TYT: End The 'War On Drugs' NOW (Stunning Statistics)

[ihavenobias]

Run time: 01:52 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cVejON73c0   Posted on YouTube: February 14, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: February 16, 2009 By DU Member: ihavenobias Views on DU: 6120

 
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[Royal Sloan 09]

1. k & r, Legalize, YES, We Cannabis! eom

[navarth]

8. "Yes We Cannabis" That's AWESOME

I love a well-crafted line. kudos!

[Piewhacket]

21. lol! DUZY

[raystorm7]

38. Where is my t-shirt!?

[20score]

2. Oh hell yes! The reactionary War on Drugs has caused so many problems. It's a nobrainer to end it.

[L. Coyote]

44. After its over, we will pay pensions for the cops for another 40 years. So, it won't

be over paying for it for 40 years after its over.

Some people got the free ride to the grave.
Some got the free cell to the grave, so the others could get the free ride!

[matthewf]

3. k&r

[CherylK]

4. K & R!

:toast:

[ProfessorPlum]

5. Hilarious and sad

Oh, America.

Here's a trivia question for TYT fans: How do you spell/what does it mean, when Cenk says "Waa sikta?" I laugh everytime he says it, I assume it's Turkish, but I've got to have the spelling/meaning of the phrase. Thanks in advance.

[ihavenobias]

6. I'm surprised it's taken you so long to ask.

:)

He's actually pronouncing it slightly incorrectly (on purpose by his own admission), but at any rate it basically means "oh f*k". Once you understand that and you see when he uses it, it's doubly hilarious.

[ProfessorPlum]

9. LOL

Thanks! I figured it was something like that. Definitely an interjection!

[grannie4peace]

7. #5- off you go!

this is what i've prayed for for years!!!! they have destroyed so many lives with their insanity!

[navarth]

10. Right on again, Cenk

As I see it, there are 2 major obstacles to achieving sanity when it comes to dealing with recreational drugs:

1. There is a huge industry full of people whose livelihoods depend on it being illegal.

2. Mommy and Daddy are afraid that their little angel will quit bible study and murder them in their beds. It's all irrational fear.

[ihavenobias]

58. #1 is HUGE.

That's THE biggest obstacle IMO.

[lame54]

11. Check out this vid...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXQgdKQDDws

[daninthemoon]

12. prisons across the country are releasing inmates en masse due

to the horrible overcrowding this war has caused. I hope the officials are choosing the right/non-violent/drug inmates, but I fear that mandatory sentencing is keeping them locked up and releasing predators.

[veganlush]

13. This is another example of a war that makes things..

...worse through unintended consequences ( or are they intended, and lucrative for special interest groups?) An example of the horrendous abuses is that story of the mayor of some little city (a D.C. suburb, I believe) where the cops, unidentified as such and heavily armed, went in and terrorized this (apparently) innocent Mayor and his family, to the extent of needlessly killing his beloved dogs and interrogating him and his mother-in-law for four hours on the floor within sight of their dying dogs. I can't recall where I saw that story, it may have been here at DU but it's an example of a dangerous trend in the militarization of our police because of this phony drug war. If I'm not mistaken (i'm no lawyer) POSSE COMITATUS was designed to prevent this type of thing but look out, if unchecked soon, it's coming. Police in that city also tried to intimidate a reporter.

[Kajsa]

14. Cenk, a columnist for the uber-Repug 'OC Register' AGREES with you!!

I kid you not!
Has hell frozen over?

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/drug-mexican-war-2308232-americans-people

I'd hate to think of this going on for years, but it probably will. The root of the problem – drug prohibition – seems obvious, but for some reason Americans and Mexicans are unwilling to consider an end to it. But even if few people are willing to discuss the solution, it's high time that Americans pay more attention to this problem.

Hell yeah, the 'war on drugs' is over.

And now, even the " most reactionary newspaper on the planet"
according to my late stepfather, is publishing an editorial that
is in agreement.

:kick: and R

[fascisthunter]

15. he's right... the War on Drugs is Over... it's BS

especially when one realizes how many drugs we all take ingesting what we do on a daily basis. But those drugs are legal....

[Wizard777]

17. It won't be over until we scream Treason. Then they will be highly motivated to stop the BS.

But not until then. They'll still think the ball is in their court and they can do as they damned well please.

[fascisthunter]

18. The Funny Thing is Those Promoting this War are Probably the Biggest

hypocrites around.

[unapatriciated]

32. cops have the best dope

[Wizard777]

16. "War" waged against We The People is Treason. Legalize before We The People prosecute the real crime

We The People can just as easily smoke that rope before they swing from it for Treason. But if they insist upon preventing us from smoking rope. That just leave the traitors to swing from it for Treason.

[truedelphi]

36. Smoke the rope!! n/t

[pleah]

19. K&R

:thumbsup:

[libodem]

20. Education

education, education. The war on drugs reminds me of the way the Medieval Church ruled over people in regard of human sexual desires. Sure desire, addiction, misuse of any thing that feels good can take over your life. Just seems to me that's why sex and drug education should go hand in hand. So that it has less chance of being misused. Abstinence might be the purest way to go but most human beings will be tempted to experiment. It doesn't necessarily mean one will become a depraved molester or a drug addict. Seems like those in authority hold up those images as the only sure outcome of testing the "gateway" drug. People are way smarter than Fundies give us credit for.

[Turborama]

22. K&R

[Window]

23. K/R.

:kick:

[Seldona]

24. Good point about prohibition.

I wonder if these people really believe they can arrest their way out of people doing drugs?

Fail.

[OhioChick]

25. K&R

:kick:

[asdjrocky]

26. This morning on Washington Journal-

every single caller thought it should be legal. Every single one.

[Politicalboi]

27. YES WEED CAN!

[GOPBasher]

28. Good points. I wonder how much the "war on drugs" costs. n/t

[Turborama]

29. Kick

[WhichTruth]

30. Marijuana Overdose Victims

NATIONAL REGISTRY OF MARIJUANA SMOKING OVERDOSE VICTIMS©

http://www.reallyneatstuffalaska.com/overdosevictims

Enjoy

[unapatriciated]

34. Hooked on Pot?....

here is what rehab does for you...
http://www.videosift.com/video/Bob-Sagets-Famous-Scene-in-Half-Baked

[President Decider]

31. Ya know? .... it's really tough to defend facts when they're presented like this.

Now I'm not ready to go out and legalize crack or meth or anything hardcore like that, but hemp? .... Come on?, let's quit the chirade. Let's quit pretending like this is the "starter" drug that leads to more sinister things.

It's not. There's no scientific proof that says otherwise. That's what we've been fed.

[reggie the dog]

35. meth, crack, heroin

all should be legal for adults and purity regulated so as to limit the ill health effects of having cut, shitty product or having something "too strong".

Think of how much nasty shit is in bathtub meth compared to when it was in pill form.

[Maestro]

33. I agree. Making legal doesn't mean increased use,

but perhaps some that want to quit can try to get help like those addicted to nicotine. The war on drugs is so stupid!

[JDPriestly]

37. If you want to fight drugs, subsidize alternatives -- like the arts

and sports and other things people like to do besides just sit around and twiddle their thumbs and look for mischief. And especially, if you want to fight drugs, fund art, music, dance, theater education. Art, music, dance, theater, sports -- are healthy and save kids lives. Even if the kids do try drugs, they are not so likely to stay if they have other healthy outlets for their creativity, their emotions and, let's face it, their hormones. Drugs there will always be. It's a matter of balance.

[liberation]

45. I couldn't agree more

Reactionary approaches, like the war on drugs, are bound to fail because they don't address the root cause.

Most people do drug as a form of escapism. If your reality sucks, i.e. you life is a dead end, you need to get away even if it is for a few seconds. I hate people who judge drug use. Having volunteered in a lot of poor communities, honestly... it is the only outlet some people have. Granted abuse of heavy duty drugs has waaay too many negative side effects for me to ignore the damage such drug abuse implies.

However, if all you are doing is simply growing a f*cking plant... and smoking some of its seeds to enhance your experiences, to relax you, to increase your imagination, to explore your perception, et al. Then, I have no clue as to why a society would be stupid enough as to think that wasting billions on stopping people from doing something that does not harm anybody else...

It is almost as if the powers that be sole mission in life is to make yours miserable. And if for some reason you manage to find something that makes you slightly less miserable, then it almost looks as if you have found a work around... and that throws the authorities into a hissy fit. Why do we let ourselves be ruled by the people whose main mission in life seems to be to make everybody miserable?

[doeriver]

39. NORML U.S. annual marijuana arrest stats - image file

http://www.norml.org

Marijuana Arrests For Year 2007: 872,721 Tops Record High -Five Percent Increase Over 2006-      
http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=7698

September 15, 2008 - Washington, DC

Washington, DC: Police arrested a record 872,721 persons for marijuana violations in 2007, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's annual Uniform Crime Report, released today. This is the largest total number of annual arrests for cannabis ever recorded by the FBI. http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2006/index.html

Cannabis arrests now comprise nearly 47.5 percent of all drug arrests in the United States.

(more at link above)

[RadiationTherapy]

41. Fucking goddamned wimp cop fuckers!

50% of drug arrests are pot heads!? FUCK YOU, WIMPS. Why don't you go and make a real difference in your community? Goddamned whiny, money stealing wimps. Fuck off, bulllies.

[arundhatiroyfan]

40. Kick n/t.

[ms liberty]

42. K&R...Cenk's right - the debate is over...our drug policy has been an epic failure...

and thanks for the links. I miss TYT; I used to listen to them on Sirius. I'll definitely sign the petition.

[ejbr]

43. k& r n/t

[trthnd4jstc]

46. Cenk is right. The negatives outweigh the positives of waging a war on drugs.

The war on drugs further demonizes our Federal Government. It makes enemies of otherwise law abiding citizens, who may love their country and are devoted to partaking in a positive future for all people. End the Tyranny. End the Hell. End the Abuse of Power. End the Horror. End the War on Drugs!

[Sarah Ibarruri]

47. Even my sister, who is a very religious woman, has gone Democrat and is in favor of pot legalization

No one in our family smokes, but it's less harmful than alcohol, and in fact, it is a medicine beneficial for many conditions.

[JVS]

48. Only 20% of the dutch tried it? Bunch of stiffs!

[BobTheSubgenius]

49. I read an article in the LA Times a couple of years ago.

In it, one of the results of the War On Drugs was examined - the price and availability of heroin in LA. They found that, allowing for inflation and a nearly incredible increase in purity, the amount of heroin that would have cost $7000 30 years ago (from the date of the article) was then available for $90.

The article further claimed that the price of a single dose for a beginning user (5mg) was about 50 cents, when bought in that quantity. (a gram, I assumed at the time)

Given the results of the War On Drugs, the War On Poverty, and the War On Terror, perhaps we should consider asking the govt. to start a War On The Middle Class.

[defendandprotect]

50. Legalize Marijuana --- and let's end this "war" on everyone --

[bitchkitty]

51. I am starting to really like this guy! n/t

[cynthia]

52. you would think we had learned with Prohibition

(of alcohol)

[Oldenuff]

53. k/r

:thumbsup:

[quidam56]

54. California sure could use the revenue !

[Enthusiast]

55. Hey! The video has been removed.

Oh well. Anyway I want to say something about marijuana. The most dangerous thing about marijuana is that it can be used to frame or discredit a political enemy.

[Bunkie0913]

56. Why is the video no longer available?

I clicked it here and on youtube and it won't play.

[AlbertCat]

57. Does anyone know where it is available?

I'd like to see it.