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The War on Drugs has often displayed some of the worst abuses concerning the coercive power of the State; incarceration rates are high, families have been separated, and liberty attacked. To make matters worse, these insidious effects fall disproportionally against vulnerable minority and indigent groups. This has often been justified as a means to achieve a more just society, where drug use would be less prevalent and society more orderly. However, it's indisputable that decades after the War on Drugs was declared it has failed to curb drug use and caused enormous problems both at a geopolitical level and within countries as incarceration rates rose and organized crime flourished. In this video, Pablo argues that replacing the War on Drugs with regulation free of criminal sanctions as the gravamen of drug policy would be better for society than continuing the war. It would also strengthen the rule of law. This should be a time for optimism. America, both the continent and the country, with all its paradoxes is well posed to lead a new paradigm of drug regulation.

Ethics, like morality in general, is subjective. No ethical view can be proven or disproven. In this video, Pablo Bustos explores what lead him to passionately believe the War on Drugs in general and the Prohibition of Marijuana in particular was wrong. Focusing on the history of the Western Hemisphere, the Americas, Pablo explores how the War on Drugs is both a real war and a metaphorical one which attacks the very essence of liberty. The full interview of Vicente Fox, ex-President of Mexico, and High Times Magazine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS3yQtgAiGU&t=0s I encourage our viewers to continue exploring the opinions of Milton Friedman and Thomas Szasz on drugs and drug use. Milton Friedman's views were seen in a clip incorporated into the end of this video. Here's one video of Thomas Szasz talking of drug use. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LoSgdpHnUk&t=29s

Branding - the activity of giving a particular name and image to goods and services so that people will be attracted to them and want to buy them. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/branding Here's the full Curtis Mayfield Pusherman clip from his 1989 performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dTSIXcfT3U&t=0s Here's Mr. Mayfield from an earlier time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFMUERIJRPM&t=0s The full movie Reefer Madness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhQlcMHhF3w&t=0s The trailer for Reefer Madness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbjHOBJzhb0&t=28s

The Legal Profession is a big topic and in this channel's first video on this topic and how it relates to the Legal Marijuana Industry we focus on the transition from lawyering as criminal defense to legal compliance in the civil law world where lawyers act largely as Small Business Lawyers representing entrepreneurs.

John lists and describes lesser known YouTube Channels he enjoys watching.

Hank lists 16 sports he feels should be in the Olympics.

A discussion of why it's hard to analyze the damage, or possible lack thereof, of global warming.

A discussion of whether there really is a pay gap.

The Vlogbrothers state why he doesn't like using marijuana, but why he feels it shouldn't be a criminal offense.

Why the Word "Millennial" Makes me Cringe

John gives details of modern Iceland.

A discussion on how what your zip code is changes your life expectancy.

John discusses whether human life has real meaning (and if constructed meaning is less real than derived meaning), thinks about thinking, offers to attend pretty much any wedding with an open bar, reveals his favorite two-digit number, and answers real questions from real nerdfighters.

John gives reasons why he, and others, don't vote.

John describes the Gamestop Stock Market rise.

John talks about preventable death and what's driving the increase in death from unintentional injuries in the United States.

John is given a gift: his first novel, in its entirety, rearranged alphabetically.

John describes the history of the "D" in Disney

Hank talks about his self-diagnosed ADHD.

John describes what he has (and hasn't) learned in his first month away from his twitter, reddit, instagram, and facebook.

John explains the visit of the oumuamua.

John discusses a metal obelisk that stood for years unnoticed in the Utah desert before being discovered by some wildlife biologists, whereupon the monolith quickly disappeared. Also discussed: contemporary art in deserts, Gertrude Stein's essay What Are Masterpieces and Why Are There So Few of Them, and John's ongoing obsession with that one line from The Great Gatsby.

John examines the progress of the UN's Millennium Development Goals over the last 15 years and looks ahead to the Global Goals. Can we live in a world where extreme poverty and undernourishment are rare? Are we closer to gender equality? How have infant mortality rates and maternal mortality rates changed in the last 25 years? And how will we ensure that the astonishing progress since 1990 continues?

John considers the differences between individual risk and societal risk, especially as it related to infectious disease pandemic.

Ben Shapiro and Jordan Peterson Debate about the Ethics of Abortion