The War on Drugs with John Stossel 6of6 Hard Drugs, Legalization in the US

[MrPman851]

Why can't America get it's head out of it's ass and learn from what the Dutch police officer said; "When we interfere, the problem gets bigger." No wonder.

[dubified89]

Most people are just too uptight and stupid to accept the facts on things like this. They feel like they're part of the system that's fighting evil and don't care about reality.

[calirider45]

I used I worked I lost it all because i......was on the shit? I have been all my life. Never called in for being on it. Never did go Crazy, kill, cheat, or made my kids live in rat holes. That is untill the task force came busting down the door with automatic weopons, destroying our home, tearing out walls, ducked work, furnishings, killing the pets, beating me down in front of the kids. They found....POUNDS? No...Sacks full....No.....They found 2 baggies with residue.4 yrs 50k, my life gone

[calirider45]

I used I worked I lost it all because i......was on the shit? I have been all my life. Never called in for being on it. Never did go Crazy, kill, cheat, or made my kids live in rat holes. That is untill the task force came busting down the door with automatic weopons, destroying our home, tearing out walls, ducked work, furnishings, killing the pets, beating me down in front of the kids. They found....POUNDS? No...Sacks full....No.....They found 2 saggies with residue.4 yrs 50k, my life gone

[MrPman851]

I just pretend to smoke marijuana. It's less of a threat to your health.

[rsohlich1]

The war is a joke....more people are using now than ever.

[floridaman2000]

asa hutchinson is a genius

[JMU24AZP]

Asa Hutchinson is full of shit. After alcohol prohibition ended, the murder rate dropped every year for a decade.

[god0fgod]

Newspapers are always right?

[Poondaddy804]

Fuck you Asa Hutchinson

[toyouiwill]

33 seconds on , feel good ? haha john stossel is a funny mo fo.

[VictoryCough]

I think the language barrier made old Hans feel like Stossel playing devils advocate with him was an actual attack.

[k8thetoubab]

But it's safe and okay to be addicted to spending? The War on Drugs is not the only tax-payer funded failure in the US. Congress' addiction to spending and attempt to coerce more money from their enablers is far more harmful and far-reaching than any drug.

[panzer903]

I had to admit that my opinion about the drug war was wrong. It's killing people!

[nickvonmises]

I don't drink smoke or drug up.... legalize drug use

[br00k39]

Success, yes. Success in putting more people in jail, which is a business in it's own right

[salcarusomusicvideo]

The politicians & law enforcers in this country (U.S.A.) are against legalization because - THEY MAKE THE MONEY off it !!!! I do not do drugs or drink alcohol but , people should have the freedom to do so if one chooses ... The closest this country ever got to freedom was after the civil war - circa 1912 .

[zeppelin0110]

It's remarkable to see the 'Drug Czar' Asa Hutchinson being unable to comprehend simple facts. 'Drugs fuel crime rise'.. 'we've had remarkable success [over the last 30 years'..

The U.S.A. is the only western, affluent country where the politicians absolutely don't have (nor try) to make any sense.

[prosteelheader]

Asa Hutchinson, you're a fucking jackass!!! you're just reading from the same script that all the other american politicians read from, repeating it back, and closing your eyes to what we all know works!!!

[evergonge]

that church is a true place of refuge! 

[AnarchistDictator]

4:50 lol! I'm British. They give away those 'newspapers' for free in train stations and buses. Hardly a credible source..

[suburbanoize420]

@AnarchistDictator lol

[MrKiromunist]

I love Holland police !

[luc59457]

LOL, where's god to stop them?

[MiClLC]

One American Cop disliked this.

[AdrielC877]

@MiClLC lol or george w bush. If a hundred white evangelists in their 50s or older viewed this video, we would also have a hundred more dislikes.

[clairishe]

Legalization = lower usage, lower crime rate, lower costs (less futile enforcement), greater freedom, equal or better productivity, any questions?

[1973mazdarx4coupe]

drug dealers are angels who love bunny rabbits and donate to charity. we should free them all, and give them all nobel peace prizes. Hey, You know Obama has started the war on youtube; he goes after anyone who makes a critical video of him, takes their kids, house, wife, car, everything. watch my video about it.

[hiredgun30]

look at these junkies.. they aint fooling anyone...

[slimshadie1290]

lol people cant manage themselfs.

[DrPsilocybin]

4:42, I fucking laughed when he pulled a newspaper out his ass and then acted like a stupid headline was credible.

[adolescent900]

This must become viral.

[dnoodle9128]

hutchinson can shuv the words up his ass he nos for a fact nothing is happening and blatnly lies about it

[copcorona]

Legalize it already!

[rastamanspook]

those ppl sellin coke in amsterdam are often poor african immigrants, con men who just steal ur money it happens all the time. so dats bullshit. LMAO wen he tries to use the metro to promote his argument it was an article relating to the amount of crime caused by drugs after a charity said we should give out heroin on the national health service to heavy addicts. And WHY do they keep saying they are winning the war on drugs its an explicit LIE!!!

[magicidiot12345]

LMAO HE SAYS TO A RANDOM GUY ON THE STREET "ecstacy coke"

[nod1207]

@magicidiot12345 its the dealer saying that.. not the cameraman

[Nickalispicalis]

Stossel is always good for a laugh. I like to watch him purely for comical reasons. He has since moved to fox where his career has nose dived.

[ToothpickMcBrainy]

@Nickalispicalis

I'm no fan of some of his more bizzare ideas, but what about this report isn't thoughtful and direct?

[kthekid]

The people whose job is against underwear. Well let's talk'n bout whereas they are against Barbara Boxer!

[ArcyTheFurryArcanine]

This drug war is an infinite regression

[Treadsoftly14]

success?.....drug war a success?!

laughable. he must be on smack.

who else in government besides these useless sacks of shit still try to pass that off on us?

[whiff1962]

Beneficient neglect or unintended consequences of the drug war? In the main, the Dutch experiment, as a "hands off" approach to personal choice, seems to work, and must certainly save lives and huge amounts of tax payer money in a failed war against individuals.

[Hashishin13]

I declare war on unconstitutional government.

[TheMedievalMan]

The cure is worse than the disease.

[bretert]

you can't fight drug use, you can't.. at all.. it has excisted for over 10 000 years and is not going to stop, drugs alow people to vent their frustrations and feel good, its the same as alcohol..

[trodbigdaddy]

legalize drugs in the states

[Kingdoc1976]

More like they are trying to sell you baking powder & such,Trust me ive been going to amsterdam for 10 years now & there not all genuine dealers.

[kerohime]

I think I would put the blame on the individuals for their poor choices.

We live in a world where prostitution, sex trafficking, crack babies, are persistent because of the horrible people that force, rope, introduce drugs to people that dont need it.Those kind of people should be arrested.

[hellyeah0136]

Marijuana for me and thats it..

[SeraphimPwnsU]

John Stossel makes excellent points... but what I wonder is, how in the world does he still look the same way he looked 30 years ago? What, does he have the Dick Clark 'syndrome', and never seems to age?!

In all seriousness, the war on drugs is a joke that sends far too many people, those people who physically hurt no one but themselves, in jail.

[Dutchyks]

Oh and the taxes put on pot and prostitution in the Netherlands are a great revenue for the government and society as a whole since those taxes go to helping society as a whole and keeps money from entering the black market meaning that less money is available for the legal market therefore legalize and tax

[Dutchyks]

as someone who grew up in the Netherlands am completely horrified that they think we don't care about our drug addicted people!!!! We are preventing spread of disease, and most clean injection sites offer rehab help. Our drug user population is lower than anywhere else and our prisons a)are not stuffed full b)keep down re-offending rates and c)tend not to institutionalize petty criminals for our system is set up like a community within a prison. People should stop judging people's morality

[dmana3172]

How can illegal drugs become legal in the future if we don't leave rooms for some concaines, marijuana and herions in America? We need to leave plenty of room for it so that in the future, it will be become more acceptable or legal because of the debate and what you believe in.

[patrickjohn84]

4:45 did this guy really just pull out some random ass newspaper to try and defend his arguement?

[Leilani233]

" It's a very difficult problem that we're trying to achieve "  Thanks Mr Asa Hutchinson , glad you cleared that up for us all .. LOL

[whiff1962]

@Leilani233 A very difficult problem has been achieved: the war on drugs and one's body!

[twisted45]

Vietnam was based on a lie golf of ton ken never happened

operation north woods its all about controlling the american population

[TuneSlingr2]

The key thing to take away from this part of the video is that in places where there is no prohibition there is far less crime.

The U.S. government hates this concept because they privatized the prison systems, making them big business.

They need to fill those cages with humans so the stock will stay high and they can employ lots of cops and prison guards. All at the expence of a persons life. A life for a job

Prohibition = Employment

Prohibition = Immorality

[Beefie100]

How many people has the justice system legally murder cause of there war ?

[Beefie100]

Sholdn't we view the war on drugz like a civil war ? all those war American prisoners, almost 2 million, and they say Americans want this !

[selfrealizedexile]

I also found it funny how poorly those, I would guess, army grunts shot and held their rifles in Colombia; you see the gun pop and weave around in their arms as they don't properly shoulder it. Talk about a waste of a job. It's like those upstate police officers standing idly behind a barricade. This is the definition of the majority of gov't: purposeless work, it destroys what could've been a wealthier world.

[selfrealizedexile]

That Hutchinson guy must have an IQ of like 90. Just watching his facial expressions while he struggles with cognitive dissonance, poorly attempting to credit his theory with reality.

[aldoreshgaramok]

@selfrealizedexile IQ of 90?

I think you give him of credit.

He's somewhere between a paint can and a turnip.

[laetrille]

I love how John acts like he diagrees to make his point, anyways Stossel is one of the only true journalists now, but the mainstreem media is trying to silence him.

[laetrille]

We critize the Euros, but they get alot of things right.

[fisharecoming]

ehhh something not alot

[ForTehNguyen]

great upload sidewinder, I watched the whole thing

[MagnusIan]

Asa Hutchinson is full of shit. He's just another government employee who takes our money and continues to shovel out nonsense like "We're winning the drug war." Give me a fucking break.

[molanlabexm15]

Well that evil bastard is out of a job now so smoke one and celebrate.

[MagnusIan]

I actually don't smoke, and I don't drink either. XD

I just support the liberty to do so if I so choose.

[molanlabexm15]

Well right on.I always say be yourself, that is whats really cool.

[rambo679]

@MagnusIan Same here, never touched the stuff but it should be my choice whether I do or not.

[proudtobedesi]

why dont you shut the fuck up and go smoke some weed you dumb pothead!

[fisharecoming]

i dnt smoke weed or do any drugs and i support ending the war.... heres a statistic for you it costs about 50k a year per prision inmate and half the ppl in prision are there beacuse of drugs.... do the math

[proudtobedesi]

i apologize for not reading your comment regarding the fact that you don't smoke or drink. but i was still pretty pissed off about what you said about hutchinson. these are honest hard-working men with the best of intentions who do their best to prevent drugs from getting to innocent and naive teenagers. its not their fault people choose to get involved in the drug trade in the black market, which thrives becuase drugs are illegal.

[laetrille]

That does not mean what they are doing is right.

[Kingdoc1976]

the seizure rate worldwide is pathetic,Its an industry 2nd only to oil.

[talpafan2009]

Thats why I love Holland

[lynage1]

Hey Sidewinder77...this is a GREAT series you have posted as I missed it on T.V....."the times they are a changin"....

[Konstantin2004]

Excellent documentary. A little biased, sure, but thought-provoking. Legalization should be discussed more openly!