This is How We Legalize Weed | The War on Drugs

Cannabis has been legalized in Canada and many US states, and the trend looks set to continue.

But just legalizing the drug is not a simple magic bullet. There are many complex issues of social justice and economic equality to be considered. We look at the lessons to be learned from places like Canada and Colorado and explore how we can get cannabis legalization right.

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50 Comments

  1. Tim Sears on September 15, 2021 at 11:08 pm

    Still making progress, come on tx πŸ‘πŸ’šπŸ˜ΉβœŒοΈ



  2. Toni Rajalammi on September 15, 2021 at 11:10 pm

    The world would be so much more peaceful and better place with legal weed easily accessible. This insanity has to end.



  3. jacquie O on September 15, 2021 at 11:10 pm

    Cannabis is safer than all legal drugs.



  4. Damian Paden on September 15, 2021 at 11:12 pm

    Lol so thee dads can just go buy them weed juts like cigarettes lol



  5. Damian Paden on September 15, 2021 at 11:12 pm

    But tobaccos legal



  6. Billy Smith on September 15, 2021 at 11:14 pm

    Pot used early in life does affect the brain in negative ways panic attacks, depression with heavy use when using potent pot each person is different some people have underlaying mental health issues that only get worse? Later in life pot is much safer on the human brain. Alcohol can damage your brain early in life too.
    I think pot should be legal!



  7. Damian Paden on September 15, 2021 at 11:15 pm

    Lol I’m go smoke a bowl. Now



  8. Tom Zart on September 15, 2021 at 11:17 pm

    GOOGLE = POT FARMER POEM $$
    I got out my pipe and stuffed it with pot
    You better believe, it held a whole lot.
    I whipped out a lighter and thumbed up a flame
    Then sucked down that smoke which comforts my brain.

    I tried alcohol; and smoked cigarettes
    Though, they did nothing, but give me regrets.
    My mom had arthritis and couldn’t walk around
    When I rolled her a joint, she danced on the ground.

    I thought I was losing my lovemaking knack
    But, after I smoked some, to me it came back.
    Soon I decided prices were high
    So I searched for some ground I wouldn’t have to buy.

    I bargained for seeds from smokers all around
    Then, got in my truck and drove out of town.
    I walked through the woods where the wild birds nest
    And found me the meadow I thought was the best.

    I dug up the ground and sowed all my seeds
    Then said a small prayer for strong, healthy weeds.
    I watered at night with a five-gallon pail
    The mosquitoes went hungry for I wore a veil.

    Seven months went by; I thought I would die
    Till the Halloween moon was high in the sky.
    At night I went out, in my camouflage suit
    And used a corn knife to chop down the loot.

    I hung it up to dry where it couldn’t be found.
    Then came back and got it, when it had turned brown.
    I trimmed off the buds, and stuffed them in bags
    Called all my friends and passed out free drags.

    In less than a week my crop was gone
    But I flew to St. Thomas with a love hungry blonde!!

    THANK YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE IN YOUR HEART !
    By Tom Zart
    Google = Most Published Poet
    Tom’s 1,650 Poems Are Free To Share!
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  9. Esketxd on September 15, 2021 at 11:17 pm

    Gotta love these filthy politicians lobbying against weed but we all know they snort rails off stripper tits every friday, get a load of those slimy hypocrites



  10. VICE on September 15, 2021 at 11:18 pm


  11. Toxic Neko on September 15, 2021 at 11:18 pm

    Honestly i wish they would ban alcohol and make weed legal. Alcohol is just poison pretty much



  12. Slim Mg on September 15, 2021 at 11:19 pm

    Guess what there’s something called delta 8 that is sold in cbd shop. It’s a less potent version of marijuana but still gets me high af love it



  13. Weed World on September 15, 2021 at 11:19 pm

    i think its cool https://youtu.be/qUXq7XpXTRE



  14. Storm Boy on September 15, 2021 at 11:19 pm

    why isnt it legal? because theres thousands of cops out there that would be made unemployed if they did, its that simple. maintaining a large police force guarantees control by the elites/politicians, that is to say control of you in almost every aspect of your life, not just your drug of choice.



  15. Thando on September 15, 2021 at 11:20 pm

    FAKE NEWS: South Africa** became the first major economy to legalize it after the small countries of Uruguay & Georgia.



  16. James Holden on September 15, 2021 at 11:20 pm

    Stopped watching when you started spewing woke dribble



  17. Tora-Ky on September 15, 2021 at 11:20 pm

    free weed means criminals have to expose theirself on higher things for money,means if its legal,younger people will not try it,the illegal status make poeple feels gangsters while its not, weed need to be free cuz its what nature made and wanted to share with us, " free weed and ill made a serra after that day" makes job,makes new materials and new medicine



  18. Damian Paden on September 15, 2021 at 11:21 pm

    Duck mdma lol just cuz it’s cheap doesn’t mean I illl buy it lol stupid if I want It I will find it get it so there for this will never stop for real or no real or safe or none safe drugs it’s your mind set and haveing the needs for the feeling lol



  19. voodoo ray on September 15, 2021 at 11:25 pm

    If you want an answer to this question don’t ask some English boohoo.com manakin



  20. Anon. on September 15, 2021 at 11:27 pm

    It’s easier to get weed in the UK than it is to get a tin of colour matched paint.

    It’s easier to get cannabis in countries where possession of cannabis will get you the death penalty…
    Than it is to get a cannabis prescription in a country that supposedly legalised medical use in 2019.



  21. charles tabe on September 15, 2021 at 11:28 pm

    Moonrock, OG Kush, Grape Ape, Green Crack, Triple Diesel are all pain meds and other Marijuana strains. The only place to get hold of it without you having a medical Marijuana card or being trace by the cops is atπŸ‘‡

    https://calishelfweed.com

    They are good and their services are awesomeπŸ’―βœ…



  22. Andrew Sandberg on September 15, 2021 at 11:28 pm

    It’s because we can grow it better



  23. didac costa on September 15, 2021 at 11:35 pm

    try with the catalan way ! the cooperative clubs of consumers.. instead of just classical capitalism, like in north america or the netherlands, or public state control, like in uruguay ..



  24. SolarWardenJediΒ₯oda on September 15, 2021 at 11:37 pm

    You need people in Power & Government to support Cannabis & legalize it as Medicine & Recreationally for the citizens in reality.



  25. B M on September 15, 2021 at 11:37 pm

    We really thought that legalisation was the answer to our problems but then capitalism crashed the party.



  26. Storm Trooper on September 15, 2021 at 11:38 pm

    8:25: "this about serious 21-st century capitalism"
    Me: *SLAMS TABLE* THERE IT IS

    I was looking for this to be more a prepper for pro-legal people to argue the best way to.



  27. kiiieeechiii on September 15, 2021 at 11:39 pm

    Almost everyone I went to school with smoked weed and graduated so not sure why they’re so worried about minors using



  28. Stephen Eee on September 15, 2021 at 11:40 pm

    Worst thing about weed being legal, as a person that scored a 36 on their ACT, was getting a 3.75 GPA at University of Oklahoma, on the way to med school or grad school. Even though my state will abolish my marijuana arrest record, it can’t go back 20 years and make up for how much the cops, NOT cannabis ruined my life. That’s why I have no respect for any law enforcement anywhere ever, I’ll treat then as dog πŸ’© for the rest of my life.



  29. DRACO&COMPANY on September 15, 2021 at 11:42 pm

    I love wasting my time and making a comment to have it get removed…



  30. Gaunjaguy420 on September 15, 2021 at 11:43 pm

    Keep it medical!! Large tobacco companies already have plans to take it and make it exactly like cigarettes! Not good! KEEP. IT. MEDICAL. PERIOD.



  31. Tess on September 15, 2021 at 11:46 pm

    Uruguay legalized it first



  32. justsomeguy3612 on September 15, 2021 at 11:47 pm

    Doesn’t Hamilton Morris say that extremely large doses of edibles can trigger schizophrenic episodes in people with no previously history? Usually with a family history



  33. Maria Lendi on September 15, 2021 at 11:48 pm

    We have to build up PTSD.treatment because its induce meditation.



  34. All Things NM on September 15, 2021 at 11:49 pm

    Marijana has always been popular by all who have consumed.



  35. gold Babylon on September 15, 2021 at 11:50 pm

    Which one harmful
    A alcohol
    B. Weed



  36. Kitty Tacoma on September 15, 2021 at 11:50 pm

    Im Schizophrenic. I made this film in Los Angeles right before my breakdown. Enjoy.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92ZietxbwYs&t=303s



  37. badguy1095 on September 15, 2021 at 11:51 pm


  38. AlbaDude 19 on September 15, 2021 at 11:52 pm

    Even if the UK only decriminalises weed it will be better than jailing people just for possession.



  39. Louis Edwards on September 15, 2021 at 11:53 pm

    I think UK will decriminalise weed within the next 12 months. Then a year/2 after that it will be legal for adult use recreationally. Watch. Remember this comment.



  40. Jeff Mille on September 15, 2021 at 11:53 pm

    got some top shelf fire πŸ”₯ indoors quality buds was wondering if yall interested in getting some?? Contact on Snapchat- ronnierasta21



  41. Alexander Vulpes on September 15, 2021 at 11:54 pm

    Hey it’s Ian curtis’s son



  42. EvolvingEachDay on September 15, 2021 at 11:55 pm

    If you’ve seen the UK governments response to the last petition, simply asking for a referendum on weed legalisation, you very quickly see they are lying through their teeth, using reasons that directly contradict the legal status of tobacco and alcohol and showing themselves to know absolutely nothing about the substance. They clearly do not talk to experts, and instead make ridiculous blind decisions about it like a religious fanatic does about gender roles. We won’t break the UK’s government level engrained resistance to weed anytime soon because it runs deeply in the veins of our country’s prejudice ridden heart.



  43. Outinspace420 - on September 15, 2021 at 11:56 pm

    I just want to say. @vice you guys are amazing! You teach millions who watch and I appreciate it so much! Keep up the good work! Every video is absolutely amazing. Don’t change a thing.



  44. Jordan Knoll on September 15, 2021 at 11:57 pm

    Why do you ban guns but prop up weed?



  45. Mike PETER on September 16, 2021 at 12:00 am

    They can’t legalize it because the money of the actual trafic is to useful for the mafia.
    And the mafia are controlled by the governement.



  46. Harmandeep Shergill on September 16, 2021 at 12:01 am

    dude first get educated about the stats,then misguide people, you’ll do anything for views ew guys



  47. Harmandeep Shergill on September 16, 2021 at 12:02 am

    lol we all know what will happen lmao, they’ll legalize cannabis first,then they’ll protest to legalize higher percents of THC in cannabis lmao y’all stoners have a bright future



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  49. Magical 801 on September 16, 2021 at 12:05 am

    I live in Utah and I have a medical card…. one of the worst experiences I ever had a go through was going to one of these dispensaries and paying $60 an 8th….FML! They have plenty of weed, but the marijuana is way too much money… it’s because they’re not trying to help our mental problems, their trying to help their pockets. I knew marijuana was going to be legal once they could tax it… now the rich have no problem selling it to you because it’s illegal, but back in the day we were the devil.



  50. sam on September 16, 2021 at 12:05 am

    Weed fuckin sucks lol πŸ˜†πŸ˜‚πŸ€£