Marijuana is not a drug. To be consider a drug, a subtance must meet the criteria. Drug = a substance that is created and altered by various processes. From seed to consumption, Marijuana goes through not one process. Therefore it is not a drug. It is a herb.
I'm Sick Of People Saying That Marijuana's A "Gateway Drug", That "People Start Off With That".Well Duh, Ya ThinK?Do You Think It Has Anything To Do With The Fact That Marijuana Would Seem To Be A Logical Choice To Start Off, Considering The Fact That It's No More Harmful Than Alcohol??????
If I'm Gunna Start Using Drugs,I'm Not Gunna Start With Cocaine,Cristal Meth,Heroin,LSD,And Even Tylenol.All Of These Drugs Can Kill You;Marijuana Can't.
There is a sure way to end the Federal Govt.'s reach into destroying the lives of the masses,every State has the right to invoke their 10th amendment,its in the Constitution,any State could say ENOUGH and severe all ties with the Feds and breakaway from the Union,all it would take is for ONE State to do this and more would fall in line,the Feds won't ever let up,and they are only gonna get worse,forget about voting in the same old Demos and Repubs in Washington. Fight for the 10th amendment!
what happened to civil liberties??? i laugh at people who think obama is turning this into a "socialist" state. that would be an upgrade over the facism we experience now.
*news flash*
we've been living in a facist state for awhile now. wake up. get out and try and make a change. even if you think your vote doesn't matter. for once, do something unselfish.
"I have no doubt that the feds will file suit if Proposition 19 passes," said Dale Gieringer, California director for the pro-legalization National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws.
In Houston, during the 1990's, the director of the DEA named Marion, hit and killed a man while driving under the influence of alcohol. Many DEA agents have significant problems with alcohol dependency. Alcohol is a physically addicting drug. By the way, this DEA agent looks like John Denver in old age.
The DEA continues with the National Party Line. When the argument does not go in their favor, they pull out the safety of children as a lame argument. DEA jobs are at risk with legalization. The Gateway Drug phenomenon is also a weak argument with little supporting evidence, particularly regarding necessary or sufficient conditions being met to support transition to harder drugs. Next, they will say it is immoral. Reefer madness? Bring back the Hollyweed sign.
The economic aspect is not merely about tax revenues for governments, local and up, its about the jobs that will be created when the industry, currently underground, is brought up into the light of day where it belongs. Think of all the potential ways to use cannabis that we prevent ourselves from taking advantage of because of these stupid, stupid laws.
I also think it would be a good thing if ganja use went up, relative to alcohol and in general. Herb is the healing of the nation!
The fundamental question is "Do you want Marijuana use to go up?"
Answer, if it is reducing the usage of alcohol and saving some of the 50,000 innocent people killed by drunks each year, then Yes ASA I want marijuana usage to go up!
he says history shows us that legalisation makes consumption go up..., history shows us that prohabition makes consumption go up and following up prohabition it slows back down, these people are ignorant idiots.
Asa Hutchinson is a liar. He takes zero factual positions, and puts forth absolute fiction stated as facts. He can't even look at the actual data and make a correct statement.
And, he is a former DEA Administrator. . . imagine that.
Why do they always pick the people who have non of there thoughts in line and just stammer threw there comments to have there voice heard on these kind of shows?
13:05 "Just because governments need money, I don't think we should be looking for products like this to regulate and tax." Does the DEA think we're stupid?
Cannabis IS a gateway drug, but it is a gateway drug BECAUSE it is illegal! If I am a teenager and I want to try marijuana I have to find a drug dealer. If someone is willing to sell an illegal narcotic like pot to a teenager there is a decent chance they may also be willing to sell cocaine or heroin to that teenager. And like Allen St. Pierre said, kids have easier access to pot than they do to tobacco or alcohol.
If you want to keep drugs away from children than vote to legalize!!!
@Marauder667 well if your offered anything you have the power of saying no.
its called using your brain. dont blame it on cannabis. its up to the kid if he wants to do it or not. teach your kids about drugs dont just go around blame it on something.
ASA is from the government and the government is like a tennage girl nice to your face but then stabs you in the back...ITS JUST A PLANT....and your telling me that its illegal take all the herbal medicine (remedies) of the shelfs pharamcy stores then....and legalize those things such as aloe vera...Common America WAKE UP
Of course the DEA is going to spew BS and say that cannabis is terrible and it's going to rape and murder your children. Their paychecks depend on cannabis being illegal. Are they really going to argue themselves out of a job?
@TheJacolyte also, a person that is opposed to marijuana prohibition probably won't be able to get a job as head of the DEA, so again, of course he is going to oppose legalization.
There was a lot of things the DEA was wrong about. They have proved in the states where medical marijuana has cause a decrease in teenage use age. He said that no one wants to violate federal law with Taxes and people are doing it any way. He said marijuana is harmful. There is aboslutely no proof of eating or ingesting it causes any harm at all, in fact marijuana kills cancer cells, stops the growth of tumors, aids in pain relief. i have more info just no more room. sorry!
Mr Asa Hutchinson just straight up lied in his rebuttal to the caller from South Carolina. Well, I guess its possible he is simply ignorant also. He says young people's lives are not ruined by our drug laws? Guess what, if you are caught and convicted of pot possession twice here in Alabama, you can get a felony placed on your record! Yeah, for simple possession, a FELONY! Basically, you are on the same level as a murderer or rapist if you are convicted of possession twice!
Screw having a justification for why you should smoke pot or any drug for that matter. You should NOT have to seek permission from any bureaucrat on if you can use any drug or not. You are allowing the government to determined what substances you are able to ingest that alters or affects your mind. You are consequently allowing the government to have control over your mind when you seek permission on if they should use drugs or not. You are allowing them to be your mind controller.
Wow that guy actually claimed that making cannabis legal would take our country in a wrong direction?
How can we take our country in any worse of a direction than it already is headed. We are giving our children a debt that they and their children will never see the end of.
Now this guy wants to say that a clear source of revenue is a bad thing? teach responsibility on the product. Then make tons of money with it.
Hutchinson can't even come up with good reasons to back up why he opposes Prop. 19. I didn't hear a single one. He also failed to mention that he is one of the 9 former DEA adminnistrators who signed that letter... He's quite the spin doctor. Too bad I'm not ignorant enough to believe that anything he says is fact. : )
Imagine my surprise when I turn on C-span saturday morning and I see caller after caller promoting marijuana legalization. I had to You-Tube it to make sure I wasn't dreaming!
Marijuana is not a drug. To be consider a drug, a subtance must meet the criteria. Drug = a substance that is created and altered by various processes. From seed to consumption, Marijuana goes through not one process. Therefore it is not a drug. It is a herb.
rsbrock20 1 year ago
YES ON 19!
mbenson2790 1 year ago
History teaches us that prohibition causes more crimes then it is worth!! Its my civil rights to ingest Cannabis.. Fuck your Federal LAW!!!!
Vatoaztecas 1 year ago
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I'm Sick Of People Saying That Marijuana's A "Gateway Drug", That "People Start Off With That".Well Duh, Ya ThinK?Do You Think It Has Anything To Do With The Fact That Marijuana Would Seem To Be A Logical Choice To Start Off, Considering The Fact That It's No More Harmful Than Alcohol??????
If I'm Gunna Start Using Drugs,I'm Not Gunna Start With Cocaine,Cristal Meth,Heroin,LSD,And Even Tylenol.All Of These Drugs Can Kill You;Marijuana Can't.
MarijuanaDoesNotKill 1 year ago
There is a sure way to end the Federal Govt.'s reach into destroying the lives of the masses,every State has the right to invoke their 10th amendment,its in the Constitution,any State could say ENOUGH and severe all ties with the Feds and breakaway from the Union,all it would take is for ONE State to do this and more would fall in line,the Feds won't ever let up,and they are only gonna get worse,forget about voting in the same old Demos and Repubs in Washington. Fight for the 10th amendment!
undergroundbasement 1 year ago
@undergroundbasement DAMN RIGHT MAN!! Finally sense is spoken.
Vatoaztecas 1 year ago
what happened to civil liberties??? i laugh at people who think obama is turning this into a "socialist" state. that would be an upgrade over the facism we experience now.
*news flash*
we've been living in a facist state for awhile now. wake up. get out and try and make a change. even if you think your vote doesn't matter. for once, do something unselfish.
Yes on 19
deadmat1 1 year ago
"I have no doubt that the feds will file suit if Proposition 19 passes," said Dale Gieringer, California director for the pro-legalization National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws.
Yes On Prop. 19
NOstevecooley 1 year ago
Change the federal law. Obama has turned into a whore for government interests, like all of his predecessors.
ensnared 1 year ago
In Houston, during the 1990's, the director of the DEA named Marion, hit and killed a man while driving under the influence of alcohol. Many DEA agents have significant problems with alcohol dependency. Alcohol is a physically addicting drug. By the way, this DEA agent looks like John Denver in old age.
ensnared 1 year ago
The DEA continues with the National Party Line. When the argument does not go in their favor, they pull out the safety of children as a lame argument. DEA jobs are at risk with legalization. The Gateway Drug phenomenon is also a weak argument with little supporting evidence, particularly regarding necessary or sufficient conditions being met to support transition to harder drugs. Next, they will say it is immoral. Reefer madness? Bring back the Hollyweed sign.
ensnared 1 year ago
The economic aspect is not merely about tax revenues for governments, local and up, its about the jobs that will be created when the industry, currently underground, is brought up into the light of day where it belongs. Think of all the potential ways to use cannabis that we prevent ourselves from taking advantage of because of these stupid, stupid laws.
I also think it would be a good thing if ganja use went up, relative to alcohol and in general. Herb is the healing of the nation!
tkn317071 1 year ago
"The objective would be to raise tax monies" = lol @ "monies", stupid hick can't even speak.
anwar296 1 year ago 2
@anwar296 monies is a proper term in some situations. look it up.
OscarMaris 1 year ago
The fundamental question is "Do you want Marijuana use to go up?"
Answer, if it is reducing the usage of alcohol and saving some of the 50,000 innocent people killed by drunks each year, then Yes ASA I want marijuana usage to go up!
TheBasicdave 1 year ago 3
he says history shows us that legalisation makes consumption go up..., history shows us that prohabition makes consumption go up and following up prohabition it slows back down, these people are ignorant idiots.
jwjet0430do1 1 year ago 2
!!!!!!!!!!Federal Law!!!!!!!!!!
jameswht420 1 year ago
look at rthis asshole with his pen when people talk to him
jameswht420 1 year ago
Welcome to the united states of dictators
jameswht420 1 year ago 2
Its federal law its federal law wait uh isnt this country sopposed to be about the people
jameswht420 1 year ago
Asa Hutchinson is a liar. He takes zero factual positions, and puts forth absolute fiction stated as facts. He can't even look at the actual data and make a correct statement.
And, he is a former DEA Administrator. . . imagine that.
schimberg 1 year ago 3
Human nature in the state of nature cultivates the land in the pursuit of interests and aspirations.
The U.S. should not make nature illegal or engage in a long train of abuses against human nature.
rtkuma 1 year ago 2
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@rtkuma
The U.S. should not make nature illegal or engage in a long train of abuses against human nature.
rtkuma 1 year ago 2
The Federal Gov. and the FDA needs to make Marijuana a legal choice.
The pharmaceutical industry has created the worst drugs available and legal to use.
rtkuma 1 year ago 2
Why do they always pick the people who have non of there thoughts in line and just stammer threw there comments to have there voice heard on these kind of shows?
Milksteak177 1 year ago
usage will go down, you ignorant bastard
kman7100 1 year ago 2
13:05 "Just because governments need money, I don't think we should be looking for products like this to regulate and tax." Does the DEA think we're stupid?
leoellion 1 year ago 3
tobacco kills that many people a year?
or is it all the chemicals that are put in cigarettes? big difference between cigarettes and just plain tobacco..
sargeantwelsh 1 year ago 2
LMAO The DEA does not help this country and needs to be shut down! All they do is recirculate the drugs for profit! FUCK THE DEA!
hydroponikroniksmoke 1 year ago 3
BULLSHIT! There is currently more marijuana use in the U.S. than in countries where it's actually legal.
blackcinnamon 1 year ago 5
Cannabis IS a gateway drug, but it is a gateway drug BECAUSE it is illegal! If I am a teenager and I want to try marijuana I have to find a drug dealer. If someone is willing to sell an illegal narcotic like pot to a teenager there is a decent chance they may also be willing to sell cocaine or heroin to that teenager. And like Allen St. Pierre said, kids have easier access to pot than they do to tobacco or alcohol.
If you want to keep drugs away from children than vote to legalize!!!
Marauder667 1 year ago 4
@Marauder667 well if your offered anything you have the power of saying no.
its called using your brain. dont blame it on cannabis. its up to the kid if he wants to do it or not. teach your kids about drugs dont just go around blame it on something.
stop being lazy
geckoman41890 1 year ago 3
he said New Mexico twice
interp0lnyc 1 year ago 7
Was the video supposed to freeze at 4:20?
KOOGMEISTER 1 year ago
lol the DEA dude is losing bad.
beefchorizo 1 year ago 3
Maybe Marijuana Use Will Go Up And Maybe Alcohol Use Will Go Down And That Would Be A Good Thing
evadtevol 1 year ago 3
ASA is from the government and the government is like a tennage girl nice to your face but then stabs you in the back...ITS JUST A PLANT....and your telling me that its illegal take all the herbal medicine (remedies) of the shelfs pharamcy stores then....and legalize those things such as aloe vera...Common America WAKE UP
zelfan90 1 year ago 2
Of course the DEA is going to spew BS and say that cannabis is terrible and it's going to rape and murder your children. Their paychecks depend on cannabis being illegal. Are they really going to argue themselves out of a job?
TheJacolyte 1 year ago 2
@TheJacolyte also, a person that is opposed to marijuana prohibition probably won't be able to get a job as head of the DEA, so again, of course he is going to oppose legalization.
Marauder667 1 year ago 2
hutchinson should go fuck him self
MarijuanaMan659 1 year ago 3
Dear DEA: Not everyone shares your vision or wants to move forward lock-step with your ideals. Fuck you.
TheJacolyte 1 year ago 6
I have been following this for over 6 months im just sick of being lied to
Mrshaw875 1 year ago 2
asa is soooo full of shit....
a felony for smokin pot WILL
ruin ur life, keep u from getting
a good job, and if they bring up
kids one more time im gonna lose it!
this ISNT about kids!
zimmyjim 1 year ago 4
@zimmyjim amen
Deez850 1 year ago
There was a lot of things the DEA was wrong about. They have proved in the states where medical marijuana has cause a decrease in teenage use age. He said that no one wants to violate federal law with Taxes and people are doing it any way. He said marijuana is harmful. There is aboslutely no proof of eating or ingesting it causes any harm at all, in fact marijuana kills cancer cells, stops the growth of tumors, aids in pain relief. i have more info just no more room. sorry!
MrBooner2101 1 year ago 3
cant believe people let people like that DEA man lie like that. i challenge him to tell me how my drugs are more dangerous then his.
shimq 1 year ago
The DEA can KMA!
retronewdude 1 year ago
LEGAL - FUCKING - IZE
trianero921 1 year ago
Allen St. Pierre is a pro
indieambientmusic 1 year ago 5
@indieambientmusic Agreed.
itsnicksharpbro 1 year ago
Bllshit, if we use 50% less then why is Mexico smuggling more Marijuana now than EVER!
bizzzybee 1 year ago 3
Mr Asa Hutchinson just straight up lied in his rebuttal to the caller from South Carolina. Well, I guess its possible he is simply ignorant also. He says young people's lives are not ruined by our drug laws? Guess what, if you are caught and convicted of pot possession twice here in Alabama, you can get a felony placed on your record! Yeah, for simple possession, a FELONY! Basically, you are on the same level as a murderer or rapist if you are convicted of possession twice!
Drake8604 1 year ago 4
"The" when prop 19 is voted in the dea will be out of a lot of jobs
edward944 1 year ago
Screw having a justification for why you should smoke pot or any drug for that matter. You should NOT have to seek permission from any bureaucrat on if you can use any drug or not. You are allowing the government to determined what substances you are able to ingest that alters or affects your mind. You are consequently allowing the government to have control over your mind when you seek permission on if they should use drugs or not. You are allowing them to be your mind controller.
Pentazoid111 1 year ago 15
@Pentazoid111 I could not have said it better myself... You are exactly right..
Drake8604 1 year ago
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@Pentazoid111 I could not have said it better myself... You are exactly right..
Drake8604 1 year ago
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IGlobalGFXz 1 year ago
Wow that guy actually claimed that making cannabis legal would take our country in a wrong direction?
How can we take our country in any worse of a direction than it already is headed. We are giving our children a debt that they and their children will never see the end of.
Now this guy wants to say that a clear source of revenue is a bad thing? teach responsibility on the product. Then make tons of money with it.
Rage1340 1 year ago 3
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fenderbass3 1 year ago
Hutchinson can't even come up with good reasons to back up why he opposes Prop. 19. I didn't hear a single one. He also failed to mention that he is one of the 9 former DEA adminnistrators who signed that letter... He's quite the spin doctor. Too bad I'm not ignorant enough to believe that anything he says is fact. : )
mjcesmat 1 year ago 4
the sad reality is that the people that need to see this would never watch C-Span so ignorance reigns again
fdmendez 1 year ago
@fdmendez
C-Span ignorance is what asa hutchinson is all about
MrCrowley9000 1 year ago
(P.S.) FIRST!
johnnny005 1 year ago
Imagine my surprise when I turn on C-span saturday morning and I see caller after caller promoting marijuana legalization. I had to You-Tube it to make sure I wasn't dreaming!
johnnny005 1 year ago