Mike Gravel Admits to Drug Use

[worldsendmusic]

Legalize Marijuana, Alcohol is far FAR worse then marijuana.

Legalize Never Criticise

[amalwaysawsome]

mike gravel for president and ron paul for vp

[hollywood1199]

marijuana should be legal, drugs on the other hand not so much...caffeine is a drug/stimulant by the way. marijuana is safer than alcohol, it's not just an opinion it really is.

[whoo689]

And when weed users get caught, they very often get mistreated as "addicts" and have to waste time in some "treatment program", even if it was their first time doing it, all because courts and law enforcement won't admit to all the facts that WE THE PEOPLE have known for years!! They keep pretending to be in the dark and won't have an honest debate with us over better policy.

[whoo689]

Most people are more affected by the negative impact of the War on Drugs than drug use themselves. Before the War on Drugs, addicts weren't afraid to get treatment and ask for help. Now, if they do, they could very easily go to jail, or if they got caught before treatment for addiction, they'd just go to jail and possibly have to go through some idiotic state-mandated program that might not be all that effective.

[whoo689]

I mean, how do you declare war on the entire population for the "bad" actions of 5-10% of 300 million people??? How do you justify that? It's madness.

Anyone who still defends the War on Drugs is either a shill for the DEA and ONDCP or is a mondo idiot. You can't look at the facts on the ground and come to any other conclusion except "The Drug War has failed!" How has it "succeeded"? The problem with measuring 'success' is that a lot of it is generational differences in preference.

[viethuytranz]

Mike Gravel 4 President!!

[shanghaisam37]

ahh....i love wise voices that add to my understanding of issues.

[keghamminas]

Do you want more drugs to ALCOHOL?

you compare cocaine to caffeine?

you should treat drug abuse PROBLEMS

instead of legalization to destroy society.

In europe there was such polemic which

ended by public rejection of drugs.you

are naifs and dangerous.

[whoo689]

That's just fearmongering. The drug warriors are notorious for that kind of fear-based propaganda. Society never has and never will go down the toilet if we relax restrictions on private drug use among individuals. MOST people who use drugs are able to moderate their use and do fine! And yet we focus on those few cases here and there where people die from addiction or overdose. Why? Just barely 10% or 5% of Americans are even regular drug users or addicts. It's not such a huge deal, really

[EliasCrowe]

Did he say "doobage"? lol

[cutwagman]

Gravel is a fucktard.. The reason you can't legalize Pot is because tests don't show your high right now .. everyone knows this .. except stupid asses like him.

Alchohol has tests that show you ARE drunk now.

This is important in showing someone is negligent and irresponcible at the scene of an accident.

[crinoswerewolf1]

Actually,

You are a fucktard.. You can test if someone has THC in their blood stream the same way you can test if someone has low iron or diabetes... So next time you decide to post your little two cents, take the time to know what the fuck you are talkin about.. I think mike gravel would have made a great president.. its close minded people like you who are flushing this country down the drain....

[cutwagman]

Again , you are a tard because you can't even READ my post you dumbass. Tests can show you smoked pot in the last couple months but CAN"T tell if your HIGH AT THE MOMENT. Having THC in you system is different than being HIGH. So STOP misleading people for your cause. Doing dumbass things that cause others personal or property damage while you are high is negligent. And there is no way to prove it.

[EliasCrowe]

"Doing dumbass things that cause others personal or property damage while you are high is negligent."

So doing dumbass things that cause others personal or property damage while NOT HIGH is alright?

[empbac]

You mean he told the truth about his past? Are you sure this guy's running for something?

Admirable.

[Picaro1]

We just need to Stop this War on Drugs.Treatment on demand.Even in Holland and Swiseland have rehabilitation for drug addicts.This is crazy, Stop the War on Drugs.Stop making criminals of people who are not usually criminals.We have more people in prison than anyother country in the world.People who basically have been minding their own business and we tell the to stop doing what WE do not want them to do.Their business, not ours.If they want help,then get treatment or just stop.

[ItalianoMtl]

hes probs like " Oh Shit i was so blazed i told them i smoked "

[kingcoldcyomac]

Support Gravel and Paul, they are the men of our nation and future.

[Salvatrucho213]

how surprising... a McCain advertisement on this channel

[GreenGoody]

If Mike Gravel does not get the popular vote for President this year, let us hope that he continues with his efforts through Congress.

Great interview.

[NatureLegalized]

I'd bet anything marijuana muffins beats a whole host of pharma's drugs for a a wide range of ailments! Pharma must do everything it can to keep the valuable herb food medicines incl coca leaf illegal.

[ble86n]

good comment-marijuana and coca leaves yes!refined cocaine no!(at least not for me)

[NatureLegalized]

Yes the leaf for tea etc., to have, to prepare and to grow as we please.

[HughieGphiladelphia]

Mike Gravel for president....I am voting for him!

[MyOverflow]

I was 16 during this election so I couldn't vote. :(

Mike Gravel 2012, I'll be 20 and legally old enough to vote. :)

[crazyfoizl]

I like mike hes a good guy =)and he is actually honest... I wish people listen to other canadiates sometimes..

[therealv0x]

vote mike gravel.

[thewhatwhats]

Right on Mr. Gravel. Our system is ridiculous and it really does need some serious help.

[Zappafan5150]

THE PAIN IN MY FEET SCARES ME!!!

[Voiceofjon]

We have had a president in a wheelchair, give me a break

[GarageDoor18]

what a fucking idiot. drugs ruin peoples lives. this guy should be shot.

[freedomofspeech91]

why?

A human being has every right to do whatever he wants to his body regardless of the effects to him.

[GarageDoor18]

its never going to happen man. people dont realize what they are doing to their bodies. you CANNOT argue that drugs dont fuck up lives. Let me tell you- 99% of the people past out on the streets of amsterdam are americans. the difference is that users are socially ignored there. you want your freedoms?- go join them, honestly, because like it or not drugs will always be illegal here. Be a realist, please. This man is wasting his time and so are you

[poysfxom]

Digest this! The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), the

agency within the Executive Office of the President that coordinates the war on drugs,

estimates the economic cost of illegal drug use in the United States to have been over $160 billion in 2000. Losses in productivity accounted for 69% of this estimated amount.

Incarceration was the leading cause of lost productivity!! What the....???

[trackman3030]

he takes lyrica and he proudly tells the world. hes used marijuana and proudly tells the world. and he has tryed cocaine and tells the world. all without hesitation.. why can't every president be like this man?

[fuzzywzhe]

> he takes lyrica

What's Lyrica?

Bush is a cokehead.

[trackman3030]

"lyrica is an anticonvulsant drug used for neuropathic pain, as an adjunct therapy for partial seizures, and in generalized anxiety disorder." -Wikipedia

it is a non-narcotic.

it also makes some people have extreme cases of sleepwalking, "almost equivalent to a blackout drunk stage," as some people say.

pretty dangerous if you ask me.

and yes, bush is a cokehead.

he's still an alcoholic too, he shows up at events wasted off his ass..

[gmfutube]

35 years and the WOD has accomplished nothing but the enrichment of a few at the cost to all.

We have spent BILLIONS on:

DEA

Drug task forces

Lawyers

For Profit Prisons

Abusive Police forces

[SilentPhish]

mike gravel is the shit... but RON PAUL IS BETTER!

[oldhacks]

the CIA brings in all the drugs then arrests the people that sell it for them.

[Kdees]

Gravel is sooo coooooooooooooooooooL , America needs a truthful RIGHTEOUS President and gravel can fill that for sure.

[Naturyl]

Wow, very impressive how he tells the truth without hesitation. What other candidate would be so up-front? Some of them will admit drug use, but it's always like pulling teeth. Not with Mike Gravel. He just tells the truth right away.

[hrvad]

There's this thing about Gravel: somehow I just like him. He really strikes me as compassionate and friendly, and genuinely so. Lots of people talk about "healing America", but I'm pretty sure Gravel would actually DO THIS.

[endofdays5767]

I like Gravel

[overmind25]

LOL! Gravel favorited this! He is awesome!

[HatTricksInc]

Gravel's our Man.

[partgreen]

Paul and Kucinich are good, intelligent, straight shooters. But I worry that they don't have the guts to get things done if elected. Gravel does, check his record.

[victoriaous]

I'm for Ron Paul, but I am very grateful to hear another politician speak some sanity regarding drug prohibition. I hope this is an increasing trend and that de-criminalization of drug use will get more support rapidly. Non-violent drug abusers need help and compassion not jailtime.

[troddeddown]

qwerty4197: I think you're in a little over your head when you're contextualizing facisim with free markets. So, taxidriver is giving you a point on definition. But, to take that one step further; the best example of facisim is exactly what this country has been becoming for the last 47 years. Maybe you should google "From Freedom To Facisim" and watch the video.

[qwerty4197]

Give me a serving of premium bud and 50mg of Oxycodone please! no, srsly.

[gmfutube]

Why not?

In a free country you should be free to fuck yourself up any way you choose ....

provided you don't endanger or interfere with others.

How easy is that?

Why should I waste $30K+/yr to put you in jail?

[db44gs]

Mike Gravel for President!!! This guy is right on.

[Commando303X]

Go, Gravel.

[kitadabeagle]

Wow...how refreshing....a politician that actually admits that he did pot. This guy sounds like Jesse Ventura. Hooray for Gravel. If this was Guilani, he would put on that shit-eating grin and lie through his teeth about doing drugs.

[Fred13B]

I have to agree with Gravel in this. The War on Drugs is the second-biggest comedy on record.

[bigsid920]

Gravel or Paul in 08. Clinton=Giuliani=Bush

[poop121]

I like Kucinich. One of those three is all I'm confident in maintaining the collective sanity of the USA.

[qwerty4197]

you must be joking!?! More like Kucinich '08 and Gravel as his running mate. Ron Paul is a free-market fascist

[taxidriver2929]

Actually free markets are the polar opposite of facism. If you look at the definition it says it has a strong scoio-economic central govt.

Facism is really a far left ideology(although it has developed into a smear) and is not that differant from communism at all. libertarianism is the exact opposite of that. So in all reality socialist economic pracitices are facist.

[CassandraLeo]

Fascism has nothing to do with the left. Strictly speaking, fascism refers to a merger of corporate and state power, as happened in World War II Italy (and as many people have argued is currently happening in America). There is, of course, nothing "free market" about such an arrangement as that of Mussolini's Italy; however, you'd be just as daft to claim that there is anything remotely left-wing about it.

[CassandraLeo]

It's worth noting, in any case, that the word "free market" is generally used in modern political discourse to refer to corporate dominance, which is far removed from a truly free market; I believe this is what qwerty14197 was attempting to convey with his superficially oxymoronic statement.

[CassandraLeo]

"Fascism", of course, has since been used rather incorrectly to brand a large number of dictatorships that had nothing to do with the policies of Mussolini; dictators such as Mugabe and Hussein have matched the brutality and authoritarianism of Mussolini's régime while maintaining a somewhat left-wing economic system. Similarly, right-wing libertarians like Ron Paul clearly have nothing to do with right-wing authoritarians like Hitler and Mussolini.

[CassandraLeo]

Ergo, reducing politics to a simple "left-right" dichotomy simply does not do the issues justice; a "libertarian-authoritarian" scale is also necessary. On this scale, Gravel and Kucinich are left-wing libertarians; Ron Paul is a right-wing libertarian; and most of the current Republican and Democratic Parties are generally somewhat right-wing (though it varies how much, and a few Democrats do drift over into left-wing territory) and, virtually without fail, somewhat authoritarian.

[matrixoverkill]

Right on comment.Fascism is cooperation between the state and big business and the masses are mere pawns with no power.

[maqmaqmaq24]

Mike Gravel love him.....:)

[ThinkMink15]

This guy is honest and educated with some things to say that most people at least want to hear being said, even if they disagree. That being said, no one will take him seriously. I'm gettin apathetic about the next election way to early

[Vektor417]

Why post this? why this title? why not the entire clip? o.0 makes me wonder...

[RustyCyler]

Mike makes total sense.... I love this guy. Ron Paul\Mike Gravel in 08 !!

[ijustwantmathias]

Mike Gravel in 08!!

[voiyour]

How could cocaine be described as "painful"? It's a damn anesthetic.  This guy is unbelievable.

[dzlpwr]

He said he had a sinus problem, learn to hear.

[voiyour]

I DID hear that. But still, cocaine and its derivatives are used to relieve pain. If he snorted some good coke, any sinus pain would go away instantly. Now, maybe he got some poor quality coke that was cut with speed, which happens pretty frequently. That could be painful. Speed tends to burn. So I've been told.

[dzlpwr]

So next time you have a cut, or a burn... pour some coke on it.

[donttreez]

1)Don't comment if you don't know. 2)I've done it all. Both do hurt if you have a sensitive nasal cavity or if you were like myself, snorted too much and the inner walls became raw and irritated.

[vancerz]

He has a lot of good points, I dont agree with the harder drugs.

[mo1elftausend]

I agree with him on hard drugs, he is saying hard drugs are like a disease. So people who are addicted to hard drugs need to be treated.

[mo1elftausend]

Mike Gravel !

[RavagesOfTime]

Lots of people do, but the networks want you to think he's craaaazy.

[malerror]

wow. I agree with Gravel