Ethan Nadelmann: The White House Experiments With Weed
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Do you have any sources for that information, I'd be interested in learning about it.
its used as a disinfectant prior to any injection or taking a blood sample, and many medications can only be stored in something like alcohol or acetone or benzene, because they would decompose or rot in water, and of these solvents alcohol is the least toxic. today we have substitutes, like non-toxic stabilizers / desinfectants / preservative agents that often cyan replace alcohol, but chemistry wasnt that far during the times of prohibition.
Well put
Legal possession for Marijuana actually goes legal December 6th for Washington state. The state has a deadline until December 1st 2013 to establish other key rules.
Nice! Ethan on BigThink!
The thumbnail leading to this video would deserve the caption: "I caught a fish THAT big"
I like how you make laughing gas seem so sinister xD
Where's New England? Anyone else catch that?
Very well spoken sir! Bravo!
Yeah! keep the these BT videos coming!!! Why not get ur boy Santorum to do one?
the title alone drew me in
Also, for the record, Oregon allows medicinal marijuana and my mother has a medicinal license, and I lived in the same house as her for 19 years (and she smoked blunts, by pipe and by bong) and I have been drug tested numerous times for my profession and it has always come back negative. Sidestream smoke isn't as strong from pot as it is in cigarettes. Sitting next to someone in a bar while they smoke a blunt isn't likely going to cause any noticeable effects.
Go Ethan! I'm a member of the DPA
This video is cool and informative
Yes he did, his wife still runs norml. Carl is one of, if not the most influential person in my life. He was laid to rest a few miles from where i live and i take great pride in that. His work with voyager 1 and the tiny blue dot was a moment of realization for me and many others.
I personally hope that all goes well in Colorado and Washington and actually leads a trend for other states to follow. What I also want for this to result in, is for this country to reintroduce industrial Hemp.
Agreed. If the government federally legalized it, it falls under the sin tax and thus generates more revenue. Not to mention all the other uses for cannabis. (clothing,fuel,health)
There was also a religious exception (Wine could be consumed in church). So to criminalize cannabis completely would be to also discriminate against religions that encourage its use, such as Rastafari and some sects of Hinduism.
All, very well said. im a 59 old Suffering from rheumatid arthritis, and was arrested last year for growing and sharing pot. I am now labeled a convicted felon.My attorney /husband, was convicted of maintaining a dwelling. we are not criminals! we re putting our daughter through college! You can imagine the financial devestion! But here,in North Carolina, we are felons...at least i am. Please help us bring N.C. into this century!!!
I read a study in which they determined that if it was regulated like alcohol or tobacco is, they would make 8.9 billion dollars, and if they stopped all the unnecessary costs that go into enforcing the prohibition and the war on drugs, they'll save 11.1 billion. That's a net total of 20 billion dollars that the government will make from legalizing pot.
And they still haven't done it?
No. States can decide there own regulations on alcohol. States have different drinking ages, time restraints on when you can purchase, size limits on liquor bottles etc.
Nitrous oxide could be potentially dangerous when it comes to driving. Nitrous Oxide is technically legal under federal law.
I agree... its not much but it gets you to the point of "Mmmmm"
I hadn t thought about that, but youre right, politicians do need some weed!! asapp
I meant endure to wait for an appropriate opportunity, but you still make a valid point.
Also, the longer we wait, the harder it will become to revolt.
I agree on all... but the stronger it is the better for you it will be since you wont have to smoke as much there for your not inhaling as much plant mater
i think full legalisation is only possible for a few drugs, marihuana or potentially also LSD.
but decriminalisation should be done with every drug. that means: posession, trafficking, sale, and production of the drug stay illegal with same punishments. But use is legal. Positive drug tests dont lead to punishment. Very small (end-user typical) amounts of drug can be punished, but with a very small punishment, like 30 hours of public work or a fine or something.
Smoking isn't the only way to consume marijuana. It's not particularly hard to extract THC from cannabis to be used in baked goods and other food items. Dispensaries often provide a wide variety of marijuana mediums, i've even heard of medical marijuana patches being used.
I was expecting to see a cartoon about a living whitehouse with a smiley face, smoking some weed.
lololol
Sordcof looks like Dr.Phil
how about next week?
I agree with you on most aspects but the argument that Marijuana is not addictive is outdated. It is not physically addictive, meaning it does not generate a physical response to your body to crave it, however it can create strong psychological addictions. Such as forming any habit, one can easily lose themselves to the laid back lifestyle and continue their habit for years on end. It's easier to break than most drug addictions, but psychological addictions are a tricky egg to crack.
Well is the also going to be recreational use
but the classifications of the plant make it very difficult to grow hemp efficiently with control, without risking serious legal hardship.
This is very interesting, Colorado and Washington have a great approach to this. They limit the amount of marijuana you can have on you so in reality they don't have to worry about taxing their citizens for it and in turn also saving them millions in tax dollars from not having to prosecute people for possessing or even cultivating it. So this is a great approach to legalization and I'm sure many eastern, swing states, and liberal states will follow suit. I'm happy that there's actual progress.
Love it.
Even during alcohol prohibition, there was a medical exception, and no one thinks alcohol is an effective or needed medication.
I was once called in to fill in for someone at work after smoking pot. I worked just as efficiently as I ever have. In fact, no one even noticed. Had I come into work drunk... then there definitely would have been problems.
Oh, and yes, I drove to work that day, and no, nothing went wrong on my route there.
Not if it were legalized in canisters or tanks of 70% nitrous oxide and 30% oxygen.
Also, it's not legal for recreational use.
Yes they do, you can't go a block without seeing them on a billboard. Just because they don't run in magazine ads or commercials. I think beer still does, idk who the hell watches TV these days? lol... anyways ya, we have bars, we have stores that sell it and it's readily available in almost any store! We do endorse it. Last time i checked there weren't any hashbars on my block.
and how about a Web-sight Law book Styled like Wikipedia with a search function, and easily assessable with government official only editing, one for federal and one for state laws, but with apps that can be used to quickly look up details on a law with your phone using the same web-sight.
I think they're just gonna go after land owners and distributors legally. They did absolutely the opposite of what they claimed to do in their first term (respecting state law) and raided people a lot.
That is called a representative democracy (as opposed to a direct democracy).
Correct, there are other uses - medicinal and practical applications and Yes, private companies make money out of prison populations - but governments spend a ridiculous amount policing, prosectuting, preventing and investigating drug crimes, let alone cost around $200 a day in high sec prisons - so the state detriment is far worse - another point id like to have fitted in is that in charging users, the state is prosecuting for a crime which has no tangible victim or social detriment.
All arguments for legalisation in 1 comment:
1. Could be taxed - Potential millions of $ that could be rediverted to important areas such as health
2. Could be regulated - No backyard weedkiller - strength of drug can be capped
3. Saving state crime resources - prisons overcrowded and policing of drug crimes = $
4. Has medicinal uses as anaesthetic/painkiller - a natural alternative
5. Legalisation reduces crime rate
6. On principle - Marajuana kills 0 people per year, cigarettes = 1000s
There's a delicious irony in hearing someone with *your* surname making that particular statement. Well done overcoming a family tradition of manipulative lying on the topic - you've made my day!
its cool to have a retired surgeon say pot is safe, just confirming what i already know lol....My biggest concern for pot smokers is if they start at a young age, i've heard it was linked to schizophrenia later in life but i'm not sure if i believe that but I believe people who wish to smoke pot should do it when they're at least 18 or 21 or maybe older. Also legal or fake weed has been known to cause panic attacks and has been baned in some areas. I don't think fake weed is safe.
Here's my problem with Weed Legalization. 1 If it becomes legal, with workplaces still test for it? 2. you you are driving, let's say hours after smoking and you get in an accident, fail a drug test, go to prison for manslaughter; how do you test for weed short term. If they had a weed breathalyzer, it would already be federally legal IMO
You need a joint!
100 years from now, when marijuana is decriminalized at the federal level, people will look back at the days when the feds vigilantly fought a "war" on pot, and they will wonder why the hell we were so paranoid about this relatively harmless drug. I mean, it's embarrassing how much time and resources we waste trying to control marijuana.
- as opposed to diesel fumes and coal burning, for example - has been difficult for researchers.
Even if the feds don't give it a chance, they will not have power over this issue. If the feds get in the way of the states, this will be taken to the supreme court and, as always, the states will come out on top. Then the whole country will be left to think about whether this should be an issue in the first place and people will start looking into marijuana legalization everywhere.
LOL! Good reply!!
"By that standard chemicals in rodenticide(rat poison) and insecticides should be illegal."
They are ... at least here in germany, the only toxic substances available are for cleaning-purposes and even those wont cause death IMMEDIATELY.
It confuses me that nobody has pointed out that under constitutional law, the federal government does not have the authority to regulate these substances. They had to amend the constitution for the fed to regulate alcohol. "Those powers not directly delegated to the federal government, are then delegated to the states." We are a republic! The fed has no authority here! Why is nobody raising this issue??
Actually I said it was heroin that was sold over the counter but cocaine was too. Funny thing is - there was no drug problem then. That came after prohibition started in the late 50's. You are correct though, there will always be addicts and abusers. Prohibition doesn't change that one bit, damned if it doesn't bring a whole lot of much worse problems though.
its also subjectively a great thing to experience on multiple occasions :D
*Thus, Ethan got in on that.*
I like how my URL says "&feature=g-high-u".
Which was written on hemp paper.
Then simply make it illegal to smoke inside public buildings! In Oregon it is illegal to smoke cigarettes inside any public buildings and property owners have the right to say that people cannot even smoke on their property, do the same for pot and i don't see why anyone should be against it. There are ways of going about this that can allow it to work for everyone. Besides, most pot smokers don't really have the desire to go out much so I don't think you have to worry.
Until I put this on 720p I didn't know this guy had a mustache. :/
There are actually quite a few drugs that can cause people to inflict harm or be used to manipulate the user, roofying is a great example. I'm for the legalization of most drugs but we can't be stupid about it. We have to make sure what we legalize is safe.
so pretty much its a matter of isolating and classifying the individual chemical compounds of the plant, and understanding the psychoactive effects that occur on a healthy adult brain. nothing a little money cant solve though...
I go through 5 grams a week, put I can get legal access to 34% Thc weed. I'm glad I live in the Netherlands!
If anyone ever died of smoking pot it was because and ONLY because it's illegal. You never know what your buying/where it was from/how it was transported. That's the only scenario where MAYBE someone could have died due to unknown factors. However, the natural and original form of the plant has never once been the primary factor in death/disease.
i agree with this on marihuana and other soft drugs who don't render an individual completely insufficient to function in and as a part of a community. some hard drugs like heroin do that and this could heavily affect our societies, because using a drug like this may undermine your functionality and benefit to the society which you're supposed to contribute to.
Pretty much the only complaints against marijuana are that smoking it causes cancer (as does smoking anything else), it impairs judgement at a level similar to the use of alcohol, and heavy use of marijuana can almost double the risk of schizophrenia, from 0.6% to a little over 1%. The original reasons for making it illegal were completely ridiculous, but these are at least worth thinking about.
Nadelmann Avenue. Every city in America should have a street named after Ethan.
Yes, but moderation of alcohol can be safe, even healthy perhaps. I don't think there's any way to moderate Marijuana use safely.
How about a Color Coded Law map that tells what law extends to where.
Two things that seem to get people the most heated on youtube: Weed and Religion.
Meanwhile, huge ads for alcohol
"Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction."-Bob Marley
They actually allowed alcohol as the only 'active' ingredient.
given the poor air quality in most large American cities, calculating the number of deaths among nonsmokers due to secondhand smoke
I said that "If I have to have permission from my government to grow or consume a plant I do NOT live in a free country." In my opinion that statement does not have anything to do with murder. It's simple - NO government had the right to tell its citizens what it can and can't CONSUME. Of course we want government controlling murderers. That is not a logical deduction at all.
Government Transparency.
Jumbo Shrimp.
Military Intelligence.
actually it has...
I cant post links but search second hand smoke on google and you'll find a whole array of studies...
My point is that there are certain drugs that the government does have a right to tell its people what they can and cant consume.
The Government also has the responsibility to protect the people from themselves as well as protect them from others.
Often when people are THAT stoned, they don't really have much desire to leave the house lol
Key words: first year.
second, third, and forth those feds got to work.
I couldn't tell if you were making a point on why weed is safe, or agreeing with me on why alcohol is safe. Please be more specific.
If you are arguing FOR recreational marijuana use, then:
Define hapiness, and consider your impact on others (including society) under the influence of drugs.
"Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth & protection of the country."
- Thomas Jefferson, U.S. President quote on Hemp
Marijuana Quote from George Washington, U.S. President
"Make the most you can of the Indian Hemp seed and sow it everywhere."
- George Washington, U.S. President quote on Hemp
"I now have absolute proof that smoking even one marijuana cigarette is equal in brain damage to being on Bikini Island during an H-bomb blast"
- Ronald Reagan, U.S. President quote on Marijuana
What do you mean? It's alot of you smoke it all in one sitting... It's not alot if you keep some in your house... its also a lot to have on your person...
I dont know how much you pay over there but here its quite a bit of money. (not an amount i wouldn't mind if is losing.
Political science, when done correctly, is still science.
Nope.
I didn't talk about alcohol, but was talking about more serious stuff like opium (it's just a plant, after all... from which heroin is made).
Decriminalization is not enough to me. I want properly regulated and fully legal weed for adults over the age of 20-25, with a public fully educated on both the benefits, and the possible dangers of marijuana. Let people make an informed decision, and offer help to those who need it. That's my drug policy.
Legalize weed, decriminalize the use of every drug, help those who need it, don't put them in prisons
so, what happens to incarcerated possessors?
Weed can have long-term damages on memory, whereas a single glass of beer every few weeks often won't have any real impact.
it helps with anxiety
I believe the government does have the right to ban substances, if it is proven that their consumption systematically endangers people who do not consume, through, for instance, violent and uncontrollable behavior of the consumer.
In the case of marijuana however, for having smoked and eaten it for years, I can safely say there is no such risk.
You just have to do it responsibly like with alcohol, and not, for instance, smoke and drive.
Just because something is legal doesn't mean it's sold at wal-mart. In the early 50's you could buy cocaine and heroin over the counter at a pharmacy and there were very, very few addicts. That changes after prohibition though. Prohibition does not and never will stop people from using drugs. It just adds a whole lot more worse problems.
Let's not forget the relevance of the responsibility of the gov't to provide its people with healthy, honest goods which do not compromise health. Food industry allows us to gorge ourselves on unhealthy animal fats, disgusting processed foods, etc, which undoubtedly have a more visible and real effect than drugs ever have on the population. Look at the number of people obese and addicted to food! Far larger then those addicted to alcohol or other drugs. Drugs should be regulated in the same way.
I think he is saying that some states are not good at regulating alcohol.
I can't really verify any of these quotes, but they're fun nonetheless
The human body always, absolutely always, gets stronger when pressured. Your immune system is only strong if you are heavily exposed to risks at a young age Your bones become much stronger if broken. Your skin toughens to near the point of being animal foot pads if exposed to the elements.
Your body is Designed to be hurt. Things that are bad for you are only bad if you do them in exess, if you go beyond your bodys ability to repair.
It seems kind of silly to regulate a plant at all. I think the gateway drug argument is ridiculous for the sole reason that anything which alters perception has the potential to be the genesis of curiosity about other substances which may also cause a shift in perception. That being said, I believe the potential to use (first time) may also have a lot to do with the level of education regarding a substance. Just because I love coffee doesn't mean I want to try meth. :o)
The thing that I'm tired of people saying is that just because its a plant means its okay.. if I am for legalization or not doesn't matter... that is a terrible point... there are plenty of natural things in this world that are not good for you.
also isn't the United States still technically a Republic not a Democracy? after someone is voted in you gave them that power to make the right choice for you.
Carl Sagan is the guy geniuses consider genius, far more intelligent and influential than any prohibitionist.