Obama Administration Is Trying To Pull Out Of The War On Drugs, Filmmaker Says

[neversickanymore]

Obama Administration Is Trying To Pull Out Of The War On Drugs, Filmmaker Says
The Huffington Post | by Natasha Bach
05/09/2014

Documentary filmmaker Eugene Jarecki discussed the Obama administration's evolving stance on the war on drugs on HuffPost Live Friday.

Jarecki said that during President Barack Obama's second inauguration, he hoped Obama might seize the moment to move the country away from the drug war, and has been pleased to see Obama do just that in recent months.

"I wonder whether [Obama] realizes that one of the great legacy opportunities he has in his second term is to sort of establish some justice here, establish some actual mercy and some Christian compassion for this nation in terms of the war on drugs," Jarecki said of this thinking at the time. "And I have to say, having been quite a critic of Obama, that in the past several months we have seen significant moves by his administration."

While moves by the administration -- which Jarecki explains in the video above -- clearly signify progress, Jarecki's ultimate hope is that the public finally realizes that the legalization of drugs should be codified within tax law and regulated.

"If you told the government that you can tax and regulate drugs just as you do alcohol, you hit them where they're most vulnerable in the stupidity of this drug war," Jareki said. "Alcohol is more destructive than any of the drugs in the schedule of illegal drugs that we're talking about in this country, and yet it is treated far less severely than the rest of those drugs."

Watch a clip of Jarecki's interview.. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/09/eugene-jarecki-war-on-drugs_n_5297375.html


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Smart passionate man being interviewed in this.. Seriously consider sending a letter or email to the representatives in your state about this issue.

There's a war going on.. http://www.contactingthecongress.org/

 

[ro4eva]

Whoa, Eugene, I loved your documentary - it was incredibly powerful and profound in its narrative, but let's not get ahead of ourselves.

I seem to recall Obama recently saying that he's against the legalization of all drugs. And until that happens, law enforcement still has a reason to continue to ruin lives.

I'll tell you what could happen if America ends up like Portugal, with complete decriminalization for users: you may see a huge leap in the amount of ordinary users (who have never sold any drug whatsoever) who are (falsely and deliberately) accused of being dealers. That way, the piggies can continue to justify their willingness to act like pirates and plunder the shirt off a user's back. And they would have no problems with doing it. And neither would anyone who stands to profit off the misery of another ruined innocent life. A life which strived to never physically hurt anyone, and to never steal, and so forth. All because of something as benign as a fucking plant. God, these idiots who are content to let this savagery continue really bemuse the patience out of me.

 

[poledriver]

Yeah, I loved the house I live in too... This is good news.

 

[AlphaMethylPhenyl]

I get the whole alcohol-is-more-dangerous thing; I just don't understand why people seem to not take into account that the dynamics of the effects of drugs change dramatically when they become legal, like that widespread legal opiate use could cause apathy when it comes to anything except using (degeneracy) and lead to a variety of ills associated with doing very little all day.

 

[ro4eva]

I get the whole alcohol-is-more-dangerous thing; I just don't understand why people seem to not take into account that the dynamics of the effects of drugs change dramatically when they become legal, like that widespread legal opiate use could cause apathy when it comes to anything except using (degeneracy) and lead to a variety of ills associated with doing very little all day.

Countless people who use opioids long term are able to hold down a job and maintain a consistently high rate of work performance - provided they are not burdened into having to pay black market prices for black market quality crap passed off as good dope.

Also, the drugs which have been illegal have been that way for so long now that it is impossible to accurately predict how their legalization might impact the workforce, but I will say this: two of the most dangerous and addictive drugs have been legal for a very long time now, and our economy hasn't imploded as a result.

It doesn't matter to me whether the war on (people who use certain) drugs doesn't end, I'll continue to use whatever I wish, whether I'm "free" or behind bars (I can still get them in prison - that should signify how big of a colossal failure this holocaust in slow motion has been).