The Reality of Legalizing Cocaine, Heroin, and Ecstasy | The War on Drugs

[@cameron6783]

I’m so glad vice has gone back to their roots for covering badass topics.

[@jungxehuin9404]

Vice and badass do not belong in the same hemisphere

[@littlecozettescrew6818]

@@jungxehuin9404 when they do videos like this they do..

[@todd7419]

@@littlecozettescrew6818 Facts. Their investigative journalism 5-10 years ago fantastic.

[@jungxehuin9404]

@@littlecozettescrew6818 you find this badass?

[@SparkleAndFade33]

@@jungxehuin9404 Yep Incredibly badass

[@libertyfreedom5726]

He said alcohol and tobacco are potentially dangerous. No, they're factually dangerous.

[@90sharn]

You don't seem to understand how those words work. Just because something is factually dangerous, doesn't mean it isn't potentially dangerous, for example drinking once glass is not dangerous but drinking multiple is potentially.

[@mrgarchomp5418]

Alcohol and benzos are the only main drugs to cause death from withdrawal. Most of the rest of from reckless using and overdose.

[@libertyfreedom5726]

@@mrgarchomp5418 I know. I've been a heroin addict for over 20 years and I've wished I were dead during withdrawal but I know you won't die from it. I'm in a residential program right now and I've been clean for a little over a year now. Keeping my fingers crossed.

[@thomasanguita6568]

Bro my grandma is 90 and has been smoking since she was 13 smoking a pack a day since she was 30

[@alexisjanelle]

@@thomasanguita6568 well your grandma has lungs of steel, jesus.

[@VEE3RDEYE]

Harm reduction is crucial especially here on KZbin as most teens are searching for advice on this very platform!

[@americansniper1641]

Stop stealing my culture you dam theif

[@twosocks9002]

@@americansniper1641 dude💀

[@GGAllienn]

Miss your videos man!!!

[@samdibb7978]

See this mug commenting on Vice all the time. Everyone forgetting when this guy got underage fans drunk and slept with em? Na just me?

[@samdibb7978]

With his big hair and his feminine personality he only attracted 14 year old scene girls to his channel so no wonder he took advantage

[@Tierneycristian]

I started doing drugs years ago as a teenage, got addicted to heroin. Spent my whole life fighting heroin addiction. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Got diagnosed with cptsd. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

[@Harris_jones]

Thanks for sharing your story. That's rough I sympathize. Save your health save your mind. Life is better without heroin, cocaine, alcohol and cigarettes. And you have more money in your pocket. God bless everyone who has rejected the devils intentions to be addicted to alcohol and cigarettes etc which can cause so much damage to health. I will pray for you all.

[@MuratBasar-jm9lc]

Can you help me with the reliable source 🙏. I'm 56 and have suffered for years with addiction, anxiety and severe ptsd, I got my panic attacks under control myself years ago and they have come back with a vengeance, I'm constantly trying to take full breaths but can't get the full satisfying breath out, it's absolutely crippling me, i live in Germany. I don't know much about these mushrooms. Really need a reliable source!! Can't wait to get them

[@Caroljoyce-mp8sk]

Yes Mr.medmushies

[@NetaZjdb]

Mushrooms are very medicinal. This is why anybody familiar with psilocybin and any other kind of fungi will tell you, "They are alive." They have a very ancient wisdom. To my experience, all mushrooms have always said, "Pay attention to your life. How you think, how you feel, and what will you do with the information that you always knew, but now are seeing in this point of view." This is why mushrooms are so respected in tribal cultures. This mental health treatment works for me too. Half micro doses do the trick for me. At least a few days at a time with lengthy time in between. Never addictive. Thank you for sharing this point!

[@StephenHackle]

How can I find him? Is he on Facebook

[@BostonsF1nest]

Honestly idk what everyone is so worried about... how could legalizing drugs possibly be worse than what we’ve already experienced the last 40 years under the current strategy?

[@MaggotMuseum]

That is actually a very good point.

[@BostonsF1nest]

@@MaggotMuseum handing out 10-20 year prison sentences for minor possession of cocaine and crack is absurd too. I don’t see how throwing away someone’s life is helping anyone, helping society, or helping the overall problem

[@b.benjamineriksson6030]

@@BostonsF1nest Also the economic and social cost of imprisoning people for 10 years is insane. Even if you don't care about the human per se there are no valid arguments for that kind of practice. That person does not pay taxes, doesn't raise their kids, don't contribute to society in any way and have to be fed, sheltered and given something to do in an environment where they automatically develop criminal knowledge, contacts and motive. It's not like prisons are drug free anyway.

[@Dan474834]

It would be much worse. Imagine a world where heroin is as widespread as alcohol.

[@greenonionsalad]

I'm not sure. As much as I love the idea of it, I can't sit here honestly and say my drug use wouldn't increase dramatically. Ease of access is the main thing that prevents me from taking a lot.

[@XiBMCiX]

" we can't legalize all the drugs, that's illegal." Oregon: hold my bong.

[@davidenderle5756]

😂😂😂😂😂😂❤️ Very accurate!

[@maxwellethan_]

We out here in Bend Or. rn puffing tough as we watch this 😂😭

[@austinnealeigh]

@Hairless Xoloitscuintle I have lived in Oregon for 30 years, it has been going downhill fast the last 10.

[@oliviastratton2169]

But Oregon didn't legalize it. They decriminalized it. That doesn't mean a safer legal market is forming to replace the black market. They've just stopped punishing people for engaging in the black market. It's kind of the worst of both worlds.

[@RevCode]

@@alexneuge665 The latest statement of the new drug politican was that cannabis is not broccoli.

[@bryanwinchell2305]

It would definitely prevent prostitution and people going flat broke. I used to love the GTA radio ad for “vote yes to medicinal cocaine”

[@TaylorSwiftOfficol]

@iLoveJackingOn , That would more encourage young women to take up a (terrible) position. Sex work is dangerous.

[@mmoman22]

@iLoveJackingOn Because more than likely politicians make quite the dime from things being "illegal", if you ask me.

[@mmoman22]

@iLoveJackingOn Can guarantee a lot of these fucking mayors and cops are definitely on the payroll to look the other way with known traffickers and heavy moevers.

[@biglicks2555]

Medicinal cocaine lol

[@zac2780]

Nothing will ever prevent prostitution and it should be legal

[@oliviamartinez5788]

I’ve been addicted to heroin for about 11 years, but psilocybin mushroom has helped me stay clean. 2 years clean now.

[@alanbaker6311]

@angelinacorine7544Yes, cole.shroomm!*

[@alanbaker6311]

On instagrm

[@alberthall6687]

The trips I’ve been having have really helped me a lot.

[@ronaldcollins2111]

Psychedelics are great remedies for mental health illness. Really works.

[@paulwilson1727]

I never had a bad trip with DMT

[@notreally7507]

War on drugs will end when you explain to the citizens how much it costs and how much you can tax if drugs were legal.

[@electrifiedrhythm5426]

That will just push them back to the black market, you don't get it people are always gonna be addicted to drugs it's never going anywhere

[@lilbig948]

@@electrifiedrhythm5426 exactly people are gonna be addicted regardless so you cut out the black market by legalizing all drugs and then all the crime associated with selling drugs goes away if people just go to pharmacies to get their drugs instead. You’re missing the entire point...

[@budgetking2591]

@@electrifiedrhythm5426 No, it won't, look at weed prices in the usa, look how much they have dropped since they are legal.

[@BalboaBaggins]

Vice still doesn't know the war on drugs was never meant to be won, but to gain money.

[@420frankp]

@electrified rhythm You're misinformed. Go research, please. And do it with an open mind. Maybe smoke a little weed. I know a lot of people who use drugs responsibly. There is no reason to punish people. It's always better to be informed. The truth is out there. You just need to not be hypocritical. I bet you have you're own vice yet you think it's fine. Coffee or soda is what comes to my mind. Sugar and caffeine are just two of the most addictive substances in the world yet i dont see many that mention it. Time to wake up and smell the coffee.

[@cajunchampagne2469]

I could safely and responsibly live in the world you're describing. It is objectively better than this one. Let's do this.

[@noxis93]

If the young are willing to start voting for politicians willing to push these changes there may be a move forward. Nothing will happen if 80% of the oldest hit the polls while only 40% of the youngest do.

[@2011r6]

@@noxis93 ​Hmm sounds an awful lot like brexit - wait what?

[@naruttamkalai5854]

HAHAHAHA....BRODHA I GET IT WHAT U MEANT N WHAT U HAVE IMAGINED ABOUT THIS TOPIC MIGHT B WHEN U WAS HIGH ON LSD HAHAHA....

[@finleyxavier7273]

"Objectively better"

[@rajneeshdubey609]

But there is a big problem...There is no way to return the same society where we are living now !!

[@mrcooper7027]

Nobody thats ever declared a war on drugs, has actually ever fought one.

[@superbtrack_6482]

Okay? The majority politicians that created any laws haven't been in any. You really thought you said something smart here?

[@liamkerr7010]

@@superbtrack_6482 I think they meant a personal war/battle with drugs not just any sort of war.

[@sm0k1nmus1c]

@@superbtrack_6482 funny how your trying to hate when you didn't even understand what he said

[@PunTimesWithNeil]

@@sm0k1nmus1c lol ikr

[@oliverhaddad2199]

Ronald reagan era.

[@spitalhelles3380]

how to end the war on drugs™: stop buying coca-cola products until they put the good stuff back in

[@allatbronco6183]

@DOMMEX ya how to not be white or some like that

[@koncept3129]

🤣

[@spitalhelles3380]

@DOMMEX excellent opportunity to support south american farmers

[@kieranarcher3601]

😂😂

[@alexcisneros2980]

Lmfao you trademarked it 🤣

[@jayknight139]

I suggest posting sources on where people can go to fight against the war in drugs so that our passion for this moment doesn't die at the beginning of the next video that happens to play..

[@moonpeach4684]

ROE V WADE...HER BODY?

[@julianj9830]

@@moonpeach4684 I always found that ironic. Abortion being legalized because “my body my choice” but shouldn’t drugs also be labeled like that?

[@Mrgunsngear]

There's 0 authority in the US Constitution for the State to say what an individual can put in their own body.

[@fatsbiggalo9321]

The states don't have a backbone to stand on the 10th amendment

[@jungxehuin9404]

There's also a difference between decriminalization and legalization genius

[@reidyo5404]

I’m pretty sure that under the constitution states are allowed to make these things called laws. Everything isn’t about the constitution, it just makes you seem like one of those people that regurgitate talking points from fox. Instead use actual facts like harm reduction is proven to actually work

[@fatsbiggalo9321]

@@reidyo5404 it's called the 10th amendment not a talking point it's a fact the war on drugs on a federal level is unconstitutional if you understand law and how it's supposed to be applied it should be the state's right to set law in each individual State the fed has been overstepping its authority for the last 75 years

[@ddrury1579]

u finna do meth? go ahead see what it does.

[@mrray6983]

So grateful I got clean and don't have to live that anymore... The high cost of living ain't nothing like the cost of living high.

[@mrray6983]

@RyanCoomer Just don't take anything today... If you don't get loaded today you'll wake up clean. Then do the same thing all over again.

[@cobidbeksin5200]

So u support legalisation?

[@mrray6983]

@@cobidbeksin5200 No... I don't. I used to.

[@aof9964]

That's good song Clifton Collins

[@claycollins8973]

On November 4th I'll have a year clean after roughly 12 years of opiates, 3 years with crystal and benzos, and have has to live on the streets 3 times for roughly 4-7 months at a time, and trust me being addicted to something that makes you sick as fck if you don't have it while laying on the wet ground under a real-estate sign, with it being 28 degrees while it's snowing/raining you haven't eaten anything in two days, have no way of getting water, not to mention again that you feel like dying and can't barely walk because of the withdrawals wearing just a long sleeve shirt with no gloves, no hat, and just jeans on, and you're all alone... yeah it's absolutely the worst

[@joejoey7272]

Legalize it , tax it to fund rehab and education programs completely with the goal to combat addiction properly with qualified therapists, doctors and social workers not with armed police and prison

[@ambycakes]

that would be too effective and too good of a solution for society. Prison system is privately funded. They want healthy criminals that don't drain their precious free in house healthcare.

[@ericktwelve11]

That's very smart of you, that's why you have to repeat grade 9 twice hahahaha

[@k24civic]

From an ex addict.....combating addiction properly DOESNT exist. You CANNOT help someone who doesn’t want to help THEMSELVES. Never forget that.

[@ericktwelve11]

@@k24civic No, just legalize it so that the whole country can become another california fill with junkies hahahahaha

[@alexbasshead]

Taxation is theft

[@skater101202303]

Imagine being transparent and allowing people to have access to safety, a house, mental health care. These are people and I think we often forget that when we see them on the street. They are fighting something we can’t see and I think that’s the hardest part for them :(

[@MaggotMuseum]

I hope more people will have compassion for people with mental health issues especially since we are all facing that during a pandemic.

[@RealD8]

I hear "I wouldnt wish dopesick on my worst enemy" but I would wish it on those that look down their nose at addicts...

[@sarawhitmire7967]

Behind every addict is almost always trauma

[@onlyinaustralia1031]

I have found on many occasions It’s not the drug or the user it’s the demons they are possessed by with out any help or intervention prior to using a drug or while trying a drug they never realised you could get high by being happy

[@sarawhitmire7967]

@@Trublumatt I think there is alot of truth to that

[@SpkyDaSc6ry]

Best show to educate the public on drugs and clearing the demonized atmosphere surrounding the word drugs

[@jessejames9149]

I recommend everyone to watch a film called "pleasure unwoven". it's a great medical film explaining how alcohol and drugs work in the brain. Talks about the lymbic system, midbrain, GABA, ETC... And best part it's not boring! 😀

[@abdu_jilani]

@@jessejames9149 as a med school student im excited to watch that.. thanks for the recommendation

[@Arietis1]

Have a good trip on Netflix is great too

[@BlahBlooBlee4205]

YES

[@brettc6132]

The problem with all of the legalization talk is you’re looking at the situation as a problem that needs to be solved, when the government sees it as a feature rather than a bug. The war on drugs helps the government and law enforcement more than any other single policy in the history of the United States. Ruining the lives of people with drug problems, or just casual drug users, funds the police and a large portion of the government. They need to keep those prisons full to keep their pockets full, and nothing fills prisons like the war on drugs. Turning huge swaths of the population into criminals with the stroke of a pen made it so that prisons are a booming industry, and then you factor in all the fines and fees associated with arrests, probation, drug diversion, etc. you see that this isn’t a problem in the eyes of the government, it’s a major revenue stream. If we legalized drugs we would have to seriously rethink law enforcement as well, and as we have seen recently that’s something that the government is absolutely unwilling to do right now.

[@ESharpEz]

Big Facts!!!💯..."Unfortunately"

[@theomaiklem3413]

Not only that but it disrupts poor communities, and the American government dislike no one more than the poor

[@brettc6132]

@@theomaiklem3413 no they love the poor, that’s where they get the folks to fill their prisons and who funds the police force with the myriad fees associated with arrest, court, probation/parole, drug diversion programs, etc. They absolutely adore the poor, so much they do everything possible to ensure the poor remain poor, because they’re the easiest group to pick on.

[@BlahBlooBlee4205]

@@brettc6132 Sad but true 😞

[@arx3516]

They could put taxes drugs.

[@renatovolpi]

tottally right about this, but also, I love how the host came straight out of a 95" Blur music video. lol

[@Lobos222]

That is what drugs does to you... :D

[@NigelEmmerton]

See kids, this is Where Drugs can get you, hosting for Vice

[@wut7640]

Underrated comment

[@cw155]

This is England bruv innit

[@goldenhourkodak]

That vibe is totally coming back in the UK/Europe

[@dorupopa]

"one two three four, we can end the drug war" What a powerful message.

[@verzeda]

not sure if sarcasm

[@r3n837]

so deep

[@doyoumakeittotheclouddistr4132]

@@idek3881 hes not wrong

[@r3n837]

@@doyoumakeittotheclouddistr4132 he is tho

[@r3n837]

very wrong

[@TalkSickOne420]

I agree with this 1000%. Yes i have a children and im also a recovering heroin addict. It wasnt heroin itself that almost killed me, it was the homeless lifestyle and being in the streets. My heart goes out to everyone suffering and helpless.

[@savannahglebe5165]

You have kids but took smack? SCUMBAG. How embarrassing for your kids.

[@supermetallicman]

Ya can’t kill drugs, it’s like a hydra always respawning heads whenever they get chopped off.

[@Cbd_7ohm]

Many people are too stupid to understand.

[@melissaawesome9403]

Well said

[@imfine6904]

So let's give up and allow everyone to get as high as possible instead of attacking addiction and overdoses we embrace it! Shut up junkie

[@imfine6904]

@@Cbd_7ohm You sound stupid af advocating drug addiction. Just because the war is massively unsuccessful we're supposed to embrace drug addiction instead of fighting against it? Drugs are drugs because they are substances people enjoy themselves with, they aren't just substances you can put in your body because "it's your right". And more importantly, they are substances you enjoy that literally kill you if you keep enjoying it. So hell no, attack addiction instead of welcoming it.

[@Cbd_7ohm]

@@imfine6904 You're stupid. Attacking addiction doesn't work. That doesn't even make sense.

[@karimbelba5597]

When ever I think about this issue the only way to “solve” the problem is legalization, we should inform people on how dangerous this drugs are but at the same time if some chose to use them ( they obviously do) at least they get them from a safe environment and not fueling criminal organizations

[@ghettogrower3499]

We already do this and it doesn't work. People know damn well what the drugs do, not one person in this world grew up never seeing a crack head. Drugs are not a disease they are a choice with consequences, any one saying they can't get off them it's a disease it's that it's this are just bullshiting it's them they don't want help. The people that want help get help and stay off. The ones that are in and out of rehab are just being pushed to go but really they want to be left alone to get high.

[@alexxinwonderland]

@@ghettogrower3499 hun hate to say this, but you're terribly incorrect. read up on scholarly articles about the changes that happen to a individuals brain when substance abuse is present. if you even wanna try to say it's a choice, that's your opinion. what about all these children being born addicted with proven & observable brain changes that make them predisposed to a life of substance abuse?? maybe a little more empathy & medical evaluation/assistance could be the solution to lowering addiction rates; obviously what we're doing now isn't working.

[@michaelhutchings8599]

Who do you think is going to manufacture these drugs? A way bigger, more powerful cartel. Pfizer + Government is a partnership from hell.

[@karimbelba5597]

@@michaelhutchings8599 come on now, comparing pharmaceutical companies to drug cartels is a bit of a stretch

[@alexxinwonderland]

@@karimbelba5597 as a pharm. tech trainee I can say that doctors are sooo careless & I see so many control 2's sold everyday.. It's hard to see our patients prescribed to so many dangerous drugs, but doctors just do whatever they want IG 🙆‍♀️0🤷🏻‍♀️ 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@paudsmcmack3117]

I like this "host," he makes me want to pierce my left ear, get a tracksuit, bottle of cider and top it all off with a Burberry hat on some random corner of a dimly lit estate in Rochdale surrounded by the soothing sounds of roaring citroens.

[@basz0r]

Oddly specific comment lol

[@mr.dankengine]

Clapped out Citroen Saxo

[@naysaynetwork5271]

No drug dealer I know dresses like that lol

[@mohammedesufbeg2620]

@@naysaynetwork5271 oooh

[@ashleyhathaway8548]

@@gladtobeattheexit7385 I don't think so- not unless he had hyoid bone augmentation.

[@shapeless6755]

You could even gate access to legal drugs behind, say a 2-day seminar. This would mean there is still a barrier to entry into drug use and it would ensure users know safer-use and the effects of the drug on them, allowing them to make educated decisions.

[@Ms-xq6jx]

Drug education should be mandatory in schools. And im not talking about the current bullshit thats in schools (all drugs are evil, weed is a gateway drug, etc), because that does more harm than good. Im talking about explaining the effects of each drug, side-effects, risks (hallucinogens if mental problems run in your family for example), how to do them safely, testing kits for fentanyl, etc.

[@jennh2096]

Do you not realize how many times people OD, before they finally OD for good? Do you think addicts are so stupid they don't know the risks they are taking? Because they do, very well, and they take them anyway. They even get pissed when you wake them up with narcan during an OD. The only place education like this might be appropriate is in high schools. The problem with that is, teenagers are 10 ft tall and bulletproof, and they think bad things will never happen to them, so they do stupid stuff despite being educated not to

[@elihunter8246]

Seeing the addicts in the UK when it was somewhat legal to do heroine compared to the US really makes me think this could potentially work

[@guccisquidbillytentacles]

it would definitely work better than the current system

[@ilovedogs2642]

How old are you? Wasn't the UK in the 1920s???

[@camillapalmer82]

@@ilovedogs2642 how old are you? The UK is the United Kingdom and consists of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

[@ilovedogs2642]

@@camillapalmer82 what the hell are you on about... He said when it was somewhat legal to do heroin which hasn't been since the 20s and the way he said it made it sound like he'd visibly seen the addicts 100 years ago. As if you tried to explain what the UK was...

[@mbrannon]

@@ilovedogs2642 did you not watch the video? They talked about this and that is what he is referring to. The British system was in place into the 60s where anyone who needed it could get a prescription for heroin and they had a fraction of the users and diseases and safety issues as the US during that time.

[@jonesreviews4613]

"1234 we can end the drug war" I've been waiting a long time to hear that

[@cloudymusic]

Here's a story all about why drugs should be legalised kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqO9gIatgbBgmtU

[@Aaron25thinfantry]

Imagine geekin out talking to a Pharmacist to get more coke😂 I'm ALL for it!

[@ryxarchive6713]

@Ab T 🤨🤨🤨 🤡

[@spaceoutmisfit1738]

I rather be around gun owners than a bunch of junkies

[@luisjacome5359]

@@spaceoutmisfit1738 you are surrounded by a bunch of junkies, that's why there are drugs... People are always going to use.

[@PunisherFord]

@Ab T Seriously what was the point of that? What made you feel the need to comment that and how do you think that changed the world for the better?

[@assurdo8888]

...or, in a legal drugs setting, even getting prescription drugs without prescription: you sign a waiver in which you declare that you take full responsability for what you'll do with them... Hand me ten oxys plus three or four xanax, doc, please. Than you move to the proper hemp/smart shop shop and buy a couple of ganja spliffs, last stop to the sueprmarket for buying a couple of beers: i'll do it in days, not in a single night, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT TEN OXYS AND FOUR XANAX ALL AT ONCE CAN KILL ME! SELF - RESPOSABILITY!!! On the same level, if you buy alcohol, you receive an instruction paper on how to safely drink, same for tobacco products and coffe/caffeinated beverages, you firm a waiver where you take responsability for your behaviour, and then you go on your way! Ketamine in England and Salvia Divinorum in Italy in the early 2000's were legal, BTW. Some fucked their bladder up, which is sad enough, some had a good time of self knowledge and universe exploring. With salvia, some freaked the hell out, some discovered parallel universes. With them being illegal ,the situation remains the same, or gets worse. WAR ON PROHIBITION!!! REGULAMENTATION AND LEGALIZATION RIGHT NOW!!!

[@lost_soul_4202]

I was a heroin addict a long time ago and the only thing that helped was injectable methadone I was addicted to the rush of it rushing into my brain . It takes the criminal element out of it the stealing, scoring ect I was so stable I ran a successful business for 9 years . then suddenly the government was saying NO its too expensive yet its more expensive now with crime ect oral methadone just don't work aswel ..I lost everything.... I have now been clean 13 years this summer ...

[@magickweedanddimitri6607]

Yes know a few ppl who where on injectable meth. Let's not 4get the infamous smack ciggies from the chemist or the diamorphine (heroin) tablets ppl used 2 get from UK pharmacies

[@lost_soul_4202]

@@linzianna stick at it bro ... life's too short

[@queentillidieandinfinity3467]

If I was rich I would shoot for the rush forever.......omg the hydro pill rush, ,I'm on methadone now it sucks

[@jenromano19]

Can I ask what country you are from and when this was? I have never heard of injectable methadone! So interesting. I can say that methadone probably saved my life, and it has been an invaluable tool in my recovery. 15 years in recovery, even longer than that off of heroin. It's absolutely possible, for anyone who is still struggling.

[@lost_soul_4202]

Was 20 years ago though and they was trying to come it down then . Especially after the death of Amy whinehouse

[@mitchellbailey4906]

I would love to be able to buy pure heroin or MDMA instead of worrying about a possible deadly cutting agent. I wouldn't have to test my stash anymore.

[@KKISCRAZYFUL]

I accidentally bought fake MDMA once and it was hell. Thankfully I was okay but for 48 hours I was just a mess and couldn't stop vomiting. I don't understand how anyone would be willing to sell fake/laced drugs but I guess profit comes before anything else for some people.

[@mitchellbailey4906]

@@KKISCRAZYFUL did you ever find out what you actually bought and took?

[@KKISCRAZYFUL]

@@mitchellbailey4906 I don't really know but someone else who took it said they thought it was something called "meow". But we never got it tested.

[@jkeisan3177]

@@KKISCRAZYFUL ah meow, it's 4-mmc drug that's been getting more popular lately

[@HealthPipe]

Here in Germany you cant even test your drugs.

[@Ruggedjellyfishing]

I really hope in my lifetime a legal drug market is established. The human cost of prohibition is unacceptable

[@IDKwhattowrite3]

Cartels would be cruel to innocent civilians in México, if you're gonna legalized at leasts give us some time to kill all the scum

[@douche8980]

Not all drugs are equal and some are too harmful to be regulated and legalized by the government at all.

[@rs72098]

How exactly do you legalize Fentanyl, Carfentanil and heroin, when very little of a dose is fatal?? If you're going to limit doses, then you aren't changing anything, as dealers will fill that void. The only solution is to destroy the drug cartels with military airstrikes. I'm the only one saying the truth that no one wants to hear.

[@bruhstandler]

@@douche8980 did u watch the video? tell me what drugs are too harmful bc its most likely they are dangerous bc of cuts or contaminants, and not the drug itself.

[@ricardo_boutique]

@@douche8980 adults can make their own choices if they have no mental disabilities and not causing harm to society

[@kght222]

5:21 just like a drug dealer can sell pot and heroin or cocaine, or both, or more, a doctor can push treatment. and if your dealer is trying to get you off of drugs, instead of on them, and trying to get you functional, instead of letting you beg, you and society as a whole are probably in a better position to thrive.

[@conradkorbol]

Also I think few addicts want to be addicts. So the fact that help is available with no fear of jail is good

[@josha3891]

@@conradkorbol agreed

[@PunisherFord]

I've sold for awhile and when people buy too much, I start to let them know that they should chill out or maybe flat out stop. I let them know what's in it and what it's doing to them and alot of addicts just dont care, they just want to feel numb. Im happy to see Alot of them have stopped but I agree that legalizing it would decrease users. People wouldn't hide it as much and people would deal with it like you deal with Alcoholics. (never meth, crack, or heroin) Selling someone one of those is the same as killing them

[@josha3891]

@@PunisherFord what a horrible argument to make. This is youtube so I won't focus on statistics; but if you are bored, delve into the dramatic rise of lover disease, and more specifically that which is a result of alcohol abuse.. I'm all for the first amendment, but peelike you should have an asterisk when providing "data".

[@kght222]

@@PunisherFord it is a difficult and subtle issue, one that can be better dealt with in the light of day than in the darkness of an alley. i typed another comment and deleted it because of fear of misunderstanding, it is that much of a mess. hell, we can even go to the violence that dealers deal with and in, what recourse do they have if someone robs them? this issue just bounces back and forth with those who try to stand above saying "just don't do it" while taking vicodin or some crap like that to relax. it is a giant mess, and the only solution is sunlight.

[@josephalbarran_cs]

I want to try ecstasy, why do I have to risk my life to obtain it

[@JJ-me4yu]

Try 🍄s instead🤣 Most ecstasy will be cut with methamphetamine. Street drugs are usually cut. Real prescription drugs are pure but people sell fakes as well. If you want to experiment, be safe and responsible. Stick to the plant homies though 🌳 and 🍄s

[@tylerstrippin9630]

Three very important words: substance test kit.

[@JJ-me4yu]

@@tylerstrippin9630 I'm only 21, but in all my years being around drugs I've never seen a user or a dealer use a substance test kit. They completely should! But I feel like its safer to just stick to plant homies 🌳🍄

[@lordnodob7338]

Buy a Testkit, test you’re drugs. MDMA is the best drug out of all of them. If you’re in the Eu then you’re MDMA isn’t cut most likely

[@austinoldfield5246]

@@JJ-me4yu you obviously are partying with complete fucking idiots.... by the age of 16 I had seen more tester kits then I could count.......... there 75$ online dude........

[@illcrashyournanscar8723]

I’m all for it, but I can image waiting 10 hours just to get into pharmacy

[@PresidentialWinner]

Lol.

[@waflletoast11]

I doubt it people dont care about drugs when they got work and Bill's to pay, oregon has low unemployment this would affect only poor communities in the south

[@jjackson4727]

@@waflletoast11 you assume too much. Silicon Valley is known for its psychedelic use(micro dosing) in the tech industry.

[@pest174]

@@jjackson4727 exactly.

[@ameliasbaby3782]

Lol yes going be a long line

[@jasonlajoie]

This is a ridiculous proposition. There will never be a full decriminalization of hard drugs nor should there ever be. We simply need to decriminalize all drugs for the user's sake, not the producer's.

[@spaceaddict5484]

End the war on drugs and end the war on consciousness!

[@moonpeach4684]

Roe. V wade ..." Her body"

[@moonwatch7963]

That's exactly what it is, a war against consciousness.

[@ropelay5465]

I’d buy a little mdma after a stressful week just kick back listen to music and feel blissful.

[@username_517]

Legalisation will also not only reduce harm for users, but also for all the people in countries like mexico, colombia and brazil! hundreds of thousands of people die at the hands of the cartels, both people involved and people who had no involvement. Legalisation would also reduce insane amounts of corruption in countries where cartels have a heavy influence!

[@insertanamee]

This is crucial especially now in the time of TikTok where microdosing etc is being romanticised

[@trillrifaxegrindor4411]

tiktok is were absolute stupidity is romantisized.....its crack for the low attention span idiots of the world

[@dr.nug7103]

Weed isn’t the gateway drug, it’s the dealer himself and what he sells.*No matter who their “boss” is or what’s going on in their life*

[@skylercox939]

Alcohol and cigarettes are true gateway drugs. Every addict has done alcohol or nicotine first.

[@manusjiedowen-ck12a18]

From my experience, cigs are the gateway drug, cause if your can take a puff without coughing it, you cant hit any drugs that are inhaled. When people dont get high on weed anymore or get the nic hit or dont get drunk on a few glasses, they tend to look for new ones to get that same buzz

[@ItsChurchieYall]

That's so true! I know a guy who went to buy some weed from a sketchy dealer since his normal guy was out and they had coke and the rest is history. Just stick to weed yall

[@lanietalk]

I think it’s the scheduling. Weed is a schedule 1 drug. Teens try that, realize it’s not bad, and then think everything is a lie. People just need to be honest and specific about the short term and long term effects of every substance. Most people don’t even know which drugs dilate your pupils and which ones constrict them

[@Jennyeq]

'He' sells? What's with the sexism? my dealer is a woman.

[@Ari--d]

In the USA drug dealers already file taxes sometimes. You can say your money came from "other sources" and then pay taxes which makes the taxman happy.

[@zachsodano]

Vice finally has some really good people talking about topics they really know about love to see it

[@jchastain789]

Can't wait to try some of these 'over the counter drugs" lmao

[@Cbd_7ohm]

Opium grows out of the ground and is legal to grow for the most part in the USA

[@GRAITOM]

Grab your self some dextromethorphan... In the medicine isle.. I think normies call it "cough syrup".

[@stonhs]

Say it with me people: *We’d like to thank drugs, for winning the war on drugs.*

[@davidroberts4248]

Good one!!

[@lauracornwell9129]

We'd like to thank drugs, for kicking the holy hell out of the war on drugs.

[@Svangen1]

The war on drugs and terror are two wars that the US will never win with its current mindset

[@imfine6904]

And get as many people high and ruin as many lives as possible if we legalize thanks drugs!!

[@based_mediumchungus1788]

legalize heroin, sell it the same way alcohol is sold. Legalization is Regulation is Quality Control.

[@rogshotz]

My only hangup on the sale of these drugs for everyone is ive listened to a lot of people say things like if someone offered me heroin id take it even after years of sobreity. They no longer put themselves in situations where they see people who use or go to areas that you can easily get it. What do they do when they could easily get it off the market? There's no natural high on earth thats comparable to these drugs. Its hard for me to get on board with it because of that reason.

[@joshlentz7468]

Idk what to say about someone offering you drugs, but as for buying them a system could be put in place where you inform the pharmacies of your past addiction and ask them to permanently blacklist you from buying certain drugs. I do agree with you that it’s a dangerous thing for recovering addicts, but I am sure that there is a viable approach that minimizes harm and promotes education and healthy use. Also congratulations on your sobriety!

[@rogshotz]

@@joshlentz7468 Perhaps that would be a good solution, and it was a hypothetical. Thank you but i've never been addicted to any substance other than my vape haha.

[@aaronstepien2363]

Most normies would have no idea what kind of lifestyle they were getting into and couldn’t handle it

[@j____prado]

If we legalize drugs how will our politicians make their money?? No more income from the prison/military industrial complex!

[@dickdiamonds3410]

They'll make more money by removing the stigma and increasing the amount of users

[@bronxmosthated1]

God bless you. you are Right

[@dirtyhiggins5484]

The people in power are not willing to hear this truth. We should be allowed to make well informed decisions on how we want to live our life.

[@imfine6904]

And advocate addiction too and cause the most drug destruction ever cause why not right

[@sheadoherty7434]

@@imfine6904 are you naturally this dense or does it come through with some effort?

[@imfine6904]

​@@sheadoherty7434 Right cause for some reason allowing Americans who are already leading in overdoses to harm themselves legally is the thoughtful solution

[@i_love_rescue_animals]

Such a great video!! Very well done, well presented and I couldn't agree more with the message. The War on Drugs is a complete failure. Drugs need to be regulated and controlled. We also shouldn't judge addicts as having some kind of moral failure. They are people that need help and compassion.

[@cloudymusic]

Here's a story all about why drugs should be decriminalised kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqO9gIatgbBgmtU

[@dipster5307]

They did fail at some point or in some way in life if they are "addicts" Being a drug addict shouldn't be taken lightly, drug addicts do not have such a bad reputation out of no where.

[@jennh2096]

Drugs are already regulated and controlled, and those same regulated, controlled drugs have fueled the opioid crisis in the US, that has left hundreds of thousands dead.

[@cube.9816]

"There's a war on drugs but they keep my mind at peace" - NAV

[@Kingshushthe1st]

Until Your overdosing on the floor.

[@cube.9816]

@@Kingshushthe1st interesting how u jumped from "drugs" to the extreme "generic miserable heroin OD on the floor" type thing

[@brandym258]

much respect for the nav line

[@Kingshushthe1st]

@@cube.9816 Have you not seen a what happens to crackheads😂Man Shutup

[@cube.9816]

@@brandym258 back at ya

[@smirky101]

Vice wants to point out that there is no winning the war on drugs, but they aren't even trying to win the war on addiction either.

[@ZMSportsnShorts]

The War on Drugs was never a war on drugs. It was always a war on black men.

[@lilbig948]

...and Mexicans... and hippies.. not just black men there’s races that are discriminated against other than black people btw

[@bradsully6620]

And poor whites

[@stella-vu8vh]

As well as the poor, disabled, and women, and its obscene. We need to call it what it is. Systemic Genocide, and Population Control, and State Sponsored Racism/Eugenics. There has to be a better way. The crisis in regards to black men cannot be ignored or overstated, but it is NOT just a war on black men. Its a war on all of us, and mostly between the capitalists and the rest of us

[@drpibisback7680]

@Ab T John Ehrlichman, one of Nixon's aides, has outright said that Nixon's launch of the drug war was a way to crack down on his primary opposition, Black people and the "antiwar left" (Hippies). The drug war has always targeted minorities, because they're disproportionately pushed toward drug dealing and drug use by their circumstances. That's just the reality of it.

[@fitgirl2276]

Let's stop blaming everyone for people's poor choices whether they be black white Mexican whatever. They choose the life. If you don't sell drugs you don't get busted for it. I know tons of people who will strip and prostitute but I never have nor will I. No one can take away your free choice. If "blacks " decide to commit crime then "blacks" get busted for it. Smh

[@blackfyre8516]

This may be the most sense ive ever heard in a video. Prohibition literally is funnelimg billions of dollars to the people they are trying to stop. Legalize. Regulate. Tax. Fund treatment and rehabilitation when and to whomever possible.

[@elmartinez9500]

Not all governments are willing to invest in these programs (they won’t even invest in Narcan??) and we cannot rely on shitty insurance companies to cover prescriptions. What if people cannot get insurance, what if they can’t afford the legal market? This is not a solution for all. Decrim is the logical first step.

[@hmalik5232]

Governments would save trillions of dollars from policing drug laws, and would get billions of they taxed it, but not over-taxing it. They could easily invest in these programs with that money and have plenty more. Most drugs wouldn’t need investment from the government as it would just be regular legalisation. The government just need to use their brain and do what’s best for the people, which is their job.

[@HaYeetBruh69]

It’s funny how monetary gain is held at a higher priority than human life. Made worse by the demonization of users. So no sympathy is felt to those harmed unless it is personal. People need to be educated on the problems the current system has.

[@jmacdonald6195]

Legalisation opens up a giant taxable market, the programmes will fund themselves through that. Obviously decriminalising is the way to start, but legalisation is the only real way to kill the black market

[@elmartinez9500]

@@jmacdonald6195 legalization of weed in MA hasn’t killed the Black Market at all bc it’s taxed at such a high rate for a mediocre product compared to other states. Many people aren’t willing to pay dispensary prices so they stick to their dealers. I don’t have faith that prices will be low enough.

[@JAYALLDAAY]

They need to just let folks get high period because we already are

[@madisonbrown8851]

Exactly. People have been doing it for thousands of years, and we're not gonna stop anytime soon.

[@ThisEpicLife]

Not all of us. Some of us actually respect the law.

[@whatdothlife7108]

@@ThisEpicLife the point is the laws are pointless. People who want to do illegal drugs WILL do them regardless of legality.

[@SX996]

@@ThisEpicLife which you shouldnt, why would you respect laws that are fundamentally stupid

[@mitchellbailey4906]

Fucking a right. The drug war never stopped that. As long as there are drugs there will be people who will use them. And contrary to what people think it is possible to use drugs responsibly.

[@MrJulkuul]

Alcohol is well-regulated (if perhaps a bit too strictly) in Norway. You can only buy wine and spirits at the governmental wine monopoloy, but beer under 4.7% at supermarkets. Commercials for alcohol and tobaco are completely illegal.

[@WSFM_Rex]

I agree the war on drugs has failed young people, but from a personal perspective i don’t think we need protection from “the war on drugs” I think we need protection from ourselves. If i was better educated when i started Highschool and honesty just told the truth about how drugs work, I would probably not be where i currently am.

[@WSFM_Rex]

@Martha Cohen haven’t been sober a day in about 3 years and I’m 18

[@miguelmarques957]

ive been saying this for so many years already...

[@BalboaBaggins]

Vice still doesn't know the war on drugs was never meant to be won, but to gain money.

[@newthrash1221]

@@BalboaBaggins You guys are fucking idiots. Vice has covered legalization on drugs for decades now.

[@miguelmarques957]

@@BalboaBaggins exacly...

[@miguelmarques957]

@Ab T whys that?

[@josha3891]

@Ab T with all due respect; do you know what a run-on sentence is?

[@matfry2310]

This needs to get out to more people man.. personally I got a single heroin charge at 23 and while driving.. “stupid decision” and I now have 2 felony’s been on parole for 5 years and went to jail for two months plus had to do rehab. I’ve been clean for all five years thank the lord but it’s absolutely ruined my life.

[@jennh2096]

Just like all the stupid decisions that led to DUIs for alcohol. Actions have consequences amd they suck. I don't think that should be a felony, however, it did force you into rehab and has kept you clean for 5 years. We need criminalization for that very reason, we just need to change laws so that people who do like you did and learn from their bad choices, don't have a record that follows them forever

[@lawrencetonner729]

its cute that the government think they have a say in what i put in my body

[@josha3891]

It's not about what you put into your own body, sport; it's about how you will act after you -- put people in danger - - ingesting chemicals known to impact who you are... Actually watch this video... What Oregon has done is dangerous; not as wrong as the war on drugs but, that doesn't make it right. Substance abuse help is the only thing they got right.

[@stolensentience]

Yeah they just have a say of where they put your body

[@MrLoobu]

They have a say in when and where you go and what you put on your mouth tho.

[@helloworld-oj9co]

They have a say because drug users are a danger to society

[@MrLoobu]

@@helloworld-oj9co Your concept of drugs is far to narrow. Almost all American adults are on mind altering drugs, legal or otherwise, medicinal or otherwise.

[@ben-gaming]

Support is what a lot of users need, its hard for them to get it because of society's tendency to treat them like aliens.

[@whiteicenotnice1872]

Lol white issues💊💉😵

[@JD-jz5rr]

*Every citizen of every country should be given a dosage of Pentobarbital or similar drug needed to sleep in and never wake up again, somewhere stored safely.* It would save people all sorts of trauma over not having housing, food, or even clean drinking water. It would decrease unemployment, poverty, homelessness, slums, malnutrition, crime, ect. & Reduce the burden on homeless shelters, food banks, public hospitals, ect. ~ ~ Liquid Pentobarbital is commonly used by owners to euthanize pets. When given to humans, the drug can give them a painless death in under one hour. In the Netherlands, it is part of the standard protocol for physician-assisted suicide for self-administration by the patient. ~ Pentobarbital is also used by mouth for physician-assisted death in Switzerland ~ Having the assurance of a relatively clean, fast, painless way out any time that I want, would put me more on ease by a lot. I want the freedom to have that 'way out'.

[@glennbrown3426]

@@JD-jz5rr People need to stop having children, or they should have to take classes before having kids.

[@JD-jz5rr]

@@glennbrown3426 Everyone needs to stop having children. *Refraining from reproducing would end 100% of human suffering permanently* The daily pains we all experience; too tired to wake up in the morning, headaches, thirst, urge to urinate, urge to empty our bowels , the weather (too cold , too hot , humid , windy , rain ) , tiredness, . On top of this , are the major sufferings , losing loved ones , major physical illnesses ( including the illnesses that will lead to death in old age) . Add to this , the potential harms , physical illness ( there are more than hundred diseases ) , mental illness, relationship problems , crime ( violence , theft ) , financial problems , job loss , unemployment, poverty, hunger, malnutrition, accidents ( *accidents can happen very easily* ) , climate change, rising sea levels, natural disasters, earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, drought, food shortages, clean drinking water shortages, air pollution, ect. Life is mostly filled with negatives. Even *rich (millionaire), tall(6’0), good looking, blue/green eyed men* like Leonardo DiCaprio, Grant Gustin, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jared Leto, did not have any children. ~ *Even BILLIONAIRES like Oprah Winfrey and Jack Dorsey did not have any children!*

[@williamross6917]

@@JD-jz5rr yeah but you’d miss the positives and why not experience what life has to offer. We’re all gonna die at some point so why not just ride it out.

[@waffleman6666]

Education is everything

[@braydensummers6439]

It’s easy to say “legalize drugs” from across the pond where you don’t deal with fetty being laced in all your drugs

[@BeezerWashingbeard]

That's the point. If it was legal and regulated it wouldn't be laced with anything.

[@sheadoherty7434]

Its easy to say "end prohibition" when your alcohol isn't made in someones toilet

[@sarahlaidlaw8349]

Definately on board with harm reduction as someone who has been on &off drugs my whole life I know for a fact that if we had policies based on harm reduction my family and friends & myself would have had completely different lives and less shameful results for future decision making and lifestyle choices

[@cloudymusic]

Here's a story all about why drugs should be decriminalised kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqO9gIatgbBgmtU

[@TheAbrantino]

Not one person has a problem cause of "easy clean access to heroin" it's always cause he has a problem in accessing it.. I did heroin for 20 years I have lots of ptsd from all the stress and anxiety etc etc

[@StraightFelon]

So by that logic no one with oxycontin scripts ever had a problem, lmao?

[@sheadoherty7434]

@@StraightFeloncompletely missed the point

[@sven.053]

You guys should read ‘chasing the scream’ excellent book about addiction and the war on drugs and how different countries are dealing with it all.

[@Healthliving1967]

Cigarettes done more damage to me than any other drug i dabbled in.

[@bamdadkhan]

here's a video without nudity, violence or even swearing that is about the importance of education instead of prohibition, especially toward young people.. behind an age gate that expects you to give up your privacy. google really needs to die.

[@moonwatch7963]

Especially since google already knows your age from your google account...

[@bamdadkhan]

@@moonwatch7963 nope.. never ever told google my age.. and probably never will.

[@riverdale7648]

On point,imagine giving these shitheds your bank account info to verify yourself lmao :DDDD

[@antonhelsgaun]

@@riverdale7648 What do you think they're gonna do? Steal my $80?

[@sacklpicker]

My favorite VICE series at the moment.

[@ctrlentr8395]

I'd rather live in a drug free world than a drug-healthier-advanced world because this is a question of reality and it also still harms if it's highly addictive no matter how safe it is.

[@minecrafter023]

Except from medical uses I can't imagine why anyone should have access to such drugs.

[@twelvelookslike]

Drugs being illegal is deterrent to many people including myself.

[@neo7i]

Thank you VICE

[@JulianSloman]

6:07 It's not 0 overdoses, it's 0 overdose deaths - due to presence of others and nolaxane or similar counters

[@SEVEN-sg5rb]

That’s literally what he said “There have been 0 recorded overdose deaths…”

[@twizz420]

I've been addicted to opiates for 17/18 years, and I'm only 32. It's like a living hell.

[@gramoukdoom]

Love your name mate. Good luck kicking that habit.

[@issie5580]

Hope you are doing better

[@deandeanmunoz]

I quit oxy cold turkey after 5 years of abuse thanks to my doctor I got up to a 250mg dose a day to stay normal I haven’t relapsed because I don’t want that life anymore you can quit too you just have to want it and be willing to deal with the withdrawal it’s not easy stay strong

[@jennh2096]

​@@deandeanmunozand this is a prime example of why a "regulated and safe" supply is not a fix to the problem. No worries about fentanyl in your Oxy, Oxy will F you up all by itself, and it's regulated, controlled amd "safe" Good luck to you and congratulations on your sobriety!

[@BuLBuLDirtJumper]

Damn, this video changed my mind!

[@ooonyxxx]

Much respect for being an open minded individual

[@huihkjify]

Much hate for having been such a brain washed ignorant!

[@jmacdonald6195]

Awesome! Half the battle is educating the public on policy. Never taken an illicit drug in my life, but completely on board with total legalisation and decriminalisation

[@klassenpage]

Legalize everything ASAP!

[@exoticexotic4410]

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[@cut--]

I AGREE. I'm single but would like to sex once in a while without going through the trouble of having a girlfriend, or getting a disease.

[@watkinator4413]

Imagine walking into a store that sells any drug you want, tubs of ecstacy tablets of all different colours and shapes, instead of the logos being ripped off they're actually endorsed by the companies, sheets of lsd, an uppers and a downers section with everything 100% pure and you know what you're buying is what you want. Wow. Heaven.

[@grazutissmith9647]

I couldn't think of anything less appealing. Only a junkie would make a statement like that.

[@onlinecheatersexposed8491]

legalizing is a good idea and here is my opinion, every drug is clean.. and not contaminated with toxic fillers.. also it would bring alot of cash to the tax income, to help people with addiction etc + other things

[@GorilieVR]

Always remember: Correlation does not equal Causation. People talk about gateway drugs but every hard drug user has eaten food so with gateway logic food > drugs

[@keepcalmsavehyrule]

AMEN! 👏

[@imperialloyalist4799]

ur pfp is a walnut but ur name is potato. you confuse me

[@GorilieVR]

@@imperialloyalist4799 be sensitive, im a.... Transplant 🥔🤣

[@filthyan1mal588]

The gateway is the underground market not the item in question.

[@Obiamajoyisrmd]

@@keepcalmsavehyrule don’t amen that’s, there is no logic to it. Ignorance shouldn’t be praised.

[@ΓεωργιοςΠαπαδοπουλος-σ8υ]

Even if all drugs become legal, black market will still exists since the prices will be much lower than the clear market

[@morgandraegar7301]

My body, my rules. Control is not the answer. Education is.

[@nattydread1656]

Education does not work its time to try something different ie legalisation thank you drugs for winning the war on drugs.

[@webneb]

This was a great doco. I've thought about this for decades. I'm an ex junkie, manufacturer and chemist myself. It's scary to think all those years ago what we would either put into things or what we would find in things. Scarier still even when I knew we didn't have the equipment to refine or process products correctly and would consume it anyway. What other option is there? The war on drugs is just looking more and more like a sham. From drugs to guns to even phone scamming now all prohibition has achieved is incarceration and death.

[@cloudymusic]

Here's a story all about why drugs should be decriminalised kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqO9gIatgbBgmtU

[@elveheim]

I am currently reading Ioan Grillo’s new book “Blood, Gun, Money”. It is about the iron river of guns going from the USA and south across the border. Very interesting and easy to read.

[@jaypowell7350]

I’m so glad this conversation is becoming apart of a global discussion

[@lucamarin5421]

My biggest problem about this video is that it it has been labeled "Age-Restricted Video" I think every age should be exposed to this topic and combatting how we handle this altogether.

[@blocksers6948]

Wow, great Job of youtube again, age retricing valueble information about this

[@dmtdreamz7706]

On a certain level, we have a drug store in our brain, the neurochemicals that show up in flow: so dopamine, norepinephrine, anandamide, endorphins, and serotonin. If you were to try to cocktail the street drug version of that, right, you're trying to blend like heroin and speed and coke and acid and weed- and point is, you can't do it. It turns out the brain can cocktail all of 'em at once, which is why people will prefer flow to almost any experience on Earth. It's our favorite experience. It's the most addictive experience on Earth. Why? 'Cause it cocktails five or six of the largest pleasure drugs the brain can produce. We're all capable of so much more than we know. That is a commonality across the board. And one of the big reasons is we're all hardwired for flow, and flow is a massive amplification of what's possible for ourselves.

[@hankhill6671]

Legalize amphetamine, Ritalin, Modafinil, Khat, Kratom, Propane, Butane, and more.

[@trillrifaxegrindor4411]

especially propane and propane based products,especially bbq's

[@dankganja]

and Marijuana, psychedelics

[@geenagreybull5359]

Propane?? 😂😂😂

[@miriambamford6513]

War on drugs is killing more than what the drugs would kill by overdose in many areas! Maybe this might be the solution. We have bars and hotels serving tea, and coffee, to alcohol and weed, but it doesn't mean we go there if we don't need or want it. It's upto the person.🥱 Great video and great topic.👍

[@seandelacruz3792]

Also it basically probihition era

[@cloudymusic]

Here's a story all about why drugs should be legalised kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqO9gIatgbBgmtU

[@SmileyD7777]

I want to share this video with my State Legislature's in Idaho. They can use a dose of reality but I can't send it via email because you blocked it from being shared 😢

[@chriswesney]

You jump straight into the old idea of "drug pushers" at 4:15. I've been around the block more than once and i've never-ever met a drug pusher.

[@h7opolo]

absolutely beautiful message

[@Toddis]

This series is great, perfect to share with people that haven't really thought about legalizing drugs.

[@EmmaDeFazio5938]

My idea is I think we could legalize cocaine but not the harder things like heroin or meth

[@Toddis]

@@EmmaDeFazio5938 I'd disagree, the leading cause of death right now in American for 18-45 year olds is Fentanyl overdose Most of those people are dying from fentanyl contaminated heroin, if there's any heroin in it at all. People are also dying from fentanyl in cocaine and meth. The main reason for legalizing these drugs is for harm reduction, you aim to keep people from dying or getting diseases, and offer them help so maybe they don't completely ruin their lives or end up dead. In my opinion none of them should be allowed to be advertised, there should be a 21 year old age restriction, aside from special cases if prescribed by a doctor, and they'd be under very thorough regulations to ensure the products are clean and of a known potency. At first there might be an increase in drug use, but all the other examples in the world show that the drug use actually decreases from the amount there was during prohibition, plus thousands of people lives could be saved, children, parents, siblings. Also, think of all the tax dollars that could be made to spend on rebuilding infrastructure, giving opportunities to neighborhoods that were most negatively affected by the drug war, there's so much positive that could come out of it. People are going to do drugs, regardless of their legal status. We need to accept that, and focus on harm reduction.

[@EmmaDeFazio5938]

@@Toddis Huh okay

[@luccianodfs6711]

We need more of this!

[@juliana.x0x0]

Its soooo frustrating that we are just so dense and stubborn (when I say "we", I mean the us in general and the big fish who make the decisions) that we havent at least TRIED this! I mean yeah we are on our way I guess with oregon or whatever, but OBVIOUSLY OBVIOUSLY saying "hey, dont do that!" Doesnt always or even usually. Work. Anyone whose ever had a 2 year old or a teen knows that. So if we know that the next best thing from absolute abstinence (which is impossible) is making it safER...giving people some self respect and dignity back...making people feel safe about asking for help, without fear of their jobs or kids being taken...just being real and open with kids and tell them the truth about drugs, and not lying just to scare them, but rather exploring what it actually does to your body and mind. If that alternative is by default safer than what we have now...jail, the same circle round and round, institutions..why not try it? Why cant we change our collective perspective on junkies❤, with compassion and love rather than kicking them when they're down? How can that make anything WORSE than it already is?! The fundamentals of how we deal with it are outdated and proven ineffective. Access to mental health services, clean gear (needles, cookers, tie offs, sterile water, etc.) and narcan. Trying to prevent and/or at least process through traumas. Having safe using places with people to monitor you. Fighting with something, wars about things, rarely get much accomplished except for one to completely take over the other. You're more likely to get through to someone when you come alongside them and really listen to what they need. But when people are suffering, with pain, whether it be past, present, or fear of the future...mental, physical, or emotional...there will always be a desire to escape from that in the easiest and quickest way. Instead of D.A.R.E., teach kids some fucking real world COPING SKILLS for some REAL WORLD MODERN PROBLEMS!

[@Savrai239]

I used to be addicted to cocaine and started using heroin. I became addicted and knew I couldn’t afford it. I got so bad I would have been homeless if it weren’t for my brother taking me in and getting me help. I don’t agree with legalization of all drugs, but I think we need to do something to help the people affected by addiction instead of arresting them and throwing them in jail.

[@seymaple]

if it's legal, then those that are addicts can be known of for being addicts based on their constant purchases (if regulated rather than just decriminalized), and help can be pushed towards them. The safety that goes with these also will sky rocket. It's a tough decision but I think money wise, It saves tax dollars from the ridiculous jail system, it gets tax money towards helping addicts, it takes money completely away from all gangs, but it is complex for sure. Still think it's better to be regulated and legal. However you posted a year ago but wanted to mention this.

[@scottcarlass8887]

In other words, imagine what it would be like if we lived in an enlightened world.

[@crispycarsini7430]

This is actually the stupidest idea I’ve ever heard. They still will have the same effects as before and will still be sleeping on the streets and walking around like zombies.

[@Anita.Cox.]

Nope, drugs like heroin would be used in safe injection sites whilst going through detox and rehab look at switzerland for that. Less hardcore drugs like weed or cat tranq would be sold at businesses that would be regulated like with alchohol and tobacco, and as stated in the video in britain when heroin was sold in pharmacy's there was only 300 addicts nationwide, (sidenote oxycontin is 30% stronger then heroin and is sold at pharmacy's and adderall is just straight up white boy meth). The rest would be sold at pharmacy's and it would get rid of cartels because of the unprofitablilty as they're going against free drugs by a 20 trillion dollar entity.

[@KelnelK]

3:37 I'm against prohibition too, but don't spew disingenuous and misleading statistics. It only gives prohibitionists more ammunition to attack legalization. We all know that the list of 342 users in the UK was almost certainly only a small fraction of the real number, and that both of these figures are unapologetically not per capita figures. That doesn't make a huge difference here as the US has only 5 times the population of the UK, but it's still sus that you're trying to compare two figures that aren't really comparable due to the population size difference. If you're going to use statistics, use rigorous and honest statistics only please. The real facts are on our side and we don't need to warp them into lies to make our argument