End the War on Drugs for Good | Christina Dent | TEDxJackson

[@christopherhawkins4521]

This is the best presentation for ending the drug war that I have seen. This conservative, religious, war drug supporter looked at the data and had real-world experience with the effects of the drug war and changed her mind. You can too. Please open your hearts and minds and support the decriminalization of all drugs.

[@Livingstonshoedios]

takes a strong person to put logic and evidence ahead of emotion. most people never will.

[@shadykitty7493]

and thats why the war is still going on

[@MOAON_AABE]

It also Takes an intelligent person to use logic and evidence in a way that changes a person's emotions because we as humans make decisions emotionally and justify them with logic. Sadly yes most will and that's WE will be there to educate them. Ignorance spreads ignorance and knowledge spreads enlightenment.

[@kevinayers7144]

In 200 years humanity will look back upon the war on drugs as one of the greatest scars of the past.

[@pneulancer]

I hope it doesn't take that long!

[@mikieknight6607]

Yes I think it will be viewed like slavery.

[@joshuagharis9017]

I respect your openness, and as a clean parent who once struggled with drugs, we DO love our kids. It tears us apart being active as a parent

[@tarabixby9064]

Well said, sister! I work as a therapist in a prison and see this everyday.

[@veee4vendetta]

There are two types of people in this world. The type who wants to be left alone and the type who won't leave people alone.

[@veee4vendetta]

@Matthew Heckman They can hire a therapist to keep them company.

[@drublod530]

Unfortunately it’s our police that will not leave you alone, constantly fishing for drug crimes

[@TamaraKeyser]

Thank you sooooooo much for standing up for this very real issue. End the drug war and the trauma caused by it! Thank you for your change of heart and sharing it! I was so touched by this. Thank you!

[@christinadent5416]

Thank you! I appreciate your encouragement, and I hope that it helps this war end, even just one day sooner will spare thousands of people from trauma they don't have to experience.

[@Critical-Defense]

Wow. Absolutely amazing and moving presentation that I love to hear from a fellow Christian Conservative ❤

[@Kumtuks]

Thank you. Brilliant presentation. Please keep spreading the word

[@GOSANDO2]

Thank You and God Bless you for educating many of us.

[@danielsnyder1]

So well laid out.. Brilliant talk! It will take courage to change the status quo. We can do it.

[@joshuagharis9017]

I've been clean for over two years, it was my decision, not law enforcement, which lead to this. I've been arrested for drugs, and you are correct. THANK YOU. LETS GET CONGRESSPERSON AOC on this

[@randyarnau4606]

Excellent presentation. Someone I cared about overcame her drug addiction but the long lasting harm imposed by treating her addiction as a criminal Justice problem eventually played a big role in her death.

[@wheatonna]

What an important message, and a wonderful role model.

[@PHOTOGRASPER]

Absolutely wonderful presentation. God bless you!

[@christinadent5416]

Thank you!

[@cyrilio]

The war on drugs has been a huge mistake. It will take generations to overcome all the hurt that prohibition has caused. Thanks for sharing this story and putting in to words what I only felt.

[@Theworldviewclass]

Thank you for your testimony and walk with Christ that persuaded me to even consider if the war on drugs was a right response.

[@christinadent5416]

Thank you Cher!!

[@sofiepotatoes4923]

All excellent points. America's reliance on illicit drugs also outsources human suffering to those in drug producing countries (ie violence in mexican cartel regions, forced/unsafe labor in amazon coca production areas). Furthermore, our absurd and draconian laws contribute to widespread ecological destruction in these areas of production. Thank you for discussing the war on drugs. You have many great points. Sometimes I feel as if it is often glossed over, but it is a critically important topic.

[@meganmink5056]

This was truly an incredible speech! So well done! Thankyou!

[@christinadent5416]

Thank you Megan! If you're interested in walking deeper into these ideas, the End It For Good podcast that I host is geared to take these big ideas and chew on them one by one. Such complex issues that need nuanced, thoughtful approaches. I really appreciate the encouragement!

[@meganmink5056]

@@christinadent5416 I would love to listen! Most definitely! Thank you!

[@angelamallette1700]

So incredibly proud of you!

[@christinadent5416]

Thank you Angela!!

[@ekaterinavalinakova2643]

I used to support criminalizing users when I was in Highschool and middle school, however, philosophy on ethics and the evidence from the harm from criminalization changed my view of what government ought to, or ought not to do.

[@imdaniellehunt]

Could you explain this more, like I’m a broke down way so I can better understand. I am very intrigued

[@robertspears5402]

This brings tears to my eyes because of all of the pain and lose I've and those of my lost friends have felt. Think God I lived through it. I wanna fight for a change but how? I'm searching and will never stop till this catastrophic war has ended.

[@mybuffysummers]

If you know people struggling with addiction the best thing you can do is acknowledge they are struggling with mental health issues that lead them to where they are and encourage them to get help by being the judgement free support system they desperately need and if you have friends or family struggling with how to deal with a loved one fallen victim to the addiction cycle please remind them that it is a mental health issue that is being untreated and help them gather the appropriate resources to be the best possible system of support compassion and guidance that the person who is struggling will need most in order to survive. Even though I’m just a humble stranger I genuinely appreciate you for wanting to impact positive change 💗

[@samuelmontypython8381]

Great presentation! I'm diagnosed with social anxiety disorder and avoidance disorder and marijuana is the only substance that has helped me. They've put me on anti-depressants, anti-anxiolitics, everything under the sun for anxiety disorders over the last ten years and the side effects aren't worth the risk. I'm glad that marijuana legalization is spreading and that people are waking up. Hopefully my state is next

[@martin2560]

Oh. Yes. Also Totally agree. Great video. So true.

[@VicGeorge2K6]

The definition of insanity is repeating the same thing and expecting a different result. That's what the War on Drugs is in a nutshell.

[@4myfridm]

I said to a friend, "If we ended the war on drugs there would be three types of people in this world. Those that don't take drugs, those that use drugs in moderation and those that OD & die". My friend said, "We have those now".

[@mybuffysummers]

Except if they ended the war on drugs people wouldn’t OD and die nearly as often due to the fact they’d be regulated and supervised in their use

[@SunshineFromWithin]

Great talk!

[@danielgonzalez5787]

Enough talk. It's time for action.

[@jamesbehrje4279]

I love "My three sons" too!!!

[@MrBeegs88]

Okay I don't understand this. How does a channel with 22.2Million subscribers have a video this good but it only has 3.6k views?

[@jaredscofield3111]

People don't like to hear ideas that challenge their beliefs

[@MrBeegs88]

@@jaredscofield3111 :(

[@jamesbehrje4279]

@@jaredscofield3111 probably not true. This is more likely because KZbin is in the government's pocket and is pocketing money to not suggest these videos with their algorithm. KZbin SOLD OUT TO THE GOVERNMENT!!!

[@jamesbehrje4279]

@@jaredscofield3111 hey don't I know you from 237???

[@jaredscofield3111]

@@jamesbehrje4279 What's 237?

[@jamesbehrje4279]

I lost so many friends due to fentynal. They would still be alive even if they were abusing pills during the pill mill days. They never wanted to use fentynal. That was always a last choice for us until pills became impossible to find.

[@drublod530]

Disbanding (notice I don’t say abolish) the DEA will solve that problem

[@anneturner2404]

Exactly … 😔💔

[@surfindaze]

Very informative and a different way of looking at solving the issue. As long as there is a demand for a drug there will be a supply, basic economics and that is the role the cartels have taken since the Dea has put the hammer down on the pharmaceutical industry and cut the supply. Thankyou

[@Tyler-cs5xq]

11:09 I need this for my project

[@charlessegundo4497]

Not to mention PSTD from Jail and Prison!

[@dan0994]

The message is more powerful for the ones who have to deal with the reality of the war on drugs everyday. I live in Mexico and I was a kid around 2006 when our president put all the efforts against drug dealers and consumers and now everything Is worst and it's so hard to see how all this cartels take control on everything, we try to do our best everyday but we fear when we go out because somebody can kill us!!!all this real criminals are around us

[@dickhole6293]

Then there's this mythical thing called life Liberty and the pursuit of happyness

[@mybuffysummers]

I’m disappointed that she only mentioned the trauma drug addiction causes and didn’t really touch on the fact that the addiction itself almost always stems from experienced trauma/abuse which develops into mental illness that is often untreated due to poverty and lack of available resources or conservative leaning surroundings that highly trivialize such delicate issues inevitably leading to the usage itself becoming a way to self medicate often as an alternative to ending their life but I do both acknowledge and understand that isn’t part of her individual journey and I’m certainly grateful for what she has made the effort to learn and share with others though ultimately the failure of the war on drugs goes hand in hand with the lack of effort being placed into public mental healthcare and the advocacy of its importance in every person’s daily life regardless of their upbringing or background or lifestyle and hopefully as time passes these two issues will become more bonded in conversation.

[@drublod530]

This is true but where I disagree with you is the part of wanting to end their life. Most people in the position you describe are not trying to end their life. Most are only seeking some form of joy and relief from the environment they were born into which you are able to take for granted not living in their shoes. Therefore not desiring to take drugs yourself.

[@TheWhanfried]

People make money off of drugs. Prisons. Cops. People making money off of drugs.

[@quiversender7177]

The war on liberty

[@hommhommhomm]

9:00 68 million dollars a year is cost for someone, but someone else is taking a profit margin on this. And that person has a massive interest to not listen to your "stop drug war" logic, it's their business for gods sake, you're trying to put honest working americans out of business (of prohibiting drugs and profiting from having more prisoners).

[@notconstitution9808]

The side affects negate the profit so it ain't Gona happen babe

[@cahivx]

Instead of a war on poverty, they hot a war on drugs so the police can bother me -2Pac There are 2 ways to win the "war on drugs." Maos way and Miltons way.

[@drublod530]

I would argue the war on drugs is a war on poverty and a war on the people. I’m curios and interested in hearing the “Maos and Miltons way” you mention.

[@Darth_Bateman]

Nixon : any more of you BITCHES want a piece of this?!

[@quiversender7177]

It's a war on plants

[@RamonOzuna-sb4du]

Walk by you at Walmart

[@nexstory]

The decriminalization of drug sales and use doesn't make it less of a crime, all it does is give more people access and permission to engage. Self=medicating with potent substances is a Pandora's Box of hurt waiting to expose. Should be good business however for the psychiatric and medical professions as more and people go psychotic for the high.

[@nexstory]

@@drublod530 Why what continues?

[@drublod530]

@@nexstory I did not wright that. Interesting.

[@karlasimmet8777]

Hmmm what’s your solution Ken ? I guess your for further trauma to those who were traumatized most of their lives as children and then carry this into adulthood never understanding why they want to self-medicate. Street drugs are more dangerous and incarceration is more expensive!

[@nexstory]

@@karlasimmet8777 The trauma is real and unless it is seriously addressed, self-medication is one way to ease the pain. Another way is through religion, meditation, sports or some personal growth community or meetup group where folks share a common social or vocational interest. I would have no issue with drugs or alcohol or whatever if after the experience wore off, everything, health-wise and emotionally was the same as before. Unfortunately, that is not the case, and having been there and done that, it gets pretty dark down in the rabbit hole. Prison for many is where heavy drugs and bad decisions usually lead. This is not to say that drugs as medication are a bad thing. This is where therapy and a good support system kicks in. Wishing you the best on the journey.

[@drublod530]

@@nexstory And even more dangerous, Is the trauma real? Or is the trauma a result in decades of brain washing America that drugs are bad and harmful. Define trauma. According to who? Or is the trauma (hear me out on this and think about it) the results of people like you who chose not to use drugs, constantly pushing your own personal moral beliefs on to another. It’s not your body and you have no right to decide what another person puts into their body’s. Let me ask you this, if you were against abortion, should you have a say in jailing women who chose an abortion. It’s not your body but your own moral beliefs you should keep to yourself and focus on your own instead of other people.

[@RamonOzuna-sb4du]

Walk by you at Walmart

[@RamonOzuna-sb4du]

Walk by you at Walmart

[@RamonOzuna-sb4du]

Walk by you at Walmart

[@RamonOzuna-sb4du]

Walk by you at Walmart