Wow... I knew him since elementary school (4th grade) it makes me sick to my stomach that he had to go through this. I never bothered asking the details the day he died and not many people knew the details. I now understand why. May he rest in peace.
"i always believed that cody would make the right choices for himself"
it's not much of a world we live in, it doesn't mean that you made "a mistake" because you see a way out. especially in the u.s.. there's no hope to be happy here. either you assimilate to the corporate way of life or you become a part of the hidden unemployed or go to jail or whatever. none of us choose to be born. rest in peace cody, the selfish way out, is not nearly as selfish as the species you happened to be a part of.
Thank you and much love to you for sharing. I hope people will start to open their eyes and realize that archaic drug laws are not the solution. Education and accurate information would be a good start and indeed it is quite sad that organic substances are scheduled higher over meth.
The government couldn't care less about your health, they just want money from you, in fact they are kinda like terrorists, just "nicer" ones!!
-And the law is there to terrorize you, steal your money, or put you in a prison .. so an evil pot smoking person like you won't harm innocent working class people like me..ha ha ha....( and that's a joke by the way!)
One things for sure, he'd never kill himself with harmless shrooms or dmt. It must have been the thought of prison that killed him.
-Cigarettes and alcohol kill more people than all the other drugs put together, yet these are legal. We live in a wierd world that simply does NOT make sense. We need a revolution, we need a change, bring on 2012!!
Some people get +15 years of jail from growing cannabis alone. You think growing psilocybin and extracting DMT will give you any less? It's a schedule I drug, meaning it's much harder punished.
I'd probably kill myself too if I was in Cody's situation. He would spend the next 20-30 years (if not more) torturing himself about the mistake he did. Is a life in jail worth living? He didn't think so, and that's his choice too.
Before you go ahead, ask yourself if you can deal with the consequences of being prosecuted by your laws, or putting others in such a position. If you can't handle that fact, then don't bother, or do it in a country where you will be safer.
@ JAMICHEN, when you make schedule 1 banned substances available to others, you put them of getting caught and prosecuted, and that is not nicem, and something that kids forget about. We all know that dmt should not be a class 1 drug, but people need to seriously think about how the law can ruin other peoples lives in the way it penalises people who want to experiment with their own minds.
@Jamichen88 What do u mean screw up other peoples lives? With DMT? Pfft! Go smoke some before u bash a page like this. People that think like you are the reason this country is so fucked up!
Your drug laws and prison system is draconian, and needs to change now.
-3 strikes and you are out is insane, and only there for the purposes of free manual labour, of slavery. And people say that China has no human rights LMAO!!
America needs to wise up and ask itself if it is really free, when it is illegal to consume shrooms and dmt, 2 relatively harmless, non addictive psychadelics , in order to explore ones own mind !!...Geez, are you Americans allowed to dream, or is that illegal too????
Contrary to popular belief, laws are not made for the the government. Laws are actually made for the protection of citizens. Sure, over zealous administrators and enforcers do sometimes go overboard, the fact remains that a law should be obeyed until it is changed. Without laws we would revert to the days of the wild wild west and little more. There would be no order and we'd be be much worse off than we are now. Breaking the law is sometimes a mistake - the price can be high as well know!
@CdnBert If laws are to protect us, why is marijuana illegal and alcohol legal? Alcohol is far more damaging and dangerous and responsible for more deaths than weed. Clearly not all laws are for our protection, seems that many laws are made just to arrest people. Did you know 50% of all arrests in the US are for marijuana possession alone? Seems like a lot more dangerous crimes are going on out there yet the police and lawmakers continue to arrest our citizens for victim-less crimes
He didn't want to go through the legal system because he would have had to have listened to the DISAPPROVAL of his parents, and chose suicide rather than that. This is the core truth of the matter, but i understand that perhaps the DEA could ast in a more "humane" manner too.
Why didn't he just talk to his parents, he keeps on saying he's a selfish idiot in his letter, and sorry,. but he is. tHIS IS ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS FAMILY, and the dea fuelled this opportunity. Sure the law on shrooms and dmt sucks and is wrong, but Cody might just have gotten off this case ok.
I work at a college. I see the horrific outcome of alcohol use all the time. These laws just don't make sense. Until they're done away with, stop saying we're free. We don't live with liberty.
What was the court ruling on the case, or did he kill himself before the ruling? I think a judge may have ruled leniently considering he is young, smart enough to be in college, and had the potential to be good for society.
"Your heart is a muscle, the size of your fist; you gotta keep on lovin', keep on fightin', and hold on, hold on, hold on...hold on for your life." Ramshackle Glory - 'Your Heart is a Muscle'
There is a Aussie kid on Death row in Bali due to his dad calling the Australian Federal Police to stop him from leaving Australia to smuggle drugs , the police called their counterparts in Bali who let the deal go on then arrested the group .The boys father called the police for help now his son is set for execution .
this war on drugs can only end when the white majority give a damn. so sadly in relation to the fact that it is widely understood that all classes of people all races and mostly (with the exception of mormans ha) use recreational drugs. but if you look at incarceration rates it seems that this war is being directed at certain minority so if we are to have sensible drugs policy then more of this will need to happen.
sad story my condolences.
drugs dont destroy people's live prohibition does.
Jeez, suicide? You could've fleed to Mexico, write that letter, and all was good. Then again... maybe your another voice to the war on drugs, then again it's not worth a life.
@PandasRGr1mm wtf is dangerous about mushrooms growing. these just were psychoactive. for himself. as an american adult. doesn't sound that dangerous. he was a college kid, a damn good one.
I don't blame him; one felony is a LIFE sentence, and they tagged him with four. He would have done decades in jail for a victimless crime. I fucking hate the Federal Government.
The prosecuting attorney could have dropped the charges against him. This guy was a successful college student that has probably never had a run with the law. His contribution to society would compensate for the silly mistake he made, and the judge would understand this. His argument against the charges would have given him a ticket to freedom or would have convinced the jury to drastically reduce the sentence with his future ability to expunge the record. Instead, he took suicide.
Thank you for putting this on here. More people need to see this. I literally learned from a friend of mine that he just attempted suicide yesterday. But he survived. I thought of ending my own before too. Its been 3 years since I recovered from my own thoughts of suicide. We need to reduce the rate of suicide to 0. This is a coincidence because Im an artist and I just made a suicide prevent Ad last week. Also I hate this war on drugs bullshit. Im sorry for your loss.
First of all, thank you for sharing this. It takes a lot to put your personal experience out there for everyone to see, but I believe it could very well save a life, perhaps more than one.
Secondly, I agree that this "War on Drugs" needs to END already. It's done FAR more harm than good, especially in this case. They tack extra charges onto -everything-, though I don't understand why. It's overcrowding our prisons all the more, and some of those arrested simply shouldn't be at all.
@KurtRileyOfficial Don't blame this on the war on drugs. He was also misinformed about the drugs he was producing.
I too share my condolences with the family, but ending the war on illicit harmful products has nothing to do with this video or the message it's trying to transmit.
@lotsoffun Then you have missed the point of the video.
In his letter to his sister he admits that "a law is a law", no matter whether one considers it to be right or wrong. He was wrong to have made such a decision in haste and fear, as his mother told him in her letter to him.
The video is meant to help people to avoid this decision, and to help people help others to avoid this decision. The emphasis on the drugs aspect was really low, and not the point.
@MyriadKittens Having 4 felonies for manufacturing drugs that have no physically harmful or addictive properties for personal use is not right. Having two safe drugs listed as schedule I isn't right. The truth is if this kid wasn't facing a few years in prison, a permanent smear on his record which would prevent him from getting a good job, and getting kicked out of college, this wouldn't have happened. The war on drugs caused him to react the way he did. As he knew it, his life was over anyway.
@MyriadKittens It is directly stated that he committed suicide due to the consequences of being found by the DEA agent with the drugs he had. How would it not have been better if they were legal? Most likely, Cody would still be alive.
I am not advocating drug use; they ruin many people's lives. But it is not up to the government to tell us what we may or may not do with our bodies. Tax it, regulate it, legalize it, and make it as safe as possible for those who do wish to partake.
@hellaspaok66 People could actually go to the hospital when they overdosed, if drugs were legal. Many do not, for fear of subsequent arrest, and die. I've thought this over quite a bit.
@hellaspaok66 nobody dies from mushrooms nor marijuana. Literally nobody, look it up. Any instances in which they did could have been prevented through education, not prohibition.
I'm so sorry buddy you deserved more.
mayashanti4444 2 weeks ago
Wow... I knew him since elementary school (4th grade) it makes me sick to my stomach that he had to go through this. I never bothered asking the details the day he died and not many people knew the details. I now understand why. May he rest in peace.
MissFroggyoggy 2 months ago
"i always believed that cody would make the right choices for himself"
it's not much of a world we live in, it doesn't mean that you made "a mistake" because you see a way out. especially in the u.s.. there's no hope to be happy here. either you assimilate to the corporate way of life or you become a part of the hidden unemployed or go to jail or whatever. none of us choose to be born. rest in peace cody, the selfish way out, is not nearly as selfish as the species you happened to be a part of.
ItsSeaniBoiOmg 2 months ago
RIP Cody. :(
NxJW 2 months ago
@elilauffer he took it serious because police were threatening him.
USAmericansWakeUp 3 months ago
Rip Cody :(
Midnight7550 3 months ago
Thank you and much love to you for sharing. I hope people will start to open their eyes and realize that archaic drug laws are not the solution. Education and accurate information would be a good start and indeed it is quite sad that organic substances are scheduled higher over meth.
brandonschilling 3 months ago
The government couldn't care less about your health, they just want money from you, in fact they are kinda like terrorists, just "nicer" ones!!
-And the law is there to terrorize you, steal your money, or put you in a prison .. so an evil pot smoking person like you won't harm innocent working class people like me..ha ha ha....( and that's a joke by the way!)
42christianful 3 months ago
One things for sure, he'd never kill himself with harmless shrooms or dmt. It must have been the thought of prison that killed him.
-Cigarettes and alcohol kill more people than all the other drugs put together, yet these are legal. We live in a wierd world that simply does NOT make sense. We need a revolution, we need a change, bring on 2012!!
42christianful 3 months ago
how did he commit suicide
speirdude 3 months ago
Some people get +15 years of jail from growing cannabis alone. You think growing psilocybin and extracting DMT will give you any less? It's a schedule I drug, meaning it's much harder punished.
I'd probably kill myself too if I was in Cody's situation. He would spend the next 20-30 years (if not more) torturing himself about the mistake he did. Is a life in jail worth living? He didn't think so, and that's his choice too.
dogcat223 3 months ago
Before you go ahead, ask yourself if you can deal with the consequences of being prosecuted by your laws, or putting others in such a position. If you can't handle that fact, then don't bother, or do it in a country where you will be safer.
--simplz!
42christianful 3 months ago
@ JAMICHEN, when you make schedule 1 banned substances available to others, you put them of getting caught and prosecuted, and that is not nicem, and something that kids forget about. We all know that dmt should not be a class 1 drug, but people need to seriously think about how the law can ruin other peoples lives in the way it penalises people who want to experiment with their own minds.
42christianful 3 months ago
@Jamichen88 What do u mean screw up other peoples lives? With DMT? Pfft! Go smoke some before u bash a page like this. People that think like you are the reason this country is so fucked up!
WAYFRESHA352 3 months ago
Your drug laws and prison system is draconian, and needs to change now.
-3 strikes and you are out is insane, and only there for the purposes of free manual labour, of slavery. And people say that China has no human rights LMAO!!
42christianful 3 months ago
America needs to wise up and ask itself if it is really free, when it is illegal to consume shrooms and dmt, 2 relatively harmless, non addictive psychadelics , in order to explore ones own mind !!...Geez, are you Americans allowed to dream, or is that illegal too????
42christianful 3 months ago 2
Contrary to popular belief, laws are not made for the the government. Laws are actually made for the protection of citizens. Sure, over zealous administrators and enforcers do sometimes go overboard, the fact remains that a law should be obeyed until it is changed. Without laws we would revert to the days of the wild wild west and little more. There would be no order and we'd be be much worse off than we are now. Breaking the law is sometimes a mistake - the price can be high as well know!
CdnBert 3 months ago
@CdnBert If laws are to protect us, why is marijuana illegal and alcohol legal? Alcohol is far more damaging and dangerous and responsible for more deaths than weed. Clearly not all laws are for our protection, seems that many laws are made just to arrest people. Did you know 50% of all arrests in the US are for marijuana possession alone? Seems like a lot more dangerous crimes are going on out there yet the police and lawmakers continue to arrest our citizens for victim-less crimes
dk2853 3 months ago
He didn't want to go through the legal system because he would have had to have listened to the DISAPPROVAL of his parents, and chose suicide rather than that. This is the core truth of the matter, but i understand that perhaps the DEA could ast in a more "humane" manner too.
42christianful 3 months ago
Why didn't he just talk to his parents, he keeps on saying he's a selfish idiot in his letter, and sorry,. but he is. tHIS IS ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS FAMILY, and the dea fuelled this opportunity. Sure the law on shrooms and dmt sucks and is wrong, but Cody might just have gotten off this case ok.
42christianful 3 months ago
Every classroom should watch this
volocom7 3 months ago
@livinglegend1187 fuck off troll.
achubbo 3 months ago
I work at a college. I see the horrific outcome of alcohol use all the time. These laws just don't make sense. Until they're done away with, stop saying we're free. We don't live with liberty.
DillingerEscp 3 months ago
@AllOtherNamesTaken fuck you
tayfacecool 3 months ago
Couldn't watch the video without getting choked up.
ffgrgrgrgrg 3 months ago
Ron Paul is the only direct route to solving this problem.
Noctsukira 3 months ago 3
dang, I thought getting caught drinking while underage was bad...
launchmusicc 3 months ago
What was the court ruling on the case, or did he kill himself before the ruling? I think a judge may have ruled leniently considering he is young, smart enough to be in college, and had the potential to be good for society.
timothy51886 3 months ago
"Your heart is a muscle, the size of your fist; you gotta keep on lovin', keep on fightin', and hold on, hold on, hold on...hold on for your life." Ramshackle Glory - 'Your Heart is a Muscle'
ZacksEnder 3 months ago
@ImZacharyyy how disrespectful -_-
LynxMK1 3 months ago 3
Anyone know the what the background music is called?
lukeleggio 3 months ago
An hero.
CelGaming 3 months ago
RIP Cody Zuccari
c1jersey 3 months ago
Oh wow there are some assholes on youtube.
SLAMTproductions 3 months ago 5
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Ask4urself 3 months ago
There is a Aussie kid on Death row in Bali due to his dad calling the Australian Federal Police to stop him from leaving Australia to smuggle drugs , the police called their counterparts in Bali who let the deal go on then arrested the group .The boys father called the police for help now his son is set for execution .
wuggacrt 3 months ago
rip cody
kamsalad 3 months ago
shit happens
mattcapp7 3 months ago
What the fuck is up with the related videos?
yusefdoodie 3 months ago 3
this war on drugs can only end when the white majority give a damn. so sadly in relation to the fact that it is widely understood that all classes of people all races and mostly (with the exception of mormans ha) use recreational drugs. but if you look at incarceration rates it seems that this war is being directed at certain minority so if we are to have sensible drugs policy then more of this will need to happen.
sad story my condolences.
drugs dont destroy people's live prohibition does.
tiamatefalco2 3 months ago 6
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Cakerolled 3 months ago
Dude, talk about being hard on yourself.
bleunt 3 months ago
Jeez, suicide? You could've fleed to Mexico, write that letter, and all was good. Then again... maybe your another voice to the war on drugs, then again it's not worth a life.
irishbboy 3 months ago
idiot..."having" to take the cowards way out.... true love for your family right there...
venusasaboy1991 3 months ago
@PandasRGr1mm wtf is dangerous about mushrooms growing. these just were psychoactive. for himself. as an american adult. doesn't sound that dangerous. he was a college kid, a damn good one.
badjer1785 3 months ago
She should sue the DEA
badjer1785 3 months ago
I don't blame him; one felony is a LIFE sentence, and they tagged him with four. He would have done decades in jail for a victimless crime. I fucking hate the Federal Government.
Antiks72 3 months ago 10
@Antiks72 Me too. They are entirely responsible for this man's death.
AveragePope 3 months ago
The prosecuting attorney could have dropped the charges against him. This guy was a successful college student that has probably never had a run with the law. His contribution to society would compensate for the silly mistake he made, and the judge would understand this. His argument against the charges would have given him a ticket to freedom or would have convinced the jury to drastically reduce the sentence with his future ability to expunge the record. Instead, he took suicide.
xxxwarlordxxx 3 months ago
Thank you for putting this up, as his family and friends, you have shown how much strength you each bare.
Thank you, that's all.
VxDRAGONSLAYERxV 4 months ago
Thank you for putting this on here. More people need to see this. I literally learned from a friend of mine that he just attempted suicide yesterday. But he survived. I thought of ending my own before too. Its been 3 years since I recovered from my own thoughts of suicide. We need to reduce the rate of suicide to 0. This is a coincidence because Im an artist and I just made a suicide prevent Ad last week. Also I hate this war on drugs bullshit. Im sorry for your loss.
HaLfDeAdArtist1 4 months ago
First of all, thank you for sharing this. It takes a lot to put your personal experience out there for everyone to see, but I believe it could very well save a life, perhaps more than one.
Secondly, I agree that this "War on Drugs" needs to END already. It's done FAR more harm than good, especially in this case. They tack extra charges onto -everything-, though I don't understand why. It's overcrowding our prisons all the more, and some of those arrested simply shouldn't be at all.
Best wishes
BreakerInc 4 months ago
The War on Drugs needs to end NOW. This poor guy's life was not worth it by ANY means.
My sincerest condolences to his family and loved ones. Rest in peace, Cody.
KurtRileyOfficial 4 months ago 83
@KurtRileyOfficial Don't blame this on the war on drugs. He was also misinformed about the drugs he was producing.
I too share my condolences with the family, but ending the war on illicit harmful products has nothing to do with this video or the message it's trying to transmit.
MyriadKittens 3 months ago
@MyriadKittens . . . yes it did
lotsoffun 3 months ago
@lotsoffun Then you have missed the point of the video.
In his letter to his sister he admits that "a law is a law", no matter whether one considers it to be right or wrong. He was wrong to have made such a decision in haste and fear, as his mother told him in her letter to him.
The video is meant to help people to avoid this decision, and to help people help others to avoid this decision. The emphasis on the drugs aspect was really low, and not the point.
MyriadKittens 3 months ago
@MyriadKittens Having 4 felonies for manufacturing drugs that have no physically harmful or addictive properties for personal use is not right. Having two safe drugs listed as schedule I isn't right. The truth is if this kid wasn't facing a few years in prison, a permanent smear on his record which would prevent him from getting a good job, and getting kicked out of college, this wouldn't have happened. The war on drugs caused him to react the way he did. As he knew it, his life was over anyway.
SteveyW0nder 3 months ago
@MyriadKittens It is directly stated that he committed suicide due to the consequences of being found by the DEA agent with the drugs he had. How would it not have been better if they were legal? Most likely, Cody would still be alive.
I am not advocating drug use; they ruin many people's lives. But it is not up to the government to tell us what we may or may not do with our bodies. Tax it, regulate it, legalize it, and make it as safe as possible for those who do wish to partake.
KurtRileyOfficial 3 months ago 3
@KurtRileyOfficial Nice job thinking things through. People overdosing on drugs all over is much better.
hellaspaok66 3 months ago
@hellaspaok66 People could actually go to the hospital when they overdosed, if drugs were legal. Many do not, for fear of subsequent arrest, and die. I've thought this over quite a bit.
KurtRileyOfficial 3 months ago
@hellaspaok66 nobody dies from mushrooms nor marijuana. Literally nobody, look it up. Any instances in which they did could have been prevented through education, not prohibition.
Volcanic9 3 months ago