MSNBC: End The War On Drugs (Cenk's Take)

Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks hosts MSNBC Live on August 3, 2010 and explains the terrible consequences and futility of the War on Drugs.

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[NormanMatchem]

@shumble32 Actually it IS about public health. Cannabis is the cure for cancer, among many other things. Pharmaceuticals would rather keep people weak with deadly chemotherapy and pump people full of pills. If marijuana was legalized, and people used this outstanding medicine, then the people making the drugs will lose out on millions. This weed that only needs dirt and water to thrive cures hundreds of illnesses, but cannot be patented, so nobody can make money off it. Such greed is disgusting.

[ProRanting]

Legalize Pot

[dluff]

more people die from "legal" prescription drugs than "illegal" drugs, look it up!

[nowwithmorekick]

@CenkIsAdorable I could get alcohol.I would just get caught because my dad would have noticed his beer missing and i would be in trouble. It was so easy to get weed that i wouldn't even have to look for it.People just came up asking if i wanted to buy weed in school all the time.

[tedfreeway]

I think marijuana should be legalized. I wouldn't use it because I think it's dumb to do so but I don't care if other people want to. All other drugs that are now illegal should be decriminalized but businesses shouldn't be allowed to sell them. In my opinion we'll never be able to regulate things like heroine and meth enough to make them "safe." Really what this boils down to is I don't want my tax dollars being used to prosecute people who just hurt themselves. Not my problem.

[ratmrulesyou1]

sign up to end the war on drugs! google avaaz "war on drugs" we're trying to reach 750.000, and were already over 600.000

[steveahmann]

the problem as I see it for police officers amd (dont forget their master the attoneys) is malum en se vs. malum prohibitah. malum en se is where there is a real crime. malum prhoibitah is just prohibited by statute and is a total rip off. Malum prohibitah is argued effectively in ourt with the never talked about 6th amendment right to be informed of the nature and the cause of the accusation. read my website

[1SLASH1]

Cenk Uygur is great!

[NormanMatchem]

@ananimous0

Man saved from cancer with cannabis: watch?v=Q7ytJu4Zcrk

Promotes neurogenesis (grows new braincells): watch?v=y-6RT1UrVec

This one is just chalk full of benificial effects of cannabis including how legalization would benifit society in the opinion of Judge Gray of California: watch?v=sKBB1Apc0Ng

Dr. Melamede PhD on cannabinoids killing cancer cells: watch?v=n31Nuj_AvTg

Child saved from brain tumor using cannabis: watch?v=HG3mtAgh6Ww

It's been an effective medicine for millenia.

[ananimous0]

@NormanMatchem

I'm pro legalization. But what you said is wrong. Cannabis cures nothing. It simply alleviates the symptoms of many ailments.

[MrBurchettryan]

Decriminalize weed and legalize hemp to stimulate economy. Sounds pretty good to me. I am sick of paying money to strip people of their rights for non-violent crimes.