Walter Cronkite & America's Disastrous Drug War Pt 2 of 6

Walter Cronkite & America's Disastrous Drug War Pt 2 of 6

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News & Politics

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• DrugPolicyAlliance
• drug
• policy
• alliance
• warondrugs
• prohibition
• ondcp
• Walter
• Cronkite
• Disastrous
• Drug
• War
• America

[kittyprydekissme]

How come I never heard of this show before? It's clearly from the mid-nineties, when speaking out against the Drug War was far less common, and it features the most respected journalist in the country. It should've attracted a lot of publicity.  Which network was this from?

[animan245]

Drug users represent the new minority underclass. The ruling-class chose them specifically because they do not come from any specific race or religion, so therefore they cannot use race or religion to accuse the government of prejudice and discrimination. When drug users try to accuse officers or agents of prejudice and discrimation, they get laughed out of court. The ruling-class likes it that way. The war on drugs is a war on poor people.

[gobo760]

@kittyprydekissme I first saw this video when I was 9 (it originally aired on CBS). I had never heard of walter cronkite, but he was the most amazing person I had ever heard speak. It was like the end scene in Truman Show where "the creator" talks to truman. Every word that left his mouth was soaked in sage logic and self-evident truth. I never knew people like that existed in the real world. Cronkite and this special definitely had an impact on the way I analyzed all things in life.

[underballbutter]

Okay I totally qwant Walter Cronkite to be a game show host "350.000 dollars!"

[casualtySR]

so sad ;( what a terrible thing the drug war is.

[Franke357]

fuck the cia kill em all

[13AJJONES]

WE NOW HAVE ALOT MORE PEOPLE IN PRISON THAN RUSSIA DOES !

[zaczattack]

Thats fucking sick that those people are in there for that long, i fell so bad for there kids and families. I hope those juges go to hell for puting these people in there for that long.

[dullsvillain]

I loved Walter ...the voice of conscience

[bonghitsandbigtits]

yea wtf @ my country thats supposed to be the land of the free... and the home prisions filled with non voilent drug offenders ...

[xxxrandomjamezxxx]

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[randy109]

Non violent drug offenders should be given terms measured in months, not years. Many lives are ruined by these lengthy sentences. There's no reason to give a woman 20 years in prison for merely possessing drugs, even if she's holding 5 pounds of Cocaine. Prisons are overcrowded because of these ridiculous prison terms. It's an ineffectual use of taxpayer dollars and serves no real purpose. War on Drugs is utter nonsense...