Dr. Gabor Maté: Obama Admin Should Heed Global Panel's Call to End "Failed" U.S.-Led Drug War
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A high-level international panel has concluded the so-called "war on drugs" has failed and that governments should consider legalizing substances, including marijuana. The Global Commission on Drug Policy is comprised of 19 members, including several former heads of state. The Office of National Drug Control Policy at the White House has refuted the findings of the commission's report. Democracy Now! interviews Dr. Gabor Maté, a Canadian physician and best-selling author of four books including, "In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction." "On any level you care to name, the war on drugs is a failure," Dr. Maté says.
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I'm Canadian. Our Central Bank is a Crown Corporation. Not that it makes much difference operationally.
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@WilhelmDrake It is a private bank which controls your government. And you are it's slave. You make it sound official, just like they brainwashed you too. Fool, wake up..
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@RevolutionNewsDotUS2 and why should we not get high on weed, in perfect safety, when we are allowed to get high on booze. It kills almost 2 million people a year.
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Drug laws create Drug Cartels......
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who owns most of the cement factories in the usa and other countries..mexican $
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"What is "Racist and Inaccurate" on my statement that ALL FED chairmen have been JEWISH.
Please explain."
All Fed Chairmen have not been Jewish, Paul Volker for example, and it is not a strictly "Jewish operation". It is the central bank of the United States of America.
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Not only are your comments disgustingly racist, inaccurate & ignorant, they have nothing to do with the topic of conversation or that of the lecture.
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Bunch of hypocrites eh?
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Cannabis stops cancer - Harvard
Cannabis grows brain cells - Princeton
US Govt Patented Medicinal Marijuana, US patent #6630507
Marijuana is illegal because it's related to THE MOST VERSATILE plant on the planet... HEMP.
"HEMP can't get you high unless you smoke a joint the size of a telephone pole!"
—Dr. Ron Paul
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RevolutionNewsDotUS2 8 months ago 8
Unless you support organized crime, government and police corruption, and all the social problems that stem from drug prohibition, one should be in favour of legalization.
I would much rather have the government regulate drugs than the Mafia.
This does not mean one condones drug use. In fact one could be anti-drug use and still be pro-legalization.
I support the the repeal of anti-sodomy laws throughout the world, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna start engaging in sodomy.
WilhelmDrake 8 months ago 7