@JoseCastilloJrdotcom Many have remarked on this. The presence of the word "drugs" in the title appears to have tripped an automatic restriction warning.
@subie1987 if u legalize then u can tax them and then the dealers aint gettin payed as much, im sure there would still b some underground drugs but much less for dealers to harvest all their molar. where can we find evidence of this....... alcohol and tobacco. ( and all those illegal drugs turns out there safer than those two.)
@Mk101T Many of them were put in place by our government. You're right... it would take a HUGE amount of effort and protest on the part of our citizens to force the government to decriminalize. Sadly, the same people who profit from them being illegal also have the people propagandized very deeply against it.
@KripDrip Well, there's this thing about protecting liberties, the whole basis for laws. Decriminalizing drugs doesn't violate anyone's liberties. Legalizing murder does. There's a difference between creating a law to prohibit eating high cholesterol food versus a law to prohibit theft. Common sense.
@KripDrip - It seems that you are also suggesting that ANYTHING that is not controlled by the nanny state will cause disaster. Perhaps then, using your premise, we should have a total police state, and that would certainly be better than some moron getting stoned in his mammaw's basement.
Also, it your beliefs don't fit the facts, then skip the facts and impose your beliefs.
This is what every country should start with if they care about their citizens, then finally leading to a complete legalization of drugs. Because nobody has a right to say what you can put in your own body. I don't personally do drugs, but if I had a terminal disease your damn right I'd be seeking out things like Cannabis.
I can legally work and breathe in a poisonous work environment but I can't have a joint. I think this division between victim and perpetrator needs to be widened, at least from the same person. One can not be their own victim. At least not in a legal sense.
Are you stupid enough to do this? Do you have no respect for your own life? If you were unwilling to take responsibility for your own well being, to whom would you surrender that responsibility? Some bureaucrat? Your call, but don't involve me. And if you step in front of my car, I DO watch where I'm going, and I will drive around you. The next guy may not.
@LtlChiefThunderCloud wtf are u talking about it? okay so i forgot the L in walk big deal, but idk what u are talking about? do i have respect for my own life? yes i do
@FalltoAbism As you can see from the comment thread, this has already been discussed extensively. While there is indeed a significant "technical" difference between "legalize" and "decriminalize", there is no *functional* difference in the net effect of either, and "decriminalize" makes the title too long for the "abbreviated" title appearing in links without getting cutoff. So it will stay as is.
@BI30 That's not true. While in Legalization you can smoke drug in front of police for example and nothing happens and no one can say a thing, in Decriminalization if you smoke in front of police your drugs will be confiscated and you will have to go to a dissuasion commission. If you get caught more than once and depending on the drug and of the degree of addiction you will have to go to treatment and or do community service. If it was legal you wouldn't even be bothered by anyone.
@tacv You are correct and I note this in another post, but because the overall "effect" on crime is the same, for purposes of "economy" (re: number of characters allowed in a short title), the name of this video will not change.
The United States Justice system would set off and explode a Nuclear Bombs in every State in the Union before they would legalize any drugs and give up all the Money they make from illegal drugs. They would murder, execute and slaughter every man, woman and child in American before this would ever happen here.
You can try to sugarcoat this with all the legalizations in the world about the terminology but it doesn't change the fact that this strategy is effective.
@BI30 Haha, it says that the flag was put into place "as determined by the uploader." Evidently you did NOT determine that it should be flagged. Wow Youtube
You pay for them to put your friends and family in jail, without harm., without cause or reason aside from the inability to think deliberately left out of your schooling.
2nd biggest killer n the USA is legal prescription drugs. Wake the fuck up and get out of peoples minds . America leads the idiotic war on drugs because it justifies lots more policemen, lawyers, judges...and you pay for them..
@po5166 not just that, we should also include the enormous ammount of money that comes from the maffias and that the banks are really reluctant to not receive any more as result of legalization. wake up people the first set of institutions not interested in legalization is the Bank Cartels. They are the ones who use the politicians to promote the perpetual charade on the lost "war against drugw".
legalization takes out the criminal element, the u.s. is occupying afghanistan, and afghanistan is now the world's leading exporter of heroin and heroin use in the u.s. is at an all time high....it's not a coincidence, they know what they are doing.
@SpiritualAtheist cops, banks, politicians who work for the maffia and maffia itselt who are at charge of pharmaceuticals and hospitals who attend addicts
@efex2007 Gov should supply? "... to guarantee the quality of the product at reasonable prices."
WHAT? I hope you're being sarcastic. Anything I've gotten from the corporation that calls itself a government is crap. Service. Products. Information. The free market always guarantees quality product, service & price.
Here in the US we don't have representative government - we have corporations that call themselves government. A corporation cannot be a representative government.
The gov is organized crime. Drug producers DO sponsor sporting events and everything else. Just watch TV in the US ... one drug advert after another.
1 dose of LSD cured addictions. More cannabis use would decrease drug use.
what do you mean "Drugs can never be transformed in a freely merchandised product."?
@Marleyites One thing is recognizing that a percentage of the world population is prone to use drugs, and these people need to be helped and not treated like criminals.
Another thing is granting drugs the status of a product that can be subjected to the laws of the market, like beer or cigarettes or junk food.
if this second approach to drugs were adopted, soon the young would be enticed by tv adverts to use heroin, crack . . .
man im portuguese and i say to you it isnt like that. If you have big doses of drugs you are going to jail, if you are making drugs you are going to jail, if sell them you are pretty much fucked up. But, if you just smoke some a joint or two theres no problem beacause the government thinks of you as an adict and not as a drug dealer
you mean in Portugal you can buy these drugs in the stores? They decriminalized the drugs so its users can use them. But what about the people selling them? What do they do with the people that sell them and how can people buy these drugs there? I wanna go to Portugal so I can buy some heroin! Where in Portugal can I buy heroin and crack?
@KripDrip As it has been pointed out, "technically", drugs have not "legalized", so you can't buy them in stores, but Portugal has stopped prosecuting *users* as criminals. If you want heroin or crack, you're just going to have to cook it yourself.
Humpf i dont know if it is like that.Now with the immigration increase i think that the consume of drugs has actually risen a lot in the recent years!
Mmmh, 7 dislikes. Only 7 smart drug dealers out there are slowly noticing they're stuck now that the government wants in on their business. Or is it the other way around, for if drugs are decriminalized, prices will just drop like a stone forcing tons of smart kids with potential out of gangs and back to real productive meaningful work. For people who like economy, dodge this: drug prohibition raises the marginal utility of violence.
@BI30 No because it was still illegal to sell or grow them. You are only allowed a certain amount (or you get arrested as a drug dealer) and you will get a ticket and reffrence to a Drug treatment facility. Not Legal.
@jsh78mang Portuguese police are not conducting door-to-door raids of homes looking for people growing Pot for their own personal use. An unenforced law is tantamount to legalization.
@BI30 Errr wrong. They are still fining people holding on to a certain amount and it is still ilegal to grow. "They are not conducting door to door raids" Are you dense? . They don't do that in my state either. We decriminalized pot possesion but you still can't grow your own legally, and are arrested(for dealing) if you have over a certain amount . It's a step in the right direction but, not legal. Sorry dude...
@jsh78mang Err, not wrong. "Technically", Portugal didn't "legalize" drug use, but what is the difference between an "unprosecuted" crime and "legalization"?
And as noted, the shorter term is used for "readability" concerns. It's not changing.
@BI30 Err never said you should change it tho it is misleading. Howevber that dosen't change the fact that it is not legalized. It is still prosecuted just not to the extent that it once was. Just because the plastic apple looks like a real one, dosen't mean you should take a bite.
@BI30 Fair enough for using "legalises", but it isn't legal. Drug supply is very much a serious crime that gets you taken to court. That means that the drug is still illegal.
The question is simple, are WE as individual have the right to put what we want in our body if that behavior does not hurt anyone? Why do some feel that people must be punished for using,drinking,eating any kind of drugs?
In my view , the government should penalize and punish violent crime offenders but should not in any circumstance have the right to initiate violence on anyone especially if that person is not violent. Not ever.
This didn't reduced drug use the stats are wrong, it's just omitted people who before the new law can now get away with having heroin possession for personal use.
@realvideo24 You need to provide a link, but I think the premise of your argument is the same fallacy immigration opponents use to respond to statistics that show crime is actually DOWN in places with high immigration: claiming that simply being here illegally is a crime, and thus the number CAN'T be lower. That's like making breathing illegal and then complaining of a 100% crime rate.
I think you are full of shit realvideo24...totally full of shit.... the war on drugs is war on the people and their rights... actually its a govt pogrom and a genocide...anyone who supports it is a traitor
@realvideo24 in fact if you need in portugal.. in places like Lisbon you can say clearly that you dont see as many junkies as in the 90's... but clearly also if you go to nightlife you see an increase in midle class and upper class cocain users.... now there are not so many brokeass heroin junkies... now theres nice looking people consuming coke.
wow, doing drugs is no longer a crime. i am surprised but i thinks its a good idea. most people want to get off drugs. i never used drugs. however i believe giving people options to get off the drug instead of jailing them is the solution. way to go portugal. i wish other countries would follow.
Absurd. The reason you haven't seen an increase is that it's still very illegal to distribute drugs. Yeah, you can own them in small quantities, and it's legal to buy drugs, but it's illegal to sell them given that drug dealers don't carry small quantities around with them. Plus, get caught using and you still can get fined (which probably happens if you get caught too many times).
@weakcore Sorry, but due to restrictions on the length of video titles on YouTube, the title will have to stand. An unenforced "crime" is tantamount to "legalization".
@BI30 I respectfully disagree with your comparison. To me, that's like saying wanting to provide [basic] health care for everybody in a country is socialism (maybe not TOTALLY like like saying that). With both legalization and decriminalization, we won't be needlessly spending billions of dollars waging a war on our own citizens, but in the latter the laws/government can still refuse to condone it. It's a question of a statement of priorities by the government.
@BI30 My most recent video title is much longer the one on this video. It is "California Superior Court Judge Jim Gray Schools Bill O'Reilly on the Failed Drug War" so your full of shit saying you can't modify the title. Decriminalization is the correct term required for Portugal's drug status.
@CannabisEducation420 I can makethe title much longer, but when the title appears beneath thumbnails, it is truncated to (apx) the first 50 characters. To avoid the title from being clipped, I have used the shortest possible title that still accurately describes the video. I hope you understand.
Any person of normal intelligence which from smuggling of anything gets billions dollars every year, would be enough clever not to spend his money on bribing every possible cop in the world, it is out of question.
He would bribe lawmakers, politicians, high ranked doctors and other who will organize protection of society on best way for them, drug dealers. They will bring laws which do not function, prevention programs which would not function, medical statements which are contraproductive ...
I agree and disagree with this decision. Honestly, I do not think most drugs should be legalized in the U.S. because kids who are just smoking weed now will probably try more dangerous substances. With our government set-up the way it is, I honestly don't want to pay more taxes on stupid teens who get addicted to heroin.
@ValentynBrightside Where is the research that indicates that drug use will increase if it is legalized? All research that I've read says that those who want to try it now will try it when it's legalized, those who don't want to try it now will not try it when it's legalized. In other words, there will be no change in behaviour.
Except that not all who want to try it now will be willing to break the law for it today. So there will definitely be an increase (at least for some time) as green light is given to all.
If people are attracted to crime just for the sake of the crime then well... I don't have much else to add other than that we live in a pathetic society.
@ValentynBrightside PS : We, as taxpayers, are paying a whole lot more for the drug war, both financially and in loss of lives of those caught in the crossfire.
Nicotine is as dangerous as many banned substances. Nice to see a bit of balance. I say treat them all the same: make use inconvenient, maximise education and advertising to discourage use and treat addiction as a medical problem. And make dealers criminally liable for any damage caused, since they profit.
Heroin is an opioid based drug and weight gain is a extremely common side effect with the usage of opioids , the reason why heroin users are skinny in usa and countrys where it´s illlegal is because they cant afford any food, if you can afford heroin and food you will be fat. The weight gain from strong opiods is not as extreme as barbaitues , weight gain is most extreme from antipsychotic drugs like risperidone and lithium
i always wondered why marijuana was illegal, i can understand the danger of using heroin n cocaine, but marijuana is harmless, it only makes you happy, i mean tell me one bad thing about marijuana, seriously its even used for medicinal purposes o.O
It is really too bad that America will never step down from its pedestal of pretend morality and end the drug war. It is far too profitable for the prison-industrial complex (supply of slave labor, captive market) and the American people are far too caught up in their masquerade of moral superiority. I wish my country would see reason, but since it's a great, backward, medieval peasant state, this remains unlikely.
@viskarenvisla I couldn't agree more than what you have just stated. I had a conversation about this with my sociology professor a few years ago and those were his exact words.
I think this has a lot to do with the fact that the old drug use statistics came from cops arresting people. Now that cops are not pursuing drugs users, they are not able to get as accurate a number. This definitely proves everyone wrong who said things would get worse, but I really doubt that drugs use actually went down 10% after decriminalization.
Decriminalization leaves the underground in charge. Leaves the prices high.
Drugs fund black ops. Thats why they remain illegal to this day along with the obvious police state implications.
END THE DRUG WAR -I'd never use Meth, it should be legal though. Most of the negative astigmatisms surrounding drugs are a result of the drug war itself and not the drug.
You can't use things such as heroin in the street in front of people eyes, you have a minimum ammount that you can take with you, if you have more than the stated you go to jail
And guess what goes on in prison??? Drug use!! So let me get this strait we lock up for doing drugs then they do more drugs in prison?? What logic is that!!
And guess what goes on in prison??? Drug use!! So let me get this strait we lock up for doing drugs then they do more drugs in prison?? What logic is that!!
This is untrue. With the proper dosage of heroin given by a doctor just to fulfill the need of the user, lower dosage can be given consecutively till the person no longer wants it. over time. In essence, assistance in treating withdrawls and supervision can be provided, Giving the user a safe place to go to use and to be treated.
@Nero51 "lower dosage can be given consecutively till the person no longer wants it." In the interest of accuracy, users will still want it... What you're describing is the gradual process to someone who is not physically addicted to the drug and experience withdrawals.
No I am not, I am describing the medicated treatment through lower dosages, due to how powerful the addiction, is by a medical professional. It has been proven to work many times because eventually the user will become chemically less dependent after basically realizing that a little hit inst worth it after some rehabilitation. What, you would rather bar the person so they risk dieing? Anyways they give you a choice whether you want to be an addict or or heal up, it is still safer.
@Zzozze - Sorry to be so blunt, but even chasing the dragon causes overdose all be it not so severe ( most people go unconsious or fall asleep involuntary) Its known that some bacteria survive in temperatures far in excess of that of silver foil and the evaporation process involved in heroin thereoff.....Basically its only just safer, just less chance of fatal overdose, thats what you really ment.
ZZose are you fkcing retarted, smokign heroin can not cause a overdose? Man you know nothing about heroin, it´s extremly easy to od on it and even more easy to overdose from smoking heroin then snorting it, heroin is not as likly to cause a overdose as barbabitues and espicaly phenobarbitual
This video has been age restricted?
JoseCastilloJrdotcom 2 weeks ago
@JoseCastilloJrdotcom Many have remarked on this. The presence of the word "drugs" in the title appears to have tripped an automatic restriction warning.
BI30 2 weeks ago
america wants money and it is making billions through illegal drugs.....is not gonna change never....
subie1987 1 month ago
u legalize drugs then government aint making money and that wont go far..for sure anywhere think about it....
subie1987 1 month ago
@subie1987 if u legalize then u can tax them and then the dealers aint gettin payed as much, im sure there would still b some underground drugs but much less for dealers to harvest all their molar. where can we find evidence of this....... alcohol and tobacco. ( and all those illegal drugs turns out there safer than those two.)
gletbuub7 6 days ago
Why is this age restricted?
NokiRadPokeRoll 1 month ago
Sadly we in the US will probably never be able to realize the benefits of decriminalizeing drugs.
The drug lords in the American continents have to much lobby power in our goverment.
Mk101T 2 months ago
@Mk101T Many of them were put in place by our government. You're right... it would take a HUGE amount of effort and protest on the part of our citizens to force the government to decriminalize. Sadly, the same people who profit from them being illegal also have the people propagandized very deeply against it.
DizzyTheWyldesage 6 days ago
Obviously consumption, crime would fall, it is common sense.
TheLandOfTears 3 months ago
@KripDrip Well, there's this thing about protecting liberties, the whole basis for laws. Decriminalizing drugs doesn't violate anyone's liberties. Legalizing murder does. There's a difference between creating a law to prohibit eating high cholesterol food versus a law to prohibit theft. Common sense.
synholiday 3 months ago
drugs are awesome only thing you can be a expert in without knowing hardly anything truely about it thats winning
itchyundies 4 months ago
@KripDrip - terrible logic. They aren't even comparable. I'm so sick of these types of arguments.
And murder is legal as long as it's called warfare.
sober502 4 months ago
@KripDrip your argument is completely invalid
zipper978 4 months ago
@KripDrip - It seems that you are also suggesting that ANYTHING that is not controlled by the nanny state will cause disaster. Perhaps then, using your premise, we should have a total police state, and that would certainly be better than some moron getting stoned in his mammaw's basement.
Also, it your beliefs don't fit the facts, then skip the facts and impose your beliefs.
LtlChiefThunderCloud 5 months ago
This is what every country should start with if they care about their citizens, then finally leading to a complete legalization of drugs. Because nobody has a right to say what you can put in your own body. I don't personally do drugs, but if I had a terminal disease your damn right I'd be seeking out things like Cannabis.
LeJimster 5 months ago
@KripDrip an armed society is a polite society. yes. if everyone were armed and there were no police-- murder would go down.
LMaccounts 5 months ago
some don't want to see the status quo change, so they seek to label this video as innappropriate lest the information is shared.
Its that stupid belief "if you agree with me your right, if you disagree with me your wrong"
Padpaw22 5 months ago
I can legally work and breathe in a poisonous work environment but I can't have a joint. I think this division between victim and perpetrator needs to be widened, at least from the same person. One can not be their own victim. At least not in a legal sense.
Krackonis 5 months ago
so i can smoke a joint while waking down a busy street?
BEARARMZ 5 months ago
@BEARARMZ - not until you learn how to spell.
Are you stupid enough to do this? Do you have no respect for your own life? If you were unwilling to take responsibility for your own well being, to whom would you surrender that responsibility? Some bureaucrat? Your call, but don't involve me. And if you step in front of my car, I DO watch where I'm going, and I will drive around you. The next guy may not.
LtlChiefThunderCloud 5 months ago
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@LtlChiefThunderCloud wtf are u talking about it? okay so i forgot the L in walk big deal, but idk what u are talking about? do i have respect for my own life? yes i do
BEARARMZ 5 months ago
shes also smoking ALUMINIUM
oiyabastard 6 months ago
change the fucking title...it´s wrong men...
FalltoAbism 6 months ago
@FalltoAbism As you can see from the comment thread, this has already been discussed extensively. While there is indeed a significant "technical" difference between "legalize" and "decriminalize", there is no *functional* difference in the net effect of either, and "decriminalize" makes the title too long for the "abbreviated" title appearing in links without getting cutoff. So it will stay as is.
BI30 6 months ago
@BI30 That's not true. While in Legalization you can smoke drug in front of police for example and nothing happens and no one can say a thing, in Decriminalization if you smoke in front of police your drugs will be confiscated and you will have to go to a dissuasion commission. If you get caught more than once and depending on the drug and of the degree of addiction you will have to go to treatment and or do community service. If it was legal you wouldn't even be bothered by anyone.
tacv 3 months ago
@tacv You are correct and I note this in another post, but because the overall "effect" on crime is the same, for purposes of "economy" (re: number of characters allowed in a short title), the name of this video will not change.
BI30 3 months ago
The United States Justice system would set off and explode a Nuclear Bombs in every State in the Union before they would legalize any drugs and give up all the Money they make from illegal drugs. They would murder, execute and slaughter every man, woman and child in American before this would ever happen here.
biorgymd 6 months ago
@biorgymd Much like they are doing....
Krackonis 5 months ago
Sorry, USA can't afford to do this lol.
elguapotetigre 6 months ago
@elguapotetigre they can't afford not to do this, are you aware of how many billions you would save?
Davincidz 5 months ago
You can try to sugarcoat this with all the legalizations in the world about the terminology but it doesn't change the fact that this strategy is effective.
nthnksplzz 8 months ago
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nthnksplzz 8 months ago
@PhilipS21888 Thank you for letting me know. The "flag" appears to be new. I will attempt to contact YouTube for an explanation.
BI30 9 months ago
@BI30 Haha, it says that the flag was put into place "as determined by the uploader." Evidently you did NOT determine that it should be flagged. Wow Youtube
FawkHeather 7 months ago
fake
MrLDTT 11 months ago
@MrLDTT er what is
whoareyapauldunn 9 months ago
junkies cant afford to travel.....
windofthegods 11 months ago
2:07
PLEASE CHANGE THE TITLE OF THE VIDEO!!!!!!!
azrodrigues 1 year ago
@azrodrigues This has already been asked an answered.
BI30 1 year ago
@BI30 uhh the title has NOT been changed... misleading = lies
jimiprono 10 months ago
@jimiprono Who said the title had been changed?
BI30 10 months ago
You pay for them to put your friends and family in jail, without harm., without cause or reason aside from the inability to think deliberately left out of your schooling.
po5166 1 year ago
2nd biggest killer n the USA is legal prescription drugs. Wake the fuck up and get out of peoples minds . America leads the idiotic war on drugs because it justifies lots more policemen, lawyers, judges...and you pay for them..
po5166 1 year ago 8
@po5166 not just that, we should also include the enormous ammount of money that comes from the maffias and that the banks are really reluctant to not receive any more as result of legalization. wake up people the first set of institutions not interested in legalization is the Bank Cartels. They are the ones who use the politicians to promote the perpetual charade on the lost "war against drugw".
instinct8will 11 months ago
legalization takes out the criminal element, the u.s. is occupying afghanistan, and afghanistan is now the world's leading exporter of heroin and heroin use in the u.s. is at an all time high....it's not a coincidence, they know what they are doing.
billyrayvalentine44 1 year ago
@billyrayvalentine44
East India Trading Co. - they have long, long experience in this racket.
Marleyites 5 months ago
The biggest Hell
katerinahejdova 1 year ago
legalize in brazil 2
Francodjf 1 year ago
I would like to take a summer tour of Portugal of course. But the money isn't available for that sort of thing.
SPFrobber 1 year ago
So everything's gotten better since decrim, and who doesn't like it? Cops. OF COURSE!!!
SpiritualAtheist 1 year ago
@SpiritualAtheist cops, banks, politicians who work for the maffia and maffia itselt who are at charge of pharmaceuticals and hospitals who attend addicts
instinct8will 11 months ago
Of course the police are going to object. What a stupid ass waste of time asking for their opinions.
Anothercoilgun 1 year ago
Dissuade people to use street drugs but force the masses to use all matter of corporate drugs. Wake up sheep.
Anothercoilgun 1 year ago
I do not expect an explosion in drug use or anything other than an explosion on satanic laws.
Anothercoilgun 1 year ago
FREE MARC EMERY
easybutt0n354 1 year ago
Well, users need suppliers.
The government should be the supplier then, to guarantee the quality of the product at reasonable prices.
efex2007 1 year ago
@efex2007 Gov should supply? "... to guarantee the quality of the product at reasonable prices."
WHAT? I hope you're being sarcastic. Anything I've gotten from the corporation that calls itself a government is crap. Service. Products. Information. The free market always guarantees quality product, service & price.
Marleyites 5 months ago
@Marleyites Government should supply drugs for those who sadly are addicted, to avoid that they fall into the hands of organized crime.
Drugs can never be transformed in a freely merchandised product. Would you like drug producers sponsoring sport events like red bull does?
efex2007 4 months ago
@efex2007
Here in the US we don't have representative government - we have corporations that call themselves government. A corporation cannot be a representative government.
The gov is organized crime. Drug producers DO sponsor sporting events and everything else. Just watch TV in the US ... one drug advert after another.
1 dose of LSD cured addictions. More cannabis use would decrease drug use.
what do you mean "Drugs can never be transformed in a freely merchandised product."?
Marleyites 4 months ago
@Marleyites One thing is recognizing that a percentage of the world population is prone to use drugs, and these people need to be helped and not treated like criminals.
Another thing is granting drugs the status of a product that can be subjected to the laws of the market, like beer or cigarettes or junk food.
if this second approach to drugs were adopted, soon the young would be enticed by tv adverts to use heroin, crack . . .
efex2007 4 months ago
"We can see, what hasn't happened." What?
matthemod 1 year ago
possession is not a criminal offence anymore, but it is not an equivalent of legalisation...
nacaolusitana 1 year ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
If anyone has a drug problem, PLEASE, turn to Christ for help. Christ loves you and offers everyone forgiveness and salvation.
mrchiefofsinners 1 year ago
@mrchiefofsinners enough bullshit mumbo jumbo
ageeeeeeeeee 7 months ago
man im portuguese and i say to you it isnt like that. If you have big doses of drugs you are going to jail, if you are making drugs you are going to jail, if sell them you are pretty much fucked up. But, if you just smoke some a joint or two theres no problem beacause the government thinks of you as an adict and not as a drug dealer
JosephEdwardMD 1 year ago
you mean in Portugal you can buy these drugs in the stores? They decriminalized the drugs so its users can use them. But what about the people selling them? What do they do with the people that sell them and how can people buy these drugs there? I wanna go to Portugal so I can buy some heroin! Where in Portugal can I buy heroin and crack?
KripDrip 1 year ago
@KripDrip As it has been pointed out, "technically", drugs have not "legalized", so you can't buy them in stores, but Portugal has stopped prosecuting *users* as criminals. If you want heroin or crack, you're just going to have to cook it yourself.
BI30 1 year ago 4
FREE MARC EMERY! KEEP RICK SIMPSON FREE! LEGALIZE HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOM!
tewlive 1 year ago
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LEGALIZE ALL DRUGS EVERYWHERE!!!
DontEatEggs666 1 year ago
Humpf i dont know if it is like that.Now with the immigration increase i think that the consume of drugs has actually risen a lot in the recent years!
o8oBROTHERo8o 1 year ago
I'm from Portugal and legalize it ffs!
MyKenzoo 1 year ago
Mmmh, 7 dislikes. Only 7 smart drug dealers out there are slowly noticing they're stuck now that the government wants in on their business. Or is it the other way around, for if drugs are decriminalized, prices will just drop like a stone forcing tons of smart kids with potential out of gangs and back to real productive meaningful work. For people who like economy, dodge this: drug prohibition raises the marginal utility of violence.
marcabela 1 year ago
the title of this video is WRONG
they decriminalized drugs they DID NOT legalize them.
MirageScience 1 year ago 4
@MirageScience I just finished having this argument three months ago. If you had read the most recent comments below the video, you would know that.
By "decriminalizing" drugs, the de facto result was to legalize them, and I used the shorter term so that the FULL title appears in search results.
BI30 1 year ago
@BI30 No because it was still illegal to sell or grow them. You are only allowed a certain amount (or you get arrested as a drug dealer) and you will get a ticket and reffrence to a Drug treatment facility. Not Legal.
jsh78mang 1 year ago
@jsh78mang Portuguese police are not conducting door-to-door raids of homes looking for people growing Pot for their own personal use. An unenforced law is tantamount to legalization.
BI30 1 year ago
@BI30 Errr wrong. They are still fining people holding on to a certain amount and it is still ilegal to grow. "They are not conducting door to door raids" Are you dense? . They don't do that in my state either. We decriminalized pot possesion but you still can't grow your own legally, and are arrested(for dealing) if you have over a certain amount . It's a step in the right direction but, not legal. Sorry dude...
jsh78mang 1 year ago
@jsh78mang Err, not wrong. "Technically", Portugal didn't "legalize" drug use, but what is the difference between an "unprosecuted" crime and "legalization"?
And as noted, the shorter term is used for "readability" concerns. It's not changing.
BI30 1 year ago
@BI30 Err never said you should change it tho it is misleading. Howevber that dosen't change the fact that it is not legalized. It is still prosecuted just not to the extent that it once was. Just because the plastic apple looks like a real one, dosen't mean you should take a bite.
jsh78mang 1 year ago
@BI30 Fair enough for using "legalises", but it isn't legal. Drug supply is very much a serious crime that gets you taken to court. That means that the drug is still illegal.
okihelena 1 year ago
The question is simple, are WE as individual have the right to put what we want in our body if that behavior does not hurt anyone? Why do some feel that people must be punished for using,drinking,eating any kind of drugs?
In my view , the government should penalize and punish violent crime offenders but should not in any circumstance have the right to initiate violence on anyone especially if that person is not violent. Not ever.
This is my humble opinion
bridak 1 year ago 2
Of course when illicits vices are criminal and you are told NOT to do it, you WILL!
"Justice" is very profitable I hear-tell.
alexanderthewraith 1 year ago
"Users need care not punishment." In most cases, I agree with that.
thescowlingschnauzer 1 year ago
glad for being portuguese... :D
Tdfaria 1 year ago
Even when Portugal legalized drugs they still have lower drug use than the U.S.
gootch420 1 year ago
bullshit!!stupid news.dont believe everything that you see on tv.
Trapatonii 1 year ago
@Trapatonii I bet you only believe in: FOXNEWS?... Prohibition is plain old stupid!
FreeBrainSurfs 1 year ago
I don't buy this at all.
interneti 1 year ago
@interneti
cool
BABARRYeuropeanslave 1 year ago
This didn't reduced drug use the stats are wrong, it's just omitted people who before the new law can now get away with having heroin possession for personal use.
realvideo24 1 year ago
@realvideo24 You need to provide a link, but I think the premise of your argument is the same fallacy immigration opponents use to respond to statistics that show crime is actually DOWN in places with high immigration: claiming that simply being here illegally is a crime, and thus the number CAN'T be lower. That's like making breathing illegal and then complaining of a 100% crime rate.
BI30 1 year ago 11
@BI30 smart-ass just kidding :)
shesaidaskyourmother 5 months ago
@realvideo24
I think you are full of shit realvideo24...totally full of shit.... the war on drugs is war on the people and their rights... actually its a govt pogrom and a genocide...anyone who supports it is a traitor
finefilth 1 year ago 2
@realvideo24 in fact if you need in portugal.. in places like Lisbon you can say clearly that you dont see as many junkies as in the 90's... but clearly also if you go to nightlife you see an increase in midle class and upper class cocain users.... now there are not so many brokeass heroin junkies... now theres nice looking people consuming coke.
weapt 1 year ago
well it should be legalized because it is freedom
PapaRoachGeezer 1 year ago 2
That title is okay. Drug legalization leads to fall in its usage.
nalihD 1 year ago
At least one country in the world has it right
SteelRocker 1 year ago
@SteelRocker haha wanna come over and smoke? jkn
lalasuga 1 year ago
The question is simple:
Is prison the solution for a drug adict? NO.
Prison is a best bussiness for drug dealers! In the prison and after going out , tree times more adict!
CASADINHAS 1 year ago
wow, doing drugs is no longer a crime. i am surprised but i thinks its a good idea. most people want to get off drugs. i never used drugs. however i believe giving people options to get off the drug instead of jailing them is the solution. way to go portugal. i wish other countries would follow.
candoto 1 year ago
another video with a misleading name.... LAME
dblock91484 1 year ago
legalize it now !
israeldogfather 1 year ago
Absurd. The reason you haven't seen an increase is that it's still very illegal to distribute drugs. Yeah, you can own them in small quantities, and it's legal to buy drugs, but it's illegal to sell them given that drug dealers don't carry small quantities around with them. Plus, get caught using and you still can get fined (which probably happens if you get caught too many times).
daerath 1 year ago
Please change the title ... decriminalization is NOT legalization.
weakcore 1 year ago 45
@weakcore Sorry, but due to restrictions on the length of video titles on YouTube, the title will have to stand. An unenforced "crime" is tantamount to "legalization".
BI30 1 year ago
@BI30 I respectfully disagree with your comparison. To me, that's like saying wanting to provide [basic] health care for everybody in a country is socialism (maybe not TOTALLY like like saying that). With both legalization and decriminalization, we won't be needlessly spending billions of dollars waging a war on our own citizens, but in the latter the laws/government can still refuse to condone it. It's a question of a statement of priorities by the government.
weakcore 1 year ago
@BI30 you could say "decrim" to keep it short, people will probably get that.
TheSamTracy 1 year ago 2
@BI30 My most recent video title is much longer the one on this video. It is "California Superior Court Judge Jim Gray Schools Bill O'Reilly on the Failed Drug War" so your full of shit saying you can't modify the title. Decriminalization is the correct term required for Portugal's drug status.
CannabisEducation420 1 year ago 2
@CannabisEducation420 I can makethe title much longer, but when the title appears beneath thumbnails, it is truncated to (apx) the first 50 characters. To avoid the title from being clipped, I have used the shortest possible title that still accurately describes the video. I hope you understand.
BI30 1 year ago 2
@weakcore I agree. trafficking is still a crime
otchacha 1 year ago
@weakcore or at least change to legalized USE of drugs
sh0werp0wer 10 months ago
Simply fantastic, but at this time I knew that would happen.
ErichoTTA 1 year ago
Any person of normal intelligence which from smuggling of anything gets billions dollars every year, would be enough clever not to spend his money on bribing every possible cop in the world, it is out of question.
He would bribe lawmakers, politicians, high ranked doctors and other who will organize protection of society on best way for them, drug dealers. They will bring laws which do not function, prevention programs which would not function, medical statements which are contraproductive ...
TSunce 1 year ago
I agree and disagree with this decision. Honestly, I do not think most drugs should be legalized in the U.S. because kids who are just smoking weed now will probably try more dangerous substances. With our government set-up the way it is, I honestly don't want to pay more taxes on stupid teens who get addicted to heroin.
ValentynBrightside 1 year ago
@ValentynBrightside Where is the research that indicates that drug use will increase if it is legalized? All research that I've read says that those who want to try it now will try it when it's legalized, those who don't want to try it now will not try it when it's legalized. In other words, there will be no change in behaviour.
pongracic 1 year ago
@pongracic
Except that not all who want to try it now will be willing to break the law for it today. So there will definitely be an increase (at least for some time) as green light is given to all.
NwebYT 1 year ago
@NwebYT - if you decriminalise something, it less attractive.....
psyimology 1 year ago
@psyimology
If people are attracted to crime just for the sake of the crime then well... I don't have much else to add other than that we live in a pathetic society.
NwebYT 1 year ago
@NwebYT - We certainly do.....
psyimology 1 year ago
@pongracic - sorry to disagree. There are those that will not try it as its now not a crimial act.
psyimology 1 year ago
@ValentynBrightside PS : We, as taxpayers, are paying a whole lot more for the drug war, both financially and in loss of lives of those caught in the crossfire.
pongracic 1 year ago
Nicotine is as dangerous as many banned substances. Nice to see a bit of balance. I say treat them all the same: make use inconvenient, maximise education and advertising to discourage use and treat addiction as a medical problem. And make dealers criminally liable for any damage caused, since they profit.
philipmach 1 year ago 4
bbc is one of the few news stations that does proper news
GabrielPFoulkes 1 year ago 2
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Even in UK, only 1% go to prison. The US prisons are over packed with drug users. They need help, not imprisonment.
suckithardnfast 1 year ago
Even in UK, only 1% go to prison. The US prisons are over packed with drug users. They need help, not imprisonment.
suckithardnfast 1 year ago
Drugs are legal in Portugal? LETS GO!
dedknedy 1 year ago
it's the "invisible hand"--the people can regulate themselves...
snakehead74 1 year ago
0:52 tities......that is all
maxwolfeee 1 year ago
USA needs to repeal all drug laws and penalties.
Coonstev 1 year ago 30
@Coonstev seriously, we arent free if we dont have the choice to use drugs
gootch420 1 year ago 4
i have never seen so many fat heron addicts.
abaton1 1 year ago 3
@abaton1
Heroin is an opioid based drug and weight gain is a extremely common side effect with the usage of opioids , the reason why heroin users are skinny in usa and countrys where it´s illlegal is because they cant afford any food, if you can afford heroin and food you will be fat. The weight gain from strong opiods is not as extreme as barbaitues , weight gain is most extreme from antipsychotic drugs like risperidone and lithium
Wtfgames 1 year ago
@Wtfgames thanks for the info
abaton1 1 year ago
killing people should be legal.
alsqr 1 year ago
decriminalazing is VERY different from legalizing wow
thisisafullsentence 1 year ago 2
be smart not tough
BeelKeel 1 year ago
i always wondered why marijuana was illegal, i can understand the danger of using heroin n cocaine, but marijuana is harmless, it only makes you happy, i mean tell me one bad thing about marijuana, seriously its even used for medicinal purposes o.O
Indecisive222 1 year ago
@Indecisive222 I reckon marijuana does make you slow in the head but it's not as dangerous as alcohol i suppose
budgiesmugglers 1 year ago
Nice tits for a heroin user!
sidecarsally 1 year ago 2
Shit I'm moving to portugal so i can trip balls.
dreamlikedigital 1 year ago
In Portugal, the possession and use of small quantities of any drug - hard or soft - was decriminalised by the then Socialist government in 2001.
Michael Howard and the conservatives are nothing but dipshits getting away with destroying progress.
amazingyou1uber 1 year ago
It is really too bad that America will never step down from its pedestal of pretend morality and end the drug war. It is far too profitable for the prison-industrial complex (supply of slave labor, captive market) and the American people are far too caught up in their masquerade of moral superiority. I wish my country would see reason, but since it's a great, backward, medieval peasant state, this remains unlikely.
viskarenvisla 1 year ago 3
@viskarenvisla I couldn't agree more than what you have just stated. I had a conversation about this with my sociology professor a few years ago and those were his exact words.
elchulonine 1 year ago
America, follow Europe's example!
Abena20 1 year ago
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LookUpImOnAHorse 1 year ago
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@Abena20 The American prisons make too much money by sending people to prison. Search on youtube for "QI prison"
US prisoners make so many products it's like slave labour, you really think the government wants to give up that amount of cheap labour?
LookUpImOnAHorse 1 year ago
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@Abena20 The American prisons make too much money by sending people to prison. Search on youtube for "QI prison"
US prisoners make so maney products it's like slave labour, you really think the government wants to give up that amount of cheap labour?
LookUpImOnAHorse 1 year ago
If a crackhead overdoses in the woods and there's no cop there to see it, does it make a sound?
BloodRedChorizo 1 year ago
I think this has a lot to do with the fact that the old drug use statistics came from cops arresting people. Now that cops are not pursuing drugs users, they are not able to get as accurate a number. This definitely proves everyone wrong who said things would get worse, but I really doubt that drugs use actually went down 10% after decriminalization.
BloodRedChorizo 1 year ago
Decriminalization leaves the underground in charge. Leaves the prices high.
Drugs fund black ops. Thats why they remain illegal to this day along with the obvious police state implications.
END THE DRUG WAR -I'd never use Meth, it should be legal though. Most of the negative astigmatisms surrounding drugs are a result of the drug war itself and not the drug.
Harboggles 1 year ago 2
Drugs are not legal in Portugal dumass's
You can't use things such as heroin in the street in front of people eyes, you have a minimum ammount that you can take with you, if you have more than the stated you go to jail
irvieira 1 year ago
heroin isn't legal? I'm in trouble then.
WuTangThang 1 year ago
duh?
Putting people in prison for poisoning themselves is pure stupidity.
walkingindec45 1 year ago 3
@walkingindec45 Preach on brother!!!
And guess what goes on in prison??? Drug use!! So let me get this strait we lock up for doing drugs then they do more drugs in prison?? What logic is that!!
djsdojo 1 year ago
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@walkingindec45 Preach on brother!!!
And guess what goes on in prison??? Drug use!! So let me get this strait we lock up for doing drugs then they do more drugs in prison?? What logic is that!!
djsdojo 1 year ago
free the weed!
Mattg10101 1 year ago
Well look at that... Prohibitionists were wrong, are wrong and will always be wrong.
Meejoe27 1 year ago
Drug Tourists you know you want them!
GLeNss 1 year ago
sun, bitches, and a haven for drug users
thenaggerjew 1 year ago
@thenaggerjew "sun, beaches..."
draxonwhite 1 year ago
@draxonwhite im just poking fun at his pronunciation of beaches you got a problem?
thenaggerjew 1 year ago
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@thenaggerjew "sun, beaches..."
draxonwhite 1 year ago
There's no 'safe' way to take heroin. You take your first dose, you're fucking good as dead.
ClockCommunist 1 year ago
@ClockCommunist
This is untrue. With the proper dosage of heroin given by a doctor just to fulfill the need of the user, lower dosage can be given consecutively till the person no longer wants it. over time. In essence, assistance in treating withdrawls and supervision can be provided, Giving the user a safe place to go to use and to be treated.
Nero51 1 year ago
@Nero51 "lower dosage can be given consecutively till the person no longer wants it." In the interest of accuracy, users will still want it... What you're describing is the gradual process to someone who is not physically addicted to the drug and experience withdrawals.
Tee020 1 year ago
@Tee020
No I am not, I am describing the medicated treatment through lower dosages, due to how powerful the addiction, is by a medical professional. It has been proven to work many times because eventually the user will become chemically less dependent after basically realizing that a little hit inst worth it after some rehabilitation. What, you would rather bar the person so they risk dieing? Anyways they give you a choice whether you want to be an addict or or heal up, it is still safer.
Nero51 1 year ago
@Nero51 I never said I was against Portugal's policy... I don't know why you're so up in arms...
Tee020 1 year ago
@ClockCommunist Smoking heroin doesn't make overdose possible and doesn't transmit germs.
Zzozze 1 year ago
@Zzozze - biggest rubbish Ive heard in years.....
psyimology 1 year ago
@psyimology Can you elaborate please
Zzozze 1 year ago
@Zzozze - Sorry to be so blunt, but even chasing the dragon causes overdose all be it not so severe ( most people go unconsious or fall asleep involuntary) Its known that some bacteria survive in temperatures far in excess of that of silver foil and the evaporation process involved in heroin thereoff.....Basically its only just safer, just less chance of fatal overdose, thats what you really ment.
psyimology 1 year ago
@psyimology Now you got it: by smoking, the guy will be already too stoned to inhale enough for a deadly overdose...
and the AID virus doesn't survive 50°.
This is what I meant, but it seems that the "prevention" teams like to promote the use of syringes.
Zzozze 1 year ago
@Zzozze
Weed is not the only drug that is impossbul to od on.
Overdose on lsd would take around 200 blotters(which is insane a normal drug users take 2-4 blotters to get high)
It takes around 150 tablets of eascty to die
overdose of shrooms is estimated at 2-3 pounds
Benzoprines require absurd amount, valium requires
For a 150pound human it would take 3750 mg of valium to cause death, common valium pill is 5mg so it would take 750 valium pills to cause death ;)
Wtfgames 1 year ago
@Zzozze +
ZZose are you fkcing retarted, smokign heroin can not cause a overdose? Man you know nothing about heroin, it´s extremly easy to od on it and even more easy to overdose from smoking heroin then snorting it, heroin is not as likly to cause a overdose as barbabitues and espicaly phenobarbitual
Wtfgames 1 year ago
The way of the future.
Way to go, Portugal.
epik15 1 year ago 3