....
@DanceInTheDark711 Yet guns an alcohol are legal, not to mention over the counter drugs which can be very dangerous in the wrong hands. Did you know that you're putting yourself in harms way every time you go out driving? Should we make driving a vehicle illegal too, so citizens aren't in harms way?
@thatguy1017 Your basic understanding of the war on drugs is correct, but what ultimately matters is that America becomes moral again and begins understanding it's problems. Marijuana, cocaine, and heroine are all plants. All that matters, is what people do with them.
@DanceInTheDark711 he's not saying you should legalize them, he's saying the federal government has no right to say what you can and can't do to your own body. the state of SC will never legalize marijuana or cocaine but it should be the right of the states to decide
@DanceInTheDark711 yes indeed he is a genius. ty for saying so. RP 2012. "allowing" we are not the rulers of the world. wake up. because when the children throw off the shackles of the parent and rebel, dont be suprised.
@philosomaster A President who would be for the people? That's too "extreme" and "crazy" for most Americans, who have swallowed the fear and drug propaganda, hook, line and sinker. In other words, it's difficult to get someone to become President who isn't a corrupt sell-out politician, a Christian fundamentalist, and a panderer, because about 75-80% of Americans are stupid, gullible cowards.
it would save me a trip into the hood-- -geez even if Paul was elected what do you think the odds are of getting some of these outrageous drug laws changed? The lawmakers are sadly in big Pharma,s pocket- - They will tell us what drugs we can take and what drugs we cant- -it really is a slap in the face-
Every night you hear on TV- just ask your doctor"- -from paxil to Viagra- - but thats not an issue- -
Why is everyone focusing on just heroin here? He said to legalize ALL drugs and narcotics, but it's up to the people to use them. If something is bad, Americans want to do it more, when it's good, Americans put it aside like a salad.
People can get heroin today anyways, (I have personal friends that have access to it) the only difference today if it were legalized would be that it wouldn't be controlled by criminal enterprise, meaning much less drug violence we see on in Mexico, our border and our streets.
@BlakeFalling Not only that, but these huge pharmaceutical companies are selling opiates that have the same effect as Heroin....but people act like it's better because it comes in a pill form. It is just as destructive/addicting. I have seen more people lose their lives to prescriptions than any illegal drug
Notice how the crowd laughs after the question of legalizing illegal drugs is put to Ron Paul. There is a reason for this WE THE SANE PEOPLE DON'T want illegal drugs made legal.
@computerpurple Alchohol is a far more damaging substance than some illegal drugs. It makes absolutely no sense why alchohol should be acceptable and legal and not other drugs. Then take a look at the failure of prohibition and the damage it caused. Finally, just because the FEDERAL government does not make them illegal, nothing would stop the states from doing it themselves AND much better. Ideally the states would handle it and much better for all of us. THAT is SANE.
@computerpurple Absolutely, if you give power to the federal government to decide whether or not we can have abortions, imagine a nation-wide law that allows abortion, and imagine how hard that would be to overturn. We can't even get rid of Roe v Wade. There might be a FEW states that would allow it, but I doubt there is a majority of people anywhere that would. Far better to have the states where we can have more influence handle these issues.
@Wyattinmnk The Federal supreme court has already acted in a absolute way in regards to abortion way back in 1973 by acting in a judicial activist ruling way. They were wrong in doing so. Each state should decide on this.
@computerpurple Now imagine if Democrats made it into legislation. You would have to leave America if you wanted to live in a prolife country. If you keep it to the states, just like most issues should be, there most likely won't be a single pro abortion state. Ron Paul has stated also many times before, just because you legalize it at the federal level, doesn't mean you endorse the behavior.
You know what's REALLY bad for you? CORN. Fructose/corn syrup is DEADLY. Yet, it's almost in every food. Yet, our government gives plenty of money to corn farmers.
@toemasie effects of high-fructose corn syrup abuse: short term: crash from a sugar rush. long-term: diabetes. effects of heroine: violent and unstable
@Stsignificant you are so narrow and closed minded, i bet you cant even tell me why it shouldn't be legal? not that i would fight to legalize heroin, but if it were legal it wouldn't effect me or you at all if you still choose not to be involved with it. besides even if he does get elected he'll never be able to make heroin legal it would never get passed.
@ObamaPoundsBUTT as you said, addicts will buy it regardless of its legality. Do you think it is more beneficial to them to imprison them, or treat it as a public health issue?
Furthermore kids have greater access to hard drugs because they are illegal... there are no "minimum age" restrictions on the black market like with cigarettes and alcohol.
I know I'm probably the only Libertarian here, but honestly, Ron Paul would be great for President. I don't care if he is Republican or Democrat or an elephant or mule. He knows his stuff and shown that he deserves to win.
12Leviathans 17 hours ago
i like what he says for the most part, but if he thinks there wouldnt be a spike in heroine use due to the fact that its addictive then im afraid i dont believe him. sure, wed make the kingpins obsolete, but wed replace that problem with other problems. who is to say the states would take better care? im just trying to imagine the effects. I want to like this guy for so many reasons.
aeorta1 1 day ago
there was a Joke about the French Revolution .. "Everything is Illegal in France" was the American Joke .. where Everything was Legal.. The United States has been subverted. yes we elect leaders but there are things they can not do. like Speech Laws , i don't care how many Votes you got ..you can not take the Right of Speech from Anyone.. yet we have "Free Speech Zones" and Protest Permits.. and wake up America! Life shouldn't cost a Fee. it should be FREE!
Online18hrsdaily 3 days ago
@andyandcarl A gold standard could be phased in. If you look at *how* Paul wants to achieve his goals, they involve a lot of pragmatic gradualism. There's no need to do it overnight.
eventhisidistaken 4 days ago
If heroin were legal I wouldn't touch that shit anyways. Same thing for prostitution. It's not like prostitution being illegal ever slowed it down anyways.
WillyLee23 5 days ago
the title is shallow..hope all you get the point . Ron Paul ALL THE WAY !
bakersfieldmusicnow 5 days ago
I don't even smoke weed and I'm for legalizing it. Take the incentive away from the dealer, which is the high cost since it's illegal. No high cost, no benefit to dealers, no more drug crimes (killed more this past year than all of our war efforts combined), and clean up the streets in the process. Of course, as Fast & Furious has shown, the government has some hand in helping this drug lords maintain their position in the crime world.
MrDeathSmiles 5 days ago
@MrDeathSmiles but having weed illegal makes SO much money for the legal system. There is no telling how many police officers paychecks are payed out entirely with drug fines, etc. I have never smoked weed and I'm for legalizing but the status quo will never do it.
WillyLee23 5 days ago
You know honestly I do like Ron Paul, but some of the things he says are kinda batshit crazy like reverting back to gold. I honestly do like what his views are on these issues are, but there is no way in hell he's gonna get the republic nomination.
andyandcarl 5 days ago
@andyandcarl The only reason he's not going to become president is because the establishment is committing some of the biggest voting fraud in the history of U.S presidential elections.
VoteRonPaul12 5 days ago 10
@andyandcarl Gold has been money for all of recorded history, save the last 40 years. Since Nixon took us off the gold standard, the dollar has lost > 90% of its value, we are sitting on the edge of financial collapse, and you have to have a finance degree from Harvard just to maintain your wealth.... yet, reverting to gold is deemed batshit crazy?
eventhisidistaken 5 days ago
@eventhisidistaken Reverting back to the gold standard would be extremely difficult (possibly resulting in another recession) and would not guarantee any more financial stability.
andyandcarl 5 days ago
@andyandcarl He is not for reverting back to gold, he would like to but he himself admitted it is not plausible in todays conditions. He just wants to make gold and silver legal tender, meaning that you can pay also to other people with gold or silver not just with US Dollar. By using gold and silver you can protect your purchasing power from inflation.
NoShitMr 5 days ago 2
@andyandcarl Why is going back to the gold standard crazy?
yugozastava13 1 day ago
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@yugozastava13 Reverting back to the gold standard would be extremely difficult (possibly resulting in another recession) and would not guarantee any more financial stability.
andyandcarl 1 day ago
@andyandcarl unlike green paper, gold is actually worth something these days
7footballfanatic7 19 hours ago
The government of the USA has decided to put people in prison for victimless crimes. These prisons are not made to rehabilitate you (as their European counterparts), but work more on the "Lock him up and throw away the key" principle. Hence, Your average Joe gets incarcerated as a decent citizen and comes out from the "correctional system" a hardened criminal.
It's a mad fucking world.
swevixeh1 5 days ago
"Love weed. It's all about legalizing weed, man."
Oh please.
ValtronW 5 days ago
My brother is fat because he eats Burger King alot. Cell phones give us cancer. TSA scanners give us cancer. huffing markers kills brain cells..........lets ban everything. Fact is, people want to get high. Just because you make soemthing illegal doesn't mean people wont do it, or find some other way to get high. We should raise our kids right, and speak out, but the government can't force us. They just want a reason to meet their prison quotas
WorldMilitia 5 days ago
Gary Johnson is a boss.
DimebagsZombie 5 days ago
Wow. I never thought I'd agree with a republican so strongly.
myteethareshiny 5 days ago 2
Prostitution is legal in Australia. No fireballs raining from the sky so far
GrecoWrestlerNJ70 5 days ago 8
@GrecoWrestlerNJ70 but real fuckin expenisve.
BRm2008 5 days ago
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ron paul is the best when it comes to these conservate shits!!!
superstan26 5 days ago
Im not american , but i think Ron Poll must win your election
TheRealMagnes 5 days ago 3
Drug abuse is a health issue, not a law issue.
How much simpler does it have to be?
spartan117ak 5 days ago
@spartan117ak then why is cigarettes and alcohol ?
Merveilleux202 5 days ago
@Merveilleux202 legal
Merveilleux202 5 days ago
@Merveilleux202 Tobacco is a business that had been booming for a very long time, and the high is negligible. And people got pissed when they banned booze, because it's popular.
spartan117ak 5 days ago
@Merveilleux202 Heroin isn't cultural accepted so it's an easy ban.
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I do wish Ron Paul was planning to legalize all drugs at the federal level, and slap an 18+ federal age restriction on their purchase, including alcohol, because could you imagine any state making all drugs legal? I don't think that's going to happen, so the drug war will continue even if Ron Paul wins, but it will definitely be cut down, the federal government won't be going into states where marijuana is legal to arrest people.
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givemearandomnamenow 1 week ago
Omg it makes so much sense now! Ron Paul is too much of an incorruptible figure to ever become President of the U.S. in these modern times!
MegatallicaFTW69 1 week ago
Ron Paul for president!!!!
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Did he just call him "Senator"??
NosferatuD 2 weeks ago
@NosferatuD lol, yeah, he got confused with all that logic Ron Paul was throwing at him.
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I think what they should do about marijuana and some of the less dangerous drugs, is take away all of the laws surrounding it and then let thing's ride their own course. Like Ron Paul said: Not everyone is going to use those thing's, so everything else would depend on the countries overall moral. You would think removing a plant from the natural environment would be offensive? In other words, if people have a reason to use it then they should grow or sell their own.
Rubix0517 3 weeks ago
get your head out of your ass...as a matter of fact when i was in school. weed was alot easier to get than booze. prohibition causes more problems than it solves, its a net drain on society, morally and financially. just because you cant think past two moves, doesnt mean there arent people who can. you play checkers, we play chess. learn chess or let the smarter people explain it to you.
runelord37 3 weeks ago
kids can get MJ easier than cigarettes and alcohol, tells ya something.
"Hi im a fucking retard that needs the gobernment to control me" *Waving hands crazily*
BlasianAngel4 3 weeks ago
"The solution to decaying moral standards has to be voluntary, through setting examples in our families, churches, and communities — never by government coercion." ~ Ron Paul
TintedGrayBlue 3 weeks ago
I loved Gary Johnson's answer too!
moybutter 3 weeks ago
Liberty comes with Responsibility.
You are Free and Responsible
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You are Not Free and force OTHERS to bear the punishment for your failures.
Who will keep you "safe" from yourself AND your Political Class Masters?
yakyakyak69 3 weeks ago
ron paul is right
sidka84 3 weeks ago
Look you can't & won't stop people from using,PERIOD..Now let's tax,regulate,legalize it..If you want to shot dope into yourself,sniff blow,it's your godamn choice..Just because it would be legal doesn't mean people overnight will start using..If they do,their dumb choice & problem..Weed them out
alecboi84 3 weeks ago
morals can change laws. Laws cannot change morals.
bladeproject1 3 weeks ago
since gary johnson is running for president now he can choose ron paul as his vice president if paul doesnt do well
nguyenalvin 3 weeks ago
"Oh yeah, I need the government to take care of me: I don't want to use heroin so I need these laws!" ROFLMAO! Dr Paul ROCKED that one!!!
The MSM clowns are so pathetic and so obvious in their stupid little schemes.
RON PAUL in 2012 for peace, prosperity, liberty and a return to Constitutional government!
KaptKan1 3 weeks ago
love it, he's the smartest, most articulate, most effective, most interesting, most patriotic candidate in the race. AMERICA NEEDS RON PAUL. he stomped all over that dopey news chump
flowerdrop1 3 weeks ago
It's the maxim "GIVE THEM AN INCH THEY'LL TAKE A MILE" This is the exact reason the Constitution and the Bill of Rights were written in the first place. STOP CONCEDING AUTHORITY WHERE AUTHORITY DOESN'T EXIST. Your state, your county, your cities ARE INCORPORATED..They utilize ordinances or statutes....THEY HAVE NO CONTRACT WITH YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL, THEY BASE THEIR CLAIMS ON YOUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE TRUST.....CLAIM THE TRUST AND TAKE BACK YOUR STANDING.
TheRiceowlex 3 weeks ago
Drugs are illegal because they are bad! Maybe not Marijuana but everything else is shit.
bmx098890 3 weeks ago
@bmx098890 Alcohol and tobacco aren't good. Why do you think doctors ask you if you use them? Because they benefit your health? Prohibition didn't work in the 20's and it's not working now!!!
jneil2007 3 weeks ago 9
@jneil2007 The reasons for legalizing drugs like pot are different than drugs like heroin. Heroin addicts not only effect themselves but entire communities. If you made heroin legal than we'de have the same problems, if your getting heroin from the pharmacy than either you or your insurance is going to pay for it. The problem with heroin is it's never enough. Someones habit will grow and when that happens they need more and more money. They rob banks, pharmacies and houses to support their habit
Flipper79able 6 days ago
@jneil2007 P.S.- Don't believe me? Look at the problem we have with oxycottens. They have legal doctors down in Florida that dispenses opiate type drugs and we still have the crime that surrounds it. Look at the opium war fought by the British / Chinese? Look at the statistics surrounding crime and opiates after the civil war and before the Harrison act? If you study your history and statistics you would know that legalizing pot and alcohol is one thing.....legalizing heroin is something else.
Flipper79able 6 days ago
@Flipper79able There aren't doctors and patients having violent drug deals in the black market, certain opiates are legal as you know. Heroin is dealt with violence because of the black market. All desired substances work the same, if you prohibit them the price skyrockets creating incentive that wasn't there before to sell it. If you take away the huge profits people will do something else and it would reduce crime drastically.
jneil2007 6 days ago
@jneil2007 So....you don't want to listen to what I said or address it? You would rather just ignore it? That's okay. I just addressed everything you said in my first two statements.
Flipper79able 5 days ago
@jneil2007 Idk what you want me to address?
jneil2007 4 days ago
@bmx098890 Drugs aren't illegal "because they are bad"; they are illegal because the damned government wants to control your life. If you think that the almighty damned State is the arbiter of what is "good" or "bad" you must be ON drugs.
KaptKan1 3 weeks ago
Governor Johnson is also a good man, kudos.
givemearandomnamenow 4 weeks ago
this video never gets old... wise words
Darkmoogle124 4 weeks ago
Why is it okay for someone to do heroin, that infringes on other peoples liberty aswell, thats the real issue. If there is a heroin drug ring in my neighborhood and the police or government does nothing about it that allows drug dealers access to kids and many others
Ghannon11 1 month ago
@Ghannon11 if people really want heroin, they can get it. besides, legalizing drugs means that stores could sell them. drug dealers will suffer. it will also reduce drug crime. but ron paul wants it decided based on states, so people would vote on it. and i doubt most people were be for legalization of heroin, so i doubt you have to worry about that.
crlnewlls 1 month ago
@crlnewlls So basically if your son or daughter wants to do heroin you think they should be able to do that freely? or if your daughter wants to come to my house and i want to pay her 100 dollars to have sex with me you would be ok with that. and to ron pauls last comment on the video the laws arnt to protect people from themselves they are to protect people from people who do heroin. people will see it as oh its legal, might aswell try it, get addicted ruin their lives.
Ghannon11 1 month ago
@Ghannon11 if they are legal adults, yeah. the government shouldn't be able to say what you can do with your body. most people that i know who have gotten into drugs did so because they were illegal and therefore "cool". and why are you talking about buying sex from my hypothetical daughter? to get back at me for disagreeing with you? lol. anyway, heroin isn't going to be legalized anytime soon so chill out.
crlnewlls 4 weeks ago
@crlnewlls No because ron paul wants to legalize prostitution so lets say your daughter is 18 she therfore has the right and freedom to sell her body to me. and thats not the case of course people can do what they want with temselves i agree with that but when it comes to hard drugs they effect other people, their families and the people around them in the community, look at bath salts, people do bath salts hallucinate and harm themselves or others, ive also had friends not do drugs
Ghannon11 4 weeks ago
@crlnewlls Because they are illegal and turn to alternatives like spice because they are. the issue here isnt with marijuana however its jsut an example marijuana id agree should be legalized it causes no harm to others but cocain bath salts heroin they harm everyone not just the individual user
Ghannon11 4 weeks ago
@Ghannon11 Nonsense. If users aren't driving under the influence, their habit harms only themselves. Alcohol is THE single most harmful drug being used today -- it accounts for huge numbers of health, family, work and social problems -- but prohibiting it not only didn't work but it created worse problems of gangsterism and related violence, just as "drug" prohibition does today.
I do no drugs not prescribed by my doctor -- including booze, caffeine and tobacco -- but that's MY business only.
KaptKan1 3 weeks ago
@KaptKan1 Exactly, if anything there should only be laws in place to prohibit the operation of vehicles while using drugs to ensure that some semblance of safety is provided to the public from inebriated individuals. If that was a factor, would the people opposed to drug use keep saying the same thing, or would they agree that it is your life and you should do what you want with it as long as it isn't to the detriment of others?
tbergen1 3 weeks ago
@tbergen1 Some people want to run our lives for us and that kind is attracted to power so that they can use it against us. The "war on drugs" is just another excuse for sociopaths to impose their will on others, so no reason or logic will get through to them. The solution is to remove the power from them, not to remove them from power, for there are always more ready to take their place. That's how Dr Paul is so different: he wants to dismantle the machine, not become the next to drive it.
KaptKan1 3 weeks ago
@KaptKan1 Well said...
tbergen1 3 weeks ago
@Ghannon11 So if it's illegal those people will say, "Oh, it's illegal, I won't try it and ruin my life" you think?!? And being illegal, naturally nobody is using it?!?
You must be high on something...
KaptKan1 3 weeks ago
@KaptKan1 I didnt say nobody would of course there are people who will do it, what my point was, which you clearly missed, was that less people will because it is illegal. And too your first post if you think drugs like cocain, bath salts, heroin, and pcp only effect ones ability to drive you are nuts. My friend from highschool was a regular cocain user he beat his mother so bad she had to go to the hospital, set his shed on fire and burned it to the ground, essentially ruined...
Ghannon11 3 weeks ago
@KaptKan1 his parents, his sisters, his friends, lives not to mention the harm he caused to his neighbors, teachers, aquantances, and general public... but ur right its a shame not more people can buy cocain from the drugstore, it only effects the user...
Ghannon11 3 weeks ago
@Ghannon11 people that want or need drugs find them. whether they move towards them before they even use or not. Its called the human condition. Maybe if our individual rights were more respected, people wouldnt be as depressed in general. depression is the primary cause of drug abuse. Alchohol is the worst of these by far. wake up. kids have more access to it when its illegal. you understand that right?
runelord37 3 weeks ago
@runelord37 I 100% agree with you that certain drugs such as marijuana should be legalized, i think its stupid that its not especially when alcohol is. However it is my personal belief that people who are curious abotu drugs like cocain, heroin and other "hard" drugs will do them if they are legal, find out they like them, and abuse them. If they are kept illegal there will be less people that will do them. If they are legal they will be seen as "ok" and not as bad, its the stigma..
Ghannon11 3 weeks ago
@Ghannon11 You also have to keep in mind crime when it comes to this. Criminalization of drugs in this country leads to more crime than there would be without it. When Prohibition was put in place, that is when a lot of the Al Capone types sprouted up. Why? Because they knew they could make the stuff and get rich doing it. This led to violence to protect the "business" and organized crime rings. If people want to do stupid shit to themselves, who are we to say they can't.
tbergen1 3 weeks ago
@tbergen1 Yea whenever somthing desireable is made illegal there will be people trying to push it, the government spends money trying to control these outbreaks, maybe they should legalize marijuana tax it and spend a good portion of that money on the war on harder drugs. and yes i totally agree people can do whatever they want to themselves but cocain bath salts heroin effect everyone in the community.
Ghannon11 3 weeks ago
@Ghannon11 If you keep them illegal, you create a black market where drug cartels can form. Like the ones in Chicago for example that inhabited the government projects.
DaveElectric 5 days ago
@runelord37 that keeps a lot of people off them
Ghannon11 3 weeks ago
@Ghannon11 people that are curious (especially as minors) have easier and not as safe access to those substances. One need to only look at specific occurence of countries removing all prohibition and the subsequent trends that we can see along the lines of abuse or use. Its well documented already.
runelord37 3 weeks ago
@runelord37 like in amsterdam, the country with the highest rate of murder, and crime, where most everything is legal or looked past has lower rates of substance abuse then the united states? thats crazy. If you think making drugs illegal makes it easier for kids to get it that is also wrong, being a college kids i have offers everyday from people asking me if they need to buy alcohol for me, the offers for drugs like cocain, heroin, bath salts, even weed happen seldom if ever.
Ghannon11 3 weeks ago
@runelord37 It is a lot easier for children to get alcohol then it is for them to get hard drugs... a lot, because they are against the law.
Ghannon11 3 weeks ago
@Ghannon11 no dude...your completely wrong. its the reverse. where theres a will theres a way, but prohibition makes every aspect of a substance problem worse, including availability. it may be counter-intuitive but its true
runelord37 3 weeks ago
@runelord37 so you are saying because marijuana is illegal it is easier to get then alcohol?
Ghannon11 3 weeks ago
@runelord37 if so you should conduct your own personal experiment. Go to another state and note the difference in difficulty on trying to get alcohol or marijuana better yet try to get heroin or cocain or bath salts, they are illegal therfore there is less of them.
Ghannon11 3 weeks ago
@Ghannon11 dude you havent read my comments...the experiments have already been done in other countries. ofcourse there would be slight variance in the effects. But those people in other countries arent fucking aliens, theyre human beings. so the results suffice.i can go to any fucking state in the union and if im young and in high school or middle school i guarantee i can get a handle on a supplier.if theres money and a will and a way,its a done deal.who the fuck do you think lets the drugs in?
runelord37 3 weeks ago
@runelord37 Prove it, link me a study. one that says a country with drugs legalized has a lower rate of drug abuse then one who doesnt. rate being the optimal word. and i think countries who have lose laws surrounding drugs let the drugs in... hence why we should have strict laws against hardcore drugs so we can battle them coming in and keep as much as we can out.
Ghannon11 3 weeks ago
@Ghannon11 my friends aren't stoners. It is common knowledge that most drugs are easier and cheaper to get than alcohol, it seems you don't get out very much.
22doodster87 3 weeks ago
@22doodster87 its common knowledge that you are an idiot
Ghannon11 3 weeks ago
@Ghannon11 I get my info from people like Dr. Milton Friedman and Professor Miron. You're the idiot for spouted BS on a subject you don't know anything about. I never insulted you, first you called my friends stoners, then you call me an idiot, stay classy.
22doodster87 3 weeks ago
@22doodster87 you act like i know or care about those people, there are doctors who say cocain can be good for you, if i had my doctoral degree and i told you that it was easier to murder people if guns were illegal would you believe me just based on my acredidation?
Ghannon11 3 weeks ago
@Ghannon11 I never said drugs are good for people, I said prohibition doesn`t work.
22doodster87 3 weeks ago
@22doodster87 so if the united states government said no one in the usa can have guns, you would think it would be easier for children to get guns. Makes perfect sense, to a backwoods hillbilly.
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@Ghannon11 You can't grow guns, guns are made in shops and factories. Guns are built by tradesman and designed by trained professionals.
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@Ghannon11 You can't grow guns, guns are made in shops and factories. Guns are built by tradesman and designed by trained professionals.
MrJedaloupoi 3 weeks ago
@Ghannon11 drugs are easy to produce, I guess you never studied prohibition in history class.
MrJedaloupoi 3 weeks ago
@MrJedaloupoi yes, prohobition of alcohol.... it was legal, people realized they loved it, then made illegal so people still wanted it even more then they would have had it always been illegal because they already knew they liked it, if you legalize heroin bath salts and cocain then people who are curious will try them like them abuse them they will be made illegal again then you will have an actual problem with prohibition.
Ghannon11 3 weeks ago
@Ghannon11 the government should make glue illegal too, and paint, and gas. The government needs to protect people like you from huffing paint and sniffing glue.
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DTaurelion 5 days ago
@Ghannon11 Marijuana is way easier for a minor to purchase than alcohol. Weed is so easy to grow, literally anyone could do it. All it takes is a hydroponics set, seeds, and a tutorial from youtube. That is probably the only reason it is not legal because it would be hard to tax and regulate. Beer is way more dangerous than weed, weed makes you stupid, beer makes you violent and stupid.
22doodster87 3 weeks ago
@22doodster87 Just because your friends with the stoners doesnt mean its easier for the general population. getting alcohol is much easier and my arguement isnt even about anything related to marijuana if you were paying attention i said i agree with legalizing marijuana.
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22doodster87 3 weeks ago
The second guy spoke well too, and had a good point.
Arrow370 1 month ago
marijuana, tobacco, and alcohol should be the only ones legal.. if heroin was legal does that mean its legal to do wherever you want whenever you want, even on the streets? its a crazy drug lol. I don't think it would be fully legal just. decriminalized
Kr0n1k4Lyfe 1 month ago
@DanceInTheDark711 you sir are a typical ignorant american so shut up! Youre opinions and conclusions are completely wrong and unrealistic
KingBalisong 1 month ago
Legalizing heroin would be a terrible idea. I'm liberal as hell, but i'm a realist. Allowing a society to used hard core drugs doesn't sound the least bit intelligent. Alcoholism is already a damaging factor of a legal substance. "But moderation." Fuck that. YOU might have a sense of moderation, but most don't. Addiction to drugs causes people to make irrational decisions. A poor man on a crack binge WILL get his high by any means of crime. The cons outweigh the pros. Prison is a great deterrent
db0ywills 1 month ago
@db0ywills No. People would no longer see it as something "cool" or "rebellious". If it's legal, it's not like its gonna completely make non-users all of the sudden users.
ACDCLedZeppelin93 1 month ago
@ACDCLedZeppelin93 That's not true. I know so many people who have felt the need to smoke spice (artificial THC) just because it's legal. Most of the people who have smoked it (including myself) claim that the high is not even enjoyable, yet people glorify the fuck out of spice. Just because its legal and it gets you fucked up. Now place that same idealism with legal heroin. It's suddenly cool. It's suddenly legal. It's suddenly openly available. Weed? Cool. Hardcore drugs? No
db0ywills 1 month ago
@db0ywills prison is no deterrent. youre not being very clear on these issues.
runelord37 3 weeks ago
@runelord37 I'm being very clear. The threat of a prison doesn't prevent you from making reckless decisions which harm you or the people around you? If not, you're either a brainless warmonger or a liar. From a mature and realist perspective: People depend on the government to define and enforce their morals. When the government allows people to abuse hardcore drugs, more people would want to abuse drugs. It would be deemed as safe by the naive. The cons of usage would bring chaos
db0ywills 3 weeks ago
@db0ywills laws aren't preventing people from using heroin, you try it once and you'll do anything and risk anything to get it. One benefit of legalizing and regulating heroin would be to get children out of the drug trade. For example, only a licensed pharmacist would be allowed to sell heroin. history has proven that prohibition does not work, its time to think outside the box and look for alternative solutions.
22doodster87 3 weeks ago
@db0ywills And btw, I don't think heroin should be legalized. But marijuana should be legalized to pave the way for hemp.
22doodster87 3 weeks ago
@db0ywills The government is doing a shit job preventing heroin from getting into NA as it is. I wonder if that has anything to do with the occupation of Afghanistan? The US should bring the troops home to beef up homeland security and prevent these harmful/addictive substances from getting into the USA in the first place.
22doodster87 3 weeks ago
@db0ywills exactly
Ghannon11 3 weeks ago
I actually like his argument and I'm from SC. The whole point is going back to state's rights and minimizing the federal government. We need the federal money for things such as a military and that's it imo.
MrNinetysixchamps 1 month ago
you da man Ron!! Canada for Ron Paul!!!
jismjacket 1 month ago
and big friggin deal if the guy smoked weed. whoa!! what a bad man! get real people. what is going on in your own glass houses. lets stop looking for superhuman leaders and maybe we'll make some progress!!
keliciousify 1 month ago
I like him and people are assholes b/c Ron Paul knows what is going on and he knows about LIFE. He's right about the first amendment. Look what's happening as it is when you say something not "politicially correct;" ppl get fired over stupid comments tht nothing years back. i love ron paul!!
keliciousify 1 month ago
Legalize drugs, educate everyone on them, take money away from drug cartels.
munsterr777 1 month ago
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what. an. idiot. legalizing those dangerous drugs is putting other people in harms way. oh, and cutting off foreign aid? allowing iran to build nukes? what a genius he is....
DanceInTheDark711 1 month ago
@DanceInTheDark711 Yet guns an alcohol are legal, not to mention over the counter drugs which can be very dangerous in the wrong hands. Did you know that you're putting yourself in harms way every time you go out driving? Should we make driving a vehicle illegal too, so citizens aren't in harms way?
thatguy1017 1 month ago 10
@thatguy1017 Your basic understanding of the war on drugs is correct, but what ultimately matters is that America becomes moral again and begins understanding it's problems. Marijuana, cocaine, and heroine are all plants. All that matters, is what people do with them.
Rubix0517 3 weeks ago
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you're a sheep!! Shame you can't emotionally detach yourself from the subject at hand!!
jismjacket 1 month ago
@DanceInTheDark711 he's not saying you should legalize them, he's saying the federal government has no right to say what you can and can't do to your own body. the state of SC will never legalize marijuana or cocaine but it should be the right of the states to decide
MrNinetysixchamps 1 month ago
@DanceInTheDark711 yes indeed he is a genius. ty for saying so. RP 2012. "allowing" we are not the rulers of the world. wake up. because when the children throw off the shackles of the parent and rebel, dont be suprised.
runelord37 1 month ago
Well if I could vote I'm pretty sure he'd have mine
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1:36 -- Ron Paul: "...you can put those words some place..."
That means UP YOUR ASS, Chris Wallace. Subtle, isn't he?
MrSuperFilmBuff 1 month ago
How can anyone NOT love Ron Paul?
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@philosomaster A President who would be for the people? That's too "extreme" and "crazy" for most Americans, who have swallowed the fear and drug propaganda, hook, line and sinker. In other words, it's difficult to get someone to become President who isn't a corrupt sell-out politician, a Christian fundamentalist, and a panderer, because about 75-80% of Americans are stupid, gullible cowards.
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L. Ron Paul is a kOoK...a KKK kOoK.
DeserTBoB93535 1 month ago
Did he call Ron Paul "Senator"? I thought the man was a Congressman.
givemearandomnamenow 1 month ago
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He is a Congressman, the interviewer is just dumb.
blackshade9 1 month ago
it would save me a trip into the hood-- -geez even if Paul was elected what do you think the odds are of getting some of these outrageous drug laws changed? The lawmakers are sadly in big Pharma,s pocket- - They will tell us what drugs we can take and what drugs we cant- -it really is a slap in the face-
Every night you hear on TV- just ask your doctor"- -from paxil to Viagra- - but thats not an issue- -
terripin99 1 month ago
Why is everyone focusing on just heroin here? He said to legalize ALL drugs and narcotics, but it's up to the people to use them. If something is bad, Americans want to do it more, when it's good, Americans put it aside like a salad.
SkyeTerra 1 month ago
Heroin? I don't even think that should happen lmfao
Tim4196 1 month ago
People can get heroin today anyways, (I have personal friends that have access to it) the only difference today if it were legalized would be that it wouldn't be controlled by criminal enterprise, meaning much less drug violence we see on in Mexico, our border and our streets.
BlakeFalling 1 month ago
@BlakeFalling Not only that, but these huge pharmaceutical companies are selling opiates that have the same effect as Heroin....but people act like it's better because it comes in a pill form. It is just as destructive/addicting. I have seen more people lose their lives to prescriptions than any illegal drug
MarlinBrandoTV 1 month ago
@MarlinBrandoTV I wonder what the statistics on that is.
BlakeFalling 1 month ago
Notice how the crowd laughs after the question of legalizing illegal drugs is put to Ron Paul. There is a reason for this WE THE SANE PEOPLE DON'T want illegal drugs made legal.
computerpurple 1 month ago
@computerpurple Alchohol is a far more damaging substance than some illegal drugs. It makes absolutely no sense why alchohol should be acceptable and legal and not other drugs. Then take a look at the failure of prohibition and the damage it caused. Finally, just because the FEDERAL government does not make them illegal, nothing would stop the states from doing it themselves AND much better. Ideally the states would handle it and much better for all of us. THAT is SANE.
Wyattinmnk 1 month ago 2
@Wyattinmnk Oh really... are you for state rights in deciding to out law abortion?.
computerpurple 1 month ago
@computerpurple Absolutely, if you give power to the federal government to decide whether or not we can have abortions, imagine a nation-wide law that allows abortion, and imagine how hard that would be to overturn. We can't even get rid of Roe v Wade. There might be a FEW states that would allow it, but I doubt there is a majority of people anywhere that would. Far better to have the states where we can have more influence handle these issues.
Wyattinmnk 1 month ago
@Wyattinmnk The Federal supreme court has already acted in a absolute way in regards to abortion way back in 1973 by acting in a judicial activist ruling way. They were wrong in doing so. Each state should decide on this.
computerpurple 1 month ago
@computerpurple Now imagine if Democrats made it into legislation. You would have to leave America if you wanted to live in a prolife country. If you keep it to the states, just like most issues should be, there most likely won't be a single pro abortion state. Ron Paul has stated also many times before, just because you legalize it at the federal level, doesn't mean you endorse the behavior.
Wyattinmnk 1 month ago
@Wyattinmnk Regardless of Fed or State on this issue i'll stick to being PRO-LIFE.
computerpurple 1 month ago
Ron Paul is the man!
teddumass 1 month ago
You know what's REALLY bad for you? CORN. Fructose/corn syrup is DEADLY. Yet, it's almost in every food. Yet, our government gives plenty of money to corn farmers.
toemasie 1 month ago
@toemasie effects of high-fructose corn syrup abuse: short term: crash from a sugar rush. long-term: diabetes. effects of heroine: violent and unstable
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@Stsignificant you are so narrow and closed minded, i bet you cant even tell me why it shouldn't be legal? not that i would fight to legalize heroin, but if it were legal it wouldn't effect me or you at all if you still choose not to be involved with it. besides even if he does get elected he'll never be able to make heroin legal it would never get passed.
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echoheretic91 1 month ago
Who will run out and buy heroin if it's legal? Duh, heroin addicts will.
Maybe Ron Paul also thinks anorexic chicks have the right to starve themselves to death too. I mean, it's their choice, right?
FACES of METH, the Ron Paul story!!!
ObamaPoundsBUTT 2 months ago
@ObamaPoundsBUTT as you said, addicts will buy it regardless of its legality. Do you think it is more beneficial to them to imprison them, or treat it as a public health issue?
Furthermore kids have greater access to hard drugs because they are illegal... there are no "minimum age" restrictions on the black market like with cigarettes and alcohol.
IcyScythe 1 month ago
@IcyScythe Ron Paul only cares about advancing jihad and socialism, aka the nwo.
ObamaPoundsBUTT 1 month ago
If you're a gay jihadist who is chasing the dragon then you have to vote for Ron Paul.
He is the ONLY choice.
34754174554013 2 months ago