Marijuana Legalization: Frank Crushes George Will

[drunkrtard]

I would have been more impressed if he'd done it while in office.

[coltsrule5150]

i didnt start smoking pot till i got with a neighborhood girl,that took my virginity

pussy was the gateway drug to pot for me

maybe we should ban pussy?

[BorgKing001]

I've never smoked pot never will but i think it should be legal. If only liberals weren't so wrong on economic issues, i could vote for one

[mikez565]

whos dick is george will sucking to keep his job? this guy is in outer space.

[VolcanicPenguin]

if pot is a gateway drug, it's only because it's illegal. nobody says cigarettes are a gateway drug, cause you don't find any heroin where you go to buy cigarettes.

[motaparatu]

Breast milk is the ultimate gateway drug!

[Truthisbliss4ever]

I drank milk before i drank beer. Gate way that!

[BELLYBUTTONPRODUCION]

the arguement of gate-way is bullcrap look at all these druggies that started with weed well look at all these people who stayed with weed its not a slippery slope and drugs do more damage to the brain then alcohol also weed grows it's a plant it's natrual and they act like its completely man made

[quetzalel]

Meanwhile, alcohol (liquor) has killed more people (accidents, DUI, overdoses) than marijuana EVER has....and yet booze is perfectly legal for 21 year-olds and over....hypocrisy...

[scofield6122]

cofree22 on YouTube just made the best pro marijuana legalization video ever.

[assompthingoffensive]

it is a gateway drug because people are exposed to harder drugs through dealers(the black market), a product of prohebition

[deeppurple28]

The CIA launders money for drug cartels, that's a fact!!

[TheGoodThought]

@deeppurple28 That's why the CIA is awesome

[mrmelo25]

Thank you Barney Frank for not giving in to peer pressure in Washington, like most of our elected leaders who are no doubt serious hard core long term alcoholics in denial. Calling a truce on cannabis will be the beginning of the end of the war on drugs. It is safe, pleasant, and popular, and legalizing it will make Americans more productive, healthier, and happier.

[chewbaca1989]

I respect Mr. Will on so many levels, he's just wrong about personal Liberty and State rights regarding drug regulation.

[marijuanagate2health]

George Will should read the book: "Marijuana Gateway to Health!"

[Dozz70]

@marijuanagate2health He won't read anything unless he paid to read it!! Big Pharma, organized crime, etc. all pay him big bucks to keep the negative atmosphere going against cannabis. This is a fact....

[TheCarambah]

Only time I've heard Frank seeming somewhat intelligent.

[klevenka]

Good job Switzerland!

[UncleMatt69]

Marijuana doesn't destroy lives, marijuana laws do. Millions of Americans regularly smoke marijuana and live perfectly normal lives as productive, taxpaying, good neighbors. They raise happy, healthy children. They cause no harm to themselves or society. Then their job requires a urine test which shows THC in their system. They can loose everything because of an unconstitutional search, urine test in which they are accused of drug use with no probable cause and forced to prove their innocence.

[HailedJunk]

if marijuana is legal, it wouldnt be sold to the drug dealers that are also selling meth and heroine. instead sold in gas stations and such. so if its legal it would not be a gateway drug.

[bo5061]

barney Frank is ok!!

[AEVautomatic]

iF HE DOESN'T KNOW THEN HE SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY POSITION.

[trzz333]

Government is the one bringing the drugs inside our borders in the first place. It helps pay for the people they are throwing into prison.

[mower1010]

make this fucken guy presidant

[BigDamnHeroesSir]

the war on drugs is just a subsidy for the private prison industry.

[devildad1620]

The difference between the right and the left is one side wants to rule over what we do in private and the other wants to rule over what we do in public.

[ImbAHaM]

CC @ 0:07 "The role of swiss watch"

Like WTF? Is it some kid writing that CC?

[tyseibert]

I'm a conservative but he is absolutely right. Republicans believe in big government as long as they agree with what it does.

Republicans= people for economic liberty but no social liberty.

Democrats= people for social liberty but not economic liberty.

Ron Paul= Freedom across board

[netweit3]

The gateway drug is bogus. How many haven't had some alcohol before getting into marijuana?

[gav240z]

here is the thing alcohol is responsible for many more social problems and death each year than Mary Jane is. every time the us has a war on something it ends in utter disaster. you can't fight fire with fire. legalise dope and ban tobacco.

[StanwoodSpartans]

i drank alcohol before i smoked weed and tobbaco for the first time.

[MrWhite025]

Barney Frank, I salute you!

[mrcaskeyd]

Here's an idea: Let's NOT elect that Ron Paul fuck and then just fight for our rights to smoke up :) DIRECT ACTION IS THE TRUTH PATH!

[Farfromhere001]

i smoke Cannabis and fuck you if you don't like it!

[misterlolington]

cigarettes and tobacco are the true "gateway drug". i would be willing to bet almost any amount of money that of all the drug users out there, most had a beer or a cigarette before they ever touched reefer. the only reason to be against marijuana legalization is you either hate freedom, or your stupid.  end of story.

[Celephaith]

The war on drugs is a gateway for politicians to make shady backroom deals with the anti-drug lobby. Ban politicians.

[ProductionMarx]

@Celephaith The anti-drug lobbies are funded by big-time cocaine and heroin suppliers. Prohibition means higher profits.

[MrG0TH1ER]

Barney Frank for prez!

[Darrylizer1]

The "gateway" drug for me was cigarettes, followed closely by alcohol. I then tried everything under the sun and decided that I'd stick with an occasional IPA.

[Darrylizer1]

Food, fuel, fiber, medicine! A double Tebow for Barney Frank!

[FuryFlurry1]

We all know the truth is that the same a-hats who won't vote to legalize it are smoking behind closed doors.

[SexxyREB]

Legalize it don't criticize it.

[knucklez92]

all drugs are gateway drugs. if i due on drug im going to have to test out all the other drugs to see the different effects

[datniggami6]

Frank fucked'em up with that!

[WitchyWonder]

@datniggami6  Will tries to schmooz Frank in the beginning by stating he's supporting Frank's internet gambling bill and then totally opened himself up to getting slammed - "it's the conservatives that want to intrude on personal liberties" - daaaamn skipppy! Legalize it dammit! If everyone in the world sparked one up, there would be world peace, lol. The only thing people would be fighting over is the munchies in the cabinet. lol.

[SkamGame]

Water is a gateway substance to alcohol, which causes MANY deaths yearly, how about some alcohol control?

NAAAAAH! too much money is gained from alcohol, but not enough from marijuana.

[haole2285]

Great report. legalize marijuana today. Complete legalization!

[mrjoethevegan]

yalls subtitles blow. turks blow

[MrCrazyCanuk]

Yes, marijuana can be a gateway drug. Why? Because shady drug dealers want to make money and say things like "if you like that, you'll love this stronger stuff." If tobacco were illegal, it would probably be a gateway drug too. Want to know the best way to make sure the marijuana isn't a gateway drug? Legalize it.

[AbonZel3]

I find it interesting that marijuana is illegal but alcohol is legal. Personally, I will see on the news a drunk driver killing someone or an alcoholic that had beat his wife, but I can't remember the last time I've seen a pot user on the news for these things. Not saying it doesn't happen, just not nearly as often. Sometimes I think conservatives take the Reefer Madness movie seriously.

[fredcyrdawsontheoran]

alcohol=liver loss

cigarretts=lungs

marijuana=brain(or lungs if smoked)

if you tax marijuana our country EARNS money but by keeping it illegal we are throwing billions of dollars into the trash...put rules on it just like we put rules on beer and smokes...thats my view of this mess LEGALIZE IT

[gblueslover2]

@fredcyrdawsontheoran Understood, but here's what legalization will bring: Big tobacco will BUY OUT any existing farming of it. They will process it, add chemicals to make it "better" (a better "high") add chemicals to make it addictive, make it cheaper to buy than growing your own. Case in point: How many people brew their own beer vs puchase it= Same with tobacco, but even better..How many people BUY natural tobacco w/no chemicals? Hardly anyone. Were doomed legalizing it

[gblueslover2]

@fredcyrdawsontheoran And ya know what ? You can sit there and believe, People will grow their own, fuck big tobacco, but that will not be the outcome, because people are inherently attached to convienience- Especially iwhen it comes to getting high.."IF" it's cheaper & a better high is established, the addictive qualities that will be added won't MATTER- For that matter, how many people grow their own food vs grocery shop for it? Same thing. You better think AHEAD, can U?

[TheLandOfTears]

@gblueslover2 Would you rather have it still kept illegal? I say fuck it, let the tobacco companies do whatever the fuck they want (not that I want them to do it) as long as it is legalized. We have to move that one step towards legalization first, so we can have a better economy, alot more freedom, less crime etc.

[WalelaComics]

@fredcyrdawsontheoran Quick correction.....marijuana has no ill effects whatsoever on the brain.

[TheUSMetalhead]

Will is obviously bought and sold by the pharma industry. That's too bad because he is quite liberal on some issues including war. To think Will was "perhaps the most powerful journalist in America," is comical.

[mystikast]

legalize it

[MrApplewine]

Conservatives and liberals both reject individual rights, the liberals want to control your material production and the conservatives want to control your spirit in personal choices. Economics has just as much to do with individual rights as social choices. You lose with both of these collectivist philosophies.

[hawksstock]

barney frank said libertarian?

[hawksstock]

barney frank said libertarian?

[dmcarefuldriver]

Pot is a gateway drug to fun :)

[ConFounDz]

Gee, I wonder why Frank talks like a retard. He smokes way too much weed. Keep it illegal.

[rarshibond]

Weed is a gateway drug its a gateway to girls showing their boobies!

[aquiace]

Republicans:

Legalize marijuana, health care or tax reform? We need to wait and study all and every possible option and figure it all out before doing anything. Even if we already know, we need to double check.

Potentially disastrous war? There's no time to figure it out!

[underweightHater]

everyone who does hard drugs has previously:

- smoked pot

- drank alcohol

- smoked cigarettes

- eaten candy

- eaten raw fruit

...oh damn, this gateway problem is much worse than i thought.

[markrod420]

Wow. Nice Barney. Very nice.

[filthyfun]

Damn Dude!  Frank from the top rope...Bam!!!!

[skinnydiprog3r]

Eating unhealthy foods can kill you and be addicting... should we ban those too?? wow ppl are dumb

[BraniusBalki]

If you keep saying marijuana is a gateway drug (which it isnt) do you wonder why it is a gateway drug? or do you just stop at the 1st layer. Surely gateway drug implies a person is looking for various forms of escape, why take drugs in the first place?.... I have smoked off and on (its not addictive, at least not physically) for 16 years and found that weed is fairly benign. It seems kind of sad that we are still punishing people for mental 'problems' instead of trying to understand them.

[a3410]

see how barney frank crushes a gay republican here on youtube. i thought it was on some maher show. love him. 

[spartan5127v2]

Even though pot isn't a "gateway drub", I don't see how being so would be relevant as a reason for banning it. 

[admrob]

Wait, so George Will wants regulation here?

[daneblan]

Finally! Someone needs to call them on this hypocrisy!

[HenchMc]

marijuana was a gateway to alcohol in my case but smoke enough weed you wont be able to open a gate of any kind correctly

[pimpinnevaslipin]

alcohol is a gateway to other harsh behavior . . hell even drugs at that. . . but its still legal. . . so i don't understand why marijuana is not?. . but America threw away its " common sense " leaders away years ago

[StunnedByStupidity]

George will is NOT a stupid man but he thinks everyone else is. He is a despicable bag of shit - and recently got an award for being one of the most UNRELIABLE talking heads on TV. In a decent, honesty loving, society wankers like this man (he makes a living at least partly denying global warming - which is on track to kill BILLIONS - Way more than the greatest tyrants in history could manage) would be allowed no way near a camera to spread its corporate lies...

[actualcollegegrad]

It is irresponsible to believe that marijuana should be illegal but alcohol legal. Food for thought.

[POWASLIDEPRODUCTIONS]

legalize it now ffs

[AbonZel3]

The best part, in my opinion, was Paul Ryan jumping on the host's call to change the subject. "Yes, please, my buddy is getting his ass kicked which is making me look bad by proxy, so I think changing the subject is a fantastic idea."

[Deliverance02x]

Too bad Barney Frank is a child rapist.

[StunnedByStupidity]

@Deliverance02x Am curious (and am NOT defending Frank if he did do what you claim), if Einstein turned out to be a mass murderer who regularly beat up and women and children would that IN ANY WAY show that general relativity was wrong? Conservatives are effin lunatics...

[brandnutopian]

@Deliverance02x Your mom.

[PuppyXz]

Been smoking weed for 4 years now and never even thought about using cocaine or heroine, know why? Because weed is legal in The Netherlands, cocaine and heroine is not.

[arlenearmy]

Even though I'm republican I gotta agree w/Barney on this one. Barney won the argument. I remember my grandmother told me that marijuana was a weed that folks smoked for ailments & that it grew wild & was sold in matchbox at the dime/drug store. It really ought to be legal. Btw, my granny was born in 1906.

[BillSalem]

@arlenearmy Not only did everybody smoke marijuana, but they grew it for hemp which is much stronger fiber than cotton. Feds don't want you to know that George Washington and Thom Jefferson grew marijuana as main crops. It has many uses which corporations can't compete with. Milton Friedman, sainted hero of Free Market, whose name makes conservatives genuflect, advocated the decriminalization of pot. Big money is behind the criminal possession of pot. Keep government out of our bodies!

[SmaragdineSage]

conservatives are wacked out control freaks.

[SATAN1KO]

if marijuana was a gateway drug, our parents and grandparents would be heroin and meth addicts

[splein23]

@SATAN1KO That's an amazing quote.

[jvclark2]

@SATAN1KO if marijuana is a gateway drug so is milk. Babies are born and drink milk. That lead to water, which leads to soda, which leads to alcohol when they turn 21. Some of those people will become alcoholics. Therefore milk is a gateway drug.

[WitchyWonder]

@SATAN1KO BAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[hathi444]

@SATAN1KO Excellent point! When in my youth, I smoked enough grass to cover a football field. Today, in my middle age, except for some wine on rare special occasions, I don't even drink, let alone take any other recreational drug. Gateway my left buttcheek.

[ccricers]

People have been smoking bud for centuries without criminalization and we have been still thriving.

[dovespin1]

Man, George got pounded. Conservatives believe in personal responsibility, well a person must have personal liberty in order to have responsibility.

[kwoffy]

George belongs to a school of thought pertaining to a personal ideology rather than a logical ideology. And it makes anti- federalism extremely amorphous and malleable in the most convenient way. 

[MrDubDisciple]

You guys are confusing Conservatism with Religious Right Wing Moralism

[enlightenedone676]

PWNED!!!

[schlafanzyk]

discussion is a gateway to violence - end of this

[HettesKvek]

Porn is a gateway to erections, therefore ban po . . . er . . . never mind, lets keep porn.

[chaotic719playa]

Just the word "gateway" is a gateway for all Youtubers to use the word gateway...dam i need a joint now =) someone close the gate when i leave...THANX!

[MelleB90]

Tide going in and out is a gateway to lack of explanation.

Lock up the sea!

[Gagi420]

Living is a gateway to dying. Fuck people who are alive!

[pinkycheeks]

I LOVE BARNEY FRANK.

[Jyagos1]

@pinkycheeks I don't. He was rather implicit in the economic meltdown in taking Freddie and Fannie's money. He had some good points here but by no means should you cheer the man who downvoted on the economic meltdown.

[contacter]

I simply cant understand why pompous asses like geo will (for gods sake he wears a bowtie) are listened to by americans, must be because the american public is intellectually lazy and stupid, unable to reason their way out of a paper bag

[Leadman1989]

Barney Franks strategy. We gonna go out there and we're gonna punch 'em in the mouth, step 1.

[pennjersey83]

Ron Paul hates big government progressives like TYT. Fuck progressives

[DMXP100]

Water can make people drown. Ban water.

[LtShock]

@DMXP100 Ahh, I see what you're trying to do, but you can't compare both things. Pot and other drugs are something you choose to do. Drowning isn't. You can't ban drowning. Try a better analogy. I see what you mean though.

[Celephaith]

@LtShock: If you think about it, it's a better analogy than you realize. Swimming, just like smoking pot, is a lot of fun but there are risks involved. You can take precautions and do both activities safely and responsibly (though I don't recommend doing both at the same time)! The point I'm trying to make is that we have the freedom to do far more dangerous activities than smoking pot, yet pot is illegal. It makes zero sense from a logical standpoint.

[LtShock]

@Celephaith Yeah, but drowning isn't an activity you choose to do.

[Celephaith]

@LtShock: Exactly. I hadn't thought of that. The analogy is even more apt because no one plans or chooses for the consequences of smoking weed to happen either. Very good!

But if you're still not satisfied, here's something else to ponder. You are 100% more likely to die from skydiving than smoking pot, yet skydiving, hang gliding, mountain climbing, living in Detroit, etc., are all perfectly legal activities.

It's time we end the drug war; politicians have made enough money off it already.

[genuinebbuck]

Life is a gateway to death you gonna ban that too?

[tigerbody1]

Thank you for you coverage of this and many personal Liberty questions.

[cosmicforums]

..and politicians are gateways to tyranny. We can play this "gateway" excuse all day long.

[tigerbody1]

@cosmicforums Herion used to be considered a gateway drug to "marijuana"!

[moviedude22]

"Liberalisms aversion to information"?! yowza...them's fightin' words!!!!

[TheWhiteOp]

ya know one of the only interesting arguments Ive herd that has any real truth is that we still don't know what the long term effects are but even that i call complete bullshit on because they have been saying that for decades if they really believed it they could have studied it 50 years ago or have just started doing examinations on long term smokers so there no real argument out there except for the fact that your a douche who think he can control someones life

[tigerbody1]

@TheWhiteOp funny: "we don't know what the long term effects are"

How long have the plant existed?

How longs have human been smoking cannabis?

[TheWhiteOp]

@tigerbody1 i know it's amazing how people will ignore basic facts just to justify there objective goals

[Jayjon81]

@tigerbody1 at lest 1000 years now....

[moviedude22]

why does barney frank wait for his career to end to spark the debate?

[grandmachristine42]

Those captions are supposed to be a joke?

[Norskebanan]

we love Barney up here in wicked liberal Mass :D!

[Zsmart]

My ass is a gateway to shit.

[xknowledgeisfreex]

Nicotine is actually a gateway drug and this has been recently proven by science.It changes the brain and makes it more receptible to addiction in general.

[ForceRecon198]

Genetic engineering is a gateway to being eaten by a dinosaur.

I think that just turned into a new meme.

[1646Alex]

@ForceRecon198 We have to do this.

[ForceRecon198]

@1646Alex Mission Accepted.

[WitchyWonder]

Somebody please pass the bowl to George already....

[WitchyWonder]

This is fuckin classic. I love this. Get 'em Barney!!

[Urocc1]

Here Here. Ron Paul for President in 2012!

[rzrssndrome1]

sweet rolls are a gateway to an arrow in the knee

[publicatdamagnificen]

CONSERVATISM IS A GATEWAY TO STUPIDITY.

[VapidJIMBO21]

@publicatdamagnificen What you just said may be true but in all honesty it makes the left look bad when you type in all caps and call names.

[brandnutopian]

@publicatdamagnificen And vice versa.

[TheLoneace69]

@publicatdamagnificen If there is a book on great quotes this one should be on top.

[BadBoo22]

Conservative policies are a gateway to a Totalitarian state = Ban republicans...

[CardPlay3r]

Isn't this Frank dude the one that made the awful ban on online poker in 2003 in the first place?

[KEvronista]

barney frank ftw again!

KEvron

[420gma]

@OldSchoolSkill Thanks !

[starscreamdkmo]

Marijuana = art-gas, fiber,(cloth), art-foods,stonger than concreat, use to build homes cars replaces fiberglass, paper cosmetics,beer cosmetics applications are endless

[spekonaspek]

Our government is staffed with fucking relics of the past. We need to move forward.

[Umberto2]

George Will is fucking tool

[underdescribed]

george will is such a turd faced moron

[WellIAMScottish]

French fries are a gateway to fatass, ban all potatoes!

[octavoch]

@WellIAMScottish *couch potatoes pun intended lol

[DaRunningMan]

@WellIAMScottish Ummm, I like fat asses on women. Don't like scrawny man-like asses on women. So ban the whole fashion industry!

[Trickishismael360]

@WellIAMScottish Yeah I was about to say that. It's like if it's bad for you then why not make it illegal? It's ridiculous if that's the case because a lot of things are bad for you. Fast food kills a lot of people.

[bewitchednour]

@WellIAMScottish yea lets just ban oil its a gateway to fatass as well and lets ban sex while we're at it its a gateway to prostitution lol

[MurdocEd]

@WellIAMScottish

but I like fat asses!

[blechtic]

@MurdocEd Not that fat.

[madmiguelh2o]

why do politicians always kick ass when they fucking retire. ARRRRRRGH!

[BushidoBrownSama]

get em barney frank!

[dEdGrimley]

If Marijuana is a gateway drug, then the Muslims in the Middle East are right - We SHOULD cover women up, because seeing women COULD lead to immoral behavior. Think of all of the horrible things that men have done throughout history to try to get laid. If ONLY women had to wear sheets over their entire bodies, think of the lives that could've been saved.

For the record, no, I don't smoke marijuana.

[mrladiesman99]

Food is a gateway to being obese

[Icureditwithmybrain]

Withdrawing money from the bank is a gateway to bank robbery.

[konradallan]

Sex is a gateway to rape = Ban sex

[treysparker]

Shoes are a gateway to going across the street and killing my neighbour. Thus, criminalize shoes.

[treysparker]

I hate Frank, but he's 100% right on this.

[Grnvolpe]

marijuana was originally made illegal because of how cost efficient and useful hemp was anyway

[BKFF20]

Are girls a gateway to rape too?

Prohibition is the real gateway to "organized crime."

[biggydx]

@BKFF20 Its essentially enhanced mating techniques.