Marijuana: It's Time For A Conversation [Part 3 of 3]

[AustriaRollerblading]

Oh my fuckin god! As a Cherokee Indian-Irish 19 year old male I will say this! At 2:55 that was the first time that anybody brought up race into this conversation! You want to just start a point the finger at the white people shit you racist bitch! You look like Big Bird on Sesame Street by the way woman!!!

[poltergiest11]

my ideas.. talk to your kids the most honest and understandable explanation of cannabis and your guidlines, that, if they they honestly want to use cannabis for medical reasons you both talk about it to see if it will be best, if they want to do it recreationaly and to talk about moderation, amounts, safety, caution, and all that. this is serious to people with an alternative view, an acceptance of cannabis. i would love if i had a kid who accepted cannabis and used it properly at a certain time

[rick4318]

America is dead.

[tainojim]

Legalization of Hemp and Cannabis would fix the deficit and the health issues in this country.

[HempLogic]

Anyone who has traveled as much as Rick Steves has and has learned well how the world works knows the truth about how absurd the War on Drugs has become. It was born of corruption, racism and lies and should do the noble thing and fall on it's own sword.

[Pestoffer]

The man to the right at 9:24!!

What's up with him?

Alien Invaders?

[JimB667]

there isn't one medical reason for illegalising it.... none.

[iamthechanceman]

Better living through botany!

[shinkawasaki30]

I'm totally for legalization of MJ but this whole 3-parter looks STIFF.

y'all shoulda smoked out or somethin

[MisterBoneman]

thanx for bringing this up.

I'm one of those people who watched Rick's travels, and I liked them

I'm also an advocate for legalization, though for other as pressing reasons. The figures i found were astounding,

Just put up a small video with my main objective plainly stated, and oddly, as I watched it roll across the screen, found I had left dozens of other products off.

d=))

[volvo16v]

A better world with marijuana

[tftmc]

Aside from politics, lets get into Science. There is a set of receptors in our brain, that works ONLY when THC is ingested, it's not sparked by any other chemical, or through any type of behavior.

Why does every human have 3 major neural receptors that are just for pot, yet does not cause any type of physical dependency? This need to be studied further.

[byteusa]

I was hoping he's finish with, "Not only am I the spokesman, I'm also a client." As he fires up a doobie.

[dullsvillain]

Want to know how much evil is caused by letting criminals thrive on black market sales? Read Charles Bowden's " Juarez: Murder City " and learn about Mexico and it's 25000 deaths in 5 years.

See Bowden on YouTube talking to Democracy Now.

[kaduisaui]

1:49 I'm soooo stoned!

[Trancemogrification]

"In fact with marijuana, the most damage someone's most likely going to do is with a bag of Doritos." - HAHAHA ROFLMFAO

[youztuber5000]

ahh man, rick steves looks like he has an aura around him......

[naturebay]

Ha ha ha. In the USA, a 16 year old can buy an AK-47 and the NRA spends hundreds of millions to lobby to make sure this "right" is never encroached upon, but possessing a gram or less of a plant that grows in the ground can land you in prison and ruin your life. Ha ha ha. So funny! I think I am going to weep. I can't imagine how a society that prides itself on being the best in the world can be so incredibly hurtful to its citizens.

[youztuber5000]

@naturebay hahaha AK-47, thats a commie gun! your thinking of m16. and you need to be 18

[jenn1ifer]

look at all those people in the audience agreeing on legalizing marijuana. IDIOTS! its a hamrful drug and bad for mental health. FACT

[alapoet]

@jenn1ifer Obviously, you don't know shit about marijuana.

What other subjects are you ignorant on, yet insist on running your mouth and making a fool of yourself?

[jenn1ifer]

You are wrong. Marijuana is a harmful drug and is bad for mental health.

[Rockerguy101]

@jenn1ifer: So is getting drunk but that's not illegal is it? Your point is completely invalid and irrelevant in the discussion of marijuana prohibition. FAIL. Want to try again?

[mmustang56]

lol it's funny how ignorant you are, if you've watched the entire thing, all 3 parts, they give you reports and actual studies that prove that it is not harmful to a person's general health, however, it is true that someone with a genetic predisposition to some mental health issues may experience complications, but that is a very small portion of the population, please get your facts right and don't spread this ignorance, cannabis does not deserve the treatment it is receiving

[salemskc]

@jenn1ifer FACT - You're obviously clueless.

[AxnReaxn]

@jenn1ifer It is sad how ignorant people like yourself can be and how many there are... it appears as though you have watched the video and still disagree with the FACTS. Now think to yourself... where did you get your FACTS... its a harmful drug? This could not be any more incorrect. Bad for mental health? You clearly know nothing about marijuana. If ever voting on the issue, you should probably abstain since the largest flaw in democracy is voter ignorance. Ignorance is all you know.

[MRDASOUND]

@jenn1ifer

It's people like you who shouldn't be allowed to vote.

I see pot as a cure for irrational people like you.

[synkronyk]

@jenn1ifer No its not idiot.

[youztuber5000]

@jenn1ifer true... to a degree, but to make criminals out of the people that use it is MUCH more harmful to society. FACT

[christo930]

@jenn1ifer WHy? Because you said it is? What evidence do you have to back up that statement? Here's a fact for you, all drugs have potential side effects. Aspirin hospitalizes more people every year than pot. Should we throw people in jail for that too?

[kmk247420]

@jenn1ifer Look at all the people on the internet thinking they are going to win a "verbal altercation" about Marijuana while watching a video proving all the pros AND cons about Marijuana. You will never win, your WAY out-numbered. This video has many credible sources and many REAL facts, IDIOT! Go run your shit-talker somewhere else, because we don't want to hear it.

[kmk247420]

@jenn1ifer Where is your proof saying that it is harmful? Where is your proof to say that these people are idiots? The fact is that, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Nevada, Oregon AND Washington have legalized the medical use of Marijuana. It can treat diseases such as arthritis, cachexia, cancer, chronic nervous system disorders, Crohn's disease, epilepsy and other seizure disorders, glaucoma, HIV or AIDS, multiple sclerosis and other muscle disorders.

[kmk247420]

@jenn1ifer Get to know your shit before you run your mouth and like alapoet said, make a fool of yourself. YOU are the one that looks ignorant. You say this and that and the other thing but where is your proof? There has to be some positive in using Marijuana for a medicine or 13-14 states would NOT HAVE LEGALIZED THE USE OF IT. You tell me, would a state legalize the use of a "narcotic" for absolutely no reason?

[greyglee]

@jenn1ifer it's only harmful to ppl who are not informed on it and abuse it, just like anything else people take or ingest....including food. You're argument doesn't fly, sorry.

[NormanMatchem]

@jenn1ifer Cannabis is an anti-depressant, anti-psychotic, it promotes braincell growth via neurogenesis, makes people peaceful thus preventing violent crime (For a comparisson, look at alcohol, which sometimes causes violent crime), it kills cancer cells (tobacco promotes the growth of cancer), shrinks tumours (has saved many lives already in men, women, and CHILDREN by shrinking their tumours or killing their cancer), has never killed anyone before, and if vaporized is not harmful in the least

[orgsniper]

We need more peple like you

[kurt9876543210]

minute 4:10, bag of doritos

[benevraire1985]

i ave smoked marjiwana for 10 yeers 6 grams per day and i dont smock cigaret i em vagen and i take only organic foods no egs no cheese so you se majiwana rises consiencness the popeteres of the structure of the agenda they are terified of mind expanding it makes peaple se wow this wold is noting bot ilusion throu space time marjiwana is god send

[sergeantsolo]

4:10 hahahhahahhahhah hilarious, and he has a straight face the whole time!!!!!CLASSIC!

[KingAra15]

the asian guy was my favourite :P the only damage done from marijuana is to a bag of doritos. ahahaha

[Alxscode]

Rick your the coolest. Thank you!

[savethefuckingearth]

lol look at 6:40 the guys leg is like broken

[oregonmotorcyclist]

All this carnage decade after decade to support corruption,corruption is what its all about. Cannabis can cure some forms of cancer. Cannabis is a miracle plant.

[Gilla1ness]

Cannabis is a great plant,but it helps cancer by making people hungry,and able to sleep!Also helps ease pain,and nausea!Cannabis does not cure cancer!That said it is a miracle plant!

[oregonmotorcyclist]

You should watch the videos "run from the cure" the rick simpson story. Also Dr. Bob Melamede's videos They are all here on you tube. Better yey just google the words cannabis and cancer and see all the videos and articles that show up. We have been lied to on a grand scale. Why do you think they keep such a tight lid on the outcome of cannabis trials from 1974?

[ImMYowndoc]

Prohibition is Sticking your Head in the Sand, & expecting everyone do follow suit & do the same.

70 Years of Scientific Research(sometimes suspect) has only proven the benifits and natural synergy with the Human Brain on a molecular level, To my knowledge not one credibal scientific piece of literature has ever come forth detailing factual negative problems with cannabis consumption,Unheard of for other substances.

Time to end the longest running bad joke ever.

time for the Demand!!!!!!!!!!!

[kittyprydekissme]

I don't have any objection to the facts presented here, but the audience questions are too obviously scripted, and that makes it seem like a blatant propaganda piece, which means the people who really need to be convinced are likely to reject it all out of hand.

[lejink]

i was just thinking that- i was waiting for the guests who are against legalizing it. that would be a conversation. im disapointed now- this showed promise, im in british columbia, i could stand in the park and smoke up. if a cop came he would take it away, tell me to go home. but its still not completely legal. its a huge money making buisiness so grow it in rental propertys, ruining the home in the process, its costing rental owners millions a year in my prov alone

[YoMightBe]

Yea it has to be brought more real but it was good and good people to interview just the audience really but still they probably just asked them some ? and then picked out the most popular ones then had a few re ask them

[Yoruyonaka]

Loved the doritos comment; very true.

Oh and noey, hemp has nothing to do with cannabis stems. It is an entirely modern assumption that when one says "hemp" they mean industrial cannabis that is not psychoactive. In actuality it means any plants of the cannabis family and more specifically the (very psychoactive) Indian sativas that are also great for the fiber (yes, b/c of stems per square meter). Despite the popular misconception it is still very much defined that way in the dictionary.

[CasualMaggot]

"With marijuana the most damage someone's gonna likely do is to a bag of doritos" So true... pesky bags of doritos...

[YoMightBe]

oh man its so hard to open them with greasy fingers and stoned

[SmokingHatchetman]

4:09 =) or two bags hehehe

[OstropoloS]

Lol 4:04

[noey699]

to docrw, hemp is marijuana stems, you have grow pot to make hemp. and most of this is true, from experience i could find pot much easier then beer or cigarettes when i was a teenager. also i never did anything crazy when i was high, but when i was drunk i did go crazy. your just a victim to the overblown propaganda that marijuana will ruin your life. most Americans smoke weed and still function as a good citizen

[verminslayer]

The term "Marijuana" was originally the name for a mexican wild Tobacco. but it sounds scary and dangerous and mexicans immigrants and black musicians smoke cannabis "hey lets call it that." now we got Cypress Hill, Marijuana Smoking Rap musicians. YOU CANT STOP US FUCKING GOVERNMENT DOGS! LEGALIZATION OF CANNABIS=FREEDOM!

[FightTheElite]

Thanks for mentioning the Netherlands... though it's not perfect either, we sure do have a better cannabis policy here than in the U.S.

[docrw]

This is more liberal crap. Everyone on these pot video's vote 'thumbs up' are just stoners not patients. They just want there street drugs cheaper and easier to get. Also mentioning hemp is bull, you don't smoke hemp and you don't make rope from pot!!! Just more rederick from the degenerates who want drugs in our society and on our streets. It's a lie to think drugs on the streets would stop if it were legal.

[alapoet]

Proud of your ignorance, aren't you?

[DEF454]

again, i use marijuana and am in all honors, sports, clubs, i do community service, attend a hebrew night school, i play multiple instruments, i am an ivy league prospect, and according to you i'm also a degenerate.

[AxnReaxn]

@docrw Do you see a black market alcohol trade? Why dont you see that? Do you choose to be ignorant or were you defective at birth/developmental stages? Do dealers want the the legalization of marijuana? Why not? Even a 7 year old can put these pieces together. Educate yourself before becoming even more of a burden on society, Im not sure how you figure this to be liberal. Id say just as many conservatives smoke pot than anyone else. Easier to get? Get real. Your ignorance makes me sick.

[fleminem1]

@docrw i do want my marijuana legal and easier to get because then it affects my life less. i am at risk when i chose to buy and smoke pot not only to drug dealers but also the law. not to mention it is inhumane that thousands are dieing in shootouts on the mexican border dur to ridiculous drug wars. legalizing wont get marijuana off our streets, thats not what 'stoners' want, legalizing will make the drug that is marijuana safer for everyone.

[synkronyk]

@docrw Not the point fuckwit, being illegal hasn't stopped them either has it???

[greatestsongsofLIFE]

@docrw HELLO TROLL!!! If your smart like you think you are you should know im not talking about the Type of Troll in fairytales but something else TROLOLOLOL

[AustriaRollerblading]

@docrw You sound like a christian to me. At 2:55 that racist bitch may have brought race for the first time in the conversation but christianity is affecting all of this. I don't even use marijuana and I agree with this! Christianity has more negative affects on the world that marijuana.

[Fastlan3]

GO HERE!! sign it, and send!

H.R. 5842: The Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act

H.R. 5843: The Personal Use Act

(dot)mpp(dot)org(slash)legisla­tion

[wunderbeast]

dude, i'm so high right now but i'm watching this, and i'm thinking, "whoa, she's right about the prevalence of using the spanish term to make it seem more foreign somehow"

[alapoet]

ILikePeanutButter9, so you see "hate for their country" on the faces in the audience. You can't be serious.

I was IN that audience, and it was one of the friendliest, most positive, most accepting groups in which I've ever had the privilege of belonging.

"Making our country and government look stupid"? No. It's the irrational pot laws -- and, well, maybe people like yourself, with knee-jerk prejudice reactions -- are what make our country and government look stupid.

[iLikePeanutButter9]

they have some point, but they need to learn that unless they give ALL the facts, and present BOTH sides of the argument, and do NOT exaggerate (so annoying), people are not always going to want to hear what they have to say. I did not hear one thing about the dangers of addiction. Also, what's the point of this? all I see on the faces in the audience, is a growing hate for their country. They're making our country and government look stupid! I don't appreciate that.

[alapoet]

If marijuana is basically harmless, then how do you present "both sides" of that? Pretend that it's harmful? That's pandering to those who would have us fear.

"Dangers of addiction"? Marijuana has repeatedly been shown in studies to be one of the least addicting substances known. And those of us who have used it know that to be true.

"What's the point of all this?" The POINT is that it is WRONG to arrest people and lock them away for making a personal lifestyle choice to use a harmless herb.

[kieffey69]

yeah ilikepeanutbutter9, how can you say that its harmful when its not, people say that its bad for your lungs when its not! people say it kills brain cells when it doesnt, the also say it makes you stupid when it really relaxes you so it helps you become smarter. did you know any of this????? maybe you grew up in a household that REALLY hated it because of all the lies you here. maybe you should quite your mouth and leave it up to the scientist, not some kid with a name of ilikepeanutbutter

[tbrinnand]

Excellent video! Thank you for posting it. It should be shown on every television network and cable station. You and the ACLU have done the American public a wonderful service.

[Slavesrevolt]

We need some media reforms. The truth is out there but you won't find it coming out of the TV Altar in your "Living" room.

When did sitting in front of a TV watching rape, murder and learning to lie become entertainment?

An average American Child Witnesses 1500 murders by the age of 12 and 40,000 hours of TV by graduation.

The TV tells us everything is illegal yet all the sitcoms and movies have people smoking pot. You think this influences the minds of our children?

GovCorp is killing us.

[hemp4humanity]

Loved it!

[jeffcrenshaw]

freedom!

[wesday]

This video is spot on... would like to see someone discussing too the fact that street suppliers often spray their product with harmful chemicals to that make their weed seem stronger than someone else's... This is not to mention that most smokers don't even know the difference between sativa and indica strains. If they get "good" pot, often times it's an indica strain that knocks them on the couch for hours. This is what causes the myth that says Pot makes people lazy. Sativa gives energy.

[NonDripHelmet]

Whoa, "suppliers often spray their product with harmful chemicals" ?!? Dude you're going to the wrong stoners. Also, most GREAT weed is a mix of sativa and indica. so yeah.

[401Hammer]

Good video, informative. The current marijuana laws are wrong and seem to be unconstitutional and based on user, not racial, discriminatory practices. Legalization would help to keep marijuana away from children, as current sale and distribution laws to a minor as in alcohol and tobacco, and protect the rights of taxpayers over the age of consent. The amount of jobs created would be a bonus, esp to farmers and farm suppliers.

[Racer1968]

Tax and Regulate and 70 -80 percent of the "Drug War" woes will be gone almost overnight!

[Biscuitcase]

PROHIBITION is TREASON.

[zim466]

i want to thank you for adding these videos. so many people do understand the TRUTH ABOUT MARIJUANA.smoking marijuana and getting high has the same affect on a person when they drive. it is also healthier than drinking. so why not 1: legalize weed but put the same restrictions on it as alcohol or 2: switch alcohol and marijuana around and make alcohol illegal. still thank you!

[salvinorinman]

At about 1:30 look at Rick's foot, ouch! He is such an amazing person though, I am glad the ACLU and Rick made this very informative video, thanks alapoet for posting this! The lie of prohibition must be exposed.

[xxPotStarxx]

Great video!

[breathofwater]

Great three part video, too bad it's not getting more views. I hope that a lot of people saw this on television.

[eightbitgnosis]

Great video