Don't be a Harold: Support Drug Reform

[@CameronWattMusic]

Proud teetotaler here. I think it makes sense to say that there should be no legalisation without care and support for people who take drugs. Legalisation shouldn't mean leaving communities that are affected by drug use to rot. For one thing, the prohibition of cannabis is a ridiculous policy that belongs in the history books. Many of us don't see that for some people drug taking is a coping mechanism, and I think the answer to that is not to punish or penalise the person for daring to enjoy themselves. That will only compound feelings of shame and stigma, especially when it comes to harder drugs. It should be treated as a public health issue.

[@PietroShitzberg]

Well said, Cameron.

[@haydenfleetwood3347]

drugs should be leaglised but you should have to talk to a doctor to get them, even recriatinol, then be told how quickly ur likely to get addicted and what will happen when you do, they can remind you of this fact every time you get the drug and offered counselling which will be paid for by the taxes brought in from the drug

[@rcoimbra00]

you know that more important that the wrong classification of drugs in hard drugs and light drugs is not so comprehensive as the style of use maybe to be more intense, disorganised, and so if you wake up and all they long you keep smoking joints it'll be a kind of destructive use of cannabis and the opposite for instance if you go to a party where some friendly group offers you a good line of cocaine it does not mean that you cannot stop using and totally lose control over yourself, so drug policies should be made for all people that take drugs and for those with more vulnerable and disorganised lives there should be proximity outreach work and peer support... it is good for everyone buying cocaine in a certain place is no good and you know because you have places where drugs can be tested and the same for MDMA and LSD, and all new psychoactive substances that are always appearing... So It is not just an health issue, it should be inter-sectorial mobilizing also specific social services, for instance for homeless situations, or housing first programs, providing drop-in centers where they can meet and spend some time see tv and where they can ask for harm reduction materials they need, safe consumption spaces have many of these spaces led by the community itself like with HIV and hepatitis prevention, referral and treatment, also education and promote awareness sessions and also more formal training so that people that use drugs can be the best informed possible about concrete situations like how to react when there is a police intervention, but I agree that through health area it is easier to pose the debate in more rational terms and not on patronizing opinions and emotions that drugs are bad (we know much more), but in a certain sense there is some risk of moving towards decriminalisation but pathologise people that use drugs... and drug use can be built upon so many different motives that the disease model of health is not adequate, we need integrated responses to the real needs people that use drugs face, and people with lived and living experience of drug use should be part of the stakeholders to promote Good Health and Well-Being until 2030, from the laws and legislations, through plans, and programs and projects and interventions and actions that really empower people that use drugs moving patterns of use to less aggressive and self-destructive to more self-awareness and regain trust on people and on more normative society that should also learn that the issues surrounding a person that uses drugs, usually, have a lot of diverse and intense issues, being that most times the real problem has less to do with the act of using a drug than to feelings of loneliness and unable to feel belonging and to fit to normative represented social realities. So integrated, inter-sectorial and biopsychosocial approach, having an holistic approach to the complexity that is each one's personalities and lives, sorry for not so good English and too much speech ...

[@Kohanman]

most advocates would say the most urgent care and support that users can get IS legalisation, it's the prerequisite for getting any other aspect of care even started

[@robparkes9541]

I so wish they'd have featured him reading a copy of the Daily Mail 😊

[@PercivalBlakeney]

People "read" the Daily Mail? A "Newspaper" registered abroad for tax purposes because… "patriotism". Ten years, ten months, three weeks sober. Shame it wasn't longer. 😁

[@solarporpoise6756]

this is british collin robinson from what we do in the shadows

[@06howea1]

lol

[@scheiepfostierer4652]

i clicked on the thumbnail because i thought it was him

[@wtfuchattin]

I should have looked through the comments before posting. I thought the exact same thing.

[@matthewbooth9265]

I can just feel him sucking the joy out of life.....

[@zig131]

The issue is that legalising something that was previously illegal will be interpreted by some as state endorsement. It's a tricky problem.

[@wishbonebrewery]

Nice one, I hope this gets picked up by mainstream media.

[@TSevensMedia]

Yea...BBC will love it.....

[@brentsobol5076]

I'm no expert on this but I always remember Ozzy Osbourne talking about all the drugs he'd taken and his friends too and just how it was a blur of an existence being a young man in the UK

[@yetidodger6650]

What's your point though?

[@liammeech3702]

​@@yetidodger6650I think the point is that promiscuous, casual access to drugs =/= Utopia

[@randomfarmer]

The likes of him dig their heels in to the bitter end and scuttle like rats into politics. That's why drug reform has been such a long time coming.

[@paulmorphy6187]

Pass the dutchie pon the left hand side

[@grindeyyyyy]

I believe that the wrong people are telling kids drugs are bad, maybe get an ex baghead to tell kids how they kill your spirit

[@yetidodger6650]

Or their functioning alcoholic parents ?

[@GazB85]

I'm not advocating opioid use but it's prohibition that makes that so dangerous. Opioids generally, when you know your tolerance and the stuff your using is a known dose/pharma' grade they'rea lot safer and healthier.

[@MephitisUK]

Love this, both the content and the production skills, you've gained a subscriber.

[@English_lifestyles]

You must be stoned if you think this garbage is good.

[@dalekupris]

God help Harold if any of that skunk wafts over the fence into his garden 😂

[@gazfisher7391]

" Alcohol's not a drug, it's a drink.." Chris Morris.

[@abraxaszee8953]

I agree that drug use IS disgusting, but criminalising it helps nothing.

[@All-About-Audio]

If people wanna do drugs let them... why do goverments have to dictate what people put inside there own bodies??? Decriminalisation of drugs means they will be regulated. Cleaner and cheaper... I don't see any junkies robbing houses if it was a only a dollar a hit

[@zarasnapp8133]

Great job, Transform!

[@jonstewart464]

Well said.

[@A1OFFENDER]

Subbed and shared

[@uncoolben79]

This is really good! 😂

[@hgilbert]

"People say alcohol is a drug... It is not a drug. It's a drink." ~ Brass Eye.

[@donnadmaywon1]

Love it! 🎉❤🎉

[@TheDizastarmaster]

I'm all for drug law reforms but I don't think this video is very helpful

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

I do.

[@Rael39]

Nice one

[@TheGuitarDorkShow]

That’s a handsome guy.

[@Smiler369]

Especially not a harold shipman from Hyde... 😂

[@tamara1466]

Omg I love this!!😂😂😂

[@jusdel30]

Witty aye 😂

[@RhubarbRehab]

I dunno, weed stinks, alcohol does not.

[@yetidodger6650]

you do.

[@michaelfurlonger5958]

It certainly does. If you've ever been around someone who is an alcoholic they physically reek. This is a poor an uninformed comment that really shows you just care about you. "Ooo I don't like the smell" cool mate, no one likes your morning breath either. There are also ways to consume with no smell.

[@steverolles1547]

edibles dont

[@peter-cj5fo]

In Scotland it would be the Masonic Halls Billy nipping into the bog to go over his lines because he,'s no a real 'junky' ... 😂 divide n conquer bonkers

[@aoeuclements]

the us should have never intervened on englands behalf in ww2

[@kafka420uk]

😂

[@Hansen710]

i bet i can say child porn, but my other message was banned 🤣

[@MintRobin]

I wonder what your other message was!

[@anon1380]

Really really bad video. Made me want to increase drug related charges.

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

So this video made you want to increase the harmfulness of these laws to people who didn’t even make the video? Really really bad comment, made me want to exile you to Antarctica.

[@anon1380]

@DissociatedWomenIncorporated You need to associate more darling. It was sarcasm.

[@Kohanman]

darrrrllingg doesn't one know sarcasm is meant to be witty not witless...

[@josemengelez6947]

@@anon1380 i've been speaking to your colleagues and acquaintances and they all agree they'd prefer it if you associated considerably less.

[@anon1380]

@@Kohanman Don't speak to me or anyone else like that. That's the only bit of acknowledgement you're getting.

[@lindahendry59]

What a pity Transform decided to waste money on this nonsense.

[@steverolles1547]

We won a competition to get a marketing agency to develop a promotional film for us. I like it. lets see how it lands.

[@yoshting]

Also it's good anyway. You seem to be the only one here who thinks it's 'nonsense'.

[@lindahendry59]

@@yoshting It replays too many stereotypes and continues stigma. In these days of sampling lets wait and see how it gets misused by the opposition who may take it seriously.

[@yoshting]

@@lindahendry59 oh god just shut up. Your reply is barely comprehensible. "In these days of sampling" wtf are you on about?

[@carelesshx]

People say alcohol's a drug. It's not a drug, it's a drink.

[@greenblue6935]

It's statistically the most harmful drug, for the user and for the people around them. You can consume a lot of drugs in liquid form LSD, cannabis, mdma etc

[@returnoftheredeye]

@@greenblue6935 The op was referencing a satirical programme from the late 90's called 'Brass Eye'. I highly recommend checking it out.

[@StuartCullen]

woosh

[@robinbennett3531]

ppl say drugs AND alcohol.....! mushroom tea is also a drink

[@greenblue6935]

@@robinbennett3531 yep, love a magic mushroom soup 🍄

[@thecannabisapp]

😂😂😂 spot on with the double standard and irony 🎯 but just to be fair on all the stoner Harold’s out there, the message is don’t be a tipsy Harold. Nothing against Harold though we’ve not had anyone with that name sign up yet 😅