Legalise Cannabis: And Why It's Madness Not To
Legalise Cannabis: And Why It's Madness Not To
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result, or so the quote ascribed to Albert Einstein goes, and that more than applies to the catastrophic failure of the ‘war on drugs’. All it’s achieved is mass criminalisation of disproportionately young Black men, more violence, people with addiction not getting the support they need, handing criminal gangs a massive source of revenue, ensuring dangerous stuff can circulate and so much more. End the madness – legalise it now.
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Iv smoked weed daily since I was 13 I’m now 32 and I can’t say if ever smoke any dodgy weed nor has it ever been too strong so I don’t see the harm in it in perfectly find btw so … Lol
That 1st statement is utter nonsense
But what do you expect from a racist liberal o suppose
Y3s weed needs legalizing bit the fact you brought race into it is a reflection of your own racism
No one elses
One major reason for legalising cannabis is the spice epidemic
You’re right, alcohol is far more of a dangerous and addictive substance than cannabis. I’m in the process of struggling to give it up for the sake of my health but all i can think of 24-7 in my mind’s eye is an image of a chilled pint of lager. It’s horrible to resist.
Britain is so backward. Last time I checked, Moldova had faster broadband speeds.
The Tory’s. A party that believes in a small government. A government so small it will arrest you and put you in prison (for 7 years) for inhaling plant smoke.
We should drug test every one in Government that would be fun.
Spot on mate
Never thought i would agree with owen jones.
LEGALIZE IT DUDE!!!!!
This guy speaks so much sense
I have only just come across your channel and came across this from two weeks ago. I whole heartedly agree with you as I tried to explain earlier on in the year at the extinction rebellion event in April. The reason to free the weed is two fold not only would it take away the stigma and I just criminalisation of the black community but it would raise revenues for the nation and by treating it as a health rather than criminal issue help heal society.
The second and more prominent reason would be the production of Industrial hemp which could help rebuild the Nation, by making the UK one of the greenest nations on the planet. As it is 100% recyclable, renewable and has over five thousand uses. It takes C02 out of the air, it also takes C02 out of the soil as well as the metals and toxins. One hectare of Hemp sequesters between 2-3 times the C02 of a typical forest.
A crop of Hemp takes about twenty weeks to grow and leaves the soil in a better condition than when it was planted. It can be manufactured into Insulation and Cladding fuel which the emission would be water. It is easy to cultivate. Maybe you can do an episode on Hemp as it is unique and the possible saviour of all our futures.
In 1941 Henry Ford made a car out of Hemp which was lighter and Stronger than Steel. You are the future and may your message get out there to a wider audience.
Factssss
I can buy tobacco and alcohol to kill myself, but I can’t cannabis to heal myself 🤨
It fuckin stinks. I was in the states a few months back. Everywhere you went stunk of weed. Horrible. Its only the weak willed that would want to use drugs anyway. Losers.
i was gonna say that alcohol makes lots of people voliant i trust some1 that had a smoke then compare to someone thats been drinking
No one is asking for cocaine to be legalised. As that needs to be man made. Weed is natural get the argument straight and stop wondering off about other things.
Owen I support you or whatever but how on earth did your mouse cursor go unnoticed on your thumbnail!? Standards at your level!
P.S as someone who smoked weed every day for 15 years. And watched it slowly ruin countless lives around me- I wish the stuff didnt exist.
You spoke perfectly. I’m so glad I found another who can stay calm under pressure whilst disobeying the FACTS
It’s time to legalise cannabis 💯
Who ever wants to legalise cannabis gets my vote 👍
Knows everything about cannabis accept actual experience, legalization or ban every chemical including already legal consumables
Bro really said legalise MDMA lol thats jokes. Legalise CANNABIS!! Forget about the rest
UK Government is unlikely to pass any laws that make anyone happy, it’s against their ethos
Alcohol is legal because we pay TAX on it. So why don’t they tax cannabis??
One million consumer spending is some purchasing power.
I think if Owen Jones walked onto a mental health ward, he would be banging on the doors screaming to get away from all the Cannabis smokers with Schizophrenia. Which will be around 70% of all patients.
I have severe lower back pain for which i am prescribed MORPHINE which is a laboratory manufactured drug which is basically heroin i take on occasion when the pain is so bad Cannabis which i find helps with the pain we are so backwards in this country as Cannabis helps so many medical problems and grows naturally on our planet Cocaine does not
The UK is the world’s largest producer and exporter of ‘medical’ cannabis. GW Pharmaceuticals et al.
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Legalise weed, because the war on drugs is 😅😅😅
I think only the green party and libdems are support this policy.
Completely legalise cannabis for medical and recreational use in the U.K.
Is he insane you can’t legalise mdma 😂
Do we drugs test MPs?
they need to justify why alcohol IS legal
Not mdma mate THC and that are on different levels of the drug spectrum!💯
Our cannaboid system in our body was made to consume cannabis. Like it or not
The UK is one of the biggest exporters of "legal" cannabis. We can’t compete with the lobbying that prevents legalisation.
I really dont agree with a lot of your policy’s owen infact hardly anything 😅😂 but on this one i 100% agree with you becouse a lot of my criminal record has cannabis convictions on it witch was from the age of 14 and that lead to me having to mix with ppl i really didn’t have no affiliation with and where bad ppl also i found it extremely hard to get a job becouse i was embarrassed about being a criminal just for smoking a spliff, this law needs to be changed so we can all smoke the herb 🌿 and not be punished for it
It’s funny how legalising cannabis talk was spoken hard about 6 to 5 years ago right before our lovely plandemic happened. It’s like our leaders panicked and used plandemic like here’s your new change 😂🎉
Hi i tottaly agree with this guy i started at first smoking hash in the erly 90s and becouse it was not regulated i ended up bean hooked on heroin and metherdon for over 33 years my point is if it was regulated i wouldent of got in with the rong people glad to say im clean now weed is only a gateway drug becouse of the people who are involved in selling it if i could of got it from a shop i think my life would of bin tottaly difrent
Love your content
LEGAL MDMA
oh dear oh dear, what an awesome thought
So right i don’t understand why British ppl are always left out it help meny people everyone can get weed anyways so why not just let us be and you make a profit
Alcohol is the biggest drug
I can see both points, but Ali I don’t think understands the difference between legalising all drugs and decriminalising, we should still have laws pertaining to drugs, but offer better addiction services to people who are going to do these drugs either way
It’s madness to criminalise such a harmless drug. Anyone who drinks alcohol but tries to maintain that weed should be illegal is an utter hypocrite it the highest order.
Britain is still too Victorian sadly to entertain the idea 🙄
Love that you brought up how hypocritical these arguments become once you look at alcohol in the same way!