U.S. Police Speak Out Against War on Drugs (HD) - *** MUST WATCH ***

http://www.Honorable-Intentions.com/
Click on Russell Jone's, (above), website to get a signed copy of his new book: "Honorable Intentions."



Russell Jones has been involved in the "War on Drugs" on various fronts for 40 years. For 10 of those years Russell worked as a San Jose, California narcotics detective. Later he was assigned to a DEA-run task force. As a government intelligence agent, Russell worked in Latin America observing narcotics trafficking during the Nicaragua-Contra conflict. In academia, he conducted studies of the impact of drug abuse on the crime index, wrote training programs for identifying the psychological and physiological symptoms of narcotics use, and developed rehabilitation programs designed specifically for the court-mandated client. He has traveled throughout the former Soviet Union and China to study their drug problems and policies. In the field of drug rehabilitation, Russell implemented and taught courses for various California and Texas counties, as well as for privately run programs. Russell is a court-recognized expert (on both the federal and state levels) in the field of narcotics enforcement.

His journey to the Soviet Union made it clear to Russell that the "War on Drugs" cannot be won. "Drugs were prevalent even behind the Iron Curtain," he reports. "If a country, as controlling of its citizens as the Soviet Union was, still had such a large a problem - drug-dealing on Moscow street corners, meth labs in Leningrad - how could a free society such as ours handle the problem from a law-enforcement perspective?"

Russell rightly attests that from the advent of drug prohibition in 1914 to the declaration of "War on Drugs" in 1970, to our present-day policies and tactics, the US government has not significantly reduced the use and abuse of drugs. Instead we have incarcerated millions, destroyed the lives of countless youths, while corrupting police, judges, and politicians. "We are taxing our population at over 69 billion dollars a year to support this 'War on Drugs,'" he notes, "and the result is the enrichment of drug lords, foreign government officials, and our own government agencies that are involved in this folly." Russell champions a three-pronged approach to reform: 1) treat addiction as a health problem - not a crime, 2) remove the profit motive from the drug trade, and 3) redirect a portion of the billions of dollars in enforcement costs that ending prohibition would save toward real, honest education about drugs. Education programs cut the use of nicotine, the most addictive drug known to humans, in half in a 20-year period and we didn't have to arrest or imprison anyone to achieve that success.

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[aguafinatv]

Russ Jones is awesome. He is so right. This is what I have been telling people. The reason why people dont want to end the war on drugs is because they feel like its gonna be a buffet of drugs everywhere in the USA. The think USA citizens are just gonna pick up their drug of choice n do it anywhere n everywhere n were gonna see everyone of all ages completely addicted hardcore drugs. People get over your fear, its not gonna be like this at all.

[BigDH28]

This Guy is 100% correct! So much money going to a lost cause... We can make this Work in our favor instead of trying to fight it! nice Video! Thanks for sharing!

[mikilavush]

@tennesseeboy1 ~ I believe that God's spirit calls everyone to become Christian, and both to be immoderate in using intoxicants and to break the law by using drugs illegally is grave sinnig that can lead to hell. Since there are far more people who use drugs illegally compared to the number of those who both use drugs illegally and are immoderate in using drugs, I estimate that ending drug prohibition would save far more people from going to hell than what maintaining drug prohibition would do.

[tennesseeboy1]

@mikilavush you're clearly joking,right? 

[mikilavush]

Weak characters among drug users do fall into drug abuse, and saving people from going to hell for drug abuse might be God's intention behind allowing drug prohibition. However, as the rebellion against drug prohibition is growing in popularity, ending drug prohibition might be the only way to save all those masses of rebels from going to hell for illegal drug use. I think that ending drug prohibition would save far more drug users from going to hell than what maintaining drug prohibition would.

[deadadelta]

Send Drug Addicts & Alcoholics to AA for 71/2 Years, Monitor with Blood Test,if they FAil start the 71/2 Year Program all over

They must stay Continuously Clean 71/2 Years to go thru all the Changes , MAGNESIUM with AMINO ACID will Help Break Addiction see georgeeby film

[Mrgokueldestructor]

As a mexican an taking in count that this country is suffering directly the effects of ''war on drugs'' which is a false flag war, i couldn´t agree more with this guy, definitely drug´s legalization is the best option a mature and modern society could choose.

Mexico is a drug producer, so we need people in the USA to start moving and put an end to prohibition, so we can make our part too and make use and transprt of drug to the USA legal, this will take Mexico to the first world really fast.

[aguafinatv]

@BGBailen "I look forward to the day when I can sit on my front porch and smoke a joint in peace. It's coming soon, I know it." Youre Missing the point bro. Thats the kind of thinking that is keeping people from legalizing drugs ending prohibition. We dont want to hear those types of comments. Barack Hussein Obama is a FRAUD.

[BGBailen]

25:00

Tobacco - 435,000

Alcohol - 85,000

All Illicit Drugs - 17,000(That's actually shocking, tbh. I would've thought higher)

Marijuana - 0

God I love it.  I look forward to the day when I can sit on my front porch and smoke a joint in peace. It's coming soon, I know it.

[techcafe]

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Grass: the history of marijuana

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