Can Weed Help Trauma from Gang Violence & Police Brutality?

[@biscottibandito]

Getting robbed, shot at, jumped in and outside of jail, fighting back to back bc your from 2 separate streets or areas, etc etc definitely creates ptsd

[@sstewart82ss]

Fsctd

[@morgancr1993]

Trauma made me question my own sanity and took my peace away.

[@ricomanuel7567]

I've been struggling with PTSD since my accident. Anyone tried psilocybin mushrooms for trauma?

[@jordanlewis5666]

Yes! Psilocybin-assisted therapy helped me process my childhood trauma.

[@kristahutchinson6519]

Microdosing helped me manage anxiety and flashbacks.

[@muu1589]

Did you use a specific protocol or dosage?

[@kristahutchinson6519]

medicgael

[@pastqr]

This title is crazy

[@glizzyfreebandzz8752]

I was like wtf 😂😂😂

[@John-Doe-Bot]

For Real I couldn't grasp it so i had to check it out to make sure I actually read it right.

[@AutismoGamer]

It really isn't. Y'all just still stupid.

[@zacheryallen1432]

What did it say? Because I have a feeling they changed it.

[@judah109]

Same thing I was thinking 💭🤔

[@waynesergeant5820]

Hurt people hurt people

[@WesBundy82]

100

[@yamomsass1263]

Idiots hurt people

[@lalo38th41]

Basketball people cause trsuma

[@downestfoo5613]

These people aren’t hurt or traumatized in the slightest, they’re a bunch of kids who never matured or grew up. All they do is stand around smoking and drinking while they have mommy daddy and their grandparents at home waiting for them to come home to their home cooked meal. 90% of these “gangbangers” still live with their mommy and get fed for free. Most suburbans have an unstable home compared to these wannabe gangbangers . I just hate to see so many people claim to have experienced trauma for sympathy or to fit in when they clearly haven’t been traumatized

very original

[@chrisarnold9732]

The downside of using weed as medicine for trauma is that PTSD already causes dissociation. If you're dissociated AND high, then you're just a zombie. Being a zombie is preferable to being in a hypervigilant fear state, but only slightly. Weed is helpful for trauma when taken in moderation and when you're in the right frame of mind. It's great at the end of a long, stressful day when you're finally able to relax. ....but I speak from A LOT of experience when I say that staying stoned all the time is a great way to ensure that you never actually learn how to process your trauma and learn how to work around it. Microdosing mushrooms is FAR more helpful for PTSD. Instead of dissociating, you actually feel more sober and clear-headed than normal. Ketamine and/or MDMA treatments and the Stellate Ganglion nerve block procedure can also be lifesavers.

[@DigitalSubset]

Facts anyone who disagrees with this and says otherwise is a liar. I'm struggling with this as we speak and I was just thinking about it minutes before I saw this video on my feed. My tolerance is so high I can't even get high anymore it's never been like this. That shows that I've created a dependency and use weed to mask some things in my life such as anxiety about my future.

[@does_it_matter_]

Check out the literature on the African tribes that use cannabis vs those around them that dont.

[@shawnndixon5254]

did the shrooms all i did was trip balls.

[@ArkaeaFCL3]

Both shrooms and weed have helped me with my ptsd and anxiety/depression more than any prescription drug ever did. We've come such a long way in terms of treating hurt people.

[@SlipperySlopes]

@@DigitalSubset slowww

[@aleclaurent4853]

Drinking beer with the cops is crazy work

[@maccalhoun4764]

Rare that we get too, cheers to that 😂

[@OTISDAPRODUCER]

For real 🙅🏾‍♂️

[@wav.yliving]

Our generation aint smokin the natural weed from the past. Its now so heavily chemicalized. It gotta be put down @ some point

[@federicorexhepi8892]

u have to smoke living soil weed

[@TCTALKSTCFITNESS]

Facts

[@-HappyMelt-]

Aint that the truth, i aint ever giving it up though.

[@SneekOutside]

​@@-HappyMelt-no its false

[@SneekOutside]

​@@federicorexhepi8892facts

[@dellanowhite8729]

Long and short... Does it work? Yes. Is it the best solution? No.

[@chuckyfire8439]

Yeah it's hard getting through that at a young age.after midlife crisis?? Idk 🤭🦻

[@dellanowhite8729]

@chuckyfire8439 just gotta run away from that life at any cost

[@sm33sh90]

It is medicine at least their not crackheads or alcoholics it could be worse God put weed on this Earth for a gd reason

[@nenenene9187]

For real though only thing that can help trauma is a change of mindset. Viewinf yourself as a survivor not a victim

[@Idrissarold]

@@nenenene9187its not That simpel

[@KiloVasquez215]

Stop the violence and police brutality That would help significantly !

[@simuliid]

This made me so sad. It's cool that there's natural med for the PTSD and trauma, but that all these kids are being traumatized daily is so depressing. I hope he has much success. I wish the kids in this neighborhood could experience the peace and joy childhood should be.

[@user-ejxomyq]

the amount of thc in weed is human made and far from natural. The only way out is a change of mind that can't resolved from using drugs.

[@undercoverjihadi9252]

VICE is hilarious. They put all of their minds together only to make the exact same point as a single redditor.

[@shadowmime-zeroatrop]

😂

[@frank4976]

Can’t tell if this is ironic. How sad is that?

[@undercoverjihadi9252]

@@frank4976 Redditors are stupid, don't get me wrong. That's why this is even more tragic for VICE

[@undercoverjihadi9252]

@@frank4976 Redditors are stupid, that's the real sad part

[@FizzerSix]

the takeaway from a trauma-based video as "hilarious" is so sad. not an incorrect take but still :shrug:

[@KublaMonster]

30 grams for 3 weeks is crazy!

[@Powermoves1080]

Lol I was like dam, that would last me for awhile for real a 8th weekend is all I need

[@mongalo52]

Lmaooooo this is the comment I was looking for, I literally paused the video and had to look because that's definitely getting cooked within a week and a half. 🤣

[@GrandMaster.Smile.]

Hehe, I smoke about 35-40g medical weed every month...😅

[@aycee4059]

⁠8th a weekend wth you smoking my boy 😂I need an oz every 2 weeks

[@St1kkmvn]

@@aycee4059you smoke too much man😂

[@joao3547]

No. Sobriety, therapy and staying away from the people you associated with can. Stop pushing drugs onto society. Sincerely, a daily weed smoker

[@hearts4yayah]

man wdf is therapy gone do😭😭😭

[@rahzikashiharris9539]

ITS NOT DRUGS

[@hlogilehlogonolo5438]

Not everyone can afford therapy remember that

[@hlogilehlogonolo5438]

@@rahzikashiharris9539it is, alcohol is also a drug

[@croe374]

Definitely not a drug and I’m a veteran I have PTSD but they are using weed as a weapon now so I’m done smoking

[@GlitterBlob]

As someone who has smoked weed for over 10 years daily to cope with trauma and other stuff, I can say it does not help. You just live in the illusion that it helps you and that it's a relief from the stress your experiencing but eventually it will just make it worse and even add other problems with it such as anxiety and depression or other negative feelings and thoughts. It's not helping, it just delays the impact of the feelings to a later moment in time, which you then try to avoid again by smoking again. And only when you get out of this cycle you will start to see that this is the reality, unfortunately. I do have to say, it might be different when people would use CBD oil, because it works differently than when you would smoke weed (bc of the thc which has been removed from the oil).

[@WesBundy82]

Are you still smoking?

[@GlitterBlob]

@@WesBundy82no, I have been sober for over 3 years now 😊

[@wehrmeister]

Yea, I find it hard to follow and believe the premise of this video. You have to finally deal with your reality, without filters. Stay sober brother!

[@jamieholmes6087]

@wehrmeister You obviously don't have any trauma then. Sometimes it is needed.

[@wehrmeister]

@@jamieholmes6087 Nice of you to presume. Being the son of an alcoholic and drug using father dealing with his tours in Vietnam, and the hell he put his family through, I told myself I'd rather end myself than to put my family through that. I choose to deal with it differently.

[@Icemanr85]

mind blown. I never considered police trauma as a factor effecting police brutality. lack of ability to talk can lead to increased violence amongst police officers

[@ErenYaeger-x8o]

So true. If a cop is on edge the entire time they start interacting with people because of past experiences, they can escalate anything into a dangerous situation since they've never received any kind of mental help from the types of actual dangerous cases that they take on.

[@ItsNotEthereal]

Actually if you pay attention to a lot of police brutality cases, they could have been prevented if the officers had received better training and mental health services. It's sad because our government refuses to fix these problems because the solutions arent simple.

[@yamomsass1263]

​@@ItsNotEtherealI worked with the sheriff's in Compton because I worked EMS and they are chill problem is these guys literally wanna be a damn victim while terrorizing the city over colors

[@AboveTheHumans]

Let’s talk about police and law enforcement accountability on that trauma they’ve imposed.

[@lalo38th41]

Police ain't the issue the black community is.

[@ThatBoiiAsap]

8:45 you know damn well he thinkin in his head “ a zip ain’t gone cover me for no damn 3 weeks “ 🤣

[@yuto313]

🤣🤣💯

[@NixonYork]

Kendrick Lamar wrote many songs about Compton. 1. Madd city 2. Average Joe 3. Compton state of mind 4. Ronaldregan Era 6. The Art of peer pressure 7. Hood politics. And so much more, we should have heard a few of his songs in this video. I learned about Compton through kendrick lamar's music than anything else.

[@zeruiahthompson1406]

As someone who, is diagnosed with epilepsy, weed, has really helped me to calm down my seizures eventhough it is illegal it can really help with with PTSD and traumatic experiences

[@timray4988]

I’m m a retired combat veteran however I have all the issues from the job and I smoke everyday now since 2015 and I’ve done DMT once and I wanna go back and had better experience there then with a therapist

[@Beautifullife16656]

Thank God vice is still posting My favorite channel

[@KaiserTwo]

the nonchalant dreadhead in the beginning gotta be the best part of the video 💀💀😭

[@KyleOdom-t7s]

How would you even test this. It's pretty safe to assume they all smoke weed regardless of the violence if they are involved in a gang.

[@dot680]

Because prohibition is the cause of drug related crime. Just like prohibition caused the Valentine's Day massacre, and the emboldening of the Chicago mafia.

[@tadhgk4856]

Yea n this is a potential explanation for y they’re smokin weed 🤦‍♂️

[@MarkEight36]

They experience violence because weed is still illegal and cops come for you in the streets. The experiment should be legal weed across the board and then be honest

[@AutismoGamer]

@@MarkEight36 Then history repeats itself. Just like when Cannabis and every Organic medicine gets attacked and marked "criminal" because the economy was poor and the dope head stoners weren't working. It's easier to point a martyr than it is to pay an auditor.

[@KyleOdom-t7s]

@@MarkEight36 the insurance industry would never allow full legalization. And if it did, work comp rates would be insane since the number of work comp claims being filed as a work related injury rather than something someone just goes to patient first for on the weekend because they don't want to lose their job. That's the sad reality. The place you work right now will have to pay higher rates and insurance companies have to be ok with paying out on Billions of dollars in healthcare bills they normally don't have to pay. Those Two things have to happen for nationwide legalization. Look at Florida with Hurricane coverage. They just decided to stop covering pretty much everyone in Florida for wind coverage. Millions of people have no home owners insurance and have no options for it because insurance companies lost too much money. Are you stupid enough to think every single business owner in American wants higher insurance rates and more paperwork when weed users are injured at the work place, just so some gang member can have legal weed?

[@ACWChatsAlot]

And in the DMV, you won’t find nobody leaving their vehicles running. 5:11

[@isaiahcarter7342]

Na FR

[@puddincup9879]

Some people have fobs. The car won't go far.

[@Oliver-rb7zc]

-smokes all day every day -gets 30 grams of high cbd low thc weed for three weeks

[@federicorexhepi8892]

ahahaah crazy 😂😂

[@luchiani1171]

High cbd low to mid thc is gas deos not make you cloudy that you cant function so you can chill at work easier

[@Noscoperzz]

Dope documentary👍🏼

[@unowayontheway7392]

This is why i started watching vice good work

[@boston312]

I was a cop for 2 years in the East LA Area (also high gang concentrated area) back in the early 2000s. To this day I am still desensitized and have issues with trust, relationships (havnt had a girlfriend in over 20 years) and im sure PTSD issues as well just from that short time in the force. The stress I accumulated in those 2 years outweighs all the other stress throughout my life

[@juswolf22]

Weed just suppresses trauma. You get back sober it comes right back!

[@PeverellTheThird]

Weed helps heal trauma if one engages in therapeutic practices while high, e.g. art, yoga, psychotherapy. Only suppresses if one takes weed and lazes about.

[@joeschmidt664]

Facts

[@joeschmidt664]

Therapy and THC and CBD save my life everyday

[@hwfq34fajw9foiffawdiufhuaiwfhw]

Weed and LSD helped massively in getting over trauma and understanding who i am and what i really want in life. It's only people who are in the "resistant" stage who fight trips, they never move ahead in understanding the past experience or who they really are. we all know the one stoner who smokes & instantly distracts himself

[@ezraezra-yo6ju]

​@@PeverellTheThird I agree.

[@naturaldragonflywellnesscb5275]

We carry mushrooms that work great for ptsd and nothing will pop up on a drug test. We have a ton of officers getting them.

[@maccalhoun4764]

I believe you, but if you haven’t smoked herb. The chance of taking mushrooms and having a bad reaction is pretty great. Maybe because I’m prone to anxiety, but I think that you got climb the ladder before you get to the top so to speak? Totally right though man, mushrooms ultimately should be consumed by every person, we’d all be closer

[@naturaldragonflywellnesscb5275]

@maccalhoun4764 Start with a low dose and work your way up and you probably won't have anxiety anymore.

[@PlatinumHustle]

I’ve been trying to find a shroomie plug for years now lol I dunno how to ask

[@Izayazens]

Shooting happened outside my school in 6th grade, seeing people selling drugs on the corner, neighborhood full of drug dealers and people ready to throw their life away, not so good environment, childhood trauma, anxiety.

[@markkruse9803]

Legalize it .

[@shy404usernotfound]

It's California. It is legal, stupid. 😂

[@prod.w0cky375]

zaytoven on the intro beat is tuff bru

[@stackinnpackinhaven5013]

Shout out to momma for grilling for the grown boys

[@AlexCornick-ep7li]

This guy gonna put vice back on the map

[@marquisjohnson9256]

People can’t imagine or fathom the things weed decreases 1) violence 2) bad habits 3) negativity 4) stereotypes 5) all of the above 👆🏿

[@snagglesmagoo2750]

Is this a joke? Gang members are consuming more weed than ever before and the violence has only escalated!

[@lafayettecarthins3340]

@@snagglesmagoo2750the violence has not escalated

[@TheCrucialQ]

As someone who grew up in South Central L.A, California. I remember a time where gang violence were primarily limited to fist fights. Sometimes stabbings would happen or someone seriously injured with a bat. When you saw the police, you waive at them as a kid. They would stop and hand their baseball cards. Then crack came and flipped the city and or community upside-down. Oliver North basically sent a community in to self destruction with his Iran Contra stunt. Gangs would have long been just memory, if crack had not come shortly after the end of Vietnam war.

[@dknohoward6933]

60 yrs old! Grew up in the same neighborhood. Lived in every gang neighborhood, now living in Washington State, this bottomline is what changed my whole life to greatness 🙌🏿 👇🏾 ONLY WHAT WE DO FOR CHRIST WILL LAST.

[@EsWicc]

What Part Of Compton Where You From?🙂

[@dknohoward6933]

@EsWicc I stayed EVERYWHERE in that city...Rosecrans, Santa Fe & pine, Willmington & spruce, Long Beach & Rosecrans, just to name a few

[@fareedingram4626]

Damn!! You can't even walk around where you live!! An enjoy your environment !! Damn these Kids are in Survival mode all DAY

[@obscurityyaame1275]

no weed not going to work . self awareness , yoga , meditation and good food will help.

[@cdeb5898]

Nice to see that Vice is still doing their part in polarization.. :)

[@shawnndixon5254]

everyone says its a temporary fix but so is eating because you're hungry, and just like food you can make weed in your back yard for free. i really don't see the downsides to evading trauma that makes even the most seasoned therapists admit defeat. if some cant be a functioning member of society or even stand being alive bc of whatever issue and don't even want to exist period then in that case wanting to be a vegetable is a lot better than not wanting to be alive at all.

[@FREEWORLDLA]

such a well put together video 🏆

[@KevinMiller-g3b]

WEED IS TIGHT WEED IS TIGHT

[@slowpokejpg]

Green, brown, purple? Doesn't matter, just bring me more of this!

[@MarcoCastaneda-rx9fe]

Tiggght tiigghhttt

[@MarcoCastaneda-rx9fe]

Tuco snorted the last infinity stone

[@papashort13]

😆

[@coreyworthington2797]

We have the ganja gauntlet!

[@jefforious2000]

Weed helps everything bro. EVERYTHING for me.

[@DRob-gq3ki]

So does alcohol

[@gerardrbain1972]

​@@DRob-gq3kiAlcohol increases aggression

[@fefefefe56]

Drugs should be used to enhance good feelings and experiences, not hide the bad ones. One day it will all come out in the form of anxiety attacks and digging deeper into depression.

[@jessicaroberts521]

couldn’t that apply for any drug though?

[@leolatzug]

I dont have a problem with weed, i have one without weed 😂

[@brunobattistini1694]

8:45 my man's head going: "30gs?? ten days tops"

[@FATHERSOFBASS]

LOS213 is deffff traumatizing… I’m 48 born n raised a sureño… death, violence, drugs, gangs, police is just a way of life there it’s a lifestyle…. That’s how it’s been since I was born in 1975 and it will never stop! Me being older now weed n liquor doesn’t make it better maybe try to be productive get a job move away nobody is trapped there everyone has a choice I live in Washington st now and I have 4 kids I work n pay my dues n I have nothing to worry about except paying my rent bills and taking care of my children… it’s a choice after it’s not a choice! I can admit growing up I really didn’t have a choice those at facts you grow up into the life but when you get older n you can make your own choices u can change your life but most don’t want too…

[@downestfoo5613]

It’s not as bad as it used to be at all, these new mfs are just trying to be what you guys were, but these new foos are soft asf and live with there mom still at 25 with not even 1000$ just to be clear none of these guys are traumatized at all, they love the drama bc their like females they think it’s cool to get involved in petty drama rather than getting some cash

[@DanH-u3f]

What about the public that suffers from gang violence?

[@teresaesquivel2040]

There's no such thing as the public

[@jessicaroberts521]

@@teresaesquivel2040the public is the everyday, working class civilian

[@runup3639]

@@teresaesquivel2040no such thing as a public ? lol the everyday working civilians who live in the hood are the ones who suffer the mosts I don’t have sympathy for dudes who gang bang but for innocent lives that get caught up in the mix those I pray for. Like

[@Bumps-f3n]

I'm 50 now, but I know exactly what these kids are going through.

[@curson_ave1015]

More importantly, why is there no concern for the trauma the gangs impose on the innocent people in these communities? Far more people are traumatized by gangs and criminals than the gangs are traumatized by Police.

[@up-uw4op]

exactly the victims suffer from ptsd the most

[@sm33sh90]

You don't understand do you? People get jumped into gangs and forced at 13 or 14 yrs old and they make them do it or they'll unalive them so they join because they don't wanna be unalived

[@natas2350]

Thank you,our Judicial system is a joke and these criminals are literally domestic terrorist, what about the victims of these monsters?!

[@snagglesmagoo2750]

You realize this is Vice, right? It's not exactly an unbiased or science-based source. Vice has an agenda and facts don't matter to them.

[@ezraezra-yo6ju]

Why can't we just focus on healing trauma in general trauma of the gang members trauma of the citizens and trauma of the cops

[@tanyalgutierrez]

My heart breaks watching this and their struggles 💔 😢

[@Limobecookin_]

anybody know the name of the song that plays at 2:06

[@franciscoalejandrocccvvv8523]

Sounds like Kendrick...

[@coldcodyofficial]

I cant smoke anymore makes me paranoid with anxiety

[@antoniomccray2475]

30 grams for 3 weeks ain’t enough

[@QueenJLee420]

I love how you said what you said at the end... real talk! Thanks for the vid.

[@hambone5547]

The onset of paranoia oughta fix that ptsd.

[@gerardrbain1972]

Those who experience paranoia after consuming cannabis aren't supposed to be using it

[@fisherOD]

Can I say I love this a lot so informative 😂❤

[@AboveTheHumans]

😂 “3:55…Just shoot me some snacks!” Best kind of homie!

[@EverythingsByDesign]

as a previous partaker in the smoking sport, I feel weed keeps you where you are. You don't improve from smoking. Unless you're already well off financially or have a career, weed is a distraction. The inability to see yourself as you're seen by the world is enhanced by smoking weed.

[@PeverellTheThird]

You improve if you smoke and actually engage in therapeutic activities such as psychotherapy, EMDR, art, yoga, gym, etc. Speaking from personal experience. If you just smoke and do nothing productive than there's no point.

[@georgionw6554]

Very true.

[@fredm.2699]

Can seggs cure that trauma? Copious amounts of seggs. We are just asking questions right?

[@t206kid]

People need a purpose in life, career, church, hobbies, volunteering, coaching, etc. Weed does not serve to add purpose to ones life (alcohol as well, so dont start with the alcohol comparisons)

[@jonathanchambers7305]

This was deep Vice is the 🐐

[@philty6032]

That doctor is HIGH AS FU%% lol 😂🎉🎉❤❤

[@markumoeder]

Title. Yes it can.. it saved my life Now being 2years in a row sober 🙏 Saved my sanity and i aint dead or in jail!

[@risky7165]

Everybodys a aspiring rapper nobody is a aspiring plumber,mechanic,soldier,etc. 😒

[@gerardrbain1972]

Rappers are artists. Being an artist is a sexy occupation

[@risky7165]

@gerardrbain1972 Sexy? Yes. Likely to workout? No. Mfers need to get off the weed and come back down to reality. No you don't need to go to college to earn a good check. Plenty of blue collar guys making a killing and taking care of their families.

[@yamomsass1263]

Bingo just a bunch idiots mad at police who did something with their life protecting the city.... The city needs trades men and women

[@estevan_1031]

​@@yamomsass1263 "protecting the city" 😂

[@downestfoo5613]

Yup everyone just wants the “gangster “ persona meanwhile they still go home to mommy everyday 😂😂

[@nwsaTV]

This video is so good

[@MarcelloMancini-b5v]

I ain't even gonna watch the video, weed can and will induce psychosis in vulnerable individuals with a history of trauma

[@margiela1k844]

No it doesn’t stop being a wuss😂

[@JayManuel02]

Yes it does bozo educate yourself

[@leolatzug]

Yeah, and alcohol does the same!

[@JayManuel02]

@margiela1k844 yea it does what world are you living in ..

[@JayManuel02]

@leolatzug nah not like marijuana

[@nancysantamarialatica1141]

Great intro music .

[@Lasci]

Only one way to find out

[@TripleYair]

Smoking one up for u brother and good morning

[@filliiiii7]

​@@TripleYairis healthy smoking weed?

[@moneycheez2121]

@@filliiiii7 not healthy, but not detrimental to your lungs. just dont overdo it

[@danieli6305]

I’m looking for a Vice video in which they had several active and retired police officers speaking about changes in the department. I saw it last night and forgot to save it . Can someone place the link in here? It’s a Part 1 and Part 2 work. Thanks

[@guyprieto1593]

Dude i grew up in a horrible area busting guns daily and some of them people dont even smoke in fact the real killers probaly dont even want to be off point. These bums using this because they think its cool. And news flash its cool to be dumb asf. Nothing cooler than be a dumb ass. And thats how they got tricked. And stay tricked.

[@downestfoo5613]

Exactly!!! They are not traumatized what’s so ever, these mfs version of gangbanging is livin with the mommy rent free in your 20s and then going outside to play with their friends. Everybody claiming mental illness thinking shits cool and fun. These mfs aren’t even gang affiliated. They can claim a set all they want but their just regular civilians 😂 they not even moving no weight at least

[@ChrisOnvo]

This video is amazing

[@jonathanwarner4720]

It’s not surprising that cannabis helps with ptsd. Most mammalian creatures that we know of utilize the endocannabinoid system for stress relief in order to “shake off” stress.

[@LumenateTV]

8 Years and oh how things have changed.

[@nelsonluke6007]

Thank you Krishna for you have pinpointed my diagnosis and highlighted why i smoke so much and could never completely understand until now. Although im not from Compton but can fully relate to why so many smoke weed living in urban environments..tons of stress and PTSD from an array of things.

[@DaLaoWay]

The first time I see the screen shot title for clickbait for sure I’m thinking like that song Shoulda Been A B-Dawg!

[@IMLovelydove23]

🌿This substance as any other control substance can only mask the pain or anxiety. The only way to get over any trama is prayer, meditation and mental health assistance. 🙏

[@Zain_Passing_By]

Nope. It takes more than intoxicating yourself

[@bryanrickard7712]

No but a job probably could

[@_bass3xe838]

Cold as ice

[@dkas24]

White and disconnected as f.

[@TheSunkissedmein2000]

Pure ⚪🗑️

[@dj-qn7ym]

I smell bacon

[@yelkley]

A “Job” is only an idea like “money”. When you realize what it means to have nothing. With no light at the end of the tunnel you are expected to perceivably act one way or the other and concede, from birth… The government created a job title for blacks in America and free housing when they begin to make to much money… slavery is all races on this planet. Black people have been oppressed, this is not slavery and that is where people loose semantic relevance. This is not just blacks in America. America will strive to say we abolished slavery and created equal rights, well Britain actually ended the slave trade…. And America used blacks for infrastructure until the country had a better capacity of physical labor, whites knew blacks would deliver immediately… but did not return them home after acquisition labor… Once you have been profiled by authority based on the color of your skin… you may have a change in perspective. Until then if you aren’t black and you have a opinion on the situation you are most likely ignorant and racist

[@dariusif3217]

8:36 he will definitely overdo it

[@KfmPodcast]

30 grams over 3 weeks is HILARIOUS lol

[@JohnDoe-rd3sj]

30g of "high cbd" weed for 21 days lmao thats not even a proper wood a day And i just aeen some comments talkin about its a lot. I have ptsd and smoke 2 ounces a week

[@KfmPodcast]

@ same. I’m at about a oz a week easy

[@Alex-dm6dp]

@@JohnDoe-rd3sjwow dude ur so cool

[@fefefefe56]

The weed nowadays don't calm ppl down. It's all high THC% and candy flavor for women. Sh1t is making people gay I swear.

[@JohnDoe-rd3sj]

@fefefefe56 lmao here we have one . Real men only smoke mexican molded brick weed right? 🤡

[@jarjamz5916]

No, but a father can.

[@Melo11x]

In other words “Can Weed help SOME Black folk cope?”

[@randompost4180]

“Got you brother” can you see the guy on the other side of town with the same struggle as a brother?

[@mr.1luv]

#FTP Cannabis Is Helping Save The Streets! #SupportLocalFarmers

[@nedalien1742]

Weed made me paranoid asf. And over stimulated.

[@trevy7321]

IS HE THE ONLY REPORTER VICE HAS NOW?! so sick of this guy ALL THE TIME!

[@arighteousname5882]

This clip is old

[@trevy7321]

@@arighteousname5882 that's not the point...

[@arighteousname5882]

@@trevy7321 That is the point. He's not even with Vice anymore

[@trevy7321]

@ Thank GOD!

[@PeverellTheThird]

@@trevy7321 Get a life

[@tinashekelvingodzi646]

What About addiction

[@PeverellTheThird]

So much ignorance in the comments section

[@FLOURISHFAMILYENT]

Weed is cool till you experience depersonalization or derealization. Shrooms on the other hand saves lives

[@toktok5774]

Ego death was scary indeed

[@squonk86]

Weed can help anything 😎😎

[@attheAlchemist]

Make Love not War. ☮️

[@LeadSlinger_]

No, it can't. What would help more is not joining a gang and being a criminal.

[@theprotegedc15]

Not every one who joins a gang is a criminal

[@LeadSlinger_]

@theprotegedc15 that is literally the DUMBEST thing i have ever heard someone say on the internet EVER. Congrats, that is an extremely hard thing to accomplish. You should be proud.

[@jamieholmes6087]

Are you the king of the world? How do YOU know that?

[@dnmn9744]

It’s almost as if some people don’t get a choice bc their entire environment is that and all of the people close to them do that and they aren’t able to get an education bc their parents and communities are focused on illegal activity so they are put into that environment. A dog shouldn’t get hit for eating the food in front of its face. You sound ignorant

[@LeadSlinger_]

@dnmn9744 That is just BS. Everyone has a choice, and there are plenty of people who grew up in those types of circumstances and got out of it without joining a gang and being a criminal. I know this and can speak on it cause I grew up in that environment (chicago), and I didn't go down that path and either did plenty of people i know. It's called working hard and wanting a better life. Is it hard? Yes. But it is far from impossible. Now stop using that tired old excuse cause it is just completely false.

[@Xtreme.N]

Gangster rap music is the problem

[@ASKQUESTIONLATERS]

I got ptsd and I still started to smoke I’ll get out my head by smoking marijuana since my ptsd is severe . Please get help and don’t commit suicide . Our lives are precious

[@Ruth.Handler-Jr]

Can people who are indicted for drug possession go to rehab instead of jail?

[@rhodabaruch4]

I’m really tired of this depiction of Compton/South Central. Just say “LA” because this same thing is happening all over LA and the country, not just overwhelmingly in Compton. Yes, gangs still exist, but the area is so much more. Excellence, academia, healthy families are NOT an anomaly 🙄

[@yamomsass1263]

Exactly these are the scum of the city yet it's being highlighted they don't show the black cowboys, the successful balck and Mexican families

[@Apefromaslum]

WTF. Why focus on the better off and privleged? There are obviously no rungs for everyone to climb to the heights of 'never ever having to experience the hell of poverty and such'... And not everyone gets the privilege to become excellent and free of social and economic disturbances/obstacles, and the world just was never sane enough to sustain any real definition of a healthy family that extends beyond just merely functioning and then dying as a group of related people... True healthy families don't exist yet, because there is no nation that adopts Meritocracy as opposed to the loads of irrational crap that has our world in ruin with this mess and insanity.

[@yamomsass1263]

@Apefromaslum lmfaooo your calling others in that community privileged so many government programs in California and that are available for low income no damn excuses

[@Apefromaslum]

@yamomsass1263 no damn excuses is ignorant. Good luck in your vacuum.

[@yamomsass1263]

@@Apefromaslum every excuse is just say you fail....alot of people are afraid to tell themselves they failed excuses

[@solkaress]

I am a USAR veteran(OEF). I have tried the meds, individual & group therapy, CBT, & DBT. I was an alcoholic in the military b/c 💨 isn't allowed. 🍃⛽️ is the only thing I have tried & felt something. It keeps me from the 🥃. And helps me stay present, less vigilant, less angry, & calm w/o muting all my feelings. The psych meds have you in more of a zombie state than 🍃⛽️.

[@ValleyGrower-ox]

After some bad choices in my life mj helped me co op with being able to re establish my self and figure out my place in society…

[@TheRollieRollShow800]

Not just weed. Everything and anything to cope with the trauma

[@lowkeystepreaper1331]

Face it and embrace w life

[@nastydan12]

They need good father figures

[@geek6274]

Sounds a bit fascist but ok.

[@gerardrbain1972]

They need police and judicial reform not right wing talking points

[@puddincup9879]

Society needs better public servants!