Sunday, October 26, 2008

Tragic Comedy of the Drug War



Here is the first segment of 12 about the War On Drugs. Here are the links to the other segments:
Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMY_8OPDtH4
Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwL0H9WRMLY
Part 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzH7lXa33qA
Part 4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HaCacMLK1Y
Part 5 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUoJWGi5Oyw
Part 6 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S7exoMjnC4
Part 7 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsIhex0D6uY
Part 8 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNY5r2i3VdE
Part 9 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrP2ZExDQU0
Part 10 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv3SUPmpEj4
Part 11 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brT4iLjGMPU
Part 12 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh9miu_RoPE

Keep in mind that I'm straight edge, which means that I don't drink, smoke, or do any illegal drugs. I'm all for decriminalization and regulation, and I think these videos make a lot of good points. If someone wants to drink, smoke, or do drugs, then that is their own business. If they choose to get in a car while intoxicated on anything, that is an entirely different story.

However I am more interested in the parts about the CIA's involvement in importing cocaine to the US to use the profit for the Contra War in Nicaragua. I think all the information about prisons is also very interesting, as is the info about pharmaceutical companies.

One part I thought was somewhat lame is near the end when they start talking about hallucinative drugs and how they help people "think out of the box." This is somewhat of a bullshit excuse because I am perfectly capable of thinking out of the box and I never have tried any hallucinative drugs.

Anyways...watch the videos and decide for yourself what you think about it.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

i watched all of this. i am glad you posted it.