Why The War on Drugs Is a Huge Failure

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@kurzgesagt 5 лет назад

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@garfieldfan4015 5 лет назад

Yeah boi!

@maritoguionyo 5 лет назад

yeet

@Erick-uf9ek 5 лет назад

@ryangraham71 5 лет назад

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.

@greasyasscrack1075 5 лет назад

cyka blyat

@user-cv3dr4kt7j 3 года назад

So basically, this entire thing is like that one headline: *"Man tries to commit suicide, fails and gets a death punishment"*

@wowverynice6732 3 года назад

@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.

@wowverynice6732 3 года назад

@Drukstylz It also led to major destabilization of Latin American countries prompting quite a bit of conflict and resulted in many deaths.

@specialopsdave 3 года назад

@WLM666 Have you ever heard of punctuation?

@fiery1377 3 года назад

@@specialopsdave Dude this is the internet, Most of the people don't really care...

@yaboi7239 3 года назад

@@fiery1377 you seem to

@matthewjay1022 4 года назад

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!"

@tayrussell2921 3 года назад

Boomers are pretty dumb

@bluevortex1045 3 года назад

Every US Official: Yeah that makes sense I guess

@iluvcatslol5714 3 года назад

Blue Vortex Them: Modern problems require modern solutions

@aaron8169 3 года назад

Oof

@aiyala1113 3 года назад

Matthew Jay in Singapore if you’re found with drugs....

@zombocularsbinoculars9772 2 года назад

“So it’s a war on drugs” “We’re going to get rid of all the drugs?” “No, it’s a war, ON drugs”

@lucyisntosu1577 2 года назад

thats my type of war

@pustota7254 2 года назад

@@lucyisntosu1577 Same.

@user-qi6pv9jh7o Год назад

"Enemy performs psychiatric warfare!" "You mean psychological?" "I mean mental!"

@jeremiahsjohnson2641 Год назад

But leftists can save us from Glowball warming.

@joeljustjazzing Год назад

Now thats a war i wanna participate in

@Einstein-wasnt-all-that-smart Год назад

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

@Isaac-gj8tf 11 месяцев назад

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...

@Squidjee 11 месяцев назад

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

@HyperOpticalSaint 11 месяцев назад

China use the same system with even harsher punishment and it works great.

@edenstonne 11 месяцев назад

@@HyperOpticalSaint China is literally using a episode of Black Mirror for their country. Sure it looks great !

@HyperOpticalSaint 11 месяцев назад

@@edenstonne If you don't have an actual argument, just STFU

@walterwhite596 8 лет назад

Thank you for including me in this video

@WalterWhite-kv1gr 8 лет назад

IMPOSTAR

@readmeastory3965 8 лет назад

I knew you faked your death!

@walterwhite596 8 лет назад

***** Let's keep that a secret for now?

@readmeastory3965 8 лет назад

Ok x:

@walterwhite596 8 лет назад

Walter White How dare you?

@ptt619 7 лет назад

That Switzerland part is so fucking insane. The whole world should follow its example.

@neoj7560 7 лет назад

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.

@haikalt.9279 7 лет назад

My country did that :D

@mordecaifrancis5282 7 лет назад

+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.

@ashesfromtheheavens3716 7 лет назад

Deus Solaris but the ones that do should do that

@ptt619 7 лет назад

Deus Solaris but applying it, wherever, crushes profit for cartels and smugglers.

@catness1809 2 года назад

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.

@ctloo0808 2 года назад

That is why you need the death penalty for drug traffickers and drug cartels. DUH!!!

@catness1809 2 года назад

@@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.

@ctloo0808 2 года назад

@@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.

@arisako5625 Год назад

@@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.

@SimmyVee Год назад

she would

@mozxz 8 месяцев назад

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.

@asgeremerson5326 5 лет назад

Who knew treating human beings like human beings leads to a better outcome?

@magniwalterbutnotwaltermag1479 5 лет назад

@Scooters Videos liberals, since when?

@MrMogi-zg2ud 5 лет назад

@MazKas, lol

@crispylizard8295 5 лет назад

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.

@crispylizard8295 5 лет назад

MazKas also germany has a vastly lower population and much different culture its not very fair comparison

@jojoboko6990 5 лет назад

@@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?

@igorkornienko7761 4 года назад

I would like to congratulate drugs on winning the war on drugs.

@xcrazyghostx9566 4 года назад

GG EZ

@donimier1770 4 года назад

Dis gon blow

@bdfwhhsb 4 года назад

Why?? Drugs kill many people each year

@awesomemantroll1088 4 года назад

@@bdfwhhsb Casualties in the war

@kevdanielsc1493 4 года назад

The war is the biggest market

@bellafine7560 2 года назад

as someone that grew up in an incredibly conservative state in the US i truly appreciate infortmative videos like this that show me "hey, these issues that affect ur friends and family and even you are solved so easily in other countries" honestly just gives me hope.

@jeremiahsjohnson2641 Год назад

Jesus says say two hole marys.

@ozone8897 Год назад

No they aren't

@aloedg3191 Год назад

@@ozone8897 what are you referring to

@dedf15 11 месяцев назад

@@aloedg3191there is a fantasy that the great and mysterious "other" countries have "solved" drugs. This is foolish, as most other countries export their psychoactive substances into America. If their country "solved" drugs, there would be no reason to send them to America, would there be?

@aloedg3191 11 месяцев назад

@@dedf15 i would not say"most other"countries effort drugs to America. And even if there are countries that do, since america is a black market prices are going to be higher so they can make even more money. And its not like governments are behind the drug exportation, its individual actors who want to make money

@steadmanman940 Год назад

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!

@bigdickpornsuperstar 8 лет назад

$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?

@HarizHafiGarden 8 лет назад

Americans

@HeadCannonPrime 8 лет назад

+Hariz Hafi Republicans

@BattIeworld 8 лет назад

+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.

@111asel 8 лет назад

+Jerry VanNuys Actually, they only spend $30 billion.

@grayfiresoul 8 лет назад

+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.

@GtaRockt 8 лет назад

I agree so much. Punishing people for addiction is just stupid. HELPING them without potentially destroying their future is the only way to go

@HitomiAyumu 8 лет назад

You have to remember that the goal is public safety, not helping the needy.

@GtaRockt 8 лет назад

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.

@oakleafwarrior9733 8 лет назад

So true. I don't know why everyone thinks that stopping the supply will help. We should do what Switzerland did.

@oakleafwarrior9733 8 лет назад

by helping people that are drug addicts we increase public safety because the drug addicts won't do anything stupid

@Starjawa 8 лет назад

+HitomiAyumu This.So much.

@iamspeedster 2 года назад

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)

@godisyourmother991 Год назад

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

@moonman239 Год назад

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.

@TWrecksGaming 8 лет назад

I swear these videos are so polished they cure cancer

@TWrecksGaming 8 лет назад

explain?

@TWrecksGaming 8 лет назад

My grammar is on point sunny.. I don't get if you're a troll or you just have bad grammar knowledge.

@juanbarron1032 8 лет назад

+T Wrecks either a troll, or just completely fucking stupid.

@tldeck8282 7 лет назад

+Kelly He You're fucking stupid

@jessuka 7 лет назад

+Kelly He What are you, twelve? Take your ignorance elsewehere.

@stephmaccormick3195 2 года назад

Drugs: "We can ruin your life." American judicial system: "Hold my beer!"

@Ronin_Chikara_Ikari 2 года назад

More like "hold my m16" am I righ-?

@elextroblaze 2 года назад

@@Ronin_Chikara_Ikari Accuracy on point

@Hr1s7i 2 года назад

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.

@erisdiscordia5429 2 года назад

@@Hr1s7i That's not what slave means...

@thekaz5225 2 года назад

Memes are great, but unfortunately most problems don't go away simply by laughing at them.

@eduardopedreiro9853 10 месяцев назад

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

@romin7255 2 года назад

Thanks for your video man ! So few people with the courage to say outloud the evidence !!

@KriegsMeister27 8 лет назад

You'd think we would have learned from prohibition in the 20's

@MercurialStatic 8 лет назад

$$$$$$

@joaquinalvarez5301 8 лет назад

history repeat itself

@CaptainFalcon 8 лет назад

Addiction is a health issue, not a criminal issue. Decriminalize, Legalize, Purify, Regulate, and Tax.

@Darkkiinho 8 лет назад

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.

@tomstdenis 8 лет назад

+💜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.

@mikei6605 7 лет назад

Switzerland is pretty much good at everything

@hellblaze10 7 лет назад

thats why its in the top five of over all best countrys to live

@AqierDesigns 7 лет назад

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. :)

@mikei6605 7 лет назад

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!

@Techno_Idioto 7 лет назад

An inquiry from Germany: How does one stay neutral in 2 world wars without getting invaded?

@marlonmerz9850 7 лет назад

there was a large line off defence and we acctualy did get invaded in ww 1

@jogoode12 Год назад

this is a fantastic video!!! should be on the news TONIGHT as the top story ad replayed every night on public television like a commercial!!! THANK YOU

@lairalarson3864 Год назад

This was super interesting. Well done kurzgezagt!

@frankytoad12 7 лет назад

You would think after alcohol's prohibition we would've learned the lesson.. Nixon obviously failed to study the past.

@zachzent8287 7 лет назад

Frank Toldt Humans have memories shorter then goldfish. I mean the crackers (Edit: Goldfish Crackers, the snack)

@davidhollenshead4892 7 лет назад

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]

@123BmanGames 7 лет назад

Oh okay, thank you for clarifying. That makes more sense.

@zachzent8287 7 лет назад

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

@123BmanGames 7 лет назад

That's pretty cool. Sorry for the racism confusion, it seems to be normal now adays

@XXC0Y 7 лет назад

5% of world''s population, 25% of world's prison population: Proudly calling itself "Land of the free" .

@troubledteenhelp2354 7 лет назад

I think you've had a bit too much to think. It's off to wilderness therapy for you!

@XXC0Y 7 лет назад

You're comin with me, I hope? One needs a fat clown at one's side in the wilderness.

@troubledteenhelp2354 7 лет назад

I don't run the programs I just kidnap people to them

@XXC0Y 7 лет назад

I have to say, I'm starting to like you.

@troubledteenhelp2354 7 лет назад

Your attempt at feigning Stockholm syndrome won't work on me. You're still going to Aspen Education Group.

@TheDareelliltee 2 года назад

The consequences are absolutely intended. It was never about drugs, it was about people in low income neighborhoods.

@jeremypetercarr Год назад

Excellent video as always. Would love to see an updated video on drugs: opioids, fentanyl, and harm reduction options for smoking (vaping?)

@7quidstudio 7 лет назад

Rehabilitation. NOT incarceration! Brilliant video, I wish all governments could see this.

@Mortum_Rex 7 лет назад

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.

@elysium8131 7 лет назад

incarceration is rehabilitation

@edgeisloveedgeislife5439 7 лет назад

but the american prison system is run by companies...

@mrmanepic1456V2 7 лет назад

Pabs SD they don't care most only want money anyways

@edwardcui9723 6 лет назад

333 likes?!

@samwilkinson2534 5 лет назад

Australia: *loses war to emus* US: *loses war to drugs*

@sanskarsingh9541 5 лет назад

samuel Wilkinson do you watch Oversimplified

@samwilkinson2534 5 лет назад

@@sanskarsingh9541 ahahah yes I do

@sanskarsingh9541 5 лет назад

samuel Wilkinson gotcha😂

@Linneom 5 лет назад

Russia: Losses *COLD WAR*

@tobiaszczarnota7879 5 лет назад

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?!

@EntrepV Год назад

This is one of the best vids you released back in the days

@Funnyaustrianguy Год назад

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

@sacr3 8 лет назад

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.

@readmeastory3965 8 лет назад

agreed.

@RoflZack 8 лет назад

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.

@harrypalmer2174 8 лет назад

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.

@sacr3 8 лет назад

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!" ?

@MghUnit407 8 лет назад

who are you even talking about

@peterk5561 7 лет назад

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.

@sebastiansilva5835 7 лет назад

Pie Maybe? He's talking about the users, not the dealers. And the users need help, not punishment, you sadistic fuck.

@martinl.8342 7 лет назад

Sebastián Silva Misread that.

@iBeHarrison 7 лет назад

It's so sad. I don't see how people with addiction issues can be associated with criminals

@xRawPower 7 лет назад

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

@sirmonkeys7284 7 лет назад

law= what is and is not allowed not what is and is not "right"

@I_DoThingsSometimes Год назад

I kinda love how the drug trucks say "TOTALLY NOT DRUGS"

@calebplaygames 7 месяцев назад

I shall use this video for my club meetings for DFY in SCV which is a club that is trying to stop drug abuse in teenagers. we are mainly trying to educate young kids about drug abuse and also trying to find help for teenagers abusing drugs. this video seems interesting to share to the other members and maybe even spread more awareness of drug abuse

@SpartanG087 5 лет назад

The war on drugs was a failure! - Most people Look at all this money! - Prison system

@neoasura 5 лет назад

Exactly, this guys gets it..it was all about business in the first place...the business of incarceration and policing.

@SpartanG087 5 лет назад

@Samuel Bilskie No money is made? Tell that to the private prisons

@lotus1528 5 лет назад

@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.

@djangosouthwest6043 5 лет назад

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

@No1_Inpa_Ticular 4 года назад

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".

@theoemile6832 2 года назад

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.

@alliu6562 2 года назад

I agree wholeheartedly.

@puki860 2 года назад

Treating the drug addicts like human beings and helping them get better works better than incarcerating them and making their lives even worse... Shocker

@J.5.M. 2 года назад

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.

@arkhammemery4712 2 года назад

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.

@ugopaleni2131 2 года назад

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.

@moodyrick8503 Год назад

*Keep spreading the facts.* _Everyone should know, harm reduction works, hard line punishment, does not._

@casuallavaring Год назад

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?”

@plateshutoverlock 18 дней назад

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.

@harryrichards9581 6 лет назад

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.

@ottosmiddletoe387 6 лет назад

Suicide is illegal in singapore, if you are alive after trying you will be sent to jail or something.

@KoruGo 6 лет назад

no, its as absurd as making diabetes illegal. Drug addiction is a disease, yet we punish those who get it.

@jimmyantonio3585 6 лет назад

if we don't stop drug it will spread make the problem worse than before

@norse1585 6 лет назад

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.

@bluefungi 6 лет назад

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.

@MHasanButt 3 года назад

Switzerland helps people by not using violence Switzerland is a good person Be like Switzerland

@BroJo676 3 года назад

@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.

@BroJo676 3 года назад

@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.

@BroJo676 3 года назад

@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.

@BroJo676 3 года назад

@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.

@BroJo676 3 года назад

@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.

@ryanlisboa1411 Год назад

this type of content it is so important. Have you ever thought about creating something like Kurzgesagt Brazil? With the narrations in portuguese?

@iliakoriavov3026 2 года назад

This channel is crazy good. Other infographics shows don't even come close.

@K.S.Khunkhao 8 лет назад

This youtube channel deserves an Oscar.

@BattIeworld 8 лет назад

+Stu Hendrie Are you a government bot from the "War Against Drugs" operation?

@XDImMaggles0328 8 лет назад

+Stu Hendrie an Oscar. Or at least a cookie

@2013daxdaniel 6 лет назад

ขุนเขามีคำตอบ yes

@davebdot6713 6 лет назад

Or the nobel peace price

@nattapongkaewthanom4591 6 лет назад

พี่ภูก็อยู่ที่นี่ด้วย 555

@zibbitybibbitybop 7 лет назад

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.

@purpleice2343 7 лет назад

As a non american, I am happy that they are destroying themselves.

@zibbitybibbitybop 7 лет назад

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.

@purpleice2343 7 лет назад

Oh, even better.

@zibbitybibbitybop 7 лет назад

OK, so either you're even less smart than I thought, or you're just a garden-variety troll. I'm done here.

@purpleice2343 7 лет назад

Says a human who thinks he/she is relevant just like the whole humanity.

@thebe_stone 9 месяцев назад

someone is suffering? put them in jail, that will help for sure.

@superjarri 11 месяцев назад

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.

@hansklok3564 6 месяцев назад

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.

@ceu160193 5 месяцев назад

@@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.

@redbulljunkie916 4 года назад

every single animation while he was talking about Meth were references to Breaking Bad. I love it:)

@Burryto_boy 4 года назад

I see that too

@ahmedlabidi6795 4 года назад

Say my name

@mureithikivuti 4 года назад

IKR, I didnt know the series actually portrayed real life at the time. I thought it was some fantasy

@wesleyrichardson2841 3 года назад

@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.

@choppa3544 3 года назад

@@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.

@kk-ng4dg 7 лет назад

The war on drugs was never a war on drugs. It was a war on people.

@AlecArtComics 6 лет назад

BLACK PEOPLE...and hippies

@volo870 6 лет назад

...and Hooloovoo - a super-intelligent shade of colour blue.

@pauliusruginis5264 6 лет назад

Mostly to fill jails to milk money

@hi5dude2 6 лет назад

big oil? what? where can I go to smoke & get high off of oil?

@ocallepecan3850 5 лет назад

It is a War on personal freedom.

@Harrun 2 года назад

The illustrations are just beautiful. ❤️

@theREALmacadamia 2 года назад

You should see the newer videos because the art got better

@viditsinha9707 Год назад

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

@theblackbull55 5 лет назад

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.

@pretzelstick320 5 лет назад

theblackbull55 it’s never made sense to me. We should be preventing people from abusing drugs by examining why people take drugs.

@theblackbull55 5 лет назад

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.

@peepoo8846 5 лет назад

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

@jackdspiess 5 лет назад

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

@ericholdsworth6611 5 лет назад

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.

@earthone4939 4 года назад

Plot twist: Kurtzgesagt is actually a massive drug cartel that just wants to sell drugs in peace.

@tlpineapple1 3 года назад

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.

@Efflorescentey 3 года назад

Drugs: Sell ✅ Cell ❌

@Colddirector 3 года назад

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

@ai_serf 3 года назад

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.

@geraldwesley 3 года назад

😂😂

@yesssint7243 Год назад

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

@SaulofIceandFire 4 месяца назад

Not the los pollos hermanos making collab with kurzgesagt 💀

@johndoe62804 3 года назад

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.

@0000song0000 3 года назад

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

@heavyweaponsscout9990 3 года назад

Im a piracy consumer and i confirm

@Entharion 3 года назад

@@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

@beyondfubar 3 года назад

@@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?

@Mipetz38 3 года назад

So you can build an undefeatable tech/drug provider monopoly? No thanks, let people cook their meth, let people pirate their software

@sk8punk318 3 года назад

America: But if we don’t arrest everyone how are we supposed to make money!? 🥺

@nolonstrokes5279 3 года назад

@Ori Bandel probably meant cia

@Owen_loves_Butters 3 года назад

But criminals live off taxes and don’t work.

@jimboonie9885 3 года назад

@@Owen_loves_Butters Cause the prison system is built on punishment not rehabilitation

@deanjordan6053 3 года назад

@@Owen_loves_Butters But private companies incarcerating people makes them money, this is also why the US has a huge false incarceration problem.

@makzym414 3 года назад

reject capitalism, embrace soviet russia.

@ronandowling8811 Год назад

thank you for the simple video, helped me with the history homework.

@Ma007rk Год назад

Oh my! You mean the US government actually treating human beings like human beings, like they do in Switzerland? Not a chance!

@michaelsurridge8328 7 лет назад

Man Swiss always coming up with all these creative solutions

@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth 7 лет назад

Michael Surridge I really, really wish I could move there. Or speak the language. Or like Swiss cheese.

@geoffreybrunell5592 7 лет назад

+Potato Patato There is no Swiss language. The three most widely spoken languages in the country are German, French, and Italian.

@shitlordprime6276 7 лет назад

+Geoffrey Brunell Not really, most of the swiss speak a german dialect but can't understand motherland german

@geoffreybrunell5592 7 лет назад

Shitlord Prime Yes, but it is still German nonetheless.

@shitlordprime6276 7 лет назад

Yea man I can't tell if you are mental or just dumb

@lukemcclutchey1352 4 года назад

"Never go to war with a noun, you will always lose."

@HunterDriguez 4 года назад

It’s “lose”, not “loose”.

@ShreyBrawlStars 4 года назад

@@HunterDriguez thats what I thought too lol

@rasta6603 4 года назад

Germany

@rasta6603 3 года назад

quality content_lol16 Germany so this comment makes no sense at all

@spamsingles5948 3 года назад

The Emu War

@IItsIgor 2 года назад

I don't think I've seen this many breaking bad references in a Kurzgesagt video. I LOVE IT!

@ebonstone2980 7 месяцев назад

You had me at "Stickers of little monsters".

@charlescoe226 4 года назад

"It's not a war on drugs. It's a war on personal freedom." Bill Hicks

@tonyashereelynch1079 4 года назад

Thanks my friend!

@redbulljunkie916 4 года назад

who tf is Bill Hicks

@bettywhite2694 4 года назад

5,000 subs with no videos your daddy you uncultured swine

@keaganjohnstone9063 4 года назад

Another dead hero

@j.e.5984 4 года назад

Drugs won't give you freedom, dumbass.

@ArtezzGaming 8 лет назад

This is beautiful. I know this sounds crazy, but my eyes teared up at the end and I almost cried.

@Blazeorite 8 лет назад

Gayyyyy

@ArtezzGaming 8 лет назад

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!

@EpicSpazzumNoob 8 лет назад

+Sujith Nakkala sexistttttttt

@RiotOfVio 8 лет назад

+Sujith Nakkala stfu troll

@rorc 8 лет назад

+ArtezzGaming How?

@gummysnacksandknives9229 2 года назад

So fun fact there is a mobile safe injection site that moves around cities in my area everytime it's in my city people don't overdose and die in public bathrooms. If they overdose trained nurses give them naloxone and they survive and a minimum wage employee doesn't need to call 911 and require therapy for a long time. I don't know much about statistics but if I can see these results with a pop up safe injection site that only shows up every so often I think we should go bigger

@mikesanders2308 Год назад

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.

@mikesanders2308 Год назад

@@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.

@Alex-vl1mk Год назад

@@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.

@aineomalley4283 2 года назад

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

@A-guy34 2 года назад

@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.

@dirtegarbage 2 года назад

@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

@gandalf_thegrey Год назад

@Done This reason occurs in all humans regardless of education and upbringing because we are hard coded to avoid social scrutiny.

@kingofgrim4761 Год назад

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.

@springerworks002 11 месяцев назад

@@kingofgrim4761 Or dislike them and pour sugar in their gas tank. Don't start a fight if you can't handle level 10.

@jonathanwilliams225 2 года назад

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.

@aegeon5650 2 года назад

This

@ezay8694 2 года назад

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.

@Raz.C 2 года назад

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.

@erisdiscordia5429 2 года назад

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.

@erisdiscordia5429 2 года назад

@@SomeRandomGuy0nRU-vid 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.

@yashwardhanpanwar Год назад

Awesome video. Thnk u so much

@NasirKhan-yl9td Год назад

I love the mini breaking bad references

@navyntune8158 Год назад

Jesse we need to cook

@rgbatom5145 Год назад

The los pollos hermanos building was obvious but did you notice walter and jesse sitting next to their meth van?

@7mm9mm 8 лет назад

Holy fuck! The quality of these videos are amazing. Keep it up!

@watermeloncatfish2759 8 лет назад

Lol

@ChenLiYong 8 лет назад

Why wouldn't it?

@sagen888 8 лет назад

+watermelon catfish - lol

@OctaHeart 8 лет назад

+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.

@lilandrew30 8 лет назад

+Spid3r Charles?

@Xpzilla 6 лет назад

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.

@Cacowninja 6 лет назад

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.

@rs72098 6 лет назад

Well...... Heroin killed over 40,000 Americans in 2017, more than all rapists and serial killers combined so...

@ethaneldredge3994 6 лет назад

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.

@rs72098 6 лет назад

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.

@MikeLopresti360 5 лет назад

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..

@cursedcat6467 10 месяцев назад

2:19 therapist: “French Mexico isn’t real, it can’t hurt you” French Mexico:

@dier6ente487 11 месяцев назад

the breaking bad reference with the thermite proof safe is golden😂

@curranfrank2854 3 года назад

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.

@dmitrizaslavski8480 3 года назад

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.

@curranfrank2854 3 года назад

@@dmitrizaslavski8480 Oh, good to know. I guess I should've read more about it. Thanks for clarifying that!

@zockheem 3 года назад

But that's good for business. We have to keep it going. These bribes dont pay themselves.

@FumiLiisu 3 года назад

They actually did bring it up in their other video on drugs “3 reasons why marijuana should stay illegal reviewed”

@curranfrank2854 3 года назад

@@FumiLiisu Oh yeah, I totally forgot about that. I've watched that video before too, I should've known that lol

@marcie956 3 года назад

"Unintended consequences." I think you underestimate how terrible Nixon was

@DV-zv4ox 3 года назад

One in a long line of corrupt criminals that should have stood trial in The Hague alongside the Clinton's and Bush.

@djk1288 3 года назад

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."

@laughsatchungus1461 3 года назад

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

@diasavia246 3 года назад

@@djk1288 Yep; Adam Ruins Everything did a great video on it. "Did we know we were lying about the drugs? *Of course we did."*

@kingrat9741 3 года назад

facts lmfao thats exactly what i was thinking

@JacobVerdoni Год назад

i never thought id see breaking bad references in a Kurzgesagt video I love it lol

@majdsaleh_ Год назад

I like the breaking bad reference 👌🏻

@nickanderson7410 6 лет назад

It's wrong to incarcerate people for their addiction. We need to get them help rather than punishment.

@hejiyaloerdi9125 6 лет назад

Nick Anderson nooo, too much money needed to do it rather than killing them, joking, the problem is, most of addicted people don't voluntarily go to the government and tell that they are an addict and they need help to cure it

@thecookiecooker6726 6 лет назад

Some people WONT help addicts with projects like harm reduction becuz "blah blah my taxes are going into junkies meh meh" but they dont see/understand that THAT is what society NEEDS, and if we dont react quick rich politicans will be almost unstoppable, the drug war will go even further and it will be a practical shit hole for us citizens and junkies, more people will be killed, then more people will be afraid, so more people will be killed etc. the point is: we as a society need to stop the war on drugs and start the harm reduction project soon or it will be to late.

@A.I.Remnant 6 лет назад

Hejiya Loerdi Yea. They don't go to the government because *they'll get thrown in jail!*

@hejiyaloerdi9125 6 лет назад

Morbid Intellect yeah, twisted minds

@FarionHorn 6 лет назад

Nick Anderson yeah man, I need help! More weeds pls

@dangerbeans9639 7 лет назад

Prohibition didn't work in the 30s and I don't know why they thought it would work in the 50s.

@glass4600 7 лет назад

Danger Beans me neither

@Pinklewilly 7 лет назад

20s* and 60s*

@Supershadow301 7 лет назад

Because if something definitly doesn't work, *it'll work if it's done more intensively,* of course!

@morganhillfightclub2996 7 лет назад

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

@BloodyRainRang 7 лет назад

They should've played Far Cry 3, then they'd know that keeping on trying the same but expecting a different result is insane.

@lazovkalazovovska5119 2 года назад

What are pharmacies called? A pharmacy (also called "drugstore" in American English or "community pharmacy" or "chemist" in Commonwealth English, or rarely, apothecary) is a retail shop which provides pharmaceutical drugs, among other products.

@wiseyoutube2078 6 месяцев назад

I don't think offering hard drugs is the solution, unless they're modified to not have devastating physiological effects on people. Reducing side effects, allowing better "highs", providing significant scientific education on drug health, and having those harm reduction center could be most helpful.

@jamez2022 2 года назад

Guy: "Hey I have an addiction and need help with it!" America: "So anyway, I started making everything worse"

@seraph535 2 года назад

I mean, "So anyway, I started shooting" works here too

@TheDreamLeaf 2 года назад

Guy: "Hey I have an addiction and need help with it!" America: "So anyway, I started blasting"

@thisisaperson1536 2 года назад

Guy: help i cant stop taking acid America: go to brazil criminal scum

@geldonyetich 2 года назад

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.

@jout738 2 года назад

America: So anyway I started making money out of this, that in year im billionare.

@bjornironside1147 6 лет назад

Hehehehe. Destroying a weed farm by burning it! Nice 👌

@f0rk16 6 лет назад

Lol now i get it

@rae2610 6 лет назад

hvitserk dies in season 290

@newhandlewhodis 6 лет назад

Björn Ironside that's just stupid

@wonjaesuh5839 6 лет назад

the neighbors would get so high

@MahmoudZaki88 6 лет назад

Please leave this at 420 likes!

@canadoodlez5009 Год назад

The good thing about kurzgesagt is it doesn’t age and is endlessly entertaining

@AshleyTheFighter 2 года назад

You know whenever Nixon's name is dropped, stuffs gonna get stupid

@slevinchannel7589 2 года назад

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.

@splitatorium 2 года назад

I think we're at the point wherein we need to congratulate Drugs for winning the War on Drugs

@calculuslover2078 2 года назад

Not drugs won it. But misery inflicted by the government.

@rs72098 2 года назад

Meh, not really what I'm seeing. Drug dealers keep dying and so do drug users. Who's winning? The people not using drugs.

@chelseacomps829 2 года назад

@@rs72098 What a naive way of thinking

@victorcadillac5075 2 года назад

Smoke weed that’s it , chill with them other drugs …

@soggycheese8485 2 года назад

@@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

@StraightUpRainbows 2 года назад

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.

@interestingdenomination4904 4 месяца назад

that’s what happens when you let the government run on capitalism

@ItsRigged420 4 месяца назад

America for the win! (Sarcasm)

@ByGraceThruFaith8453 3 месяца назад

Totally right.

@BiGfukkinA 2 года назад

Y'all the best ♥️

@nenmaster5218 2 года назад

The War-on-Drugs cant ever be Won, BECAUSE the very Idea shows a total Misunderstanding of the Situation. As YT-Channel Some More News pointed out "Data and Science clearly show that Drug-Addiction is nothing more and nothing less than a Disease by all Wikipedia-Defintions of the Word.

@saigonmonopoly1105 Год назад

A key to help with our pain and feelings of feelings bad or good

@calipto4605 6 лет назад

The pure amount of Breaking Bad references is just awesome

@DNJ9o9o 6 лет назад

Calipto hehe pure

@SuicidalManiac0077 6 лет назад

Pure as Walter's meth

@TheAttacker732 8 лет назад

Don't forget the 'for-profit' prison system that's developing in the US...

@eddy-nd7nh 8 лет назад

exactly

@socrates218 8 лет назад

Developed*

@MrJFF411 7 лет назад

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,

@minecraftinalabama 7 лет назад

You mean the saving of tax payer money?

@TheAttacker732 7 лет назад

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.

@samuelbennett6026 Год назад

congratulations to drugs for winning the war on drugs

@mrchoon2010 Год назад

Haha

@leoblessinger7913 Год назад

No, the war on drugs was amazing at its goal, getting more slaves for government workhouses

@tgoddard1988 Год назад

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!

@alvinrozon2687 7 лет назад

WHY WHY WHY WHY THEN WHEN THIS IS SO BLATANTLY OBVIOUS DOES MY COUNTRY DO NOTHING!!

@itsonlyhalftime666X 7 лет назад

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.

@alvinrozon2687 7 лет назад

itsonlyhalftime666X So what are we supposed to do? Just let it happen? Why are so many people so stupid?

@TheValiant777 7 лет назад

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

@SavSci 7 лет назад

+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.

@itsonlyhalftime666X 7 лет назад

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.

@theman764 7 лет назад

just run for president already. you actually know what to do

@ellenorbjornsdottir1166 7 лет назад

the man not american enough :(

@ripdfgilikedc3996 7 лет назад

nice picture

@ThunfischXXx 7 лет назад

hes german

@hiway19891 7 лет назад

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