Legalise Cannabis: And Why It's Madness Not To

Legalise Cannabis: And Why It's Madness Not To

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result, or so the quote ascribed to Albert Einstein goes, and that more than applies to the catastrophic failure of the ‘war on drugs’. All it’s achieved is mass criminalisation of disproportionately young Black men, more violence, people with addiction not getting the support they need, handing criminal gangs a massive source of revenue, ensuring dangerous stuff can circulate and so much more. End the madness – legalise it now.

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50 Comments

  1. @yannick9473 on December 28, 2023 at 3:10 am

    Alcohol is legal because we pay TAX on it. So why don’t they tax cannabis??
    One million consumer spending is some purchasing power.



  2. @OwenJonesTalks on December 28, 2023 at 3:13 am

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  3. @withoutfear2092 on December 28, 2023 at 3:14 am

    Spot on mate



  4. @40kwitchhouse64 on December 28, 2023 at 3:14 am

    I can see both points, but Ali I don’t think understands the difference between legalising all drugs and decriminalising, we should still have laws pertaining to drugs, but offer better addiction services to people who are going to do these drugs either way



  5. @moshunless1221 on December 28, 2023 at 3:14 am

    I can buy tobacco and alcohol to kill myself, but I can’t cannabis to heal myself 🤨



  6. @LegaliseFlower on December 28, 2023 at 3:15 am

    Truthington



  7. @Millwallwise on December 28, 2023 at 3:16 am

    Not mdma mate THC and that are on different levels of the drug spectrum!💯



  8. @waynehawkes9105 on December 28, 2023 at 3:19 am

    We should drug test every one in Government that would be fun.



  9. @bushieth537 on December 28, 2023 at 3:19 am

    Love your content



  10. @djchangman on December 28, 2023 at 3:19 am

    Is he insane you can’t legalise mdma 😂



  11. @adventuresofroadkill6286 on December 28, 2023 at 3:20 am

    Iv smoked weed daily since I was 13 I’m now 32 and I can’t say if ever smoke any dodgy weed nor has it ever been too strong so I don’t see the harm in it in perfectly find btw so … Lol



  12. @throughthewoods416 on December 28, 2023 at 3:20 am

    Completely legalise cannabis for medical and recreational use in the U.K.



  13. @Zetheek on December 28, 2023 at 3:23 am

    Never thought i would agree with owen jones.



  14. @austinfiala5230 on December 28, 2023 at 3:25 am

    LEGALIZE IT DUDE!!!!!



  15. @AliGspot on December 28, 2023 at 3:25 am

    This guy speaks so much sense



  16. @watcherwriter1689 on December 28, 2023 at 3:26 am

    One major reason for legalising cannabis is the spice epidemic



  17. @routeone4790 on December 28, 2023 at 3:28 am

    I think only the green party and libdems are support this policy.



  18. @thepub245 on December 28, 2023 at 3:30 am

    It fuckin stinks. I was in the states a few months back. Everywhere you went stunk of weed. Horrible. Its only the weak willed that would want to use drugs anyway. Losers.



  19. @robchapman5776 on December 28, 2023 at 3:32 am

    Crazy that you can buy a bottle of vodka 24 hrs a day that could kill you and not legally smoke weed . Utter madness



  20. @FTS93 on December 28, 2023 at 3:32 am

    It’s funny how legalising cannabis talk was spoken hard about 6 to 5 years ago right before our lovely plandemic happened. It’s like our leaders panicked and used plandemic like here’s your new change 😂🎉



  21. @DixonSimonLee on December 28, 2023 at 3:33 am

    Do we drugs test MPs?



  22. @daviddavids5088 on December 28, 2023 at 3:37 am

    Impossible to get weed in England ive smoked for many years moved here from USA UK weed is Garbage to expensive funding foreign gangs in UK Legalise weed
    The Criminals are making millions on Garbage weed
    The police have total control of the weed market impossible to find
    Alcohol every were
    Legalise weed



  23. @DeanPFC on December 28, 2023 at 3:37 am

    People smoke it regardless of it being illegal. It’s as if it is legal anyway lol.



  24. @stevenpostlethwaite2631 on December 28, 2023 at 3:40 am

    No one is asking for cocaine to be legalised. As that needs to be man made. Weed is natural get the argument straight and stop wondering off about other things.



  25. @technomad9071 on December 28, 2023 at 3:41 am

    they need to justify why alcohol IS legal



  26. @Kc-cd3tr on December 28, 2023 at 3:41 am

    the problem with the people who disagree is that they think of drugs as one whole thing, they dont think of every drug as a different one. so ofcourse they think this is bad, they assume its the same as crack due to their lack of understanding.



  27. @Aj-qy3kg on December 28, 2023 at 3:42 am

    So right i don’t understand why British ppl are always left out it help meny people everyone can get weed anyways so why not just let us be and you make a profit



  28. @sergeysitwell7132 on December 28, 2023 at 3:47 am

    Alcoholism is legal in the UK. Think about it. You can go into any shop which sells alcohol and buy 3 bottles of Vodka and drink it, no one will question what you buy.



  29. @jackphillips2874 on December 28, 2023 at 3:48 am

    You spoke perfectly. I’m so glad I found another who can stay calm under pressure whilst disobeying the FACTS



  30. @johnchrysostomou9417 on December 28, 2023 at 3:48 am

    Britain is still too Victorian sadly to entertain the idea 🙄



  31. @raybrandt on December 28, 2023 at 3:48 am

    UK Government is unlikely to pass any laws that make anyone happy, it’s against their ethos



  32. @ralphley3554 on December 28, 2023 at 3:49 am

    You’re right, alcohol is far more of a dangerous and addictive substance than cannabis. I’m in the process of struggling to give it up for the sake of my health but all i can think of 24-7 in my mind’s eye is an image of a chilled pint of lager. It’s horrible to resist.



  33. @DeanPFC on December 28, 2023 at 3:51 am

    We are sooo far behind.



  34. @moomin3744 on December 28, 2023 at 3:52 am

    Who ever wants to legalise cannabis gets my vote 👍



  35. @David-hi9rp on December 28, 2023 at 3:52 am

    I have severe lower back pain for which i am prescribed MORPHINE which is a laboratory manufactured drug which is basically heroin i take on occasion when the pain is so bad Cannabis which i find helps with the pain we are so backwards in this country as Cannabis helps so many medical problems and grows naturally on our planet Cocaine does not



  36. @rfc5649 on December 28, 2023 at 3:52 am

    It’s time to legalise cannabis 💯



  37. @topsunnn on December 28, 2023 at 3:54 am

    Bro really said legalise MDMA lol thats jokes. Legalise CANNABIS!! Forget about the rest



  38. @spenceabroad7960 on December 28, 2023 at 3:57 am

    Britain is so backward. Last time I checked, Moldova had faster broadband speeds.



  39. @lukethelazymachine3687 on December 28, 2023 at 3:57 am

    Owen I support you or whatever but how on earth did your mouse cursor go unnoticed on your thumbnail!? Standards at your level!
    P.S as someone who smoked weed every day for 15 years. And watched it slowly ruin countless lives around me- I wish the stuff didnt exist.



  40. @potterlover96 on December 28, 2023 at 3:58 am

    Love that you brought up how hypocritical these arguments become once you look at alcohol in the same way!



  41. @davidpegram8068 on December 28, 2023 at 3:58 am

    Our cannaboid system in our body was made to consume cannabis. Like it or not



  42. @Greenman432 on December 28, 2023 at 3:59 am

    How about a war on alcohol?



  43. @daz97 on December 28, 2023 at 4:01 am

    That 1st statement is utter nonsense
    But what do you expect from a racist liberal o suppose

    Y3s weed needs legalizing bit the fact you brought race into it is a reflection of your own racism
    No one elses



  44. @richardpedley6291 on December 28, 2023 at 4:02 am

    Hi i tottaly agree with this guy i started at first smoking hash in the erly 90s and becouse it was not regulated i ended up bean hooked on heroin and metherdon for over 33 years my point is if it was regulated i wouldent of got in with the rong people glad to say im clean now weed is only a gateway drug becouse of the people who are involved in selling it if i could of got it from a shop i think my life would of bin tottaly difrent



  45. @sham1187 on December 28, 2023 at 4:03 am

    wtf has race got to do with it? 🤡 🥱



  46. @limpethead on December 28, 2023 at 4:03 am

    I think if Owen Jones walked onto a mental health ward, he would be banging on the doors screaming to get away from all the Cannabis smokers with Schizophrenia. Which will be around 70% of all patients.



  47. @cookoo-dv5tg on December 28, 2023 at 4:03 am

    I really dont agree with a lot of your policy’s owen infact hardly anything 😅😂 but on this one i 100% agree with you becouse a lot of my criminal record has cannabis convictions on it witch was from the age of 14 and that lead to me having to mix with ppl i really didn’t have no affiliation with and where bad ppl also i found it extremely hard to get a job becouse i was embarrassed about being a criminal just for smoking a spliff, this law needs to be changed so we can all smoke the herb 🌿 and not be punished for it



  48. @gerardobravoG_Man_Up on December 28, 2023 at 4:04 am

    The UK is the world’s largest producer and exporter of ‘medical’ cannabis. GW Pharmaceuticals et al.



  49. @DarylSkinner on December 28, 2023 at 4:05 am

    Alcohol is the biggest drug



  50. @bigboyt on December 28, 2023 at 4:05 am

    Factssss