Why The War on Drugs Is a Huge Failure
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- The war against drugs has been a terrible disaster for everybody involved. Why? And can we do something differently?
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Nixon on the war on drugs: bit.ly/1QRJcZ7
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Black Kids get more often arrested for drug offenses: brook.gs/1ppiPH6 & bit.ly/1kJs83H
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Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell The only key to a peaceful world is love. It is realizing we are all human and accepting each other for who we are. Everything in this world is connected. For example the high unemployment rate directly connects to the suicide rate. Untreated mental, psychological, or social emotional issues connects to the gun violence and homicide rate. You think about gangs and gang violence and there all in the poorest most forgotten communites in the country. When you say something mean to someone they take that bitterness with them and spill it on to others. Most of society today are confused on how to approach this thing called life. Some people believe in diffrent gods others believe in science and some people believe in nothing and this is place where we all are divided and begin to clash but the truth is right in front of us we are letting our beliefs and opinions that weve learned tear us all apart coupled with things like race, politics , age , financial status, and region of the country we are constantly being divided. Which is making a stable society further from our grasp. It is amazing to me how we are in the age of the internet, and space stations but we still havent figured out a peaceful way to live amongst ourselfs. You see in a perfect world people are supported, loved , and given a sense of belonging. But it cant just be the lucky few it has to be worldwide. If we can somehow across continent to continent realize we are all the same and treating eachother as brother and sister instead of a bunch strangers then we would be on the correct path. Also financial stability can you imagine where the human race would be if it wasnt just a few major countries with space flight capabilties but the entire continent of africa and south america had the same advancement in technology as the usa did today? People who normally would have been refugees, victims of poverty , people who would have been busy searching for a clean water source would know be invested in something to help change the world and bringing in new ideas and concepts to the world. It really isnt radical to believe its possible if we could all just love and help one another and combine all of our might this world would be immaculate.
cyka blyat
So basically, this entire thing is like that one headline:
*"Man tries to commit suicide, fails and gets a death punishment"*
@Drukstylz Not quite. That man should be helped out of suicide instead of being locked up. Also, we see in this opioid crisis these people were simply trying to get medicine to reduce their pain and because of big pharma's lack of foresight or simple greediness led to many getting addicted. They weren't trying to join any suicide cult-like, and like many who use drugs, they were instead to distract from the pain.
@Drukstylz It also led to major destabilization of Latin American countries prompting quite a bit of conflict and resulted in many deaths.
@WLM666 Have you ever heard of punctuation?
@@specialopsdave Dude this is the internet, Most of the people don't really care...
@@fiery1377 you seem to
Who knew treating human beings like human beings leads to a better outcome?
@Scooters Videos liberals, since when?
@MazKas, lol
MazKas im fine with liberals but leftists are terrible especially the ones that believe being white is a cardinal sin and we all need to repent simply for being born white.
MazKas also germany has a vastly lower population and much different culture its not very fair comparison
@@crispylizard8295
These population/culture arguments are popping up everywhere.
Is this the argument we are going to use for why the US shouldn't/can't end the war on drugs? Because Switzerland has a lower population and a much different culture so it's not a fair comparison?
America really said "Hey drugs can ruin your life! So we're going to charge you with a felony that ruins your life to stop you from ruining your life!"
Boomers are pretty dumb
Every US Official: Yeah that makes sense I guess
Blue Vortex Them: Modern problems require modern solutions
Oof
Matthew Jay in Singapore if you’re found with drugs....
It's hard to fathom what people were thinking. Take someone who's addicted to drugs, then lock them in a room with violent people, then make it difficult for them to get a job (criminal record), then expect the situation to be better. Truly great logic
Its not that hard to fathom what they tried to do its a fear tactic what is impossible to grasp is why they thought it will work...
we literally have it on record that the primary motive for the war on drugs was villifying political opponents and minorities, not stopping drug use. Direct from a Nixons aides mouth they knew what they were doing was bullshit but it gave them every excuse to disrupt meetings, invade privacy and turn minorities into monsters to be resisted. The war on drugs is working perfectly, Kurz doesnt know what hes talking about
China use the same system with even harsher punishment and it works great.
@@HyperOpticalSaint China is literally using a episode of Black Mirror for their country. Sure it looks great !
@@edenstonne If you don't have an actual argument, just STFU
That Switzerland part is so fucking insane. The whole world should follow its example.
The only reason why I can't see the US adopting it, is our stubbornness to admit we had a bad solution. That'd be a shame too.
My country did that :D
+NeoJ I think the problem goes deeper than that. Its our culture of hate and desire for individual power that problems like this one stem from. You really only need to look as far as the amount of support a hate mongering cut-throat business man like Donald Trump gets to be convinced of this imo.
Deus Solaris but the ones that do should do that
Deus Solaris but applying it, wherever, crushes profit for cartels and smugglers.
This youtube channel deserves an Oscar.
+Stu Hendrie Are you a government bot from the "War Against Drugs" operation?
+Stu Hendrie an Oscar. Or at least a cookie
ขุนเขามีคำตอบ yes
Or the nobel peace price
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I agree so much. Punishing people for addiction is just stupid. HELPING them without potentially destroying their future is the only way to go
You have to remember that the goal is public safety, not helping the needy.
HitomiAyumu yes. But by deminishing the crime rate, we also achieve that. If we give people the chance to get help, without being scared of being branded as a drug addict for the rest of their life, that would be best for public safety.
So true. I don't know why everyone thinks that stopping the supply will help. We should do what Switzerland did.
by helping people that are drug addicts we increase public safety because the drug addicts won't do anything stupid
+HitomiAyumu This.So much.
“So it’s a war on drugs”
“We’re going to get rid of all the drugs?”
“No, it’s a war, ON drugs”
thats my type of war
@@lucyisntosu1577 Same.
"Enemy performs psychiatric warfare!"
"You mean psychological?"
"I mean mental!"
But leftists can save us from Glowball warming.
Now thats a war i wanna participate in
You'd think we would have learned from prohibition in the 20's
$$$$$$
history repeat itself
Addiction is a health issue, not a criminal issue.
Decriminalize, Legalize, Purify, Regulate, and Tax.
We did learn. What did we learn? That prohibiting drungs rather than helping addicted people generates more money, and more popularity for the ones in charge.
+💜Brittany Miller💜 You can't hold a well paying job while strung out on hard drugs/alcohol. You can't "tax" opiates like oxycodone and hope to make a difference.
The way Kurzgesagt takes such a strong and clear position on such a sensitive matter is really admirably brave of them, you guys have all my respect.
I agree wholeheartedly.
Treating the drug addicts like human beings and helping them get better works better than incarcerating them and making their lives even worse... Shocker
It's all backed up too. If you look into the research they source and how they interpret it. Not saying they're perfect but it's pretty damn good.
There is a terrible problem with our world, when treating people properly and helping them, instead of locking them up for socio-economic factors outside of their control is considered normalcy.
What I like is that they are not necessarily "taking a position" but starting clear facts with a scientific approach which is much needed on topic usually driven by feelings.
I swear these videos are so polished they cure cancer
explain?
My grammar is on point sunny.. I don't get if you're a troll or you just have bad grammar knowledge.
+T Wrecks either a troll, or just completely fucking stupid.
+Kelly He You're fucking stupid
+Kelly He What are you, twelve? Take your ignorance elsewehere.
My best friend died of a heroin overdose in 2017. I miss her everyday and still cry over it sometimes. I'll never forget the funeral, or the preacher saying that no one should die at 20 years old. I wonder if we had treatment centers in America like Switzerland does, and she'd been able to get help, if she'd still be here today. More than likely, yes.
That is why you need the death penalty for drug traffickers and drug cartels. DUH!!!
@@ctloo0808 I disagree. I think a better approach would be free treatment for drug addicts, as well as support systems that help people so they don't need to turn to drugs in the first place.
@@catness1809 it is not going to work , only death penalty or a life sentence is going to deter the drug trade. Either you make it extremely unprofitable and painful for them to do business in your country or make them pay the the extreme consequences of their actions by paying with their life. Drug addicts should of course be rehabilitated, it is these drug mules and drug lords that really need to be hanged.
@@ctloo0808 I'm taking OPs side. By making a government-sponsored way to get drugs for free and safely, there would be no reason for them to go to cartels and traffickers.
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Thank you for including me in this video
IMPOSTAR
I knew you faked your death!
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Walter White How dare you?
$30 Billion a year for 1% effectiveness..... ::facepalm::
Who, in their right minds, thinks that spending over a Trillion dollars to date on an effort producing a 1% effectiveness rating is money well spent?
Americans
+Hariz Hafi Republicans
+Jerry VanNuys It's pretty obvious that there's corruption in there. Otherwise, why would the government don't do anything if they clearly see that they're wasting a lot of money every year? They just want to make more money, they couldn't care less about the public.
+Jerry VanNuys Actually, they only spend $30 billion.
+Jerry VanNuys Government. Though, specifically, a government which chooses to use humans as profitable cattle for the perpetuation of national policy. It's like having an extra pool of taxpayers and increasing what they "owe" five times.
You would think after alcohol's prohibition we would've learned the lesson.. Nixon obviously failed to study the past.
Frank Toldt Humans have memories shorter then goldfish. I mean the crackers (Edit: Goldfish Crackers, the snack)
President Nixon responded in part to this highly publicized death:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Linkletter
Which was probably not due to LSD, but rather mental illness.
However her father campaigned against street drugs, failing to consider that his daughter would have likely become ill regardless.
Yes, bad LSD has caused mental illness, but that is not likely.
[also Nixon knew that hippies and people of color used street drugs more often than whites, and also were opposed to his political party]
Oh okay, thank you for clarifying. That makes more sense.
Adam Yeah, sorry. Fun fact, goldfish actually have a decent memory. Scientists tested golf's in a laze and a month later, the fish still remembered the maze
That's pretty cool. Sorry for the racism confusion, it seems to be normal now adays
Batman is a great example to all of this, if he spent his vast fortune eliminating poverty, removing the reason that people commit crime for, he would have a much bigger impact than the 3-10 dudes he beats up every night.
As much as I dislike Batman as a figure who prioritizes violence as well and people who point out the reason I’m about to say, I have to take up the mantle here.
Bruce Wayne actually does use his immense wealth to help people who have resorted to a life of crime. There are many examples of such where he has given criminals jobs in Wayne Enterprises. Even as Batman, he protects sex workers
@@mis_l5858 does he protect them by buying them for a month at a time and just have them hang around the mansion ??
well to be fair, not all people Batman fought are actually poor. Like the Penguin.
and you are making a dangerous claim here. You are claiming that poor people = criminals. This just don't make sense
The easiest way to stop piracy is not by putting antipiracy technology to work. It's by giving those people a service that's better than what they're receiving from the pirates. -Gabe Newell, president of Valve
Same might be said in drug war.
there's a good percentage of people who uses Cracks as a workaround of official's bugs... e.g.: people who use EA games craked do not have to deal with its platform (Origin) buging them about signing in each time you wanna play :P
Im a piracy consumer and i confirm
@@0000song0000 Same goes for pirated movies, used to be that if you bought/rented a dvd you had to sit through 5 minutes of FBI and epilepsy warnings while if you downloaded the same movie you could just watch it uninterrupted :P
@@Entharion It's almost like they want us to do it, hey make the product a pain in the ass for the consumer, because what else are they going to do?
So you can build an undefeatable tech/drug provider monopoly? No thanks, let people cook their meth, let people pirate their software
Rehabilitation. NOT incarceration! Brilliant video, I wish all governments could see this.
Governments hugely benefit from the war on drugs. It fills their coffers and increases the source of the very thing that's filling their coffers. Plus they can use it as an excuse to militarise the police and control people even more. It's a win win for them.
incarceration is rehabilitation
but the american prison system is run by companies...
Pabs SD they don't care most only want money anyways
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Holy fuck! The quality of these videos are amazing. Keep it up!
Lol
Why wouldn't it?
+watermelon catfish - lol
+Li Yong Chen
A. They might want to put more videos out, therefore sacrificing quality
B. A major animator might leave
C. Any random reason.
+Spid3r Charles?
Your videos truly are a work of art. The dramatic red and evil coloring throughout the video enforces the tone and message of the subject just so perfectly!
Switzerland is pretty much good at everything
thats why its in the top five of over all best countrys to live
MioKay haha greetings from switzerland.
thats true, but its not that hard. have the mindset of helping each other, I believe thats what makes our country so great. :)
Solar Aqier greetings from canada!
I watched a documentary recently and it talked about how low the youth unemployment rate was so low in switzerland compared to toronto. I wish I could visit there one day, that would be nice!
An inquiry from Germany: How does one stay neutral in 2 world wars without getting invaded?
there was a large line off defence and we acctualy did get invaded in ww 1
I know this was four years ago, but I would've also brought up Portugal's drug policies. They've decriminalized drug possession, and offer voluntary rehab to addicts. This has resulted in drug addiction rates, overdoses, and rates of HIV going down. It's another example of a more humane policy that's far more effective.
Actually, they didn't "decriminalize" it. They just give you first a warning and a not forced treatment if caught and only when you continue and ignore your appointments with doctor and treatment - arrest.
@@dmitrizaslavski8480 Oh, good to know. I guess I should've read more about it. Thanks for clarifying that!
But that's good for business. We have to keep it going. These bribes dont pay themselves.
They actually did bring it up in their other video on drugs “3 reasons why marijuana should stay illegal reviewed”
@@FumiLiisu Oh yeah, I totally forgot about that. I've watched that video before too, I should've known that lol
every single animation while he was talking about Meth were references to Breaking Bad. I love it:)
I see that too
Say my name
IKR, I didnt know the series actually portrayed real life at the time. I thought it was some fantasy
@Janice Brown why should taxpayer funds be dumped into care for people who made and continue to make conscious decisions to use illegal drugs?
There's only one way to get addicted to a drug....
Your addiction isn't my problem.
@@wesleyrichardson2841 Why should taxpayer funds be dumped into care for people who made and continue to make conscious decisions to get in cars and drive?
There's only one way to get in a car crash...
Your mistake isn't my problem.
*Keep spreading the facts.*
_Everyone should know, harm reduction works, hard line punishment, does not._
Drugs: "We can ruin your life."
American judicial system: "Hold my beer!"
More like "hold my m16" am I righ-?
@@Ronin_Chikara_Ikari Accuracy on point
Funny thing is, the system will ruin your life no matter what. Problem is when it has competition which incapacitates it's slaves. As a competent slave owner, it does what any other slave ownder does - abuse.
@@Hr1s7i That's not what slave means...
Memes are great, but unfortunately most problems don't go away simply by laughing at them.
Man Swiss always coming up with all these creative solutions
Michael Surridge
I really, really wish I could move there. Or speak the language. Or like Swiss cheese.
+Potato Patato There is no Swiss language. The three most widely spoken languages in the country are German, French, and Italian.
+Geoffrey Brunell Not really, most of the swiss speak a german dialect but can't understand motherland german
Shitlord Prime Yes, but it is still German nonetheless.
Yea man I can't tell if you are mental or just dumb
"Never go to war with a noun, you will always lose."
It’s “lose”, not “loose”.
@@HunterDriguez thats what I thought too lol
Germany
quality content_lol16 Germany so this comment makes no sense at all
The Emu War
wow. i’m in awe of this video. i’ve always gone back and forth on this topic. it feels very strange to be at risk of being stripped of your rights for using a substance, and i hate that people can be governed this way. but i also understand that some drugs can be very bad, and it might be irresponsible for there not to be some kind of intervention. this opened my eyes to the fact that incarceration was the only intervention i could even comprehend. it’s beautiful, imagine what else could change if we broke out of the rigid structure we’ve been living in
I think we should make a law that says possession of certain drugs is still illegal but:
1) If you complete treatment before you are arrested on a possession charge, then you can't be charged for possession.
2) If you are charged and convicted of possession, then your punishment is confinement to a treatment center until a psychiatrist determines that you are low risk of getting back into your vice.
The war on drugs was a failure! - Most people
Look at all this money! - Prison system
Exactly, this guys gets it..it was all about business in the first place...the business of incarceration and policing.
@Samuel Bilskie No money is made? Tell that to the private prisons
@Samuel Bilskie The money is paid by the government to said prison system which holds an ass load of private prisons which are paid based on how many people they have in them. Not by how well they are treated or how low a chance they have of going back after release. Prisons are paid more by keeping an inflow of people which gives them no incentive to help people sent there from coming back, and they make as much profit as they can by cutting things from their budget which would help them stay out of said prison. So yes, we are wasting government funds on this but only because we elected corporate shills into office in the first place.
Yeah and when people are on probation that used to teach them that Nixon mostly wanted blacks and Mexicans in jail and divided they don't teach that now for obvious reasons
We now know the CIA was involved with the drug flow into the US. It was all about money. The US saw this enormous amount of cash that the cartels were making and wanted in on it. Do you just think the Billions Pablo and El Chapo made disappeared? Look at the most recent news on El Chapo. The federal government is asking him to fork over like 12 billion dollars. It's all about money nothing more. Nixon and Reagon werent claiming a war on drugs to help citizens. No, It was all about the money. The idea was to control the amount coming in and how to introduce these drugs to certain communities who would become dependent and lead to incarceration which would benefit private prisons at the expense of the "lesser class".
I would like to congratulate drugs on winning the war on drugs.
GG EZ
Dis gon blow
Why?? Drugs kill many people each year
@@bdfwhhsb Casualties in the war
The war is the biggest market
Prohibition didn't work in the 30s and I don't know why they thought it would work in the 50s.
Danger Beans me neither
20s* and 60s*
Because if something definitly doesn't work, *it'll work if it's done more intensively,* of course!
Danger Beans they did it to throw minorities in jail Nixon's adviser said we did it to suppress anti war hippos and black people to make it so they can't vote and when he was asked if they knew marijuana was harmless he said of course we knew
They should've played Far Cry 3, then they'd know that keeping on trying the same but expecting a different result is insane.
Portugal’s policies in the early 2000’s about decriminalising drugs and providing healthcare to drug addicts was also a massive turning point for the country being a massive success in both drug abuse and blood related infections like HIV
Punishing people for addictions is about as absurd as making suicide illegal. Making it illegal won't unkill them, so you'll be charging a corpse. And a corpse gives no fucks. People with addictions also have life problems, and sending them to jail just makes their problems worse.
Suicide is illegal in singapore, if you are alive after trying you will be sent to jail or something.
no, its as absurd as making diabetes illegal. Drug addiction is a disease, yet we punish those who get it.
if we don't stop drug it will spread make the problem worse than before
Actually suicide is only illegal so police can enter a house without a warrant and save someones life if theyre given notice somehow that the person inside is trying to kill themselves. Cops can only enter private residence if theres suspect that a crime is currently being committed, thus they made suicide a crime. No one is actually in jail for attempting suicide.
PotatoEskimos Yeah but alcohol kills more than cocaine so we should have illegalize that. Oh wait that didn't work!!!! Right ya know why? Because humans having doing abusing drugs for nearly all of humanity. And not only that but what's the big deal if some dumbass wants to shoot heroin it's none of your fucking business. How about we start helping people instead putting them down like you tend to do. You know methamphetamine wouldn't exist if opioids were legal in the first place. How about this if cannabis were always legal we would be more advanced because hemp can be used as fuel or housing and a billion other uses besides just smoking bud. Not only that I live in Washington and do ya know what cannabis has been doing for our economy? That's right those tax dollars go straight to education! It's fools like you who just wanna feel better about themselves because they don't sympathize with the disease of addiction or understand the mass economical benefits that legalizing drugs and ending the War on Drugs would do.
Switzerland helps people by not using violence
Switzerland is a good person
Be like Switzerland
@Akshay 786 Not as rich as the US in absolute figures. Anyways, Switzerland has a different culture (because of its different history) and a smaller population which makes management easier and smoother than in America.
@Akshay 786 The US isn't economically stronger just because it has the highest numbers of millionaires and billionaires. The US currency, although not the strongest, weighs like no other currency when it comes to exchanges, and even is the world's primary reserve currency.
To continue, the US productivity workforce is stronger (per capita or in absolute number) than that of Switzerland which is a very small country in comparison.
@Akshay 786 Also, if what I know, Swiss unemployment is higher than its US counterpart. And you should question as to why there are more billionaires and millionaires in the US. Maybe because the country's better at providing with opportunities flourishing and unestablished businesses, as well as an important population where the products can be consumed and purchased (the US is the largest consumer market in the world by the way).
The US has more diverse trading infrastructures than Switzerland, being the seventh-highest total-estimated value of natural resources and therefore is free to export goods that Switzerland barely can. Moreover, Americans have the average household and employee income of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Switzerland is a member by the way.
The US is also home to the two largest stock exchanges by far, Wall Street and Nasdaq.
@Akshay 786 I'm not saying the US is all glamorous when it comes to economics (covid has huge drawbacks) but Switzerland as it is barely can keep up. It's too small.
@Akshay 786 I told you Switzerland was much better managed because of its much smaller size and much smaller population. That was the main point of my initial intervention.
As an American, the most annoying part of the judicial system is the prosecution of victimless crimes and the under-prosecution of serious, volatile crimes.
that’s what happens when you let the government run on capitalism
America for the win!
(Sarcasm)
Totally right.
I just wanted to say that it is so awesome how you incorporated my favorite series (BB) in the video. You guys rock! (in every video)
Punishing drug users by throwing them in prison while destroying their future makes no sense. They need help, and they're not gonna find it by being locked up with criminals, and when they get out they are gonna have a hard time getting a job or even a appartment cuse of being convicted in the past. Thats what makes people poor and homeless.
theblackbull55 it’s never made sense to me. We should be preventing people from abusing drugs by examining why people take drugs.
Sure people are gonna take drugs and they always have, as long as drugs existed. But what we should do is try to not make them, instead of throwing them in prison with fellow users. Seriously that is not helping them one bit.
It also punishes their family if they have people who rely on them for comfort, unconditional love and support......too many people are wronged when society goes this route
When you find a way to get that money go ahead and plus it was their fault for being a dumbass and they are going to do other crime AND are of no use to society
not all people who use drugs need help some people can use any and all drugs as a responsible adult and there is nothing wrong with that in my view.
Honestly I think putting non-violent drug users in jail is bullshit. If they haven't harmed anyone, why do they need to be locked up? That's pretty much like putting anyone who has a gun in jail for fear that they might shoot someone. Honestly it seems like a lot of countries have forgotten what the purpose of the justice system is. The justice system is about protection, not punishment. The point isn't to punish the criminals, it's to prevent them from committing more crimes. If there's someone who's taking drugs but hasn't committed any crimes under the influence, then why should they be locked up? Send them to rehab, don't ruin their lives and waste taxpayer's money on keeping someone who isn't dangerous in prison.
Pie Maybe? He's talking about the users, not the dealers. And the users need help, not punishment, you sadistic fuck.
Sebastián Silva Misread that.
It's so sad. I don't see how people with addiction issues can be associated with criminals
Politicians are just gangbangers in suits, if you think any of this is an accident you are flat out wrong. It's not that countries "forgot" what the justice system is, it's that the people in political power across the world realise they can abuse the system to get almost whatever they want as long as they can convince the people it is for their own good.
The crazy part is that it takes people so long to realise that the wool is pulled over their eyes. I work in the service industry - culinary to be exact - so I know a lot of Filipinos, and over the weekend I got their opinions on the new President - whom is basically slaughtering anyone who is accused of involvement in drugs. Literally 5/5 were in support of the new president and were all elated at the lengths he was going to to extend this war on drugs. Granted, they're all quite ignorant to the political world, but that is the issue. It's an easy sell when you're pitching a perfect society with no drugs, it just takes a little logic to think it through, and honestly a bit of compassion for the people suffering because of all this turmoil. Unfortunately they all grew up in the Philippines, and if you know anything about the Philippines you know their drug problem is massively out of control. But the idea that this is the solution is so lazy it makes my brain hurt just thinking about how so many people accept it as their reality.
/rant
law= what is and is not allowed
not what is and is not "right"
I feel like the US is so entrenched in its current ways that even if everyone recognizes and desires changes made, like in Switzerland, we won’t ever see anything like that integrated here because
A) Politicians don’t want to admit another country not only got something right, but also
B) Developed a system that directly contradicts many agendas and underhanded practices they (politicians and the corporations that benefit with them) are so very fond of.
It’s grim.
This
I think you’re also forgetting about the mindset of generations. Most of the people that hold political power are from a generation that has the idea that drugs are the center of all evil. It’s nearly impossible to change the mindset of an entire generation.
Unfortunately, we either have to get lucky with a politician that’s in line with a more modern way of thinking to get into power, or we have to wait till the next generation of politicians are in place.
But not only that, but we have to recognize that politicians are heavily influenced by big corporations. Policy follows the money most of the time.
TLDR: We gotta wait for the next generation of politicians and big corporations heavily influence policy.
It's not just Switzerland that's made these changes and seen these enormous improvements. Portugal did the same thing and had the same results, along with several other European nations. The UK is partially implementing some of these changes, but not-to my knowledge- on a large enough scale to be effective. While it's massively improved the lives of those who have benefitted from the "Diacetyl-Morphine" program, there simply aren't enough people who are able to become part of said program.
Give it time. When the boomers and most of Gen X is gone, the nation will start changing.
I mean, assuming it's still around.
@@SomeRandomGuy0nUA-cam Me too, random dude. Me too.
Because do not be mistaken, there are members of your generation that have 100% bought into the bullshit we live in today, and you people will still have to fight for it.
I love how In 1:45 it shows so many breaking bad references such as blue meth, RV, los pollos hermanos and the home lab
Australia: *loses war to emus*
US: *loses war to drugs*
samuel Wilkinson do you watch Oversimplified
@@sanskarsingh9541 ahahah yes I do
samuel Wilkinson gotcha😂
Russia: Losses *COLD WAR*
Australia: *loses a war to emus*
United States of America: *loses a war to drugs*
Russia: *loses the cold war*
Me: Am I a joke to you?!
This is beautiful. I know this sounds crazy, but my eyes teared up at the end and I almost cried.
Gayyyyy
Sujith Nakkala I had a dick-shaped dildo up my ass around 20 hours ago, finding pleasure succeeding anything I have felt before. It made me look up to gay people. So thanks!
+Sujith Nakkala sexistttttttt
+Sujith Nakkala stfu troll
+ArtezzGaming How?
"It's not a war on drugs. It's a war on personal freedom."
Bill Hicks
Thanks my friend!
who tf is Bill Hicks
5,000 subs with no videos your daddy you uncultured swine
Another dead hero
Drugs won't give you freedom, dumbass.
I kinda love how the drug trucks say "TOTALLY NOT DRUGS"
Don't forget the 'for-profit' prison system that's developing in the US...
exactly
Developed*
If the police ended the War on drugs and made drugs legal all this would end, there would be no more drug dealing, there would be no more drug violence, there be no more drug running, there would be no more drug cartels, it would literally end all of this bs, but the police don't want that, it's good for business when crime is happening, the war on drugs is a complete failure and orchestrated to create more crime,
You mean the saving of tax payer money?
Sturzam The Saiyan Demon Not quite, as the state still pays, but the money goes into the prison owners' hands. Generally, it's near $60k per prisoner per year.
The sad part is the reason the US is having such a hard time changing policies here is because the politicians who love to push War on Drugs policies hate to admit they're wrong and have been wrong for 40 years. The current head of the DEA still won't admit marijuana is safer than heroin or cocaine. Meanwhile the current federal administration is attempting to cut drug assistance budgets and many state level governments won't increase access to harm reduction and even punish those who admit they have a problem to try and get help, especially meth users. And as well, many public agencies funded by taxes aren't trying to increase factual education about drugs and how to prevent a lot of injuries, blood-borne/needle-borne infections, and overdoses, they'd rather spread disinformation or refuse to correct current scientific and medical knowledge instead of what was stated decades ago (ex. Drug users are generally bad people, drug users are less intelligent, or drugs are never good unless they are legal, even though alcohol and tobacco account for massive amounts of health problems.) TLDR: Dumbfuck politicians and generally conservative viewpoints about drugs are letting more people suffer from addiction or die from overdose while stigmatizing those who try and get help. Me included but at least I can afford suboxone for opiate addiction.
The problem is we care more about building walls and an oversized military than voting for politicians who support legalization of drugs. It's not politicians' faults. The politicians know everything in this video is true, but it's the people who let crooked, deceitful, corrupt people like them succeed. The voters decide who among the entire population of the US is elected, and if they choose demagogues, liars, and crooks, it's their own fault and no one else's.
Adam Wolfe - It's not politicians fault? Are you fucking kidding me? People vote for all different kinds of politicians and yet this is still the system we have. Also, people don't actually vote among the entire population, do we? There are actually a lot of people who would probably actually be great leaders and such, but those people don't want to be politicians. No, normal people vote for the small amount of people who put themselves out there. It just turns out that a lot of those people are fucking idiots.
monks9098 I was going to read this comment but nah it's too long sorry. My max is 10 words, how about you guys?
Name it was a joke.
Name also I stopped reading at "of" cause it was the the word limit
WHY WHY WHY WHY THEN WHEN THIS IS SO BLATANTLY OBVIOUS DOES MY COUNTRY DO NOTHING!!
That's because the elite political forces in the USA benefit enormously from this corruption. All they care about is power and control at the expense of destroying humanity.
itsonlyhalftime666X So what are we supposed to do? Just let it happen? Why are so many people so stupid?
Because we can't afford it, who would pay to give addicts drugs and great living standards when we can't solve poverty? Switzerland is A LOT smaller than the US. It works in small scale, but would fail on a larger scale
+Austin Greene That's nonsense. If we stopped the war on drugs we'd have an extra 23 billion to use on something other than fighting a useless war that is nothing other than detrimental to society.
If America stopped getting into constant pointless wars. America would have an extra half a billion available. So saying "we can't afford it" is nonsense.
It is unbelievably messed up that we are at the point where we have to ask ourselves, “will the war on drugs end in our lifetimes?”
What scares me is just how omnipotent something like this can and has become, and that it can override all logic and reason and be damn near impossible to eliminate.
Fascism and authoritarianism is fast on the rise in America and threatening an all out takeover, and without naming names there are certain people who should not hold any kind of political office. Because otherwise fascism and authoritarianism will become omnipotent in America and this will bring immense suffering for generations to come.
"Unintended consequences." I think you underestimate how terrible Nixon was
One in a long line of corrupt criminals that should have stood trial in The Hague alongside the Clinton's and Bush.
Didn't one of his top advisors directly state to the press that the war on drugs was done solely to target anti-Vietnam-War protestors and minorities? Something like
"We knew we couldn't make it illegal to be black or to be against the war. So we associated hippies with weed, and African Americans with cocaine, and then made it illegal to use those drugs."
Nixon was a great president, up until that terrible scandal he did. His environmental reforms saved countless of ecosystems and made the US quite a lot of money, and his foreign policies cooled tensions between the US and USSR. People only ever remember him for the watergate scandal
@@djk1288 Yep; Adam Ruins Everything did a great video on it. "Did we know we were lying about the drugs? *Of course we did."*
facts lmfao thats exactly what i was thinking
I live in Switzerland, overdoses were divisided by 3 since the introduction of the new Drug Politic Model in 1994.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SUCCESS : The overdoses of young people (15 - 24 years) has dropped from 103 (1995) to 7 in 2015
@@tanthecomfymodder You're actually brain delayed and don't deserve the right to vote.
@@tanthecomfymodder there's no difference between meth addict and alcohol addict and as soon as alchol is leagal - all other drugs should be as well
high prise and need to hide make drug abusers junkies. If they had a chance to buy drugs at normal prices and take them civilized at home or in special medical places - they will not be a threat to society.
And high drugs price is because of it's illegaleness, as price of production is very small, at the level of alcohol or tobacco. So you could have heroin for 1$, not 300$ and anyone can afford that without stealing or robbery
@@tanthecomfymodder Did you watch this video? It shows and proves with numbers and examples that keeping drugs illegal and making a war on them not only doesn't solve any problems, but makes things worse in many senses. Which part of it did you not understand?
@@tanthecomfymodder Your country is Vietnam? I don't find such information that drugs used to be legalized in Vietnam. When was that? Can you point me to the numbers that show there were more junkies when drugs were legalized than now?
@@tanthecomfymodder i see your opinion about humanity is not that high.
But alcohol is cheap and we are not all alcoholics yet. Tobacco is cheap but only small part of humanity smokes. Drugs just take weak people, and we can either create bigger problem here like US does or let evolution work, like in Switzerland.
Does allowing more guns make America safer? A video on Gun laws/Gun Violence please
2nd amendment
cit. Pablo Escobar
ahahah epic
So you're saying we should have a war on guns? Did you watch the video yet?
guns is not an addiction I think??
+Mohamed Roula
Criminals and gangs will still get guns. They're not physically addictive, but do you think that the criminals will just give up guns because Uncle Sam wags his finger at them? Just like alcohol during prohibition and drugs now, the limited supply will make guns more valuable on the black market and more people will join the gun trade. Before you know it, you have dangerous criminals with guns, and their innocent, law-abiding prey without a way to defend themselves. Even if I have no idea what I'm talking about and guns become extinct in America, the gangs will turn to knives, or anything else they can get their hands on. The bottom line is, making a LAW so that LAW BREAKERS can't get something they want is 100% idiotic.
The consequences are absolutely intended. It was never about drugs, it was about people in low income neighborhoods.
2 years ago I took a drugdependency course on college, and in one class some police guys went to talk about the drug laws on my country, they mostly focused on weed, and how i could "ruin your life", but the example they used to this day still bothers me, they said something like "a lot of college students ruins their life because of drug use, they got caught using them and because of that have criminal records, because of this they can't get a job", and I don't really get how they didn't understand that even in this statemente the problem is not the drug use, or even the drug itself, but the focus of the law.
Yep-victim-blaming at its finest.
@@NathanTAK they did drugs lmao it’s no one else’s fault
@@youngchop7 That's a line of logic about as coherent as saying that all muggings are consensual, since the victim _did_ hand their money over.
Their perspective: better to die than be a rule-breaker. Doesnt matter if laws are just or cause massive human suffering, **dont ever disobey**
It's revolting. Red flag for everyone who believes in strict, uncritical adherence to the law.
@@NathanTAK Check out 'Some More News'. Said UA-camr covered this Topic IMMENSELY good, tbh.
This is basically the political version of if a parent catches you doing something they don't want you to do, you'll just have better ways of not getting caught
@Done No not really even if it does occurs more often If there are rules to break like swearing or anything else there is a high chance you will think this way at least once unless you never get caught or your parent don't really care.
@Done this literally occurs for everyone when they see a restriction they want to get around. Either that or nobody is moral in the world
@Done This reason occurs in all humans regardless of education and upbringing because we are hard coded to avoid social scrutiny.
I think that more applies if they *incorrectly* punish you for the action. Say swearing and they spank you or wash ur mouth with soap, you’re either gonna learn to be scared of them and not get caught. Or dislike them, and not want to get caught.
@@kingofgrim4761 Or dislike them and pour sugar in their gas tank.
Don't start a fight if you can't handle level 10.
Yeah I’ve never understood why people who chose to use drugs on themselves were put in the same place as people who kill and rape others.
Because the government is evil.
You know what I think? I think all drugs should be legal and anyone who's in prison for them should be released IMMEDIATELY. The DEA should also be disbanded.
Well...... Heroin killed over 40,000 Americans in 2017, more than all rapists and serial killers combined so...
KingJustice98 The users however made a choice they bought the heroin and they put the needle in their arm. Serial Killers and Rapists commit crimes against other people.
Ethan Eldredge Drug Dealers also commit crimes against other people, and worse, they make money of their deaths. The drug cartels also kill and rape thousands. If you buy illegal narcotics, you're likely financing murder, rape and sex trafficking.
KingJustice98 No, heroin taken in a the right dose, and not mixed with other CNS depressant is not dangerous. Besides, most of those deaths were caused by mixes like fent analogues thanks to prohibition. And even if that was the case, you can't compare someone who might kill himself to someone who kills someone else
Who the fuck are you to tell someone else if he should smoke, use drugs, sky dive, drive a motorcycle or do some other activity that might kill him? Not your life buddy..
People should have the right to do whatever they want with their lifes and bodies as long as it doesn't affect others. It's amazing to me that such a simple truth is still questioned by so many.
That is a bit short sighted imo. For example, if you live in a country where the health burden is split among its citizens, other citizens have the right to complain about unhealthy behavior of their fellow citizens.
@@hansklok3564 Which is exactly why drugs should stay illegal. We can forever call drug abusers victims, but usually they are victims of their own life choices. And people tend to understand fear the most, when it comes to discouraging them from making same life choices. As it *always* affects others, directly or indirectly.
Why does everyone forget about portugal, they decriminalized all illegal drugs and sent addicts to rehab
In the german Video they Said that Portugal decriminalized all drugs
they dont forget they are mostly morons
lalybum as someone who lives in Portugal youre really wrong
@lalybum link?
@@moox1623 The Riots are one of the best things that ever happened to france
Before watching this I remember a quote from someone. Drug addicts don't do drugs to feel good they do drugs because they feel bad.
when we speak about addicts, It is same with alchogol. The only thing lost by this quote is that a lot of people start to feel bad BECAUSE they did drugs to feel good.
@@dmitrizaslavski8480 My Grandad had a Phrase that repeated to me many times.
"there no exists such things as Adictions , what does exists are Addicts. Is not What, instead Who and Why"
to feel good
If you're life was a constant cycle of the same day repeated where you don't enjoy any of it, wouldnt you to look for an escape, they are the only thing that get me excited or make me happy
@Buster Casey i would absolutely love to that with you
Want to know what is fucked? A guy goes to work, makes good money, pays 20-30K in taxes per year, works hard, has a social life, friends, a girlfriend at home.. Then, once in a while this guy decides to roll a dube and smoke one to relax on his porch in the middle of no where.
He is caught, he gets a big ass fine, he loses his job, he is labeled as a criminal, he can't get a new job, he jumps on welfare and ends up working at a small low paying company because the big ones won't take him in anymore, he loses his house, then the stress and depression makes him lose his girlfriend, his life is destroyed.
Now, some would say "Weed is illegal, he shouldn't have smoked it" whereas others would say "Smoking that plant, on his own time, at home, on his property, with no one around but himself.. who in the fuck is he harming? Who is he hurting? Who is he affecting? No one. Not a single soul, he is just relaxing.
He isn't even harming himself, its a joint. Now the 20-30K in taxes have all but disappeared because of that 1 joint. So now this "war on drugs" is costing YOU money.
Ridiculous.
agreed.
I mean... he is harming himself a little. It's misleading to say he isn't harming himself at all.
But alcohol is worse. Smoking is worse if you use a bong/vape instead of a joint. Those are both legal.
And McDonald's is bad for you (depending on what you get there and what you mean by "bad for you") that's legal.
I disagree. The individual made the decision to use a banned substance, and must have understood the consequences of his actions. He made his own evaluation of the situation and the government, who is responsible for all peoples within a country and arguably has better access to data than the individual, came to their own - more accurate - conclusion. By disregarding this the individual is directly contradicting the government and must face the consequences.
Harry Palmer But you see, that is the issue - why is it illegal when in this context? Why throw a man in jail for smoking a joint in his own time? What benefits does this have for society or our government? All it does is take a tax payer off the streets because he chose to smoke weed on his own time
A drug that isn't lethal, a drug that has less effects on the body then alcohol, a drug that gives no hangover, a drug that isn't addictive, etc, etc.
Do you not see the joke here?
But, with that said the choice to use something illegal is definitely something you have to accept the consequences for.
But, we all do illegal things here and here, driving/texting, pirating games, music, etc. We claim they're "harmless" crimes just as this man smoking a joint assumes. But all are just as illegal as the next.
So aren't we all hypocrites when we say "ITS ILLEGAL! HE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN!"
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who are you even talking about
Oh my! You mean the US government actually treating human beings like human beings, like they do in Switzerland? Not a chance!
Sadly politics in America are more focused on looking flashy than actually helping. All politicians are guilty of this. Don’t start a war.
Watching American politics is like watching a giant, terrible reality tv show.
No war started.
@Houssain Al ahmafi Nobody likes to pay taxes but in terms of tax evasion the US is actually quite low on the list. Partly due to the IRA which for all it's massive and inhuman faults, is exacting in taking it's due from the middle and working class.
The real issue is not tax evasion, it's tax cuts. Suprisingly legal quid pro quo arrangements between big corporations or wealthy individuals and politicians which amount to massive corruption and theft from the budget of the nation. Most commonly it takes the form of: "I will pay you two million in campaign contributions to get you elected and then you will pass a tax cut for me into law that will save me two billion, effectively pulled out of the taxpayers colective pocket."
@Samuel Skala if I wanted a war I would say haha x politician bad.
@@gianttacogod dude, X polition is the best polition around! I am offended
Throwing a drug user in prison simply makes their lives worse. Even a sliver of a criminal record can actually end up with people being jobless since companies don't want to hire people of problem. A better solution needs to be put in place and soon, it's quite hypocritical to call America the land of the free when we have the highest percentage of prison population.
Internet Dragon76 and then others see this and don’t do drugs
Can't you get way more drugs in prison than you could've on the outside.
@@Human-gu2cx uhh no. If your friend does it, you Think: hmm. He is my friend. So he is trustworthy? So it cant be that bad?
So no. It doesnt
@@jghifiversveiws8729 no thats called losing human rights
@@toddhoward7649 Ikay.
Why isn't this guy our president...
Because one of two things would happen to America:
-It would be changed dramatically, the vision of the Racist Greedy Founding Fathers would be gone. America would be so different it is no longer considered America
-America would be destroyed which would be better for the world
cause it's a german channel which is in english
cause it's a german channel which is in english
oh
recursion is a common theme with this guy
We should decriminalize all drugs. But not the crimes committed.
If you can afford to buy your drugs and sit around your house enjoying your drugs it should not be a crime.
If you drive while you're on drugs that is a crime.
If you rob someone to get your drugs that is a crime.
The crimes one committed with drugs are the same as the crimes committed without drugs.
But the Possession and sale and use of drugs should not be a crime.
@@Ramagra alcohol and tobacco are also addictive and dangerous and as yet are still legal. You can go to prison for driving under the influence of at least alcohol and you can get a ticket for smoking in your own car if a minor is also on board in some areas.
But sitting at home and bothering no one. I don't care about your drug of choice. As long as you do not commit any crimes.
@@mikesanders2308 look, I have an extreme hatred of alcohol and tobacco, but even I can see that those two are not comparable with meth and heroin.
and the us government will never see this.
that is why america will not progress and why i will be moving to canada
agreed.
+Ethan Rojek did you just agree with yourself
+matt bailey No. For some reason, UA-cam hides other comments, resulting in confusion to later commenters/passersby.
Money mate, money.
America: But if we don’t arrest everyone how are we supposed to make money!? 🥺
@Ori Bandel probably meant cia
But criminals live off taxes and don’t work.
@@Owen_loves_Butters Cause the prison system is built on punishment not rehabilitation
@@Owen_loves_Butters But private companies incarcerating people makes them money, this is also why the US has a huge false incarceration problem.
reject capitalism, embrace soviet russia.
In the US, the war on drugs had nothing to do with drugs. It was all about money. Billions of dollars for the cop budgets for new gear, for the private prisons and for the bail bond system, which is owned and operated by banks.
what a lovely country
And that's one of the many reasons we need serious prison reform.
Too bad none of our candidates believe in doing that. Or much of anything actually.
@georgianbent don't forget to enforce structured racism. Most offenders are from low socio-economic backgrounds. Once convicted they are virtually doomed to failure in the formal economy. It is a very smart way to marginalise this group with using a different excuse to label them criminals and a menace to society.
@@stereochasm The person who said that was a single person who wrote a book after he got out of prison. Not a reliable source because the entire book has a bias against Nixon for not pardoning him from prison.
Owen Parker that source of information is not reliable you idiot
This was super interesting. Well done kurzgezagt!
Here's the problem with this video: it makes too much fucking sense. The US population consists mostly of people who don't listen to reason, and they then turn around and elect representatives who don't listen to reason, either. Until a really popular presidential candidate or someone equivalently influential makes this point, I doubt it'll get heard, understood, and implemented like it should be.
As a non american, I am happy that they are destroying themselves.
Not very smart, are you? The entire global economy is interconnected these days. The US economy is the largest in the world, so if it goes down, the rest of the world goes down with it.
Oh, even better.
OK, so either you're even less smart than I thought, or you're just a garden-variety troll. I'm done here.
Says a human who thinks he/she is relevant just like the whole humanity.
5% of world''s population, 25% of world's prison population: Proudly calling itself "Land of the free" .
I think you've had a bit too much to think. It's off to wilderness therapy for you!
You're comin with me, I hope? One needs a fat clown at one's side in the wilderness.
I don't run the programs I just kidnap people to them
I have to say, I'm starting to like you.
Your attempt at feigning Stockholm syndrome won't work on me. You're still going to Aspen Education Group.
Philippines: I'll pretend I didn't see that.
I can say crime rate about illegal drugs has dropped.
@@winchesterchua3311 it wouldn't be a crime if it wasn't banned...
Indonesia is absolutely in too
@@winchesterchua3311 short term solution lol
@@winchesterchua3311 Guess what, if you make drugs legal you would make cartels obsolet and drop crime rate even lower
congratulations to drugs for winning the war on drugs
Haha
No, the war on drugs was amazing at its goal, getting more slaves for government workhouses
The war on drugs was never a war on drugs. It was a war on people.
BLACK PEOPLE...and hippies
...and Hooloovoo - a super-intelligent shade of colour blue.
Mostly to fill jails to milk money
big oil? what? where can I go to smoke & get high off of oil?
It is a War on personal freedom.
I think we're at the point wherein we need to congratulate Drugs for winning the War on Drugs
Not drugs won it. But misery inflicted by the government.
Meh, not really what I'm seeing. Drug dealers keep dying and so do drug users. Who's winning? The people not using drugs.
@@rs72098 What a naive way of thinking
Smoke weed that’s it , chill with them other drugs …
@@chelseacomps829 it's not naive it's just ignorant. He's right: the only way for an individual to win is to not participate, but on the large scale it's got a clear winner
Does anyone else notice the tardis that has featured in every single video
where?
+Kotolo 5:50 to the right in this vid
+BMC626 Yeah, they're pretty hard to miss sometimes. Other times they're just a quick little fly going across the screen.
+BMC626 i'm tired of it
+Aldo Prayoga
Let me guess... You've never watched Doctor Who?
My sociology professor proposed allowing people to get clean drugs. It was such a eye opening idea.
Guy: "Hey I have an addiction and need help with it!"
America: "So anyway, I started making everything worse"
I mean, "So anyway, I started shooting" works here too
Guy: "Hey I have an addiction and need help with it!"
America: "So anyway, I started blasting"
Guy: help i cant stop taking acid
America: go to brazil criminal scum
Guy: I don't know why America keeps choosing weapon-based solutions to their problems.
America: Please pay no attention to how many of the world's weapons come from us.
America: So anyway I started making money out of this, that in year im billionare.
just run for president already. you actually know what to do
the man not american enough :(
nice picture
hes german
Oh I'm sure Democratic will still be stupid enough to let Hillary go again.
As for the Republican, they just want profits, that's why they always go for wars
Our President, Duterte, is winning the war on drugs.
More than 1 million addicts and pushers have surrendered within just 6 months. ☺
Another map to add where New Zealand doesn't exist.
LOL
؟؟؟؟؟is it in Asia
+Schepter That's the McGillicuddy Serious Party fulfilling their promise to "Send out intelligence agents around the world to wipe New Zealand off published maps, thus ensuring that no-one could invade the country"
+Schepter
I have read that blog too! The problem is more serious than I anticipated.
+Schepter yeah, it also add out other islands, dont think your sooo special
2:19 therapist: “French Mexico isn’t real, it can’t hurt you”
French Mexico:
Plot twist: Kurtzgesagt is actually a massive drug cartel that just wants to sell drugs in peace.
Drug cartels dont want the war on drugs to end. Sure its dangerous for the smugglers and the distributors, but the "CEOs" of a cartel are harmed not at all, and make major profits.
Drugs: Sell ✅ Cell ❌
Legalising drugs would destroy the cartels, they profit off the illegality of their wares. Nobody’s going to come to a dangerous criminal organisation for marijuana if they can grow it in their backyard or buy it at the pharmacist
if he was a drug cartel, he would want prohibition. the only people who want Prohibition are dark triad personalities, traumatized people, the propagandized, and drug cartels.
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The pure amount of Breaking Bad references is just awesome
Calipto hehe pure
Pure as Walter's meth
Creates lots of human misery, all in pursuit of an unattainable goal.
The tagline to humanity's existence.
War on any arbitrary thing is completely futile, yet the US is more than willing to double down when it's really the time to admit defeat.
@@mikitz Agreed. It's OK to realize your idea doesn't work and is harmful and stop doing it. Some ideas that sounded good simply don't work. It is NOT OK to keep doing it anyway and wondering why it doesn't work. If you try banning drugs and eliminating supply, people won't stop using them. The only thing it will do is create the "forbidden fruit" that people will want. By helping addicts instead of dehumanizing them, the government could actually do something for the better in the matter.
"feel depressed because the future is shit and you're poor even while working 40h/week ? here, take some horse tranquillizer and some prescription drugs bro"
@@mikitz war for oil provided oil for US for decades, dont say war doesnt work for the warlords
@@Mipetz38 And how much did it cost, and was it worth it?
From the book Pharmako/Poeia, drug addiction doesn’t necessarily fluctuate. It is basically constant. All that can change is which drug is most being addicted to in a certain area, depending on availability. You make access to one harder, it will switch to another. Good book too. Has a nice recipe for absinthe and kava too
It's sad how most people don't think this should be a thing. As someone who grew up around addicts and lived in those kinds of neighborhoods. The war on drugs literally only helps the government and criminal organizations make tons of $$. The only people who get hurt are the real victims who are only trying to find happiness
But why would you reduce the the harm of drugs when you can just perpetuate the cycle and make corporations and corrupt politicians rich(er) with weapon deals?
Grand Theft Auto 5 tells this story very well.
Money NOT EQUAL Moral?
Is thi satire?
Tommy Vercetti you can make a LOT MORE money selling legal drugs then fighting a war
Says the biggest drug mob in the vice city
It's fun to see that people think they can solve everything with brute force. Makes you feel warm inside knowing that no one can comprehend the saying "history repeats itself"
Popsicle Blues It's like most of the world is uneducated or something. Oh wait...
You know whenever Nixon's name is dropped, stuffs gonna get stupid
Cody from "Some More News" is great at 'criticizing', but if you wanna 'do' something about the Isues maybe someone like "Second Thought" is better suited? Try his video about 'Means-Testing' and judge the channel's value by yourself.
I'm from Mexico and it's real that since the beginning of the drug war here in my country violence has only been on the rise. Many people here want another way to fight against this problematic and I considere this solution the better one.
The same here in Brazil.
"One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws." -MLK Jr
This should be the motto of the drug legalization movement.
There's quite a chasm between civil rights laws and drug laws.
Trying to compare the two is idiotic at best.
@@wesleyrichardson2841
Why is that? A significant portion of the population are branded as criminals because they prefer a soft drug like weed instead of a legal hard drug like alcohol.
There is no rational reason to do this and according to many peoples opinion a severe breach of human rights and ownership of their body.
The war on drugs is a war on people, the only reason cannabis and lsd are criminalized in line with heroin is to harass minorities and undermine democracy, Nixons aids literally admitted to this and yet we still allow our governments to enact draconic policies that kill millions.
It's insanity and will in the future be remembered as such.
@@wesleyrichardson2841 stfu Wesley
@@wesleyrichardson2841 it’s not idiotic as the two can be compared immensely.
The Philippines should be shown this.
At least one citizen from the Philippines knows this now
Make that two
I'm sure Pres. Duterte is too smart to be compared to Pres. Richard Nixon, IMO its easy to eradicate drugs in PH totally because it is a small state compared to the US. Geographically speaking, nobody would risk to smuggle drugs into PH this time of the year.
Exactly. Duterte's war on drugs is a big failure, killings and crime rates just increased but still his supporters are blindly following him. Filipinos are close-minded and doesn't even give a fucc if the president fucks up the country, they over glorify him instead.
+Denisu make that 3
In my home state Bihar (in India) alcohol has been banned and there have been similiar consequences
News about death from poisonous alcohol aren't rare
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It’s sad to think that so much violence and chaos was created from one presidents attempt at political gain
Yes, and it spread across the world like a pandemic. Thanks, Nixon. Roast in hell!
Makes you wonder the consequences of Trump's 4 years in office.
Politics have an impact, but the drugs itself are a problem. War between gangs, gangs using kids for distribution. As an "anything goes" business, it's dangerous on its own.
@@purplejinxer3478 Drug gangs wouldn't exist if drugs were legal though, because they would be sold like any other product, in stores and online
@@deathbyastonishment7930 That's completely true. Just looking at alcohol prohibition shows that illegal stuff sells better. Don't know why government don't patronize in such a lucrative business making it legal.
What do you mean it failed? It is a huge success!
Right now privately run prisons are filled to the brim with easily dealt with, nonviolent offenders.
Profits after soaring for the industry!
Wait, did you think it was to stop drug abuse?
The harsh reality.
@M33ble you have a lot of growing up to do
@M33ble As opposed to legal but far more dangerous drugs like alcohol
@M33ble Ban everything while your at it
@M33ble look at how prohibition turned out in the 20s
I’m a very big believer in legalising drugs while teaching people the dangers as well. If you sell drugs through reputable retailers you are not only insuring people aren’t putting who knows what in their bodies, but the money being made from the sale of them actually goes back to the governments of their own countries rather than lining the pockets of criminals, which then means that money will also help fund the facilities to treat those people who over do it, you will also have tighter controls on how much is supplied. There was a massive issue a few years ago in the uk where a new pill containing a cocktail of drugs turned out to be poisonous and a lot of people got very sick and some even died, but that money to treat them came out of the tax payers pockets and was in no part paid for by the money spent on the drugs themselves. And it is still the same today. So much money is spent on treating people not only for rehabilitation but also for conditions caused by drug abuse!
I'll tell you what war on drugs is...
Business.
you're exactly right, the c.i.a made billions peddling confiscated cocaine to cartels in the 80s and still do today
Here in the Brazil we are lost under war on drugs
You have to say it with George Carlins voice.
"Its good ol fashioned... BiZZzzNiiiisss..."
ill tell you what selling drugs is.
business.
north american politicians should be impeached and or in prison.....Biden,Nixon and Reagan should of been charged with treason
U.S = NO DRUGSSSS
SWITZERLAND = deal with it
There are thousands of people in jail because they were involved in weed related ‘crimes’ (ie, using, selling, distributing Etc.) But there are several politicians who have openly admitted to smoking weed on multiple occasions. I think it’s safe to say that the citizens in America are no longer in control
Millions, actually.
While it is true that the criminalization of marijuana has resulted in many people being incarcerated for non-violent drug offenses, it is also important to note that there have been efforts in recent years to reform drug policies and reduce the number of people in jail for drug-related offenses. Additionally, while some politicians may have admitted to using marijuana, this does not necessarily indicate that they are not subject to the same laws and regulations as other citizens. Ultimately, the power in a democracy is vested in the people, and citizens can work to promote change through political engagement, activism, and advocacy for policies that reflect their values and priorities.
@@Yassty Cool. When is Biden gping to repeal his racist policy.
@@Yassty that sounds like it is written by chatgpt
@@Yassty "have been efforts in recent years to reform drug policies and reduce the number of people in jail for drug-related offenses" -> Yes. But the damage is already done. If a dude goes to jail bc he was smoking weed, now he has to deal with actual criminals on a daily basis, wont find a job easily, and a ton of other things. All of that, bc he had a plant. He wasnt a criminal, but now, you turned him into one the second you put him into jail, otherwise, he's dead.
" this does not necessarily indicate that they are not subject to the same laws and regulations as other citizens" -> Do we even live in the same world? They are not subject to the same laws. The only times they are, its when another politician, who's more powerfull, has more connections, wants the guy in prison or fired. Unless that happens, they can do whatever they want. Thinking otherwise, is just naive.
"the power in a democracy is vested in the people" -> Its not. They give you the ilusion you have power, but you rly don't. The ppl who are actually in charge, never change, regardless of who you vote, and who gets elected.
"through political engagement, activism, and advocacy for policies that reflect their values and priorities." -> And that's why they create LGBTQ+, trans movements, BLM, etc. They create this stupid movements, so that people are busy fighting each other, instead of fighting the ppl who are creating the problems. Every1 is getting controlled, some way or another, and are too busy being mad with some random dude on the street. They took your power centuries ago. They just give you the ilusion you have power.