American Drug War Economics - Volume 1

Ending drug prohibition and focusing on addiction as a sickness, like alcohol and prescription drugs, could save the U.S. economy and millions of lives. Please pass this video on to as many people as you can. We need your help to end the Drug War.

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Produced by Kevin Booth and Ryan Kaye

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[Tw1St3DSt33L]

Just like the French peasants in 1789 said right after all the rich people ate their food; "maybe it's time for a revolution?" Change doesnt come on it's own. there's evolution and theres revolution. You could hope current things will evolve to a better state but as history states, this rarely happens. Would America have been founded without a revolution? Would king George or any of his descendants have given up the colonies just because the colonies would been stronger on their own?

[jmar1371]

Turn on the TV. Got a headache? Take a pill. Hi blood pressure? Take a pill. Cholesterol up? Take a pill.

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But don't do drugs.

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Note the educational system differentiates alcohol from drugs. Alcohol IS a drug.

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[TheReapersSon]

@mytoprecords

You can become addicted to almost anything, so what is the logic in differentiating one addiction as good and another as bad? There is no logic, because that is called hypocrisy. And nobody likes a hypocrite.

[614streets]

opiates are dangerous

[Rationalreflection]

For countries that have soldiers fighting in Afghanistan this war these two wars overlap. At the moment about 1/3 of Afghanistans GDP comes from illegal drug trade. If America and its allies pull out of that country it will be a 100% narco state. The Taliban and Al Queda are simply international drug smuggling gangsters and domestic politics in the US which often has a large influence internationally helps to keep them powerful.

[MrKushbuds]

@mytoprecords just like tv, games good food anything enjoy able just because you like or have fun doing something is not addicting an addiction it phisical and weed is not

[mytoprecords]

marijuana is addictive

[Believer977]

@lmollot Lumping every substance that has desirable effects on perception/pleasure centers under one umbrella as just (drugs) is dangerous. The toxicity of cocaine compared to MDMA is completely different. Just as much as marijuana compared to alcohol. Some substances are highly addictive (Heroin for example) while others are not addictive at all either physically or mentally (such as Iboga or DMT).

[Believer977]

@lmollot Former food fields being transformed into drug fields is not a result of the drug itself, it's a chilling effect of prohibition. If farmers are faced with a choice to grow corn that will net them so much an acre, or poppies that will profit them 10 times as much.....it's a no brainer decision. Allowing drug users to produce their own product on private property would almost entirely eliminate the problem. Also, not all drugs are harmful to the body or mind regarding average normal use.

[Luigi84289]

@metamaggot weed alone is good for you every now and then. Keeps you in touch with reality. Hallucinogens are good for expanding your thoughts.