Law Enforcement 'Addicted' to Drug Revenue - Norm Stamper

[jdub94ful]

If drugs were legalized, you'd do away with cartels and lots of unnecessary violence. I can't think of anyone personally who would change their substance habits even if they were legal anyways. It's not like usage would increase so much that the whole world would be strung out in a year.

[MysticBoy91]

Anyone noticed a change up to now? Its 2011, 2 years since this vid was made, Anything different anywhere since then? I´m from Europe, have to say there was some changes in Central Europe... a lot of blabla and some facts... But no real changes...

[hotboy3256]

i hate these shit i got alot friends going into prison young n when they get out they lost 10 years or more of their life.for small amounts of drugs.The government is making to much money on the war on drugs.its time for a change what we need to do blow some shit up?

[elliot325325]

@hotboy3256 think their losin money my friend

[lumeriam]

The poor do drugs to get out of their heads about an unfair monetary system where they are barely eating any nutrition because the only food they can afford is dead and poisoned. How will the rich like to feed their kids the same Walmart or Winco food? Now I find that super bugs are in the poultry AND that Mad Cow is really radiation accumulated in the brain of the cows...as radioactive Prions. Do people realize that Gulf Vets are going mad from Depleted Uranium and that it IS Gulf War Syndrome!

[hazard2000]

this guy is the biggest fuck face in the world, Drug dealers arent bad people at all, Ive never gone into someones house to buy anything and have them try to rob me, drug dealers are the peaceful ones, they just want to be able to pay there bills and do there drugs, However a drug user who needs a fix will smash you the fuck out and rob you over 5$ They say drug dealers are making huge profits, when really, there lucky if they dont have to borrow money to get there next sack

[capone6080]

@hazard2000 Use your head they are talking about the major drug dealers that make millions and import boat or truck loads of the stuff. Not a small town dealer just getting by.

[timoley]

The WAR ON DRUGS bases its legality on laws enacted whose principles are set upon Mosaic Law and not upon the principles of freedom as set down in the Declaration of Independence. The presence of Mosaic Law in Constitutional law is contradictory to the doctrine of Unalienable Rights endowed by our Creator. These "Mosaic laws" such as the laws against drug-users, against prostitutes, against gays or against any kind of harmless behavior are illegal criminalization of political dissent.

[tecknotroniks]

Gary Johnson said he privatized half of New Mexico's prisons when there was a shortage of space and the legislature was not wanting to address the issue. He said private prisons cost 66 cents to every dollar spent on state-run prisons, and that once "rational drug policies" are passed, it will be easier to close private prisons. He noted that public prison guard groups were the biggest lobby against marijuana legalization. Are they like teachers unions? Do private prisons have strong unions?

[SirWinstonChurchill]

Law Enforcement 'Addicted' to Drug Revenue?

That is why they want to put a $50.00 per ounce tax on marijuana with Prop. 19 in California...

[brattness]

@SirWinstonChurchill Ahhh. You again. They said to reduce the price, but add more tax. So basically you will be getting it for the same price as you did before. Why are you so against this proposition? You are like the only guy I have seen on nearly every damn video about legalization with a negative response. Quit trying to fill peoples heads with lies. You sure as hell aren't convincing me. DON'T LISTEN TO THIS FOOL!!!!!

[TheSeaMyst]

I wish I was there with you during this interview if i had wise men feeding me wisdom i would become like a walking answering machine fixing everything God bless this group I am glad I seen this this am sipping on wisdom creates *But sipping on elisions and nightmares makes me crazy, I hope this one, *No I pray this one soon ends.......

[BRUMARTUBE]

Any one pretending to know what is good or bad 'at-your-place' is a terrorist of all responsible adults.

The war on drugs, we have to admit, is, up to now, a success. For the bandits. They steal your money, they demolish you health with their drugs, they send your children in the criminal black market, all this with an air of good conscience, and they brainwash you so that you vote for them. Brilliant.

But so many lies cost a lot, and prohibitionism will fall down. People are waking up!

[BRUMARTUBE]

@mrabuckten I can understand the feeling, but people capable of saying "we were wrong" should be encouraged. They give at least some hope that others could wake up. Better late than never.

[swankrecords]

Police should prescribe medicine not doctors. People wake up.

[Whyisthat101]

Prohibition must end, i've seen all of the arguments for prohibition and they are all WRONG.

[SolarEXtract]

It's a shame that there are so many bad law enforcement agencies against legalization. I'd think it would only make their jobs easier if they didn't have to deal with something as petty as marijuana possession. Too bad they're only in it for the money and not for real social justice and equality. Americans need legalization and regulation. It's the right thing to do.

[aldoreshgaramok]

The War on Drugs is a tool of social control that indirectly (but intentionally) targets lower-class people by demonizing their preferred mind-altering substances.

Alcohol and tobacco are the preferred substances of the power elite, and thus are untouched. Hence why the alcohol, tobacco, and prescription drug lobbies spend gobs of money each year on consent engineering - all to support the misconception that there is "alcohol and tobacco" and then there is "drugs."

[RobDeManc]

Very good point. The drug industry is already taxed. So our governments tax an industry that is unregulated, putting customers at risk.  That is more immoral than legalising drugs.

[duck24x]

I cheer and laugh and giggle when cops get killed, even when enforcing a law that is in my favor. They already get all the thanks they deserve: a big fat paycheck from MY taxes. Make 'em save my life. Good.

I am sick of this sickening religious hero-worship of cops. They have the easiest stress-free lazy job in the world. Nobody forced them to be cops. They could choose not to be.

[LtScreech]

The thing is why non-smokers hate marijuana ? because they think its a FUCKEN DRUG! what we smoke is natural. pot is NATUURAL not only that the more they impact people over pot then theres gonna be more trouble

[packrat76]

@LtScreech Maybe some people just don't like to smoke.

[MeritisDE]

In addition, I have argued that Law Enforcement

supports strict laws governing much of our lives

as a means to justify their existence, i.e

their paychecks.

Fewer laws, fewer people needed to enforce them.

[aldoreshgaramok]

@MeritisDE totally agree

The prison guard lobby is out of control in the state of california. they are always pushing for longer sentences and "gotcha" felony laws. After all, as long as there is someone serving a 40-year sentence, your retirement is secured.

[MeritisDE]

If I did not mention, while I understand the importance of unions, I would have no problem busting the LEO unions. They have the power of the state behind them. No need for a union to lobby our lawmakers.

[marsCubed]

I worked for a while as a club decorator, If you knew the huge amounts of money which flow through the club and bar scene..

The biggest opposition to legalizing soft drugs comes from biggest clubs and bars (mafia).

Alcohol is seen as a scam to rob people.

It makes 'the punters' so stupid that they spend all their money on it.

Clubs offering music people could actually hear, where they were permitted to talk by the sound system, with a relaxed druggy adult atmosphere would rule.

So they ban them.

[marsCubed]

here is a tip,

If you go to a club and "YOU CANNOT HEAR YOURSELF TALK" then they have turned up the music in the vocal range to drown you out.

Any sound engineer could make music perfectly audible and permit humans to communicate also.

Would you rather pay $20 for E and a few bottles of exotic fruit juice, relaxed with no threat dancing.

or $200 on a hammer blow to your head?

It is the big clubs, yup the famous ones you are conditioned to say are cool, which pull the strings. it is huge money.

[marsCubed]

Before E was banned in the UK, in London clubs there was a mini war, Sacks of concrete in toilets, machine guns fired as warnings.

The big club's queues (lines) had gone down.

They stomped hard and sent out their thugs.

others were closed.

Then they got laws which sealed the deal.

It was strange to me how we then saw very big contracts for some clubs.

Corruption and establishment join hands here me thinks.

Club revenue launders dirty money.

Illegality keeps criminals in control and they know it.

[BigNewGames]

The only difference is the police get their drug money the legal way. Whatever they confiscate they can keep. Then, turn around and sell the dope to someone, entrapment, bust them then take all their possessions too. The law gives them the right to pilferage, steal and make a living similar to the drug dealer, with guns, who the police officers say, are the bad guys. I hope I am not the only one who sees this. Sounds like a dog eat dog world doesn't it?

[BigNewGames]

The good police officer will agree with me. Justice and equity can not go hand in hand or else becomes corrupt. Drug companies like UpJohn make trillions from drugs that have worse side effects than marijuana. But as long as they list the possible side effects, in a pamphlet no 40 year old can read without bifocals, then it is perfectly fine. One of the side effects of the drug Humira my son was prescribed is death. I guess you have to outweigh the benefits over the possible side effects.

[BigNewGames]

The money is not evil. It is the lust for money that brings out the evil in a person.

[uriel578]

We should also legalize slavery, part of the same problem.

[shamefulidiot]

when drugs are illegal, real criminals will profit from it. the money goes to fund all kinds of things they we could solve simply by legalizing it.

[fourthirteen]

Imagine that, the last thing the drug cartels want is legalized drugs. Now they have a government enforced monopoly, legalization would make them compete with walmart....

[hurchel]

Yes the police and governments are too addicted to the money and profits.

[dmlauffer]

Alcohol prohibition opened up a door to organized crime, but eliminating it did not eliminate organized crime. Like he said, bad people will find other ways to be bad.

[Inupiatun]

Is someone bad for choosing to smoke pot??

I think not.

[dmlauffer]

No, but I don't think its a wise decision. I'm all in favor of legalizing pot, I just don't think it's gonna stop crime.

[HolyRevelation]

It's not like the war on drugs is stopping the drugs, you can still get anything you want.

The system isn't going to change because the dealers/law enforcement like the way the systems working.

The love of money is the root to all evil.

[oayia]

i <3 money

[BRUMARTUBE]

@HolyRevelation It is not the love of money which is the root of all evil, it is the love of black money, which is the root of all evil.

And prohibition, or just lies, makes it possible to create fluxes of black money addicting and corrupting growing part of the society. Prohibition gives the power to the outlaws, and push the market underground and makes it uncontrollable.

The sooner we stop prohibition, the better we will be.

[HolyRevelation]

@BRUMARTUBE I agree that the sooner we stop prohibition, the better we will be.

The powers that be will never stop prohibition, the people must stop it but unfortunately, I don't ever see that happening.

The powers that be, pharmaceutical companies and big media will always demonize everything except there pharmaceuticals.

Mindless, pill head, zombies will believe anything and everything they hear on TV.

[BRUMARTUBE]

@HolyRevelation So all we can do is to help them to wake up, to understand that the "danger of drug" is a hoax. That prohibition creates the danger of the drug, that prohibition doesn't protect the children, that it makes the children the target n° 1 of the bandits. Money is supposed to ease our life, not to transform the planet into a big Chigago. Prohibition is an invention of gangster. Nobody can decide for you what is good or bad for you. It is about time to wake up.

[marsCubed]

Consider also that the alcohol industry is able to lobby to keep drugs like extacy illegal.

Many outlets would see revenues fall to competitors who offered alternative entertainments.

Alcohol wouldn't be able to compete, it is a nasty drug by comparison.

Any transition to change in the law would need to address the potential collapse of parts of the alcohol sector.

It can be done, but gently gently.

alcohol can go high quality instead of bulk etc.

Holland's quality beers became world famous.

[sexdrugsRnR]

haha 2:25.

thats how the whole statist system runs! i.e. making profit off of 'social justice'

[Amnesiac023]

We already know what drugs are dangerously intoxicating and which are not. We also know the degree at which they are addictive and the violence the drugs produce.

If marijuana is going to be legalized and restricted to people 21+, then there must be an extra criminalization/rehabilitation policy for cocaine, heroin, and meth users. Also, strict laws on the umbrella of intoxicated driving.

[CanadianBeaver]

Peace and Love!

[wmg111]

Either all drugs should be legal or all drugs should be illegal.

That includes alcohol, tobacco, pain killers, anti-nausea medication, stimulants, sedatives and viagra.

How many people are addicted to oxicontin?

The whole "war on drugs" is a giant con job.

Drug use is a lifestyle choice.

Drug abuse is a healthcare issue.

Incarcerating people for drug use or abuse is criminal.

[FXThug]

Perhaps you wish to live amongst drug infested utopia of crackheads, heroine addicts and other idiots but I do not want this for my children.

I endorse an relaxed stance on Marijuana, and other minor drugs, but strict vigilance on hard drugs.

[mattghtpa]

Do you actually think there are hordes of people waiting in the wings with fixing gear for hard debilitating drugs to be legal?

Don't you realize all those drugs are just as accessible now?

Wouldnt teaching, educating, and promoting responsibility a more responsible path?

Where is the constitutionality and liberty of trying to mandate what an individual ingest as a rational citizen?

[mattghtpa]

Doesnt lung cancer and alcoholism already demonstrate hypocrisy as well as a 70% prison population for first time drug offenders who are now filling all the newly privatized prisons traded on Wall Street.

Dont drink the kool-aide. There are obscene profits being made not only by the drug dealers, but the true drug lords; the politicians, black op intelligence entities, corporations, and practical any government where raw drugs exist.

[proteanview]

Right on!

[WakeUpAndLegalizeIt]

legalize it!

[notabuzzkill]

Every citizen of America should see this clip...

[Shadizar666]

funny

I said the same thing months ago

from a different perspective though

"war on drugs?" i said, "losing?"

"you're going about it all wrong..."

"drugs are just a new form of natural selection blah blah blah", I continued...

finally I had ended with

"legalize them all and give the crap away, you'll win the 'war' by default; then you can move the 'drug war funds' to something more suitable"

[Cr8zyCanuck]

Is this guy for real? OMG. For once conspiracy theories are true.

[MiranUT]

Everything he said is right on.

He didn't mention the redistribution of urban votes to rural populations via the 2 million plus minorities incarcerated in US prisons.

Like he said: There are too many (not just dealers) making money off the drug war to change anything.

[phicubed]

Not to mention the criminalization of peoples with sevear mential health issues. It disgusts me to the core.

[phicubed]

There are some in Canada who whould like to see a profit driven criminal justice system. Shows how immoral they are. Stephen Harper and Clan?

[the2012report]

I just saw a video from last spring about a marijuana grow bust, and the thing really look like an enticement saying how much money you could make growing pot, an ad put out by that police department. "Each one of these plants when fully grown would be worth $1,000."

[valhala56]

People have allowed law enforcement, Judges,Prosecutors, DEA agents to have well paid lives on the backs of Scofflaws. ie "Potheads" BTW I am not a pot smoke myself. I just see the futility of 2 million Americans in tax paid prisons, Hundreds of millions spent on law enforcement toys, Drug Helicopters, Fast boats, lots of Glocks for everybody in the agency, travel per diems. Well you get the picture.

We are paying for this and get a negative return for our tax monies.

[Muchodelcrazy]

Oooh, first viewer even (unless it was an error)

[Sqirril]

ERROR!

[Muchodelcrazy]

I don't think so... only 10 now. Maybe a bunch of ties.