INTO VARIOUS COUNTRIES DEALING WITH TURMOIL TO FIGURE OUT WHICH
COUNTRIES ARE ACTUALLY THE DEADLIEST.
UNSURPRISINGLY AT THE
TOP IS SYRIA BECAUSE OF ITS CONFLICT.
BUT JUST TO COMPARE
THE NUMBERS, KEEP IN MIND THAT MEXICO IS THE SECOND COUNTRY
CONSIDERED THE DEADLIEST WORD TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE
KILLED EVERY SINGLE YEAR DUE TO CARTEL VIOLENCE THERE.
THAT IS
AN INSANE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES.
IN MEXICO
THE NUMBER IS A LITTLE UNDER
HALF.
>>LET'S PAUSE, COMBINED THEY ARE ALMOST CAUGHT UP TO SYRIA.
IT
DRIVES ME CRAZY.
WE KNOW NIXON'S AIDE TOLD US WE STARTED THE WAR
ON DRUGS FOR POLITICAL REASONS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO TARGET THE
TWO SETS OF POLITICAL PEOPLE, BLACKS AND LIBERALS.
BEFORE
THOSE POLITICAL REASONS WE NOW HAVE THIS INSANITY.
WE KNOW
MARIJUANA IS NOT ANY MORE DANGEROUS THAN ALCOHOL.
THERE
ARE TONS OF STUDIES THAT SHOW IT IS MORE BENEFICIAL THAN ALCOHOL.
AND YET WE CONTINUE IMPRISONING PEOPLE IN AMERICA.
>>IT IS SO DUMB.
THIS GOES FURTHER THAN MARIJUANA.
I KNOW
THIS ARGUMENT MAKES PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE CONSIDERING THE
FACT THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH A HEROIN EPIDEMIC.
RIGHT NOW
CARTELS ARE TURNING FROM MARIJUANA TO HARDER DRUGS.
THE
REALITY IS AS YOU LEGALIZE DRUGS, THERE IS LESS OF A
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE CARTELS.
SO THERE IS LESS DEMAND
FOR IT AND THEY TURN TO OTHER THINGS.
PUPPY PLANT PRODUCTION
IS THROUGH THE ROOF RIGHT NOW IN MEXICO.
THAT'S BECAUSE THERE IS
A HUGE DEMAND FOR HEROIN AND OPIOIDS.
WE CAN CRIMINALIZE ALL
HE WANTS OR YOU CAN LEGALIZE IT AND REGULATE IT.
OR AT LEAST
DECRIMINALIZE IT AND REGULATE IT THE WAY PORTUGAL DID.
THEY DID
THAT AND WHAT HAPPENED?
DRUG USE DIPPED CONSIDERABLY.
YOU TAKE
THE POWER AWAY FROM CARTELS.
THAT REQUIRES SMART POLICY, AND
UNFORTUNATELY YOU HAVE AN UNINTELLIGENT ADMINISTRATION
RUNNING THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
THESE ARE THE THINGS WE HAVE TO
HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT.
THE NUMBER OF CASUALTIES IN MEXICO
DIPPED BUT THEN SHOT BACK UP.
I WILL TELL YOU WHY.
IT'S LIKE THE
WAR ON TERROR.
LET'S GO AFTER THE TERRORISTS.
BUT THE MORE WE
GET INVOLVED AND TRY TO FIGHT THE MORE YOU SEE OTHER GROUPS OF
TERRORISTS EMERGE.
>> THERE IS A REASON WHY THESE WARS ARE NEVER ENDING.
PEOPLE
PROFIT FROM THOSE WARS.
IF YOU ARE AN AMERICAN CITIZEN OR A
CITIZEN FROM ANY OF THESE OTHER COUNTRIES DOES IT LOOK LIKE IT
IS WORKING FOR YOU?
HOW MANY DECADES WILL BE GO ON WITH THIS
FAILED STRATEGY BEFORE WE TURN AROUND?
MAKE THE DECISION AND
STOP VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS INSANE WAR
ON DRUGS.
WHEN YOU DO
THOSE THINGS IT MAKES THAT DRUG USE LESS, NOT MORE.
WHEN ARE WE
GOING TO LOOK AT FACTS AND MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THOSE INSTEAD
OF LETTING POLITICIANS DRIVE US INTO THESE ENDLESS WARS THAT
ONLY BENEFIT THEM AND NOT US.