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- President Biden issues sweeping pot pardons after years pushing the war on drugs. It comes as both parties are now open to ending parts of the drug war. MSNBC chief legal correspondent Ari Melber reports on new calls to decriminalize pot after Biden pardons and how the drug war targets the poor and minorities.
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20 years for possession? That's more than rapists and some murderers.
Yup. And it's obscene and always was. It deliberately destroyed so many people, families, and communities.
It's also more time than the insurrectionists at the Capitol who committed sedition are getting.
California newspaper mogul Randolf Hurst wanted hemp banned since it competed with his pine forest paper making forests. The first dollar bills were made of hemp paper. Cannabis was traded in the Steppe region 5000 yrs ago. We are still coming out of a serious Dark Age. It was not about the drug but the paper: and yes racism and general cultural bigotry and biomedical ignorance. Hemp is one of the most valuable plants on earth. In ancient Ayurveda it is given as "Siddhi" to pregnant women for pain. It does not cause birth defects unlike legal tobacco alcohol and yes caffeine, food dyes, sugar etc. The Hemp Plant is ecological and used for paper, cloth, medecine, edible protein, cooking and machine oil, animal feed etc. Time to take the world back from insane leaders and religious bigots.
That's more than Trump will get for violating the Espionage Act (which has teeth) and the Presidential Records Act (which is toothless), and probably the Sedition act as well.
It was his 3rd strike. Thats why. A repeat offender felon. Thats why.
@@Brando23Commando There have been plenty of cases that weren't repeat offenders going back to the 1970s. They jailed a disabled man for possession of one joint that he was going to use for pain. He's one of the lucky people who got an early release because no one wanted to deal with his medical needs. Either you are too young to know or you're grossly misinformed.
Our prime Minister legalized pot in Canada several years ago. No increase in crime or traffic accidents, & more tax revenue for the government. Even our most conservative politicians have shut up about it.
Stick to what happens in your country. We'll deal with ours.
@@kelperdude
Matt can opine on any subject/country he wants to.
You aren't going to stop him, maga groupie.
How about every person who is anti abortion worry about their own offspring, and stop trying to force others to follow their own beliefs?
@@kelperdude “we’ll deal with our”? You sure about that cowboy?! Haha start with mass shootings/homelessness/drug abuse/healthcare the list goes on and on, just start “dealing with it” Cowboy!
@@kelperdude -- wake up damned near half the states have done and found to be true what this Canadian said
Thanks my Canadian friend from your neighbor in Washington, I've always liked Vancouver, beautiful place and beautiful people 👍
"A wise man changes his mind sometimes, but a fool never. To change your mind is the best evidence you have one." ― Desmond Ford Read
Excellent! Thanks, David.
Truly words of wisdom and true intelligence. Thanks for sharing.
Wonderful quote!
Who is Desmond Ford Read? I googled the name & only got to Desmond Ford & he is a prolific Christian writer & has many devoted followers….not something I usually like about someone! But still a good quote that makes me think perhaps he has an open mind & hopefully doesn’t spread hate& divisive philosophy
Amen
Respect Ari! Should never have been classified as schedule 1 controlled substance.
What he said.
I am testifying that drugs & crime go hand in hand.
If there's a neighborhood racked with burglaries? You go after the drug users?
And you see the crimes go down statistically.
Hand in hand.
Drugs will bind us to Mexico... and China.
If you're ok with being owned by those 2 countries? Go for it.
What countries is hunter Biden, in tight with?
California newspaper mogul Randolf Hurst wanted hemp banned since it competed with his pine forest paper making forests. The first dollar bills were made of hemp paper. Cannabis was traded in the Steppe region 5000 yrs ago. We are still coming out of a serious Dark Age. It was not about the drug but the paper: and yes racism and general cultural bigotry and biomedical ignorance. Hemp is one of the most valuable plants on earth. In ancient Ayurveda it is given as "Siddhi" to pregnant women for pain. It does not cause birth defects unlike legal tobacco alcohol and yes caffeine, food dyes, sugar etc. The Hemp Plant is ecological and used for paper, cloth, medecine, edible protein, cooking and machine oil, animal feed etc. Time to take the world back from insane leaders and religious bigots.
Drug was was them mind controling people to become addicts, they are also the drug smugglers and dealer's.. literally the gov is our ENSLAVERS, sadly most has been caught up in fights and drama or everyone would KNOW
I've been smoking pot for 39 years. I've never tried any other drugs don't drink alcohol. Every single word ever spoken against weed is wrong. It helps me deal with CPTSD and extreme anxiety, plain and simple!
You're just a beginner ✌️🤩
@@hodaka1000 lol ikr
California newspaper mogul Randolf Hurst wanted hemp banned since it competed with his pine forest paper making forests. The first dollar bills were made of hemp paper. Cannabis was traded in the Steppe region 5000 yrs ago. We are still coming out of a serious Dark Age. It was not about the drug but the paper: and yes racism and general cultural bigotry and biomedical ignorance. Hemp is one of the most valuable plants on earth. In ancient Ayurveda it is given as "Siddhi" to pregnant women for pain. It does not cause birth defects unlike legal tobacco alcohol and yes caffeine, food dyes, sugar etc. The Hemp Plant is ecological and used for paper, cloth, medecine, edible protein, cooking and machine oil, animal feed etc. Time to take the world back from insane leaders and religious bigots.
California newspaper mogul Randolf Hurst wanted hemp banned since it competed with his pine forest paper making forests. The first dollar bills were made of hemp paper. Cannabis was traded in the Steppe region 5000 yrs ago. We are still coming out of a serious Dark Age. It was not about the drug but the paper: and yes racism and general cultural bigotry and biomedical ignorance. Hemp is one of the most valuable plants on earth. In ancient Ayurveda it is given as "Siddhi" to pregnant women for pain. It does not cause birth defects unlike legal tobacco alcohol and yes caffeine, food dyes, sugar etc. The Hemp Plant is ecological and used for paper, cloth, medecine, edible protein, cooking and machine oil, animal feed etc. Time to take the world back from insane leaders and religious bigots.
It helps my CPTSD, too! The anxiety attacks don't come as often and/or aren't as severe.
Im a senior in Canada and was at the pot shop last week and i thought it was seniors day, 8 people in the pot shop were seniors
Canadian youth prefers lethal drugs such as crack and fentanyl
California newspaper mogul Randolf Hurst wanted hemp banned since it competed with his pine forest paper making forests. The first dollar bills were made of hemp paper. Cannabis was traded in the Steppe region 5000 yrs ago. We are still coming out of a serious Dark Age. It was not about the drug but the paper: and yes racism and general cultural bigotry and biomedical ignorance. Hemp is one of the most valuable plants on earth. In ancient Ayurveda it is given as "Siddhi" to pregnant women for pain. It does not cause birth defects unlike legal tobacco alcohol and yes caffeine, food dyes, sugar etc. The Hemp Plant is ecological and used for paper, cloth, medecine, edible protein, cooking and machine oil, animal feed etc. Time to take the world back from insane leaders and religious bigots.
Every day is Seniors' Day😊
Legalize it and don’t criticize it.
I am that I am . One of the greatest albums from Peter Tosh
Word ❤️💛💚
Yes, indeed. 2022 and still I have to introduce people to Peter Tosh's music.
Totally! I mean, how many songs can use the word "neurothrombosis."?
@@humanforotherhumans My brother introduced me to Feel No Way 7 years ago. Great song. only knew the most well known of his songs. He got a great earthy voice.
Legalize it and I am that I am are 2 different albums, right? One in 76 and the other in 77?
Peter is ridiculously under-rated as a singer, musician, and as a civil rights crusader.
Thank you very much. Well said.
As a big reggae fan , I consider him on Mount Rushmore
@@rod2512771 Along with Bob Marley. Peter and Bob's wishes finally coming through?
Yah Mon!!!!!
Peace & Love✌🐦
Underrated by who?
Linton Kwesi Johnson 🇯🇲🇬🇧
Ari man I love you, you speak truth to the problem thank you my friend
"The fact of the Watergate cover-up is not nearly as interesting as the step into making the cover-up. And when you understand the step, you understand that Richard Nixon lied. That he was a criminal."
~~Bob Woodward
Same Bob Woodward who decided to sell a book as opposed to exposing Trump's failure with the pandemic as soon as he admitted lying on purpose.
I feel like the main reason that marijuana is considered a gateway drug because you have to go to the drug dealers house and sometimes they don't have what you're looking for when I was younger actually had a harder time getting alcohol then finding marijuana facts
Somebody said "I'm glad Willie Nelson is still alive to see this!!!
God Bless Mr.Willie Nelson !
Beto O’ROURKE running for governor in Texas said he will legalize it when he becomes governor for his friend Willy Nelson. He also said he would overturn marihuana convictions. We’re trying here.
Thanks, Ari! I'm in my 70's. An old hippie. I remember it all very very well. The power-hungry good-for-nothing tricksters and swindlers drove me into the mountains. Then came the betrayal of Watergate. All that sick criminality floated up to the surface. And horror of horrors, Nixon was pardoned! Gah!!! Nixon lived out his days on his private estate in southern California. That "judgment" on his crimes was just plain wrong! What a terrible mistake that pardon was! * And now here we are again. Different men, different crimes. We have another ex-president and his disgusting enablers who MUST be held accountable! So much damage, so much pain. Enough!! * All that came up from the depths of my heart after watching your show tonight. Thank you for your work. I value it so much. Justice. We need Justice!
I am 77. Only just quit. No prob. No brain kidney etc damage unlike that legal drug alcohol.
Hemp the most valuable plant om earth. Used by early colonials if not for the drug, the cloth and paper.
California newspaper mogul Randolf Hurst wanted hemp banned since it competed with his pine forest paper making forests. The first dollar bills were made of hemp paper. Cannabis was traded in the Steppe region 5000 yrs ago. We are still coming out of a serious Dark Age. It was not about the drug but the paper: and yes racism and general cultural bigotry and biomedical ignorance. Hemp is one of the most valuable plants on earth. In ancient Ayurveda it is given as "Siddhi" to pregnant women for pain. It does not cause birth defects unlike legal tobacco alcohol and yes caffeine, food dyes, sugar etc. The Hemp Plant is ecological and used for paper, cloth, medecine, edible protein, cooking and machine oil, animal feed etc. Time to take the world back from insane leaders and religious bigots.
Same age and remember all of it. Retreated to solitude in mountains. TY for your story.
That’s why we get trump in a state but looks like it won’t happen.
Pardon incoming.
Effing politics. Game playing.
Yes,I am 70 ish too! The Marijuana saga has been horrible for many! The Humans of colors have suffered 😢suffered much and can never be made Whole 😢! When will Justice …….Humans lives stolen,destroyed! Legalize marijuana! And Legalize Prostitution!! It’s Legal in Nevada somewhere! The Government needs to get out of peoples lives…. If Alcohol 🥃 is legal so should marijuana-abortions~ prostitution! Peace ☮️ ❤
When marijuana was legalized the first question I asked was why weren't those arrested for minor 'pot" offenses released from prison. It's all BS
It doesn't change the fact that they broke the law at the time they were arrested and convicted.
If the law is unjust, then convictions under that law are also unjust.
The idea of correcting a wrong is beneath the IQ levels of many Americans.
@@mkself3231
Yeah right we must support a privatised prison system 🤑👍
@@hodaka1000 Must we?
"Instead of a war on poverty, they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me"
Tupac Shakur
Rest in peace Tupac
That's just the way it is .....some things will never change .
💙
So disturbing how many lives they’ve destroyed!!!
Ya. I just watched a short bideo clip yesterday of a yng man parlyzed from neck down. We see more n more of that and horrible car accidents due to the drinking n driving.
Ditto drugging n driving.
As our population has increased? So has the severity n frequency of bad injuries n mauled bodies increased :(
Theres 2 sides to this story...
So disturbing a dumb lesbian athlete had to get caught smuggling it in Russia during war times. In order for Joe to justify why swapping her for an arm dealer. In order for US smokers to be released from jail. ! That’s real disturbing.
@@sedg03 The data from legalized states and countries does not support your statements on pot legalization and automobile accidents. That will no longer work except to convince the ignorant.
Thank you for your Service, Ari! You are Appreciated 💜🙏🏽🕊️
As far as I'm concerned Marijuana/dope is a HERB not a drug
It's actually a flower.
He made the Herb for man . This is written in the Good book
Party on ✌️🤩👍
It is a drug. Such as coffee. Tobacco.
Tea
💚Legalize It💚 Peter Tosh is legendary 🇯🇲 R.I.P. my dude 🇯🇲
Thanks so very much for this spot on ‘walk down memory lane’. Thankfully President Biden finally got the ball rolling in the right direction for weed.
You are so correct about this being a crucial situation for individual states.
Half an ounce is a VERY small amount.
Thanks for highlighting Peter Tosh☮️
I'll take a tok on that good word 😎👍
Biden is one the clowns that created some of the harshest of these laws! Maybe guilt was getting to him?
Half an ounce is personal use. I hope this means we're seeing the end of these draconian laws.
@batgurrl .... Agreed. An excellent short overview by Ari about the pot laws and how they evolved. It is long overdue to strike down the criminal penalties for minor weed possession and use. It was quite informative to see Halderman outline how Nixon and the political system used criminal law to attempt to advance a political agenda. Why am I not surprised by that?
you missed the part where ari pointed out how biden was one the the dudes who pushed the ball to get it rolling in the first place.
The more I learn …it breaks my heart ❤️
Peter tosh does not get enough love!
I did not expect you to be breaking out some of the OG's of the rastafari scene.
Respect
I'm waiting for States to follow suit hopefully I can get mine expunged. I actually went to jail for a day, one day for a literal bowl pack. I pulled over to fix something on my car and it's sitting in my passenger seat, police officer pulled over to see if I needed help by the time I shut the hood he had already walked by the window and saw it. I asked him if I could chuck it across the train tracks and beyond my way because I was on my way to work, nope. I go to court expecting to get on probation or whatever and I end up going to jail for a day. I get into the booking and the guy asked me how much I got caught with and I told him what it was and he literally didn't make me change out of my clothes. He said go pick an open cell and we'll feed you and let you know when you can leave.
That's one my white privilege moments. I understood that if I was any other race, I likely would have gotten a lot longer. The fact that I would even get a day is a joke, being able to have that stuff off my record means literally I have no criminal record. I really hope Virginia follows suit
You've never been to prison have you?
uju
Right on, Ari!! Great questions. So bloody arrogant this war on drugs has been, like politicians know better what their neighbor should do. It's more like independent thinking and not caring about the power establishment was the number one threat to those who made these bloody laws. Free the pot smokers!!!
California newspaper mogul Randolf Hurst wanted hemp banned since it competed with his pine forest paper making forests. The first dollar bills were made of hemp paper. Cannabis was traded in the Steppe region 5000 yrs ago. We are still coming out of a serious Dark Age. It was not about the drug but the paper: and yes racism and general cultural bigotry and biomedical ignorance. Hemp is one of the most valuable plants on earth. In ancient Ayurveda it is given as "Siddhi" to pregnant women for pain. It does not cause birth defects unlike legal tobacco alcohol and yes caffeine, food dyes, sugar etc. The Hemp Plant is ecological and used for paper, cloth, medecine, edible protein, cooking and machine oil, animal feed etc. Time to take the world back from insane leaders and religious bigots.
I think it’s great that you give this topic so much attention. Our society is still in the dark ages on how we treat people who want to experience an altered state. Locking people up for using or possessing drugs is the same as locking up people for believing different things, or holding opinions that society finds dangerous. Of course, as you explained, that is exactly what it was created for. Even for harder or “dangerous” drugs, the idea that drugs are a law enforcement issue, and not completely a health issue is insanity.
Agreed, imagine how reactions would be if someone spoke what you saying on national TV,the ratings would go through the roof
Trump was literally saying he would institute the death penalty for drug use/possession at a recent rally
We're in the dark ages about how foreign nations control other countries and peoples - through drugs.
The reason we have seen such a surge in illegals coming in thru Mexico?
Is because Obama opened us up to Mexico? Just so he cld hurt the cartels - and boy did H Sec ever put the hurt on the cartels! Whooee. Big time.
Trump slammed the door shut on them, the cartels were going nutz trying to re.establish their drug system into and through the u.s.
Thus did we see the surge in illegals, and drugs, too.
Well. If the overthrow of America is done with? Permanently? H Sec is going to get tasked w irs work and more advanced drug work, too.
If it's temporary? Then H Sec is going to be tasked w doing much more of the dirty work for the overthrow.
Basically? I see at the heart of this schema?
Biden + Dems want that win so bad? In next election?
Dems & Biden decided to push to destroy America, to feather their nests w more $$$ and more power via drugs - To the detriment of America's citizens....
Looks nicey nice on the surface?
Just remember? Drug laws can be installed, tightened up, loosened and demolished?
Laws can be made tighter w DEATH SENTENCES - in the snap of a finger.
How feds work:
1. Give em all they want? Then jerk it away & wait for arrests to fall into fed's hands like ripe plums off a tree.
2. Divide n conquer.
3. Confuse. Design ops that work on several levels.
This? W Biden? I see as classical case of #1 and #3.
California newspaper mogul Randolf Hurst wanted hemp banned since it competed with his pine forest paper making forests. The first dollar bills were made of hemp paper. Cannabis was traded in the Steppe region 5000 yrs ago. We are still coming out of a serious Dark Age. It was not about the drug but the paper: and yes racism and general cultural bigotry and biomedical ignorance. Hemp is one of the most valuable plants on earth. In ancient Ayurveda it is given as "Siddhi" to pregnant women for pain. It does not cause birth defects unlike legal tobacco alcohol and yes caffeine, food dyes, sugar etc. The Hemp Plant is ecological and used for paper, cloth, medecine, edible protein, cooking and machine oil, animal feed etc. Time to take the world back from insane leaders and religious bigots.
Yes but most of them are dead thanks to Biden and the open border.
“To have the truth in your possession you can be found guilty, sentenced to death”-Peter Tosh
California newspaper mogul Randolf Hurst wanted hemp banned since it competed with his pine forest paper making forests. The first dollar bills were made of hemp paper. Cannabis was traded in the Steppe region 5000 yrs ago. We are still coming out of a serious Dark Age. It was not about the drug but the paper: and yes racism and general cultural bigotry and biomedical ignorance. Hemp is one of the most valuable plants on earth. In ancient Ayurveda it is given as "Siddhi" to pregnant women for pain. It does not cause birth defects unlike legal tobacco alcohol and yes caffeine, food dyes, sugar etc. The Hemp Plant is ecological and used for paper, cloth, medecine, edible protein, cooking and machine oil, animal feed etc. Time to take the world back from insane leaders and religious bigots.
@@markantrobus6794 True!!
@Brinner Dang nice one. 🌿🙏🌿
Canada legalized marijuana years ago and its no big deal there anymore. Our Northern neighbours are obviously saner and more developed.
Yeah that’s why their cities are full of fentanyl ODs
Prison for profit…..big mistake
Thank you so much Ari for shining a light on one of the most underrated and misunderstood pioneer of Equal Rights, Justice and Legalization of Herb. Peter Tosh was way ahead of his time, and I hope with this, more people will take interest in this prophetic "Mystic Man". His music, his philosophy and his life should be shared to and by all who still care about humanity.
I have always known that there's no better or more gifted reggae artist than Peter tosh, Bob marley overshadowed him because of his half white and black race, I love Bob, great musician but fact remains fact, Peter tosh teached Bob how to play guitar and he was more like the leader but when he saw the way whites embraced him because they see Bob as closer to them than Peter, then came Peter's anger and resentment towards Bob
@Remmy Kangwa "I'm a mysticman got to be a mysticman..Cause I'm a Man of the Past,Living in the present and I am Walking in the Future!!
@@fodaysaccoh3472 Chris Blackwell had some responsibility in that outcome.
Canada had our own version of the just say no campaign but here it was “just say, ‘no, thank you.’”
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thought it was, "Just say no, eh?" Seriously, I remember that fried egg PSA from the time. Ridic.
California newspaper mogul Randolf Hurst wanted hemp banned since it competed with his pine forest paper making forests. The first dollar bills were made of hemp paper. Cannabis was traded in the Steppe region 5000 yrs ago. We are still coming out of a serious Dark Age. It was not about the drug but the paper: and yes racism and general cultural bigotry and biomedical ignorance. Hemp is one of the most valuable plants on earth. In ancient Ayurveda it is given as "Siddhi" to pregnant women for pain. It does not cause birth defects unlike legal tobacco alcohol and yes caffeine, food dyes, sugar etc. The Hemp Plant is ecological and used for paper, cloth, medecine, edible protein, cooking and machine oil, animal feed etc. Time to take the world back from insane leaders and religious bigots.
Kudos
Thank you President Joe! Thank you... Many didn't deserve criminal statuses... thank you - this will change lives -
Yes, Good On You, Joe! Most, if not All of Republicans are clutching their pearls today over this OUTRAGEOUS utterance, but just to be clear, a Majority of them have are presently ARE using. I defy anyone to prove me wrong. It's just one more issue the GOP is out of step on with who Americans are. Let the fainting begin!
A lesbian drug smuggler had to get caught in Russia for Joe to release those who got jailed by the VP for smoking pot
He could have do this same good the past decades
@@miciboo9993 he wasn't the president during the past decades or I think he would have.
@@earthmagic2310 nah he was only a senator and is a politician since centuries
Didnt expect to see Peter Tosh here, today. Great underrated artist.
I'd love to know you better that's if you don't mind❤
They even admitted to it at the end of the first episode of The Lincoln Project
Yeah Peter Tosh words are definitely futuristic. LEGALIZE IT NOT DECRIMINALIZED IT.
medicine
the real herb peter had.... we can only dream of.
California newspaper mogul Randolf Hurst wanted hemp banned since it competed with his pine forest paper making forests. The first dollar bills were made of hemp paper. Cannabis was traded in the Steppe region 5000 yrs ago. We are still coming out of a serious Dark Age. It was not about the drug but the paper: and yes racism and general cultural bigotry and biomedical ignorance. Hemp is one of the most valuable plants on earth. In ancient Ayurveda it is given as "Siddhi" to pregnant women for pain. It does not cause birth defects unlike legal tobacco alcohol and yes caffeine, food dyes, sugar etc. The Hemp Plant is ecological and used for paper, cloth, medecine, edible protein, cooking and machine oil, animal feed etc. Time to take the world back from insane leaders and religious bigots.
@@jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491 Well God 🙏 Almighty knows best. GENESIS CH 1:26-27. God gave humanity Herbs for our food because we're not carnivores.
@@markantrobus6794 We're definitely at an inflection point in humanity. Actually it is evil and greedy politicians who made herbs illegal. THANKS FOR YOUR HISTORICAL FACTS.
Been smokin since the 70’s, never had a problem.
Seeing Peter sing gave me goosebumps!
It's a very small step in the right direction. No one should be in jail for anything related to weed including sales and cultivation. Study after studied has shown that cannabis is safe for both individuals and society.
I love this anchor: "Mr. Biden took his Peter Tosh step, but what comes next really matters."
Peter Tosh is soooo cool, mon!
There is no world in which it is okay for individuals to spend less time in prison for inflicting bodily harm on others than on themselves 👀
California newspaper mogul Randolf Hurst wanted hemp banned since it competed with his pine forest paper making forests. The first dollar bills were made of hemp paper. Cannabis was traded in the Steppe region 5000 yrs ago. We are still coming out of a serious Dark Age. It was not about the drug but the paper: and yes racism and general cultural bigotry and biomedical ignorance. Hemp is one of the most valuable plants on earth. In ancient Ayurveda it is given as "Siddhi" to pregnant women for pain. It does not cause birth defects unlike legal tobacco alcohol and yes caffeine, food dyes, sugar etc. The Hemp Plant is ecological and used for paper, cloth, medecine, edible protein, cooking and machine oil, animal feed etc. Time to take the world back from insane leaders and religious bigots.
@@markantrobus6794 agreed.
Would be nice to look at a map of where those 40,000 inmates are incarcerated.
Cali
Ari, your contribution to journalism is mindblowing. Grimm Fairy tales have nothing on you. Grimm, the way they spun their yarns, created their fame. Your style makes me think about them and the agenda you laid out on the Legalization of Marijuana, and the drug bill was excellent. Thank you.
Your first statement your contribution....I bet Ari gets the good stuff. Lol
@@avaspielberg3144, He doesn't really get the news as it happens, given the time slot, but his approach is genius because of the slant it creates.
So are those in prison on marijuana charges going to be released? Politicians can be so evil.
Yes. Pols can sure be evil. I see Bidens offer of a lotta drugs? As a lead in to evil by pols.
California newspaper mogul Randolf Hurst wanted hemp banned since it competed with his pine forest paper making forests. The first dollar bills were made of hemp paper. Cannabis was traded in the Steppe region 5000 yrs ago. We are still coming out of a serious Dark Age. It was not about the drug but the paper: and yes racism and general cultural bigotry and biomedical ignorance. Hemp is one of the most valuable plants on earth. In ancient Ayurveda it is given as "Siddhi" to pregnant women for pain. It does not cause birth defects unlike legal tobacco alcohol and yes caffeine, food dyes, sugar etc. The Hemp Plant is ecological and used for paper, cloth, medecine, edible protein, cooking and machine oil, animal feed etc. Time to take the world back from insane leaders and religious bigots.
Nuff Respect Ari to sight and reflect on the lifetime advocate for the Legalization of Marijuana, Peter Tosh, the lyrics for his anthem was crystal clear, on the benefits of the weed.
Legalize it, don't criticize it, Legalize it, yeah, yeah, and I will advertise it
Some call it tampee, tampee, Some call it the weed
Some call it marijuana, marijuana, Some of them call it ganja, ganja
Every man got to legalize it, and don't criticize it, Legalize it, yeah, yeah, and I will advertise it
Singers smoke it' And players of instruments too
Legalize it, yeah, yeah' That's the best thing you can do
Doctors smoke it, nurses smoke it, Judges smoke it, and even the lawyer too
So you've got to legalize it, and don't criticize it, Legalize it, yeah, yeah, and I will advertise it
It's good for the flu, a good for asthma, Good for tuberculosis, even umara composis
Got to legalize it, don't criticize it, Legalize it, yeah, yeah, I will advertise it
Birds eat it, ants love it
Fowls eat it, goats love to play with it
So you've got to legalize it, don't criticize it
Legalize it, yeah, yeah, and I will advertise it
Keep on telling you, legalize it
Peter Tosh and numerous others took a lot of battering from the Jamaican police long before Jamaica moved to decriminalize its use and stop following the US in its war on drugs approach to the plant that offers so many medicinal benefits to mankind, glad that the Biden administration took this bold step pardon offender who are still languishing in US prison.
Give thanks Ari Melber for paying tribute to Peter and his musical works in the fight.
U-Roy: When does Peter Tosh come into the picture? What time?
Props for playing Peter Tosh.
Been puffing since '87!
😚💨💨💨💚💚💚
California newspaper mogul Randolf Hurst wanted hemp banned since it competed with his pine forest paper making forests. The first dollar bills were made of hemp paper. Cannabis was traded in the Steppe region 5000 yrs ago. We are still coming out of a serious Dark Age. It was not about the drug but the paper: and yes racism and general cultural bigotry and biomedical ignorance. Hemp is one of the most valuable plants on earth. In ancient Ayurveda it is given as "Siddhi" to pregnant women for pain. It does not cause birth defects unlike legal tobacco alcohol and yes caffeine, food dyes, sugar etc. The Hemp Plant is ecological and used for paper, cloth, medecine, edible protein, cooking and machine oil, animal feed etc. Time to take the world back from insane leaders and religious bigots.
Im 20 been smoking since 16. 😮💨
“The poor man feel it, yeah…”
Peter Tosh. Ok. Ari, your alright
Great Peter Tosh from my home country.
Brought tears to My eyes to see Peter Tosh on the MSNBC NEWS. LEGALIZE IT AND DON'T CRITICISE IT.
By the way, thank you, Ari, for doing this report.
It definitely further confirms what I was thinking about things that have happened in my life & why.
It puts a Boulder in my heart to learn all that I have but, it does answer alot of questions.
Thank you
California newspaper mogul Randolf Hurst wanted hemp banned since it competed with his pine forest paper making forests. The first dollar bills were made of hemp paper. Cannabis was traded in the Steppe region 5000 yrs ago. We are still coming out of a serious Dark Age. It was not about the drug but the paper: and yes racism and general cultural bigotry and biomedical ignorance. Hemp is one of the most valuable plants on earth. In ancient Ayurveda it is given as "Siddhi" to pregnant women for pain. It does not cause birth defects unlike legal tobacco alcohol and yes caffeine, food dyes, sugar etc. The Hemp Plant is ecological and used for paper, cloth, medecine, edible protein, cooking and machine oil, animal feed etc. Time to take the world back from insane leaders and religious bigots.
I relate to your post so much. Even though I am passionate about learning and knowledge, many of the things I have learned are like a boulder in my heart, too (that is such an accurate and evocative statement). Just know you're not alone in feeling that way.
@@markantrobus6794 Thank you, for your knowledge on the matter.
I can see the point from both views.
There should be enough room in the world for both.
@@SaddleInTheRain Thank you.
I hope your journey in life gets easier & better, as well mine, hun.
@@lindalauer1434 Thank you. I hope the same for both of us.
This idea of a "War on Drugs" has been one of America's worst downfalls. Look at where our country is with addiction???
As pop increased?
So did pop of addicts.
Its not going to help us, as a country, that drugs are more readily n available n legal.
Thank you for showcasing Peter Tosh. Thanks from a Jamaican. Love you Ari
We smoked a half ounce in the mornings before school in the 70’s 😂
That’s a WHOLE LOT of weed. How large of a group are you talking about?
@@christopherfanelli8821 I like the investigative question .
@@christopherfanelli8821 I bet that group weren't the problem ones either...
But to think 20 years in prison for half an ounce?! That's the real crime.
@@mkself3231 always heard of the time but have known people who got caught with more and never faced time...dealers who been raided just to be back out doing it again ...sophisticated 20 years over a half sounds far fetched..not saying it's fake just sounds off a bit
There is no reason for marijuana to be illegal other than,some people are hateful
To lock up Black and Brown people. That's why racist POS Nixon started the drug war
and cops like the easy arrests... overtime paperwork and to the private prisons..
LOLOL....what?
Mostly White Evangelical churches!.
Actually, the cigarette industry lobbied against pot's legalization too. They did not want competition. While no smoke is good for you, pot is so much less toxic and has some medicinal properties that cigarettes absolutely do not have. Another way corporate America hurt Americans.
He can't make a prisoner swap with Brittany Griner in good conscience without also pardoning prisoners in the US for marijuana charges
Agreed. Even today police speak of pot with a fear saying it is a gateway drug.
It was a gateway to job security for the police.
One of your truest segments ever Ari. Brilliant, thank you
All politicians involved in the harsh drug laws of the past 40 years, should not only pardon all convicted for marihuana , but also apologize and pay retribution for the wasted lives of so many thousands of people.
Does this mean the drug war is over and the drugs won?
I'd love to know you better that's if you don't mind❤
This means we're making progress.
Ari is on another level!
PETER TOSH DID SEE INTO THE FUTURE WITH HIS SONGS
Pot does that
Thanks for having the courage to take a stand on an issue that so many choose to ignore. It is time this gets fixed. Your honesty and passion for all that is good continues to make our world a better place. Much respect sir!
📚🦅Another Great Epidode and Panel, Ari!! 👏🏿👊🏾🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊💪🏻💪🏾
Bravo, Ari! What comes next really matters, indeed.
Lots of respect to you Mr Ari to recognize the Great late Peter Tosh who was the loudest on this subject May is soul rest in peace lots of love may the world get more peaceful ✌️ 🙏
The fact that weed was made a schedule 1 drug is insulting to me as an American.
Yes!! Peter Tosh spoke the truth!!
follow which politicians cry loudly against this and see if they are invested in all those prisons
California newspaper mogul Randolf Hurst wanted hemp banned since it competed with his pine forest paper making forests. The first dollar bills were made of hemp paper. Cannabis was traded in the Steppe region 5000 yrs ago. We are still coming out of a serious Dark Age. It was not about the drug but the paper: and yes racism and general cultural bigotry and biomedical ignorance. Hemp is one of the most valuable plants on earth. In ancient Ayurveda it is given as "Siddhi" to pregnant women for pain. It does not cause birth defects unlike legal tobacco alcohol and yes caffeine, food dyes, sugar etc. The Hemp Plant is ecological and used for paper, cloth, medecine, edible protein, cooking and machine oil, animal feed etc. Time to take the world back from insane leaders and religious bigots.
President Biden gets it. Go Joe.👍
He wants the control n money that comes as we slide downhill.
Don't kid yourself.
Biden just sold us out..
See?
Cheney2 's effect. Her fams always been war hawks to make obscene amounts of money.
Do you really think this will be any different?
Go ahead n love the thrill of power rewarding you for wrongdoing.
That's exactly what arredondo did.
That's about the only thing he gets
It is especially nonsensical considering the low grade cannabis full of leaves, stems and seeds prevalent in the seventies. Virtually bud and THC free.
I don't support pharmaceutical companies, instead of pain killers after surgery I chose pot for pain relief, at 66 I now grow my own pain relief 😅
You rock, Ari! Amazing that you are bringing in voices of color into what has from the beginning been a Tavistock Institute engineered social construct. Brilliant you, I am buying your book! You are a stunning example of what journalism should be about. Are you teaching in university yet? Hope so!
"Good people don't smoke marijuana?" LOL
Love Peter Tosh. The most iconic reggae voice. Big up, Ari for this
Great reporting!
I can't hear that Tosh song without thinking of Rita Marley's "I Want To Get High" bc that came after on the mixed CD I had it on.
Great job highlighting Peter Tosh Ari. I highly recommend people listen to that album.
I love he's voice
I'd love to know you better that's if you don't mind❤
“If opioids are more addictive”
And why is tobacco and alcohol legal when they are more addictive than heroine?
Because tobacco and alcohol are not more addictive than heroine. Your body becomes addicted much quicker to heroine, your body develops a depency. Plenty of people drink and never become addicted.
Exactly... I tried for 39 years to get out from under the tobacco addiction that had gripped me for a total of 42 years. Finally, with the help of my GP and a pharmaceutical designed for just such a purpose, I have now been free of my former addiction for 18 months... and I've saved an absolute motza, considering the average price of a pack of 40 durries was $65 when I stopped. So far I've saved approximately $12,600, but spent a lot of it on doing things I couldn't afford when I was smoking. Plus I feel so much better, and my asthma has been a whole lot less active, so winning all 'round... 🙃🐨
@@mkself3231
My friends who work at addiction recovery centres would disagree.
@@LeftCoastStephen That's not true...and we both know it. To say that heroine is less addictive than alcohol is a dangerous false statement.
@@mkself3231 We will have to agree to disagree
Wow! GREAT VIDEO! Your video was so informative. Thank you so much!
I'm 70 and a Vet. I smoke weed and will even on my dying bed.
Wtf...Ladd got 20 yrs? Omg..is he still in jail? I effing hope not!!!!
If he’s black sure is
I love you man!♥️
California newspaper mogul Randolf Hurst wanted hemp banned since it competed with his pine forest paper making forests. The first dollar bills were made of hemp paper. Cannabis was traded in the Steppe region 5000 yrs ago. We are still coming out of a serious Dark Age. It was not about the drug but the paper: and yes racism and general cultural bigotry and biomedical ignorance. Hemp is one of the most valuable plants on earth. In ancient Ayurveda it is given as "Siddhi" to pregnant women for pain. It does not cause birth defects unlike legal tobacco alcohol and yes caffeine, food dyes, sugar etc. The Hemp Plant is ecological and used for paper, cloth, medecine, edible protein, cooking and machine oil, animal feed etc. Time to take the world back from insane leaders and religious bigots.
In my Opinion Drinking Alcohol is by far worse that smoking pot.
Yeah Ari! About freakin time!!!
Some people grow and change the way they think 🤔 💯 some do PRESIDENT BIDEN DID ✌️
Sometimes I wish Peter Tosh was still alive to eating their words...vampires
The truth is an offense but not a sin well said my brother.
That was brilliant!
Just say no to President Reagan's crack party.
"Light you spliff, light you chalice, come mek we smoke it Buckingham Palace", Peter Tosh.
Well maybe not there, but at least decriminalize it federally.
I don’t want no peace.
Give me equal rights & justice
- Peter tosh
I'd always heard it wouldn't be until the Boomers headed into retirement that the drug laws would be seriously re-examined. Now that the time has come and we're seeing a little progress, we must all be vigilant and ensure that this momentum keeps moving in the right direction.
Thanks and respect, as always, Ari. So many people bought into the fear mongering for decades. It's good to see the truth coming out. Think I'll celebrate with a little w**d. ✌️
Marijuana is legal in 21 states now. That number right there says the war on drugs has failed. It's time for the war on drugs to end. Sending someone to jail or prison for getting high is ridiculous.
Great piece
I grew up as a teenager in the 1980's, and those drug ads made me laugh and guess what? I did drugs anyway. And all that talk about pot being a "gateway" drug, were moot, considering alcohol is WAY more of a gateway drug, and readily available in some form in the vast majority of American homes. I started at 12 years old, at a friend's house where there was a full bar, and the parents were out for the day. 7th grade.
We have a very serious problem in the united states with addictions.
Alcohol, drugs, behaviors.
Our children & grandchildren carry family sicknesses in that area, forward.
Its always interesting to note children are not clones. If dad is an alcoholic? And in denial about his drinking so severe he's become delusional? The problem is kids prolly won't drink? But kids'll engage in *other behaviors w addiction & denial-delusion properties.
And thus does the family disease of addictions continue.
Outlawing may help?/legalising drugs may harm ppl? We need to get better at dealing w this stuff across the board sooner. This was a major bribe, in advance, to obtain your vote.
If you want to be like arredondo? Accept the Dem's bribe ;)
California newspaper mogul Randolf Hurst wanted hemp banned since it competed with his pine forest paper making forests. The first dollar bills were made of hemp paper. Cannabis was traded in the Steppe region 5000 yrs ago. We are still coming out of a serious Dark Age. It was not about the drug but the paper: and yes racism and general cultural bigotry and biomedical ignorance. Hemp is one of the most valuable plants on earth. In ancient Ayurveda it is given as "Siddhi" to pregnant women for pain. It does not cause birth defects unlike legal tobacco alcohol and yes caffeine, food dyes, sugar etc. The Hemp Plant is ecological and used for paper, cloth, medecine, edible protein, cooking and machine oil, animal feed etc. Time to take the world back from insane leaders and religious bigots.
@@sedg03Marijuana isn't an addictive drug just because people can't seem to moderate themselves. That's the users fault not marijuanas.
"Good People don't smoke marijuana"...'😆😆🤣🤣😆😂😂
Good people? The Virgin Mary is good people everyone including you and I are we good people because the mannerisms is not your standards considered not good people watalaugh!
But they drink alcohol right?
Thank you for this video
Did Biden serious say "these two words..."
"Made in America..."
And you're gonna tell me he's not lost it? 😳
Seriously your here crying about this but not about what's come out during the trials of the oath Keepers and their Dump plot...I mean Trump plot
You look desperate for validation when you like your own comment Mike.
@@mkself3231 Good thing you didn't bet your life on me liking my own comment or you'd have a solid side in your head.
The thing is the private prison system. When corporations own and operate all the prisons in the USA, They get paid with tax dollars, which we pay for. They get paid $1800.00 a DAY for each bed whether someone is in it or not, so the states make sure those beds are full to justify the money being paid. How much do they actually spend on the prisoners? $50 a day maybe $100? So who do they fill the prisons with? DRUG ADDICTS because of "tough love" we have all been programmed to believe is best when dealing with a loved one or family member struggling with drug addiction. We shut them out, cut them off, and turn our backs on them. So that when the court throws them in prison no one says anything about it. Because even their loved ones have given up on them! Do you see? It's all by design! It's sick and has to change. I'm thankful for this attention to this problem in the US, We put more people in prison for longer sentences than ANY other country in the world! Check out Portugall and how they legalized drugs and let everyone out of prison. Theirs a TED TALK about it that's really good. Are we the land of the FREE? NO we are now THE CORPERATE STATES OF AMERICA! Wake up America vote for progressive candidates in elections it's are only hope of getting corruption out of government.
Thank you. Why does nobody ever say how WAY MORE DANGEROUS alcohol is than weed? No amount of weed smoked gets you drunk. I get sick and crazy and can barely control my body when I drink much at all.... Not fair
52 years for me. Quit alcohol and tobacco 25 years ago. They almost killed me, not cannabis!