Surprising truths about legalizing cannabis | Ben Cort | TEDxMileHigh 

Yep. I actually unintentionally quit drinking due to cannabis.

@Smack Tok a

But, if government regulates it, then starts lacing it with other drugs?

DJ David J I’m exactly the same as you

@@djdavidj5531 good... Stopped abusing your liver to focus on abusing your lungs... 10/10 logic...

Exactly

Actually, he later states that he suspects that 20% or so are the users who cant stop

it makes a difference wheather you drink beer or vodka and thats what he points out

I’m pretty sure hes talking about the 80%-20% marketing tactic the tabaco industry used

@@agentcoco8986 yeah your drink less vodka

I eat an edible and drink tequila almost every day! Oh yeah, and seafood! Today I got high, walked in the over 100 degree weather and ate the biggest shrimp burrito I have ever seen! Made my Mexicans, of course! Life is what you make of it and if people want to get high and drink alcohol, that is the poison that makes them happy. Everybody is allowed to do whatever they want. Some people want to sober up and some people are happy as alcoholics. My uncle drinks every day and he's happy even though his eyesight is failing because of the poison. But yeah, that's why people tell you to pick your poison.

Have you ever had tomatoes that are grown indoors? The best weed and the best vegetables are grown indoors where you can control conditions much more closely.

If you live on the West Coast you get the nice radioactive isotopes from Fukushima on your tomatoes for seasoning

@@dennisjordan5917 I grow both inside and outside, what i've noticed is that indoor crops are just consistently better, but they are not overall better crops. The biggest, strongest plants that i have produced were obviously outside, the energy the sunlight gives off cannot be matched by anything humans have currently come up with and in general sunlight is just a better source of light for plants than grow lights.

Florida medical weed is mandated to be grown indoors to keep it away from pests. Florida medical weed mandates indoor growth so that it has no pesticides and exact length days and nights help immensely with its strength. I'm not stating a preference I'm just saying why some people prefer indoor growing.

I'm sure the slugs are very thankful for them.

569Tramp, he is taking about marijuana in the USA.

Yes strong weed has been around since the hps lights were invented circa 1930 something. Pollination creates strong cannabis and farming knowledge as well. Pick weeds capture worms for the soil use ladybugs for bug control. Some weed that grows in the wild reaches 20% THC depending on genetic lottery.

Dontblet his hyperbole scare you.

...and I ain't skeered.

Which of course can easily used (and is) to make hash.

wayne montgomery I would like something with a nice flavor & 5-10% THC. And definitely labeling about pesticides or other growth chemicals applied to the flower.

Well said, sir.

@@chrislombera2109 if you want to maximize potency and yield you're absolutely correct, that rule applies to any plant. Those if thus that have been around awhile remember our first grow, it might not have been the best but it still got us high.

@@chrislombera2109 Umm.. the most natural process is the easiest.. Warmth and water, simple. Warm countries know. The complexities arise when INDUSTRY try to maximise the bang for the buck. Grow your own have no such problems.

And at least you know what chemicals are used in the production.

Mpowers Blacks and Latinos are being locked up over nicotine, sugar, and sweeteners?

@@zachtrapper2398 Conveniently left out alcohol, I see?

Mpowers n with exception of caffeine everything listed contributes to major public and personal health issues; ppl.are free to make their own choices I don't know why it's a problem to be informed regarding possible health outcomes. I indulge in certain practices that may not be the healthiest, but with awareness I do what I can to metigat my risk.

Zach Trapper LMFAOOO IKR

@@NateAnderson69 The only reason alcohol is legal is because it has been in our society for a very, very long time. Obviously even being mentioned in the bible. The alcohol industry has grown extremely vast and powerful. Many experts agree it is the most dangerous substance in the world in terms of overall detriments. But it is also extremely prevalent, and you know (usually) what you are taking in. His argument is that commercializing THC is dangerous, and in his limited time did not argue that a normal amount of THC is something that should or should not be legalized, though his does say grown adults, smoke casually, he doesn't care.

Come to Illinois

@@seanwayne7839 what makes you think those are mutually exclusive.

You should try making a really good friend online in, you know, like WA, CA, OR, NY, NJ, VA, VT, IL, CT, MI, etc. Just one of the many diverse states in our expansive country. It's good for the well-being to have pen pals📬 in other places. Probably help you get over your cravings.

Agree keep out big businesses

masked mofo Just like making your own alcohol and growing your own tomatoes.

yes. finally a reasonable solution.

Agreed, legalization is about regulation and taxation, Anyone who doesn't see that is fooling themselves. LET US GROW OUR OWN!!!

Senica S Actually. (Medical) Marijuana is big pharmas way to corner the market, the industry and contribute to those corporate candidates who will be glad to only ONLY make it medical and NOT legalize it for recreational use and grow our own.

I would still like something with a nice flavor & 5-10% THC. And definitely labeling about pesticides or other growth chemicals applied to the flower.

testing is already done in medical and recreational states and if it stayed illegal there would be no testing so WTF are you suggesting?

@@zebrajenks I reread the original comment and realised I added a flourish or two.

@@BrandonTWills What about alcohol? It's insane alcohol and cigarettes are legal and cannabis is illegal and this dude is a moron.

Btw, it is not hard to find low thc products in states where medical or recreational cannabis is legal. The idea that its just all stronger now isn't accurate. A lot of it is, but not all.

Thank you for saving my time

Certainly, you will get the same answer.

@@JumpingJack6 worse, not the same

Want to move out of your moms basment? Yea I thought so....

@@TheOneRising project much Mark?

Are you addicted to marijuana?

@@Drew_K.79. No addictions to any drug at any time in my life.

@Jason Calcanis The defense is bad laws are detrimental to society.

@Tweed Penguin How are they wrong. They're saying if alcohol, which ruins lives, kills people, and is bad for health, is legal then be consistent and make pot legal

@Tweed Penguin Why does it being legal for a long time make it better or matter. And while I dont recommend becoming a lazy stoner why should it be illegal. We don't ban alcohol because of lazy alcoholics. You literally can't come up with a single reason weed should be illegal

Me too! I saw the rest coming ahead of time.

what do u mean by "he lost you"?

You should watch the whole video. It’s actually pretty insightful. Of course not all MJ operations use pesticides& not all companies are just in it for the money& getting people addicted to their product.... but the facts he’s sharing are pretty alarming and we should all be thinking about these consequences.

non-sense at 3.21 THC being a chemical??

@@elcothelosen3621 natural chemical.

Terms are a messy thing. What I think you actually want is what is called decriminalization. This has been in effect in many states for decades independent of fully legalizing the drug. Unfortunately, legalization is synonymous with commercialization and seems to be a rallying cry marijuana moguls are happy to support with millions of dollars.

I want to decriminalize all drug use, yes, but the "regulation" in most US states is a joke.

Jagh Haringenamn... very well said...

Regulation of pot is a mess. A huge mess. And it will probably remain that way for a long time.

Well said brother 😉

what is the agenda ?

@@fabiantolan1082 being logical

And what is it? Carbon tax?

What the agenda ? He says he's for legalization he's transparent about it wdym ?

The dudes agenda is about making the industry transparent

735ty I would like something with a nice flavor & 5-10% THC. And definitely labeling about pesticides or other growth chemicals applied to the flower.

And the entourage effect. Thc and cbd compliment each other and tend to be better together.

@Hans Johansen hemp and cannabis are 2 separate things... and its not a lie that the thc levels have gone through the roof compared to what it used to be, most strains did have extremely low thc levels, but on the other hand there are also pure breed landraces that do have high thc levels..

@@manitoumimi well yeah, after o many years of smoking one would expect you develop some kind of tolerance, thus thinking its not so strong these days, when in fact now you're just like a professional smoker lol :D

Good 👀

Went looking for this comment once I did.

Ditto. I live by riverside ca. And they shut down all of the dispensaries in riverside (more well off) . And the only ones available are in the nearby by smaller towns. And trust me when I say that they could use the money.

This is extremely true in Colorado, especially in Denver.

Another thing... every dispensary that goes up in South OC get hit a month or two later by Feds and “searched for illegitimate” contraband.... it’s deemed illegitimate 100% of the time that there’s ever been one where I’m at. There has been like 10 and that’s the public excuse for why it’s not there anymore... meanwhile they’re putting up new neighborhoods surrounding the local Kaiser that was next door to the old dispensary.

Yep. It’s like zoning for tattoo shops here in Virginia. They are all in low income areas. If they had their choice they would be in more commercial areas. They don’t have a choice on the matter.

At no point in this video did he blame pot. He's blaming white business men.

Or use it without smoking it!

I used cannabis because all the antipsychotic meds made things worse or didn't work. My kaiser Dr suggested it to me when I was 16. Been better ever since.

Phosphorus I agree! I personally vape and it's so much better! It dosen't smell as bad as smoking, it's discreet, it tastes better, no combustion and releasing tar and carcinogens that can lead to chronic bronchitis, you can re-use the avp and make edibles, and you waste less weed and money in the long run. Edibles are good to but obviously you gotta wait 30min-2hours (depending on metabolism) for em to kick in and if you take too much RIP for the next few hours...

Dull Doll Void nja you are contributing thc some medicinal attributes that actually Cbd does like for example reducing inflammation and seizures but thc is sometimes necessery to use as a enhancer or as a ”vehicle” so the Cbd can work better! This Guy is clearly a 12-step evangelist and wants to ”spread the word” but i think that Ted allows him to use them as a plattform for spreading his fundamental views is both dangerous and makes them look like a non credible source for true information thats not longer objective!

Don't forget CBD, which is also a big pain reliever, anxiolytic, panic reducer, etc.....

Yup like kill cancer and stuff and he didnt even mention that it literally shrinks tumor

You failed to see his point though he's saying as weed is legalized in some states that most companies who produce it use a bunch of harmful chemicals just to make a profit.

1. Do your research, THC has no medicinal value and its all CBD 2. Even CBD can't cure cancer, because if it could, we wouldn't cancer as one of the leading causes of death, now would we?

@@RexerYTRexer a pure wonder elixer!

Eyobel Berhane Big pharma wont let anyone come up with a cure for cancer, they make ungodly amounts of money from cancer treatment

Yeah, in his 21 years of his sobriety he is "still" looking for his peace of mind. Little does he know he had it before he got on the sobriety bus.

it sucks to addicted to anything. You clearly didn’t understand his point. It was a lot to do with commercialisation of a drug.

And with the audience cheering him you can see what crowd he is cultivating. It was the half percentage THC weed in the 70s that verified his bias and delusion. You can only believe that if you are clueless.

Kids with issues aren't the stoner communities problem and certainly not their fault.

But our point is that it takes a very weak constitution to be able to get overly attached to something based on missing or added or biased info from the sellers or the advertisers efforts to sway you. Anyone that finds out something to exist based on an add or if you find something ls appealing based on its advertisement this is normal but anyone that can believe what an advertiser says is dangerously naive. Anyone that tries a product without verifying the facts and statistics first is doomed to a life of being totally controlled by corporations. Anyone that can be swayed by propaganda they did not verify is doomed by their own stupidity and mental weakness under all circumstances. Information that is given to you by someone making any corner of profit of of an item or service should only introduce you to a product but it is a moron beyond endless stupidity that believes such info without verifying facts via other sources.

First I decided to give you a "like" and then I thought I also need to comment. Dead on point. Once something is commercialized, its a steep slope to control it. Honestly, the fact that you could grow decent weed yourself, I had always thought that that was the problem with legalizing it.

exactly ....you wanted it ,i gave it to you ,so now what do you want,,

No. I mean yes by name. But this isn't the america of old. Ever since corporations had the right to be private citizens, our country has become an oligarch.

I agree whole-heartedly. This comment section was breaking my heart until I wandered upon this one. The true corruption in the selling or distribution of any product comes from the criteria of the consumer. If individual business between users of said product is not allowed, the consumers will have no choice except to extend their criteria and bite whatever business will sell. It appalls me that this conversation was not discussed BEFORE “legalization”

We should you even drink moonshine on occasion if it's 75% alcohol? The less amount of alcohol, it allows you or should I say the human body, to deal with the effects way better long-term. But if you have a habit of drinking moonshine every Friday, at 75% alcohol, is going to have bad effects on your body in less time even if drink just a little bit and on occasion.

I used to drink mugs of beer, but now I drink mugs of 200 proof cooking alcohol. NOT!

@@tyrfree5733 it's not difficult to drink 3-4 liters of beer (6-8 small cans) however the same amount of vodka is unfathomable since you would usually have 3-4 drinks mixed with some juice or refreshment in a 1 to 3 ratio, so in reality you have around idk 200-400 ml max of vodka. the same is true for weed. I can smoke 2-3 grams of low TCH strains all day and be productive, but with a high THC strain I would never smoke all day, I'd maybe have one joint with 0.5 g's to relax at night.

You need to acknowledge the lies instead of just "setting aside"

Wandering Scenes 2

Odd. I must have missed the part where he claimed smoking turns people into amoral criminal deviants and should be illegal. Was it near the part close to the start where he explicitly said he wasn't against casual recreational use?

Custos So you are ok with people like him defining “ casual recreational use”?

Custos "Almost all were marijuana related". How arbitrary of a directed and agenda oriented statement. The whole think was laced with half representations of the truth. I tried to stretch my disbelief to give him the benefit of the doubt but by the end it was clear to me.

Custos He was a vocal opponent of legalizing cannabis in Colorado. So despite his words now, his history shows he is against casual recreational use.

For Medicine. I have been battling the wrst cancer known, using this plant and a diet of healthy food. Alive after 1 yr 5 mnth 6 days today. Cannabis must be of the naturally grown sort, not of the industry which will only add their death chems into our medicine. I am not against use for the high, I am fighting cancer, medicine is my fight!

The problem too is the fact that it's high in THC, THC isn't good for you.

THC is the KEY that OPENS the cancer cell wall allowing the CBD and other canabidiols can KIll the CAncer. Modern Medicine is Murder Inc. People MUST accept this truth!

@@ashleyashleym2969 please show us the peer reviewed studies you've based you statement on.

@@ashleyashleym2969 any proof that ur statement ain’t bs?

Lol me too

Me tree

Me four

I'm not 😒😔

Really? The point I got was that super strength weed is not natural and that's what it's being marketed as. It's been messed around so much that it does not even resemble traditional cannabis. What is not to get there? If you had ever seen old school weed then you would know what he is talking about

William Sulman same thing happened when prohibition of alcohol happened....so....

@@williamsulman2646 I'm not sure what the argument is regarding THC concentration. All it means to have a higher concentration is that you get just as high on less pot. How is that a bad thing? It's cheaper and you ingest less carcinogens (if smoked). Win/win.

SparksFly in order to fight cancer you need gargantuan amounts of cbd and to avoid the opiates you need the same amount of THC.

Grow up. Corporations sell stuff.

SparksFly I would like something with a nice flavor & 5-10% THC. And definitely labeling about pesticides or other growth chemicals applied to the flower.

You see how they put sugar in everything & turned food into chemical junk.

This is how society grows. Your vision is not folly thought out, the more money that goes into big cannabis corporations the more publicly available cannabis will become, which, in turn will cause there to be a greater incentive to do further research on the plant. You have to weigh up the pros and cons. You may not like supporting big companies but in doing so you do have positive effects. However, while sticking to home growing and dealers will keep cannabis culture underground, hidden away from society, remaining a taboo for much longer.

Follow the money

They still kept that illegal. Because they wanted to regulate and incentivize wealthy white people to turn it into a big tax maker. You still can’t grow it in your backyard in most places in the US. People should have fought for that. But instead they had big growers money behind it all pushing to become even bigger money makers

ReliantArms yo don’t blame this on concervatives smh most conservatives wanna legalize...while ol boy Biden wants to reclassify to schedule 2 drug like opiates and adderal so only HE can decide who is allowed to grow and sell it! Then prosecute the states that are growing rn! Don’t believe me look it up! But what’s reading like conservatism even supposed to mean? 🤔 believing in god, working hard for what you have and not wanting to give 90% of it to taxes for them to give me “FREE HEALTHCARE”? Yeah u might wanna educate yourself

Squad Bankz Yet, it was conservative politicians who really ramped up the war on drugs and it’s mostly conservative voters who keep electing and supporting politicians who are against legalization. But yeah, keep trying to justify voting against your interests... And Biden is pretty conservative if you look at his record issue by issue so going after Biden just supports the OP 😂

@Jason Calcanis Because legalizing weed is supported by a majority of Americans, yet our drug laws haven’t changed since the 80s... Thousands of people have had their lives destroyed for smoking a harmless plant. These are people like you and me with jobs and families. Why do you have a problem with people choosing to consume cannabis, but are ok with alcohol? I thought conservatives were about personal responsibility... Additionally, how is throwing harmless people in prison beneficial for the economy? I find the whole war on drugs a waste of my hard earned taxpayer dollars. Don’t you care about controlling the deficit and getting a new source if tax revenue that we can put toward drug treatment instead? Take off your partisan glasses and start thinking critically for once in your life, kid.

Listen again and lose your fear filters

@Aspeckofspock Specky well I'm late to the party. The first few I watched were from reality smart people.

@@crestedbutterobandkaren9367 This is TEDx talks. In these, anyone who volunteers can speak. If you want the ones where the speakers are selected, subscribe to the regular TED talks channel.

Very well said. I don't hear anything from Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Indian minorities. They seem to be able to find great opportunity in American culture.

@@billpeart maybe because they weren’t physically dragged here against their will?

Liberty309 dudes living in the year 3008.

Highest I've seen on a label was 38% so 40% isn't that unbelievable.

What kind is 38% ?

It can get that high I’m from California. The nug I have now is 35%. From the local delivery

Don’t recommend it unless you want to be couch locked. But Sativa close to that amount is quit helpful for me as a designer, to focus and lock into my work for like 8 hours😂 iv been smoking close to the 35% since I get all mine from the same clinic so my tolerance is insane now (but I love it now because I’m not trying to get obliteratingly high anymore) and I can smoke anytime during the day casually and not ever get “too high to function”, I hate that level of high now.

Truth

Can you give me the report that says thc has healing properties?

@@linhbuikhanh8817 can you show me where I said that ?

@@Mike-fx4wk Sorry I meant can you give me evidence that thc is an important part of the plant for medicinal use?

U forgot to mention ALL the money that will either change hands or the big money will have to change product.

Thank you for saving my time.

@Manan Patel watch the documentary "The union: the business behind getting high" informative documentary you may find useful in your quest for knowledge.

It only 14 minutes long.

Ernest Ele 😂

He keeps the 99% thc the same price it is now. Guess how much it will cost if its federally legal.. Not what it costs now.

EXACTLY!!!

Greenkillr so true

Greenkillr or maybe he should realise one of those side effects of legalisation is that young adults trying it now won't have to engage with illegal drug dealers to do so. as marijuana is only a gateway drug in that to access it you had to access the subculture of illegal drugs, he should be happy with that side effect.

Not to mention countless addicts turn to legalized, affordable marijuana and stay there. One of the worst true addiction epidemics in our country is opiate addiction and THC has been found to be very helpful for allowing people to discontinue opiates for many reasons. Less opiate users, less clients for Mr Rehab.

In Canada it’s legal and tested for pesticides and heavy metals, none are used here, this dude is uneducated

You can still grow "illegally" without harmful chemicals

Agreed

Exactly what I thought! Misinformation, bias and tautology throughout. The only true 'fact' was that the richest benefit on the backs of the masses - same as b4 legalisation and also same in any industry.

Why cause it didn't support your stoner beliefs? Wow

@@Kona_Blue no because only half fact checks missed information, of just plain and blatantly wrong.

Seems like that is a current trend with everything. Lately if stuff isn't 100% perfect right away, then it should be 100% illegal forever and here come the mobs all frothed up to make sure!

simon sivil it’s literally been proven that it kills and inhibits cancer cells

@@jamolamo999 think you totally missed the point, so does THC if not more so. Its just wrong

He said almost all

@@jameswill9323 but that's not true, cbd has been shown to work for very few things, THC however is used across the board for medicinal benefits

@@simonsepic he is both right and wrong cbd is the part that contains the "medicinal" benefits, but the thc content is required to open the cannabinoid receptors in our brain so that the cbd can effectively bond to them

Not very smart very opinionated

He is on point regarding the problems commercialisation comes with. Different topic.

Happy to see that I am not the only one seeing the agenda for what it is. Good Call Hound

Mwah, thanks Raven!

Like a weasel doing tricks for claps.

I so TOTALLY agree. He is making it like his "issue" with pot is the same for EVERONE....Nothing is so further of the truth. He says nothing of the medical benefits that has been proven.

yeah he doesn't seem to realize thc is therapeutic. cbd will do nothing for ptsd.

Avery Denos what is...

javid haymes I would like something with a nice flavor & 5-10% THC. And definitely labeling about pesticides or other growth chemicals applied to the flower.

Yaa i think so

i am not condoning any operation of any machine while intoxicated, but people have been, and still are, driving while high on marijuana. that argument is a weak one. the argument that it will be readily avalible to teenagers is also a weak argument. 80 years of prohibition has done nothing to stem mj use and only made criminals out of otherwise law abiding citizens who happen to like the use of herb over the more socially acceptable drugs like alcohol

Seph N Haven I would still like something with a nice flavor & 5-10% THC. And definitely labeling about pesticides or other growth chemicals applied to the flower.

Brandon Wills no Seph here actually made a beautiful statement that shouldn’t go over looked because this contradicts absolutely every point this ted guy talked about

This statement doesn't make enough sense. While there is theoretically a upper limit on how many receptors are active due to THC this isn't a simple calculation. THC binds with receptors in the brain, how much of the time each receptor is being activated is based in large part on the concentration of THC in the synaptic gap. When a THC molecule binds to a receptor it activates it then after some time detaches and floats away. The lag or delay between another THC molecule binding and reactivating the receptor is related to the concentrations of THC floating in the synaptic gap. As you increase concentration you reduce the time delay between bindings and so increase activation. The assumption in your comment Seph is that you ingest some weed, and the receptors bind and stay bound until the THC gets metabolised. That isn't how it works. Increasing the concentration both increases the total time receptors are activated and how many receptors are being activated simultaneously or in near succession. Lower concentrations will lower activation rates higher does will increase them. You obviously do not understand the mechanisms of how the neurons communicate pharmacologically.

I love weed been smoking over 20 years but this guy is stating facts the white elite want their slaves sedated

I agree.

Absolutely.

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I started smoking pot at 15. I have never moved on to another drug. I still smoke daily in a state where it is not legal and have no problems having a supplier. I am 63 yrs old, full time worker, own my house free and clear, and haven't had any tickets or accidents driving. I think it should be legalized nation wide.

14 and never did anything else

smileybeatworx hey I agree and disagree with some of the stuff this guys saying but everyone has a right to free speech and Ted is a platform for all speech and I’m pretty sure for the most part when someone is speaking informatively about something they always have an agenda

LittlepigStore, LLC I would still like something with a nice flavor & 5-10% THC. And definitely labeling about pesticides or other growth chemicals applied to the flower.

since people wait to be sick and do nothing in the interim to prevent it Doctors are All that in peoples minds because the docotrs are thinking on that type stuff all the time ...