I'm all for legalizing marijuana, I just hate when people call stoners lazy. People like myself work and go to college, smoking marijuana just helps me enjoy the littlest things and catch a good laugh with friends. Edit: it’s finally decriminalized in NJ🙌
atoche93 personally it's been a while since I've smoked, last I did I was working and I would only smoke when I was either done with work or had a day off, a lot of people assume pot smokers are lazy because of the media or people who don't work and just spend every dime they got on it, and I have a retort I like to use anytime people start saying that it's a gateway drug "10/10 heroine & meth users started off drinking milk, does that mean we need to ban milk as well?" To which they tend to respond with "well milk is healthy and natural" which completely makes their argument null and void due to the fact that marijuana was actually grown by many different cultures and used as a medical herb and as a relaxer/luxury item in many earlier civilizations, only recently has it become a criminal offense because it is "unhealthy" despite a lot of scientists and doctors actually acknowledging its benefits, I personally think it should be regulated like cigarettes and alcohol, where there should be a tax on it but it shouldn't be a criminal offense, because people who have possession charges for marijuana have a harder time looking for jobs when in reality they aren't really harming anyone, some comedians and celebrities smoke and people love that they do because they are funnier or just all around better people. Now I'm not saying that it doesn't have its downsides but those downsides only happen if you smoke about 2-3 lb of weed in 3 minutes... until someone can show me proof that someone has died of smoking weed and nothing else. I will be an advocate for legalization.
atoche93 Treat it like a glass of wine and you'll be fine. That's my motto. Smoking pot at the end of a long, hard day at work is justified! It's people who sit around all day not working whilst scrounging for pennies just trying to sort some herbs out. Been there, done that. I now hold down a consistent and regimented work ethic which comes from having a routine and something to look forward to after that.. Peace!
I'm high everyday, all day; at school, before school and after school. I maintain a 4.5 gpa and have all AP classes. I'm also the only junior in my school in AP calculus and am self studying Calculus 2, multivariable calculus, and linear algebra. keep in mind that this is all while stoned as fuck. I started smoking weed and it enabled me to focus. give me some mathematics to study when I'm sober, and I'm really good at it . give it to me when I'm stoned, and im great at it; visualizing graphs, making connections to the real world,etc. It helps me get into a deeper state of concentration
atoche93 same here before I became disabled I worked 60 hour weeks and never missed a day. I smoke weed everyday but when I used to work I wouldn't touch cannabis at work and would have a couple of blunts every night to relax. I now use cannabis as pain relief and for my mental health (in other words if I didn't smoke cannabis I'd go mental as I'm virtually housebound.
That is not the question. Will Fat Cats force us to pay their fines & force us to hire Lawyer's in order to smoke. That's the way it is now. I say "I don't need your permission, fat cat bitch".
It's so annoying because he 100% believes that it should not be illegal. But he can't say it for political reasons. Politicians need to start doing what's right, not what's right for them, their parties or their sponsors.
Gareth Wareth you're saying people getting pressured by legitimate parts of the electorate is corrupt? geez, as much as I'm pro-legalisation, that is a stupid thing to say.
Alcohol is a substance which causes depression, violence , and even death alcohol is also the ONlY gateway to harder drugs like cocaine. Marijuana causes peace, happiness, success and can even help people get off of or completely stay away from hard drugs like myself.
+k bee sounds like ur speaking from your experiences, that doesn't mean it applies to everyone. I personally have had bad experiences with marijuana, i'm not against it but i dont think its such a magic drug that people make it out to be. I totally agree that alcohol is much more damaging in certain ways especially over long periods of time, but the viewpoint that marijuana only causes good things and nothing negative and bad can come of it is just plain ignorant really
+jfk shooter Its your own falt using that shit. If you think you are addicted...then stop thinking. Its a mind game and you have gone to FAR. Marijuana causes peace, happiness and hunger... NOTHING WRONG THERE
+housemartin555 Yes, but that's not the concern. It's what they do when or after they do whatever it is to their body. I agree that yes, it should be legalized, but to put it in the way you put it is not right. Because the opposing argument in this case is that of what one will do to another if one does this to their own body. This video centralizes about what someone will do to another if they smoke cannabis. What someone does to their own body is no one elses business but their own, but if another person is put in danger because of what another person did to their own body, then it becomes a problem because someone is risking the health and safety of another. It no longer becomes a matter of what someone wants to do to themselves but what someone will do to someone else. But yes, I agree. No one should tell you what to do, unless it endangers the safety of another. Yes, I do agree it should be legalized fully. 100% Support. Just saying(this doesn't involve what I said earlier) that the price for cannabis should go down as well, maybe to a little bit more then the costs of cigarettes! This is because it will be legal to grow federally and because the high demand, the production will go up and so the cost will go down!
+Zack James (zjames244) honestly i don't care what one does to another on drugs they try the same with a gun owner it's bound to end differently self defense should be pushed more than drug fearing propaganda just saying those who want a drug will get said drug and you cant stop that you can only empower gangs because it's harder to get
Ahh. You guys swallow anything ? He'll fuck both of us over again, and again. Vote Trump if you really want cannabis to be legalized. Trump for president.
Ahmed Kazikian yup a gateway to the fridge!?! But seriously this magical plant should never have been made illegal anywhere on our beautiful planet!?! If there is a god he or she put it here for us all to use!?!
@@darraghfarrell9024 facts, people don't realise how good it is, we were literally meant to smoke it. That's why we have cannabis receptors in our brain!!! And the amount of medical purposes it has is insane. It's healthier then basically all the meds ppl get prescribed these days. Once the boomers die out, the next generation will see how good marijuana is and it will be accepted!!
@@Aqotics buddy are brain already makes cannabinoids and we have a cannabinoid system but the cannabinoid our brain produces is anandamide. Thc is also a cannabinoid but no, our endocannabinoid system isn't there for weed
He's just saying this to appease the old timers of this country. He knows damn well weed is virtually harmless. He used to smoke the stuff by the pound in Hawaii.
*sigh* He's saying that it can be harmful psychologically. If you get high to escape your problems, then you're abusing drugs. Simple as that. Obama is drawing upon his own history. He knows that if he points fingers people will be less likely to listen. So he uses himself as an example. If you think about it, he's kind of like Batman, in that he's a symbol of a lot of people's problems. The truth is that a lot of people nowadays abuse drugs because they're unhappy with their life. The truth is never easy to hear, as Jack Nicholson would say.
@@GeminoSmothers he’s actually laying the groundwork for decriminalization and also wanting it to stay in the hands of the people in corporations. He’s explaining something he has complex views on while he’s, being careful not to offend where he knows a majority of peoples opinion lies at the time he is speaking. He’s kind of really tight 😂
As someone who was addicted to weed for 7 years, got my medical card for "anxiety" (which only made it worse), and is now finally 5 months sober, I completely agree with everything Obama is saying in this vid.
From what I have observed in my 70 years, there is a small percentage of people whose minds are so weak they do become addicted to any excuse for their failures.
@@maiamaiapapayayou do not define what he says lmaoooo hes literally saying congress should know what's best instead of the people actually using it.. who gives a fuck 😂😂
yea same weak is the wrong word but i’m not going to go to far to correct im a weed user and i believe in everything he said all things can get thrown out of moderation and anything can be abused more and more people have dopamine deficiency’s which are caused from these generations of drug dependency
*sigh* People will never get what "marijuana abuse" means because their subconscious likes to keep it that way. Drug abuse isn't just physical. There's also the mental aspect of it all. When you get high to escape your normal situation then you are a drug abuser.
Isheet Mypanz You're right. I've used marijuana for so many years, to escape my own world, and put a haze over my problems. The trouble is, I'm now 26 and the haze has drifted over my goals and aspirations. I must be in that small percent that gets mentally addicted. I quit 9 days ago, and I quit tobacco 8 months ago. I still cough up remnants from the burned marijuana (not the tobacco). Though I enjoyed it, and would have it legalized in a heartbeat, there is more to life for me. Its hard to achieve your goals when you're high all the time. Some people just cant toke on the weekends.
+TERRY TOTH Apparently you know nothing about the Great Depression and why we don't ban alcohol anymore. Also alcohol is a huge money making market, and much bigger than cannabis. Alcohol isn't going anywhere, because we learned that from the Great Depression.
+Sharmayne Scott i know im late but weed has been illegal for 80 years and it has still been prominent in the 80 years. It didn't go away bc they made it illegal it just lost them money and made our jails full
+Marshall Walker the prohibition is what accelerated the great depression. America did not run the same in the 30a as it does today. Thanks to WWI and WWII there were not that many rich people running the country. Most people were poor those days. You should read up on the 1930s a bit more before saying something like that. The rich were centralized in Europe during that time and America took a lot of its ideas from European culture. Corporations were not mainstream until the 1950s thanks to WWI and WWII. Most people in the early 1900s worked in a factory, general store, or were in the military. Those were not high salary jobs.
Marijuana helps my anxious ADD. It helps me calm down and I'm actually able to focus on school. What sounds better? A natural herbal plant or a synthetic drug?
He makes his best point at the end, though. As the legalization train is coming, it is vital we the people not let cannabis be taken over by the likes of Marlboro or Proctor & Gamble, heaven forbid, I pray I do not see that day. And let's not ignore industrial hemp, which has numerous benefits as well for agriculture. Good day.
Everyone seems to forget that cannabis is a plant. Plants are natural to the earth & simply put a company can't claim ownership over a plant. Thats one of the reasons it is currently illegal, companies can't control something that can be grown at home.
Yeah that man is the main reason for cannabis being illegal but I don't want to mention the name of a man, who's decisions lead to deforestation, false portrayal of Black people (Aswell as Jazz & people who use cannabis in general),the suffering of people who need cannabis to treat their illnesses & ultimately helped in the creation of organized crime. This mans greed is the cause of alot suffering in the world today.
Obama wants to say the facts about cannabis but he can't! If he was your buddy and you guys were talking at lunch and you asked him should Cannabis be legal? He'd say yes.
+Cole Hooper YEP! You can tell how he's talking. Canada will be decriminalizing Cannabis soon. The shit shouldn't be illegal anywhere. Google why was cannabis criminalized in the US, mainly racism.
+Louise Sturm Kind of. They did it to benefit their business but a couple of them did use racist propaganda. Saying black people who smoke weed are violent rapists that are the worst of society.
Obama clearly tries to dodge these questions with unrelated answers. And I never knew that Belize was a part of the US. Seems so at least since American troops can just do whatever they want and enforce marijuana eradication in my country. Leave our enforcement to our enforcers! That is why we have our own governmentOur own laws, and our own soldiers.
You abuse marijuana when you're uncomfortable with your position in life. Many people, especially teenagers, aren't sure of their identity yet and use drugs as a way to escape the questions in their head.
Isheet Mypanz but its not really abuse, its just a use of weed, abusing weed would mean that too much weed would do certain things, which it might, but isnt that the same for pretty much anything? further more, why is weed illigal and not alchohol? whats more dangerous to abuse? mhm
@darkarmos gets it. Identity my ass. How many teens have died from abusing marijuana? How many people period? None have been proven without a doubt. Anyone that says someone abuses marijuana doesn't know anything about it. When cannabis leads to a cure for aids or cancer there are gonna be some people feeling stupid. All we are doing is waisting time. Look up what CBD does for people with MLS and autistic kids hell all kinds of illnesses. I'm not a dr. And I can't rattle off all these illnesses but I know I've smoked this plant for 20 years off and on and I've battled with alcoholism. The cannabis isn't a problem. The alcohol is. It's almost completely ruined me. How can alcohol be legal but not marijuana? WAKE UP!
It's often just a poor interpretation of language that's highly interpret-able. Marijuana "abuse" is mostly based in compulsion; it's temporarily incapacitating, it can be a channel to withdraw and it costs money. "Abuse" in the context of consumption, is usually signified by an isolating factor that poses a more immediate risk to your health.. Thou there can be somewhat comparable risks to tobacco "abuse" pending your selected intake, addiction is really the more suitable term for both, despite the lack of "physical" addiction present in marijuana use; like shopping addiction - compulsive,,, rather than "shopping abuse".... don't buy cosmetic paraphernalia from criminals kids and don't apply cosmetics under the influence, unless you want to terrorize Gotham at night.
***** Poor diet causes more premature deaths than alcohol and marijuana combined (that was only half of a joke); some research has also shown that sugar is more chemically addictive then crack cocaine. Consider the possibility that your marijuana use only correlates with your more dangerous addictive behaviors, and did not/ does not actually cause them. Your addiction to marijuana could be unique among your struggles and also very telling, as it's the only one listed that is not "physically addictive". Such abuse typically stems from compulsive and impulsive behaviors, which often manifest from underlying anxieties and negative thoughts. It can be the difference between someone who exercises to look good, and someone who exercises while abusing steroids but can never fulfill their need to "look good" enough. But Good News, you may very well have the kind of personality that can deal with this properly. Seeing marijuana in a negative light is much easier to overcome, then seeing something like steroid abuse in a positive light. Your issues might be more fundamental to your brain chemistry; and it would only make sense for your oldest, most practiced habits to be the hardest to let go. When dealing with psychological barriers there's a great power in the habitual practice of positive reinforcement. Anxiety is a killer, because when it's your emotional response to think that a frequented behavior is detrimental to your health, it usually is. I know it's easy to under cook the fact that we use these kind of behaviors as an escape; not always realizing that what's needed isn't necessary the absence of a behavior, but a more suitable response to control anxiety and other negative impulses. ... what's important is, that all necessary and implicated parties feel good about the situation. Everyone has their battles with compulsive behavior in attempts to feel more: weed is my substance of choice; I smoked pot when i was a teen, heavily in my late teens, causally and controlled in my 20s.. the physical effects of marijuana can be negligible at worst, but dependency is never negligible (for better or worse). If your perceived dependency of marijuana has been ultimately destructive to your life and thought process, it would be very logical and beneficial to attempt simulating its desired effects with something that you don't perceive as a negative. Experiment with many alternate relaxation techniques, and maybe try adopting positive daily rituals instead of toking... find out what actually works for you and try to find a happy medium. Every day, multiple times a day, I use (mostly) shadow boxing as a surrogate for the kind of aggression (and attempt to feel more) that can carry serious physical repercussions. So....If marijuana is preventing you from forming positive habits, use the temporary comfort you find in smoking to incrementally substitute for a goal. Find a more accommodating, easier dealt with variation of your goal... and tell yourself, "i'm not going to let marijuana stop me from doing this." Then reduce the intake of cannabis, and increase the intensity of your goal. Before I started to routinely shadow box, I routinely used a heavy bag to develop and re-target the sensation; I also smoked pot while hitting the heavy bag to partially re-associate what being "high" could feel like to me. Today for me, shadow boxing (and a few other outlets:) is meditation, relaxation and a kind of escape that's almost every bit as of gratifying as smoking weed and smashing fools was/is. And on a daily basis, almost getting the best of both worlds is the best tool for management that your gunna find. There's a great power in the habitual practice of positive reinforcement, you just need some seed of an idea to start the proper emotional response.
I agree that it needs to stay out of the hands of big corporations and I also believe there needs to be laws around the plant like Purity standards(organic pesticide free non gmo) An individual of age 21+ or medical patient should be able to grow up to 4 plants for personal use
Everyone who is against weed is willfully ignorant. When I was a freshman in high school, I hated weed despite not knowing anything about it. I ended up meeting a friend who told me the truths about it, not the spoon fed lies the state gave me, and was so surprised to find out it actually worked wonders for my eating disorder, depression and ADHD. I then realized it's an outrage that a plant that grows naturally and has never killed a single person is something that can get you locked up. How are we, as a democracy and supposedly the freest nation on Earth, still prohibiting a plant with many medicinal benefits and uses? Legalize it now! Tax it and create thousands of jobs and build/improve schools. It's the common sense thing to do, President Obama.
+Tyler Barker totally agree with you. I was always taught that weed was bad for you and that I shouldn't do it. Some of my friends started doing it and I was worried that I would start doing it. Finally I said "fuck it" and I smoked and it was the complete opposite of what I was taught. I don't need it everyday, I'm a college student and things can get stressful, so usually to ease my stress I smoke, and it works
A lot of ignorant comments below. I'm 16 and let me say to the people who think legalization will make weed easier for their kids to get....hahahahano. Legalization makes it harder to get by decreasing the market for illicit pot. No dispensary is going to sell to a 12 year old, chill. If I wanted to smoke right now I could get some delivered in 10 mins. Its not that hard to get when its illegal. Also, Im tired of the 40 yr old mothers trolling youtube with archaic facts such as "it gives you cancer" and "kills brain cells". This has proven to be just the opposite, there are many studies by reputable institutions that show that weed has anticancer properties, and even is nueroprotective. Its funny really. More than 4,000 years (prob a lot more) of recorded use and the last 100 is the only time in those 4,000 it has ever been demonized. I love how we Christians demonize it the most when it was God who put it on the planet for us. " And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which [is] the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. Genesis 1:29 ". Pretty straightforward. (BTW, Weed is a seed bearing plant or "herb"). Even the Romans used it medicinally, even as a Christian entity. It was made illegal for economic purposes in the early 20th century, not for any safety reasons. Heck, nobody knew what the hell "marijuana" was, but cannabis was a staple crop and medicine in the USA. GEORGE WASHINGTON himself grew it. If thats not American, I don't know what is.Google some scientific studies on MJ, you'll be amazed.Thanks and sorry for the rant.
Okay... well, ever since I started smoking cannabis I quit taking anti-depressants & my withdrawal symptoms were bearable, THANKS to Marijuana. I stopped drinking alcohol & quit smoking cigarettes... but wait... I actually started to THINK & began to question the government... interesting:).
Here's the thing he lied to us throughout his campign promising he will legalized marijuana, did we get it? Nope! He had DEA raid a legal Dispensary that's how hyporcrite he is.
He didn't evade the question. This isn't a strict Q&A. If you really try to analyze what he's saying, and not just viewing him in black and white, then you'll realize that he makes a very valid point about how marijuana is subject to abuse, just like any other drug. Many "potheads" don't like to think this is true because they have been convinced that smoking weed isn't a bad thing at ALL. It's a bad thing when you get high in order to get away from your problems. Not all do this, but a large portion of potheads do this.
actually, just to clarify, this was in 2014 and a lot has changed over the years and he has held much of the same belief since his first campaign. Just not as outspoken as this 2 year old video.
I think weed is more easily accessible for the younger generation now, than it would be if it were legalized and regulated. But then again, do we want corporate America to be messing with the quality and content of our weed? I mean, look at the tobacco industry.
I don't hate Obama. He remains a better option than most that have taken the helm for this country. But that isn't saying much, and doesn't mean he is a good leader. He is so full of shit (specifically on the topic of the drug war) that it is mind-blowing. He plays the safe/politically correct/neutral position on so many issues that it is sickening. I don't even care if you are wrong, but stop flip-flopping to save your own ass, and AT LEAST STAND FOR SOMETHING. BERNIE SANDERS 2016. Best presidential candidate I have ever seen (JFK & Ron Paul are the only ones who compare). This man stands for genuine truth, personal freedoms, strengthening the middle class, and providing a prosperous future for this world's youth. If you don't vote for him in this upcoming election (especially considering the snakes running against him) SHAME ON YOU!
+xfactor541 hes a horrible president not because what he stands for because if it was like that it he would be cool but the fact he's spent more money then every president combined makes him horrible, jfk yes was a great president to bad what happened to him because he saved our ass from the missile crisis and could have helped more. and ron paul wtf I know its what you believe but ron paul didn't save are ass from the great depression like good old teddy, if we had another teddy we would be out of debt. But back on big chief spendin all are money. Most of you might hate bush, even I hate bush a little bit but aleast the man didn't fund the whole secret service to go on his vacation to fuckin some tropical place with his family, no you know what he did he went to his house in texas and payed on his dollar instead of tax money and even then he would have a bigger excuse to take a huge vacation. he dealt with 9/11 in his time and you know what he tried fixing that problem before hoppin on a jet to Jamaica, the man we have now is scum he promised so much shit that I didn't even support but what a lot of people voted for and turned his back on his word and then fucked us with a health care system that a lot of people in this country cant afford due to lack of jobs and he knows this so, people will have to pay a heafty fee to go to a debt he didn't start but he racked it up more than 3 times so tell me how hes a good or ok president tell me one good thing that came out of his shit 8 year term.
+xfactor541 and strengthen the middle class your sick as well man that's fuck up and I'm middle class, I would rather see a change in poverty and us getting taxed a little more then making my live easier and theirs shit. We our out of poverty or probably never been in it they cant get out because even if they get a job for min how the fuck does that pay for college degree gonna flip burger the rest your life for that. Fuck tat I would be sellin narcotics too atleast it get the money in And helping the upper classes thats like pressing the red button that gives you a million dollars but takes some ones life in return their always a consequence and that one if fucking 80 to 90%. There is a downfall to every decision that what everyone needs to learn the best president makes the hard decision and doesn't make it better on his side of the table. I smoke weed and I think Colorado legalizing mary jane is good but kids cant find the parents shit now and get exposed a young age or they mistake an edible for one their cookies that shit happens and it sucks, no president wants to be responsible for legalizing a so called drug be the can get heavily judged but you know what all that shit where the kids find the stash still could never make up for Colorado in one year being the richest state, you fuckin see their tax returns its crazy.
I think it's exciting that the president would speak so mildly of marijuana, and that is certainly a huge step forward, but objectively speaking, alcohol is WAY worse of a drug overall than pot, and I will also stand by my assertion that pot is almost completely harmless. Occasional toking has so many wonderful benefits that I won't get into here, but on the other side of the coin, I will say that it has POTENTIAL for abuse, as many stoners smoke it abusively, meaning 24/7, and I wholeheartedly concede that that is quite unhealthy. Not even close to as unhealthy as alcoholism though. I could probably write a rather thick book regarding the reasons as to why, but I'll just conclude by noting that this is coming from someone who has used both drugs quite heavily in the past. (Yes, alcohol is a drug.)
The question is what is any science to law defining criminal? The origins to law are social transgressions or the intent to harm another individual or their property; property is any human extension which has an emotional attachment; Law enforcement itself is a form of transgression in the force to an authoritarian obedience to corporal punishment as a form of correction to fall in line to the insidious nature of materialist conformity.
+Indea P. Any combustible plant material that is smoked could cause cancer. Let's not be the type that pretends the truth isn't true. We got plenty of those in D.C.
"....the levels of abuse that may take place, are gonna be higher." lol Really? Do you honestly think the amount of my daily consumption will be higher? I have news for you, weed is everywhere right now. Everywhere. And super easy to get. The gas station is further then my weed man.
Despite his oblique Harvard-lawyer ways, President Obama seems to be making sense. On this subject. And on this occasion. When he said earlier that marijuana is no more dangerous than alcohol he should have said it is far LESS dangerous than alcohol. His concern about the big corporations taking over is realistic, though.
***** I would much rather live in this "non-free country" with order than a "free" one without rules and chaos, where someone can rape my daughter and not get punished, where anyone can do anything they want no matter how evil and get away with it.
Grimxonic Well if you don't defend yourself thats whats going to happen, even with govt. and police that goes on so your solution doesn't work either... many people live off the grid while defending, feeding and entertaining themselves just fine without the govt. It's people who "rather live in this non-free country" who are feeding the Corporate system that is unnessary and is keeping people who want this country to be free from acheiving a FREE COUNTRY
*Sigh* The unfortunate outcome of parents leaving their children unsupervised on the internet. Romesh, don't let these idiots get to you. They have clearly gotten to me.
Lol dude its such a useless interview because the whole time hes trying his best to appear a favor of both sides because extremists dont get a lot of support.
Difference is if I drink six or seven beers I'm absolutely fucked the next day and of no use to anyone whereas if I smoke a joint or two I wake up with a totally clear head and go about my day.
So he's basically saying that if it's legalized, people will abuse the use of marijuana, therefore it should remain illegal. Firstly, keeping it illegal isn't going to stop someone from using marijuana, and secondly, in a free society we have the right to do whatever we want when it concerns our body so long as it isn't affecting anyone else, it's none of the government's business. Both cigarettes and alcohol are legal but I partake in neither; don't need the government to protect me from myself. Overeating can lead to health problems and shorter lifespans, but I eat within my needs; don't need the government to protect me from myself. Speaking of food there are 300,000 emergency room visits per year by people under the age of 18 due to allergic reactions to food. Eight foods account for 90% of all allergic reactions: milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, wheat, fish, and shellfish. Since Obama thinks the government's duty is to protect people from themselves, I wonder if he'd say that the eight listed foods need to be banned? Deaths per year from Tobacco in the U.S. - 480,000 Deaths per year from Alcohol in the U.S. - 88,000 Deaths per year from Drunk-Driving in the U.S. - 10,000 Deaths per year from Prescription Drugs in the U.S. - 100,000 Deaths per year from Marijuana in the World - 0
I've never seen Obama grope for words like this when answering a question, He seemed to find it more difficult than lighting that joint in college and blowing the smoke into the camera. But he raises a valid point, what if Wal-Mart started peddling.
+Dizzy Duke were bringing this up because Obama lived in Hawaii and smoked a lot as a child (as did I). It is crazy that he hasn't fought harder. Especially from his own personal experiences. What does he know?
idc if they legalize or not, ima smoke as much as i want because im not harming anyone. people going too jail over a natural plant is absurd, when cigs are killing thousands yearly. weed has 0 deaths and always will. thats america for you, and lets not forget about alcohol related deaths.
I would feel safer with a high guy than a drunk guy.
Who wouldn't.
Damn straight
***** You would be driving really slow...
***** high guy drives smooth like cruising around, drunk guy drive like a speed demon! and youll suddenly feel your hand gripping, or praying...
Because you would be safer.
I'm all for legalizing marijuana, I just hate when people call stoners lazy. People like myself work and go to college, smoking marijuana just helps me enjoy the littlest things and catch a good laugh with friends.
Edit: it’s finally decriminalized in NJ🙌
EXACTLY ! I'AM HIGH ALL DAY BUT IAM A FUCKING SORBONNE STUDENT !
atoche93 personally it's been a while since I've smoked, last I did I was working and I would only smoke when I was either done with work or had a day off, a lot of people assume pot smokers are lazy because of the media or people who don't work and just spend every dime they got on it, and I have a retort I like to use anytime people start saying that it's a gateway drug "10/10 heroine & meth users started off drinking milk, does that mean we need to ban milk as well?" To which they tend to respond with "well milk is healthy and natural" which completely makes their argument null and void due to the fact that marijuana was actually grown by many different cultures and used as a medical herb and as a relaxer/luxury item in many earlier civilizations, only recently has it become a criminal offense because it is "unhealthy" despite a lot of scientists and doctors actually acknowledging its benefits, I personally think it should be regulated like cigarettes and alcohol, where there should be a tax on it but it shouldn't be a criminal offense, because people who have possession charges for marijuana have a harder time looking for jobs when in reality they aren't really harming anyone, some comedians and celebrities smoke and people love that they do because they are funnier or just all around better people. Now I'm not saying that it doesn't have its downsides but those downsides only happen if you smoke about 2-3 lb of weed in 3 minutes... until someone can show me proof that someone has died of smoking weed and nothing else. I will be an advocate for legalization.
atoche93 Treat it like a glass of wine and you'll be fine. That's my motto. Smoking pot at the end of a long, hard day at work is justified! It's people who sit around all day not working whilst scrounging for pennies just trying to sort some herbs out. Been there, done that. I now hold down a consistent and regimented work ethic which comes from having a routine and something to look forward to after that.. Peace!
I'm high everyday, all day; at school, before school and after school. I maintain a 4.5 gpa and have all AP classes. I'm also the only junior in my school in AP calculus and am self studying Calculus 2, multivariable calculus, and linear algebra. keep in mind that this is all while stoned as fuck. I started smoking weed and it enabled me to focus. give me some mathematics to study when I'm sober, and I'm really good at it . give it to me when I'm stoned, and im great at it; visualizing graphs, making connections to the real world,etc. It helps me get into a deeper state of concentration
atoche93 same here before I became disabled I worked 60 hour weeks and never missed a day. I smoke weed everyday but when I used to work I wouldn't touch cannabis at work and would have a couple of blunts every night to relax. I now use cannabis as pain relief and for my mental health (in other words if I didn't smoke cannabis I'd go mental as I'm virtually housebound.
Legal or illegal people will still smoke.
That is not the question. Will Fat Cats force us to pay their fines & force us to hire Lawyer's in order to smoke. That's the way it is now. I say "I don't need your permission, fat cat bitch".
And crack too
@@eddygci8 not you comparing weed to crack
@@eddygci8 th-cam.com/video/ddsZTFSfXaw/w-d-xo.html
well that's a lie because i havent got thc bud or any other form for ten years. its more to target key players.
It's so annoying because he 100% believes that it should not be illegal. But he can't say it for political reasons. Politicians need to start doing what's right, not what's right for them, their parties or their sponsors.
The thing is, they can't get in office or stay in office if they do what they think is right. It's a fucking circle of corruption.
exactly
Or a circle of compromise. Just because the people you support are getting pushed in a way you dont like, doesn't mean it's corrupt.
Brodie Grant if people are getting pushed then yes, it is corrupt. whether i like it or not.
Gareth Wareth
you're saying people getting pressured by legitimate parts of the electorate is corrupt? geez, as much as I'm pro-legalisation, that is a stupid thing to say.
Alcohol is a substance which causes depression, violence , and even death alcohol is also the ONlY gateway to harder drugs like cocaine. Marijuana causes peace, happiness, success and can even help people get off of or completely stay away from hard drugs like myself.
+k bee sounds like ur speaking from your experiences, that doesn't mean it applies to everyone. I personally have had bad experiences with marijuana, i'm not against it but i dont think its such a magic drug that people make it out to be. I totally agree that alcohol is much more damaging in certain ways especially over long periods of time, but the viewpoint that marijuana only causes good things and nothing negative and bad can come of it is just plain ignorant really
18 people know wats up you mafuckaz need to be educated
+k bee Haram is haram at the end of the day brother.
+k bee i think if it wasnt for cannabis i would be an alcoholic
+jfk shooter Its your own falt using that shit. If you think you are addicted...then stop thinking. Its a mind game and you have gone to FAR.
Marijuana causes peace, happiness and hunger... NOTHING WRONG THERE
for many americans cheeseburgers are also a bad habit. should we get rid of burger king then?
Well marijuana use DOES tend lead to burger king anyways so...
Mark Rebok NO it lead most into the kitchen where you make something....
Yes, we should get rid of Burger King. And all other garbage fast food restaurants.
sugar has more harmful affects than smoking weed should we rid he world of sugar?t
Or cigarettes.
No man should be able to tell another what he can and cannot do to his own body.
+housemartin555 Yes, but that's not the concern. It's what they do when or after they do whatever it is to their body. I agree that yes, it should be legalized, but to put it in the way you put it is not right. Because the opposing argument in this case is that of what one will do to another if one does this to their own body.
This video centralizes about what someone will do to another if they smoke cannabis. What someone does to their own body is no one elses business but their own, but if another person is put in danger because of what another person did to their own body, then it becomes a problem because someone is risking the health and safety of another. It no longer becomes a matter of what someone wants to do to themselves but what someone will do to someone else.
But yes, I agree. No one should tell you what to do, unless it endangers the safety of another.
Yes, I do agree it should be legalized fully. 100% Support.
Just saying(this doesn't involve what I said earlier) that the price for cannabis should go down as well, maybe to a little bit more then the costs of cigarettes! This is because it will be legal to grow federally and because the high demand, the production will go up and so the cost will go down!
+Zack James (zjames244) honestly i don't care what one does to another on drugs they try the same with a gun owner it's bound to end differently self defense should be pushed more than drug fearing propaganda just saying those who want a drug will get said drug and you cant stop that you can only empower gangs because it's harder to get
+housemartin555 according to you, meth should be legal right?
the only reason its illegal is the industrial prison complex. they don't give a single fuck if you're safe
OH MY GOD OH MY GOD THAT IS 100000000000000000000000000% TRUE OMG SO FUCKING TRUE
He literally said "harder drugs," leaving marijuana from that category. That's the giveaway.
Ahh. You guys swallow anything ?
He'll fuck both of us over again, and again.
Vote Trump if you really want cannabis to be legalized.
Trump for president.
Ahmed Kazikian yup a gateway to the fridge!?! But seriously this magical plant should never have been made illegal anywhere on our beautiful planet!?! If there is a god he or she put it here for us all to use!?!
@@darraghfarrell9024 facts, people don't realise how good it is, we were literally meant to smoke it. That's why we have cannabis receptors in our brain!!! And the amount of medical purposes it has is insane. It's healthier then basically all the meds ppl get prescribed these days.
Once the boomers die out, the next generation will see how good marijuana is and it will be accepted!!
@@Aqotics buddy are brain already makes cannabinoids and we have a cannabinoid system but the cannabinoid our brain produces is anandamide. Thc is also a cannabinoid but no, our endocannabinoid system isn't there for weed
@@RegulareoldNorseBoy still not legal buddy.
Just legalize it already
Alfred Alfred lmao
More traditional psychedelics such as lsd or shrooms should be legal before pot
@@naples4962 both should be legal but weed first. You can smoke weed everyday but you can't do psychedelics everyday
Alfred Alfred hahaha
@@naples4962 try telling that to govornment.
After all these years, I ask myself. Why is Obama being interviewed in a factory?
I didn’t even think about that until reading this.. 😂
He's just saying this to appease the old timers of this country. He knows damn well weed is virtually harmless. He used to smoke the stuff by the pound in Hawaii.
*sigh* He's saying that it can be harmful psychologically. If you get high to escape your problems, then you're abusing drugs. Simple as that. Obama is drawing upon his own history. He knows that if he points fingers people will be less likely to listen. So he uses himself as an example.
If you think about it, he's kind of like Batman, in that he's a symbol of a lot of people's problems. The truth is that a lot of people nowadays abuse drugs because they're unhappy with their life. The truth is never easy to hear, as Jack Nicholson would say.
Isheet Mypanz Plenty of things can be harmful psychologically, including TV, video games, and smartphones. Doesn't mean they should be illegal.
Isheet Mypanz Good statement my fellow big balls
***** You fucking killed me with that haaha
Good weed in Hawaii. Kona Gold is awesome.
smoking weed makes everything better
amen!
Great Dragon thats why you get high. Mind altering affects 😂
Great Dragon what does quitting cold turkey do to you because nothing eventful ever happens what do you think happens when you stop smoking?
@@jacobsabby2197 only very intense dreams for the first week and then back to normal. Craving is always there tho, but definitely not bad!!!
@@nickclark18 same goes for alcohol or nicotine so what's your point
Its 2015 can we please stop using the term "pot"
Pot
Luh Drake herb
Lol i say herb,tree,gas and dank
Luh Drake Why? I still use the term "dope." Ey..you wanna smoke some dope?
Luh Drake Gas? I never heard of gas. That's ridiculous.
this man's ability to articulate the most touchy subjects is unparalleled.
@@GeminoSmothers he’s actually laying the groundwork for decriminalization and also wanting it to stay in the hands of the people in corporations. He’s explaining something he has complex views on while he’s, being careful not to offend where he knows a majority of peoples opinion lies at the time he is speaking. He’s kind of really tight 😂
As someone who was addicted to weed for 7 years, got my medical card for "anxiety" (which only made it worse), and is now finally 5 months sober, I completely agree with everything Obama is saying in this vid.
From what I have observed in my 70 years,
there is a small percentage of people whose minds are
so weak they do become addicted to any excuse for
their failures.
@@tommybombadil8651 I think that percentage is quite large. I am one of those people and many people around me are the same.
@@maiamaiapapayayou do not define what he says lmaoooo hes literally saying congress should know what's best instead of the people actually using it.. who gives a fuck 😂😂
yea same weak is the wrong word but i’m not going to go to far to correct im a weed user and i believe in everything he said all things can get thrown out of moderation and anything can be abused more and more people have dopamine deficiency’s which are caused from these generations of drug dependency
What would everyone do if obama sparked up a blunt in a interview? it would be sick ahah
+Ronaldo D More importantly, what would police do? Arrest him and throw him in jail?
+Ronaldo D They would storm the WH and cart him off to prison.
It's legal in Washington though
+Kyle Winter he'd have to get recommendation from his doctor still
yo if im the presidents doctor im doin whatever the fuck he wants me to do
"Marijuana abuse", that's a new one.
*sigh* People will never get what "marijuana abuse" means because their subconscious likes to keep it that way. Drug abuse isn't just physical. There's also the mental aspect of it all. When you get high to escape your normal situation then you are a drug abuser.
I said that without much thought. True enough, anything can be abused.. food, work, etc.
Isheet Mypanz You're right. I've used marijuana for so many years, to escape my own world, and put a haze over my problems. The trouble is, I'm now 26 and the haze has drifted over my goals and aspirations. I must be in that small percent that gets mentally addicted. I quit 9 days ago, and I quit tobacco 8 months ago. I still cough up remnants from the burned marijuana (not the tobacco). Though I enjoyed it, and would have it legalized in a heartbeat, there is more to life for me. Its hard to achieve your goals when you're high all the time. Some people just cant toke on the weekends.
I think you said it well. Just have to remember, this is TH-cam. You WILL be criticized.
Dude I abuse marijuana all the time. Knowutimsayn?
they need to legalize it or ban cigs alchahol and all that
+TERRY TOTH Apparently you know nothing about the Great Depression and why we don't ban alcohol anymore. Also alcohol is a huge money making market, and much bigger than cannabis. Alcohol isn't going anywhere, because we learned that from the Great Depression.
+Sharmayne Scott prohibition had nothing to do with the great depression...the market is controlled by the richest to buy up cheap property
+Sharmayne Scott i know im late but weed has been illegal for 80 years and it has still been prominent in the 80 years. It didn't go away bc they made it illegal it just lost them money and made our jails full
+Marshall Walker the prohibition is what accelerated the great depression. America did not run the same in the 30a as it does today. Thanks to WWI and WWII there were not that many rich people running the country. Most people were poor those days. You should read up on the 1930s a bit more before saying something like that. The rich were centralized in Europe during that time and America took a lot of its ideas from European culture. Corporations were not mainstream until the 1950s thanks to WWI and WWII. Most people in the early 1900s worked in a factory, general store, or were in the military. Those were not high salary jobs.
Marijuana helps my anxious ADD. It helps me calm down and I'm actually able to focus on school. What sounds better? A natural herbal plant or a synthetic drug?
I want weed to be legal but the whole natural argument is dumb. Datura is natural but it literally causes early dementia
*Sugar*
What synthetic stuff
Cannabis is plant not a drug
Making a plant illegal is like saying God made a mistake.
RawB0x even thought i'm not religious. it is a quote from Bob Marley
thx stating the obvious
+RawB0x same could be said for circumcision.
+A Friend loot from 10 hours of playing runescape while high? Kappa
+A Friend And it should be.
He makes his best point at the end, though. As the legalization train is coming, it is vital we the people not let cannabis be taken over by the likes of Marlboro or Proctor & Gamble, heaven forbid, I pray I do not see that day. And let's not ignore industrial hemp, which has numerous benefits as well for agriculture. Good day.
Everyone seems to forget that cannabis is a plant. Plants are natural to the earth & simply put a company can't claim ownership over a plant. Thats one of the reasons it is currently illegal, companies can't control something that can be grown at home.
Luke Webster cannabis is illegal because of William R. Hurst. Good day to you as well
Yeah that man is the main reason for cannabis being illegal but I don't want to mention the name of a man, who's decisions lead to deforestation, false portrayal of Black people (Aswell as Jazz & people who use cannabis in general),the suffering of people who need cannabis to treat their illnesses & ultimately helped in the creation of organized crime. This mans greed is the cause of alot suffering in the world today.
Luke Webster Amen.
Hallelelujah!
Where are they sitting, car factory ?
why they in a engine factory tho 💀
Obama wants to say the facts about cannabis but he can't! If he was your buddy and you guys were talking at lunch and you asked him should Cannabis be legal? He'd say yes.
Well he used to be a pot smoker. Probably still does occasionally. He's a hypocrite.
So was Bush n Clinton.
+K B He's not trying to be hypocritical. There are people controlling what he says. It's not Barack Obama talking. It's somebody in a sealed room.
+Cole Hooper YEP! You can tell how he's talking. Canada will be decriminalizing Cannabis soon. The shit shouldn't be illegal anywhere. Google why was cannabis criminalized in the US, mainly racism.
+Louise Sturm Kind of. They did it to benefit their business but a couple of them did use racist propaganda. Saying black people who smoke weed are violent rapists that are the worst of society.
Obama clearly tries to dodge these questions with unrelated answers. And I never knew that Belize was a part of the US. Seems so at least since American troops can just do whatever they want and enforce marijuana eradication in my country. Leave our enforcement to our enforcers! That is why we have our own governmentOur own laws, and our own soldiers.
i watch this video and he didn't realy dodge the question he gave his opinion on the subject
Britain need to make Weed legal! The more Weed, the less crime...
Explain to me "abuse of marijuana" someone. These suits don't have a clue.
You abuse marijuana when you're uncomfortable with your position in life. Many people, especially teenagers, aren't sure of their identity yet and use drugs as a way to escape the questions in their head.
Isheet Mypanz
but its not really abuse, its just a use of weed, abusing weed would mean that too much weed would do certain things, which it might, but isnt that the same for pretty much anything? further more, why is weed illigal and not alchohol? whats more dangerous to abuse? mhm
@darkarmos gets it. Identity my ass. How many teens have died from abusing marijuana? How many people period? None have been proven without a doubt. Anyone that says someone abuses marijuana doesn't know anything about it. When cannabis leads to a cure for aids or cancer there are gonna be some people feeling stupid. All we are doing is waisting time. Look up what CBD does for people with MLS and autistic kids hell all kinds of illnesses. I'm not a dr. And I can't rattle off all these illnesses but I know I've smoked this plant for 20 years off and on and I've battled with alcoholism. The cannabis isn't a problem. The alcohol is. It's almost completely ruined me. How can alcohol be legal but not marijuana? WAKE UP!
It's often just a poor interpretation of language that's highly interpret-able. Marijuana "abuse" is mostly based in compulsion; it's temporarily incapacitating, it can be a channel to withdraw and it costs money. "Abuse" in the context of consumption, is usually signified by an isolating factor that poses a more immediate risk to your health.. Thou there can be somewhat comparable risks to tobacco "abuse" pending your selected intake, addiction is really the more suitable term for both, despite the lack of "physical" addiction present in marijuana use; like shopping addiction - compulsive,,, rather than "shopping abuse".... don't buy cosmetic paraphernalia from criminals kids and don't apply cosmetics under the influence, unless you want to terrorize Gotham at night.
***** Poor diet causes more premature deaths than alcohol and marijuana combined (that was only half of a joke); some research has also shown that sugar is more chemically addictive then crack cocaine. Consider the possibility that your marijuana use only correlates with your more dangerous addictive behaviors, and did not/ does not actually cause them. Your addiction to marijuana could be unique among your struggles and also very telling, as it's the only one listed that is not "physically addictive". Such abuse typically stems from compulsive and impulsive behaviors, which often manifest from underlying anxieties and negative thoughts. It can be the difference between someone who exercises to look good, and someone who exercises while abusing steroids but can never fulfill their need to "look good" enough. But Good News, you may very well have the kind of personality that can deal with this properly. Seeing marijuana in a negative light is much easier to overcome, then seeing something like steroid abuse in a positive light.
Your issues might be more fundamental to your brain chemistry; and it would only make sense for your oldest, most practiced habits to be the hardest to let go. When dealing with psychological barriers there's a great power in the habitual practice of positive reinforcement. Anxiety is a killer, because when it's your emotional response to think that a frequented behavior is detrimental to your health, it usually is. I know it's easy to under cook the fact that we use these kind of behaviors as an escape; not always realizing that what's needed isn't necessary the absence of a behavior, but a more suitable response to control anxiety and other negative impulses. ... what's important is, that all necessary and implicated parties feel good about the situation.
Everyone has their battles with compulsive behavior in attempts to feel more: weed is my substance of choice; I smoked pot when i was a teen, heavily in my late teens, causally and controlled in my 20s.. the physical effects of marijuana can be negligible at worst, but dependency is never negligible (for better or worse). If your perceived dependency of marijuana has been ultimately destructive to your life and thought process, it would be very logical and beneficial to attempt simulating its desired effects with something that you don't perceive as a negative. Experiment with many alternate relaxation techniques, and maybe try adopting positive daily rituals instead of toking... find out what actually works for you and try to find a happy medium.
Every day, multiple times a day, I use (mostly) shadow boxing as a surrogate for the kind of aggression (and attempt to feel more) that can carry serious physical repercussions. So....If marijuana is preventing you from forming positive habits, use the temporary comfort you find in smoking to incrementally substitute for a goal. Find a more accommodating, easier dealt with variation of your goal... and tell yourself, "i'm not going to let marijuana stop me from doing this." Then reduce the intake of cannabis, and increase the intensity of your goal. Before I started to routinely shadow box, I routinely used a heavy bag to develop and re-target the sensation; I also smoked pot while hitting the heavy bag to partially re-associate what being "high" could feel like to me. Today for me, shadow boxing (and a few other outlets:) is meditation, relaxation and a kind of escape that's almost every bit as of gratifying as smoking weed and smashing fools was/is. And on a daily basis, almost getting the best of both worlds is the best tool for management that your gunna find. There's a great power in the habitual practice of positive reinforcement, you just need some seed of an idea to start the proper emotional response.
I agree that it needs to stay out of the hands of big corporations and I also believe there needs to be laws around the plant like
Purity standards(organic pesticide free non gmo)
An individual of age 21+ or medical patient should be able to grow up to 4 plants for personal use
Everyone who is against weed is willfully ignorant. When I was a freshman in high school, I hated weed despite not knowing anything about it. I ended up meeting a friend who told me the truths about it, not the spoon fed lies the state gave me, and was so surprised to find out it actually worked wonders for my eating disorder, depression and ADHD. I then realized it's an outrage that a plant that grows naturally and has never killed a single person is something that can get you locked up. How are we, as a democracy and supposedly the freest nation on Earth, still prohibiting a plant with many medicinal benefits and uses? Legalize it now! Tax it and create thousands of jobs and build/improve schools. It's the common sense thing to do, President Obama.
+Tyler Barker totally agree with you. I was always taught that weed was bad for you and that I shouldn't do it. Some of my friends started doing it and I was worried that I would start doing it. Finally I said "fuck it" and I smoked and it was the complete opposite of what I was taught. I don't need it everyday, I'm a college student and things can get stressful, so usually to ease my stress I smoke, and it works
*cough* *cough* trump
Obama looks high af!
A lot of ignorant comments below. I'm 16 and let me say to the people who think legalization will make weed easier for their kids to get....hahahahano. Legalization makes it harder to get by decreasing the market for illicit pot. No dispensary is going to sell to a 12 year old, chill. If I wanted to smoke right now I could get some delivered in 10 mins. Its not that hard to get when its illegal. Also, Im tired of the 40 yr old mothers trolling youtube with archaic facts such as "it gives you cancer" and "kills brain cells". This has proven to be just the opposite, there are many studies by reputable institutions that show that weed has anticancer properties, and even is nueroprotective. Its funny really. More than 4,000 years (prob a lot more) of recorded use and the last 100 is the only time in those 4,000 it has ever been demonized. I love how we Christians demonize it the most when it was God who put it on the planet for us. " And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which [is] the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. Genesis 1:29 ". Pretty straightforward. (BTW, Weed is a seed bearing plant or "herb"). Even the Romans used it medicinally, even as a Christian entity. It was made illegal for economic purposes in the early 20th century, not for any safety reasons. Heck, nobody knew what the hell "marijuana" was, but cannabis was a staple crop and medicine in the USA. GEORGE WASHINGTON himself grew it. If thats not American, I don't know what is.Google some scientific studies on MJ, you'll be amazed.Thanks and sorry for the rant.
Amazing comment right here.
"Do what you want, but don't do it around me"
- The Offspring
um why do you have a picture of Gary Busiey
You mean Bad Religion?
Okay... well, ever since I started smoking cannabis I quit taking anti-depressants & my withdrawal symptoms were bearable, THANKS to Marijuana. I stopped drinking alcohol & quit smoking cigarettes... but wait... I actually started to THINK & began to question the government... interesting:).
Just like how the saying goes. 5 drunk guys start a fight and 5 high guys start a band.
Why did he evade the schedule one narcotic question?
I'd like to know why too
Here's the thing he lied to us throughout his campign promising he will legalized marijuana, did we get it? Nope! He had DEA raid a legal Dispensary that's how hyporcrite he is.
He didn't evade the question. This isn't a strict Q&A. If you really try to analyze what he's saying, and not just viewing him in black and white, then you'll realize that he makes a very valid point about how marijuana is subject to abuse, just like any other drug. Many "potheads" don't like to think this is true because they have been convinced that smoking weed isn't a bad thing at ALL. It's a bad thing when you get high in order to get away from your problems. Not all do this, but a large portion of potheads do this.
Isheet Mypanz Damn straight, though I believe that the herb being illegal is a pothead's main problem.
I like how this comes up 8 years after he gets elected
Aidan Vitsentzos And 8 mins before he lights up a fat joint himself...
actually, just to clarify, this was in 2014 and a lot has changed over the years and he has held much of the same belief since his first campaign. Just not as outspoken as this 2 year old video.
nice interview, but why are they shooting it in a factory?? -____-
I saw this video 10 years ago. And now I’m seeing it again. I can confidently say that smoking pot and drinking are totally different 🤣
All politicians talk big on legalization but not when doing their job.
Damn 2 term limit.
I love Obama. He answers everything so calm and smoothly
President this is nice and all, but about that debt issue...
Agreed completely. Why are we focused on a plant that has 0 reported deaths rather then our debt with china and multiple other countries.
Tell George Bush that, it was already fucked up when Obama got here, don't expect a miracle fix in an 8 year span, it was far gone before he came.
If he was asked about the debt I'm sure he would have answered. He was asked about pot.
Well if you legalize marijuana, It will help get rid of that debt.
Kennedy had three years and he fixed what was amassing to be a national debt crisis, he doubled the debt in one term. He's not a good leader.
A reporter asks a tough question and the person doesn't throw a hissy fit, how refreshing
I think weed is more easily accessible for the younger generation now, than it would be if it were legalized and regulated. But then again, do we want corporate America to be messing with the quality and content of our weed? I mean, look at the tobacco industry.
I don't hate Obama. He remains a better option than most that have taken the helm for this country. But that isn't saying much, and doesn't mean he is a good leader. He is so full of shit (specifically on the topic of the drug war) that it is mind-blowing. He plays the safe/politically correct/neutral position on so many issues that it is sickening. I don't even care if you are wrong, but stop flip-flopping to save your own ass, and AT LEAST STAND FOR SOMETHING.
BERNIE SANDERS 2016. Best presidential candidate I have ever seen (JFK & Ron Paul are the only ones who compare). This man stands for genuine truth, personal freedoms, strengthening the middle class, and providing a prosperous future for this world's youth. If you don't vote for him in this upcoming election (especially considering the snakes running against him) SHAME ON YOU!
+xfactor541 hes a horrible president not because what he stands for because if it was like that it he would be cool but the fact he's spent more money then every president combined makes him horrible, jfk yes was a great president to bad what happened to him because he saved our ass from the missile crisis and could have helped more. and ron paul wtf I know its what you believe but ron paul didn't save are ass from the great depression like good old teddy, if we had another teddy we would be out of debt. But back on big chief spendin all are money. Most of you might hate bush, even I hate bush a little bit but aleast the man didn't fund the whole secret service to go on his vacation to fuckin some tropical place with his family, no you know what he did he went to his house in texas and payed on his dollar instead of tax money and even then he would have a bigger excuse to take a huge vacation. he dealt with 9/11 in his time and you know what he tried fixing that problem before hoppin on a jet to Jamaica, the man we have now is scum he promised so much shit that I didn't even support but what a lot of people voted for and turned his back on his word and then fucked us with a health care system that a lot of people in this country cant afford due to lack of jobs and he knows this so, people will have to pay a heafty fee to go to a debt he didn't start but he racked it up more than 3 times so tell me how hes a good or ok president tell me one good thing that came out of his shit 8 year term.
+xfactor541 and strengthen the middle class your sick as well man that's fuck up and I'm middle class, I would rather see a change in poverty and us getting taxed a little more then making my live easier and theirs shit. We our out of poverty or probably never been in it they cant get out because even if they get a job for min how the fuck does that pay for college degree gonna flip burger the rest your life for that. Fuck tat I would be sellin narcotics too atleast it get the money in And helping the upper classes thats like pressing the red button that gives you a million dollars but takes some ones life in return their always a consequence and that one if fucking 80 to 90%. There is a downfall to every decision that what everyone needs to learn the best president makes the hard decision and doesn't make it better on his side of the table. I smoke weed and I think Colorado legalizing mary jane is good but kids cant find the parents shit now and get exposed a young age or they mistake an edible for one their cookies that shit happens and it sucks, no president wants to be responsible for legalizing a so called drug be the can get heavily judged but you know what all that shit where the kids find the stash still could never make up for Colorado in one year being the richest state, you fuckin see their tax returns its crazy.
+E WALL 80 to 90% of the people
+xfactor541 beside my horrific grammar errors I feel like this a good point
+E WALL got something to say do you?...lol...Just joking with you
I think it's exciting that the president would speak so mildly of marijuana, and that is certainly a huge step forward, but objectively speaking, alcohol is WAY worse of a drug overall than pot, and I will also stand by my assertion that pot is almost completely harmless. Occasional toking has so many wonderful benefits that I won't get into here, but on the other side of the coin, I will say that it has POTENTIAL for abuse, as many stoners smoke it abusively, meaning 24/7, and I wholeheartedly concede that that is quite unhealthy. Not even close to as unhealthy as alcoholism though. I could probably write a rather thick book regarding the reasons as to why, but I'll just conclude by noting that this is coming from someone who has used both drugs quite heavily in the past. (Yes, alcohol is a drug.)
Luckily there r no big corporations handeling this legalization fight
i never thought of that
People should have the choice to do what they want to their own bodies. No victim no crime.
PointlessReality They already do. Millions of people smoke weed recreationally and there's no issue.
The question is what is any science to law defining criminal? The origins to law are social transgressions or the intent to harm another individual or their property; property is any human extension which has an emotional attachment; Law enforcement itself is a form of transgression in the force to an authoritarian obedience to corporal punishment as a form of correction to fall in line to the insidious nature of materialist conformity.
You got people smoking on cancer sticks (cigarettes) but marijuana is illegal. Get tf outta hereeee! 😂
+Indea P. Any combustible plant material that is smoked could cause cancer. Let's not be the type that pretends the truth isn't true. We got plenty of those in D.C.
+Enrico Suave You can vape it or eat it, tincture it... you don't have to smoke it.
marijuana can prevent cancer if used in the right way just don't smoke it everyday
"....the levels of abuse that may take place, are gonna be higher." lol Really? Do you honestly think the amount of my daily consumption will be higher? I have news for you, weed is everywhere right now. Everywhere. And super easy to get. The gas station is further then my weed man.
Would you rather face a pissed off drunk with a gun? Or a stoner who can't figure out how to turn the safety off?
Wonderful green-screen technology. The perimeters and the chairs tell all.
8 years and no progress on marijuana. Nobama
Despite his oblique Harvard-lawyer ways, President Obama seems to be making sense. On this subject. And on this occasion. When he said earlier that marijuana is no more dangerous than alcohol he should have said it is far LESS dangerous than alcohol. His concern about the big corporations taking over is realistic, though.
***** I would much rather live in this "non-free country" with order than a "free" one without rules and chaos, where someone can rape my daughter and not get punished, where anyone can do anything they want no matter how evil and get away with it.
Grimxonic Well if you don't defend yourself thats whats going to happen, even with govt. and police that goes on so your solution doesn't work either...
many people live off the grid while defending, feeding and entertaining themselves just fine without the govt.
It's people who "rather live in this non-free country" who are feeding the Corporate system that is unnessary and is keeping people who want this country to be free from acheiving a FREE COUNTRY
***** That made no sense, I'm sorry. You should be the one waking up. Your opinion or what you think is fact just too circumstantial.
*Sigh* The unfortunate outcome of parents leaving their children unsupervised on the internet.
Romesh, don't let these idiots get to you. They have clearly gotten to me.
Wow that was some amazing jiberish
Lol dude its such a useless interview because the whole time hes trying his best to appear a favor of both sides because extremists dont get a lot of support.
Crazy how far we’ve come
Difference is if I drink six or seven beers I'm absolutely fucked the next day and of no use to anyone whereas if I smoke a joint or two I wake up with a totally clear head and go about my day.
Pot actually has positive health effects and is used as medicine for headache.. But alcohol doesn't have positive health effects
Tapper: What are your thoughts on marijuana? Obama: Uhhh....ya know.....uhhhhhh......I don’t know. 🤦🏽♂️
When I was drunk I was fighting and got arrested when I am high I shake his hand and he's my bestie
Work it fuckin out people
The worst that can happen when you consume a lot of Marijuana: You feel asleep 😃
making something illegal/prohibited will make people want to try it.
Well said.
4 drunk guys will start a fight, 4 baked guys will start a band
6 years later....NOTHING HAS CHANGED
It’s crazy how times have changed.
Damn that big ass 12 cylinder monster ass engine on that make shaft is dank!
Politicians always sneak around any questions there asked.
When looking at the thumbnail for this vid, I thought it was jars full of bud on the shelf behind him
Basicly what he says is that, its not harmless but it can be used in respoibly.
If alcohol is legal, weed should be too. Whether you smoke or not, some tax dollars are better than none.
So he's basically saying that if it's legalized, people will abuse the use of marijuana, therefore it should remain illegal. Firstly, keeping it illegal isn't going to stop someone from using marijuana, and secondly, in a free society we have the right to do whatever we want when it concerns our body so long as it isn't affecting anyone else, it's none of the government's business. Both cigarettes and alcohol are legal but I partake in neither; don't need the government to protect me from myself. Overeating can lead to health problems and shorter lifespans, but I eat within my needs; don't need the government to protect me from myself.
Speaking of food there are 300,000 emergency room visits per year by people under the age of 18 due to allergic reactions to food. Eight foods account for 90% of all allergic reactions: milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, wheat, fish, and shellfish. Since Obama thinks the government's duty is to protect people from themselves, I wonder if he'd say that the eight listed foods need to be banned?
Deaths per year from Tobacco in the U.S. - 480,000
Deaths per year from Alcohol in the U.S. - 88,000
Deaths per year from Drunk-Driving in the U.S. - 10,000
Deaths per year from Prescription Drugs in the U.S. - 100,000
Deaths per year from Marijuana in the World - 0
it was interesting how he oozed around that question
“another big issue is the legalization of marijuana” THATS A BIG “ISSUE”. Bruh priorities brothaaa
A small issue becomes a big issue if not addressed after 70 years.
Said “uh” 24 times. What a great public speaker.
He needs a teleprompter. He read his way to the white house. He reads real good.
Society should deal with the ABUSERS.
Totally agree
THATS THE BEST NON ANSWER IVE EVER HEARD
I've never seen Obama grope for words like this when answering a question, He seemed to find it more difficult than lighting that joint in college and blowing the smoke into the camera. But he raises a valid point, what if Wal-Mart started peddling.
anyone who grew up in Hawaii knows that weed is part of their island culture.
So true.
+Dizzy Duke were bringing this up because Obama lived in Hawaii and smoked a lot as a child (as did I). It is crazy that he hasn't fought harder. Especially from his own personal experiences. What does he know?
***** it's legal in Amsterdam
Hell ya my dude Barry Obama used to blow down back in the day you already know
come on we know.... based on facts that marijuana is a lot safer then alcohol cigarettes or any other street drug out there?? can I get a thumbs up?
My guy was able to say yes I'm against weed without being against weed
I am the biggest pot head and I think I’m a very down to earth person friendly and love to meet new people.
Marijuana-Schedule 1 drug
Cocaine-Schedule 2 drug.
Makes perfect fucking sense.
bring this guy back man
We was probably high while doing this interview 😂
Why is this interview taken place in Fast & Furious?
We, as the human race should make the criminalisation of cannabis, a criminal offence.
This generation is probably gonna make it legal
Why are they in a factory talking about weed ? xD
Got a Snopp Dogg commercial before this 😂
I drive high everyday. Literally. Everyday for 15 years
Is it legal?
@@GreenSpace314 don’t fucking care
anyone notice how the ad before the video was about how marijuana is bad for your brain but the ad is sponsored by a tobbaco company
He handle it so well
idc if they legalize or not, ima smoke as much as i want because im not harming anyone. people going too jail over a natural plant is absurd, when cigs are killing thousands yearly. weed has 0 deaths and always will. thats america for you, and lets not forget about alcohol related deaths.
We have come a long way as a country in a relative short amount of time. Here's to continuing progress!
Holy shit!? Weed is classified as the same as heroin in the states!?? I never knew that, that is crazy!
The reason why it’s so hard to legalize is because so many have been prosecuted already especially for those who be in the trenches.