War on Drugs is the New Jim Crow in New Orleans

[somethingdiffereable]

How can I as a citizen and victim in the war on drugs fight for the re-legalization of drugs in America?

[spraga1977]

100 % TRUTH. did you know that a Racist White man's enemy is another white man? because that other white man is the only thing between him(racist white man) and Lynching....minorities do not have the power to stop the KKK, Skinhead or similar gay activities; for example look at the quote from "onewhitefemale" below...she's obviously a wannabe racist, but she can't do anything to blacks because of people like this white man...

[scott053]

i'm sorry we are the weakest race in the world,does this white man know that blacks aren't doing well in europe or anywhere there is a melting pot!

[sausagehead10]

@onewhitefemale1991 the truth hurts don't it.......

[aptex]

Why dont the NAACP and LaRaza make themselves useful and and start a huge media campaign against against the drug war since our communities are the ones disproportionately affected by it.

[TheArtistWill]

I'm surprised that the media would report on this. However, in no time they will scramble to a crime in which this conference addresses further vilifying black people for white benefit.

[Swift2001]

I'm proud to say I've been taking the newsletter and giving funds for the DPA for years now. And I'll be in the voting booth this November, voting to legalize marijuana.

[enviops]

Of course violence is attached to the drug trade. It's in the hands of illegal motherfuckers. Alcohol used to have that same violence around it when it was in the hands of mobsters.

Drug War = Racial Genocide

[edavismookie25]

I am white bro and a ex cop and I can admit that everything you said is true. White people know it to be true they just won't admit.

[sausagehead10]

@edavismookie25  wow,,,well said.....

[edavismookie25]

Almost 60% of people in prison are there because of drug related crimes.

63% of drug related convictions are African American men.

U. S. Department of Justice 2006

[cfield30]

Some real talk here, no person charge with simple possession ever does any prison time. thats just the way it is

this guy is mixing the facts

[SiCoFgOvErNmEnT]

With that said legalizing weed would just bring the burden off of the courts! That would save so much, not only that but then TAXING AND REGULATING could become part of America's bread and butter! Drugs are not going AWAY PEOPLE! LISTEN! People are just finding new ways to get high, and 10 years from now I'm sure we'll have more ways people and kids are going to be getting high! So why don't we keep all that stuff from kids!! That goes for over the counter and under counter and the good and bad

[SiCoFgOvErNmEnT]

Screw VOTING! Many people that have felonies on their records have a hard time finding a job and it follows them around for the rest of their life! What is a person suppose to do?!! I have a minor possession charge and a lost a job over it AFTER the fact because they had to do cuts! It's BULLSHIT! I'm son sick of the repulicans shit! War in Vietnam! War on Drugs! War in the MIDDLE EAST!! FUck off! we're wasting lives, and money over there and we can't help our own! That's just wonderful!

[Antonius17]

O_o You're right! lol Doesnt even look like a girl.. XD Y

[Sizzurp010]

puttin people in jail for smokin weed is so wrong...here in Netherlands weed is legaal and the crime rate is so low...

[blackberryjuice1]

Great job Ira. Very succinct, you hit the right points!!!

[Picaro1]

Just let's try to make some policies that make some sense. This current laws are wacky.There is way too much misinformation provided by the government

[safeshark]

Does anyone realize how many lives would be saved by adopting a drug policy based on common sense? Every person fighting for legislative reform is a hero.

We owe them our deepest thanks for standing up for the future of the human race, no matter the color of your skin.

[safeshark]

Excellent video! We need more people like this talking common sense. I would like to see someone who supports the War on Drugs debate Ira Glasser, his logic is irrefutable!

[TainaAtheist1]

I've only seen two YouTube videos of the DPA conference in New Orleans. Did the local media give up on covering those opposed to the War on Drugs?  Or, is it that covering the DPA coference not as much fun for the media as, say, splashing arrests of marijuana users across TVTubes?

[roberteckerson]

Right on Ira!

Let's elect Ron Paul 2008 and start stopping the war on drugs!

[KaOsKoBrA15]

this is AWESOME!