Comments on: FDL Movie Night: Colombian Narcosubs

By: solerso

solerso — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:24:47 +0000

the way we provide health care it would probably be about 5 times more expensive, and thats not the only issue. the drug war, so called, is to horrifically destructive to people and communities and corrosive to democracy and the rule of law. it has also been a trillion dollar failure. the failure of the drug war is so epic and massive, the only sane the to do would be to call it off, world wide, NOW. treatment and education are the only methods known to reduce drug use.period.

By: MarkH

MarkH — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:58:03 +0000

That’s a stunning thing to consider. Constant invasion by an adversary who can afford to lose most, if not all of these after one trip and still make a rather large profit. Amazing.

Think of the damage terrorists could do with that kind of system. It wouldn’t take McVeigh and Nichols and their like-minded friends much time to really terrorize America if they had such resources.

Speaking of those two, someone should interview Nichols before he’s suicided. He might have something interesting to say to the new Dem administration.

But, also think what Al Qaeda or other militant jihadists might be able to do if they had access to that resource. Of course, the drug dealers may not have an interest in such a deal. It would put them at an even higher priority for the gov’t to destroy. But, the danger to us would be immense if they said, “Just one time.”

By: Blub

Blub — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:52:42 +0000

I think that perhaps there should be separate facilities to hold nonviolent users. Instead of sticking them in prison, perhaps we should put them into dedicated mandatory treatment centers that actually force them to de-toxify and provide the services they need to get and stay clean. This can’t be more expensive than jailing them for $50,000+ a year.

By: Lisa Derrick

Lisa Derrick — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:41:29 +0000

People have been altering their brain chemistry for millenia… hard to say why.. Criminalizing drugs isnt the best method..maybe improving life so people wont need to self medicate?

By: Santiago Stelley

Santiago Stelley — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:35:21 +0000

Thanks guys. This was fun. We’ll keep you posted on Zombies, Toxics and all else.

Cheers.

By: Santiago Stelley

Santiago Stelley — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:34:21 +0000

We will shoot Toxic Cocaine at some point this year.

Cocaine has been terrible to Colombia in every way, aside from the direct environmental impact it has had on that country, it has financed the civil war there for 40 some years now and the environmetal impact of the war on that country is probably even greater than the growing and erradicating impact.

We’ll keep you updated.

By: Blub

Blub — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:33:50 +0000

why do Americans like drugs so much? who are these supposedly ubiquitous users? I confess to never having used an illegal controlled substance beyond underage drinking… and, frankly, very few people I know have either. It is very possible to get through life without such filth, and most people do. Sorry if this sounds uptight or prudish, but I don’t support legalization of anything now banned and I also don’t support the mass-imprisonment of users, when such imprisonment seems to do not a thing to reduce the actual incidence of abuse. I just want peope to grow up and stop trying to burn out their brain cells.

By: Lisa Derrick

Lisa Derrick — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:31:00 +0000

Pups, santiago, thanks for joining us tonight. And thanks for making Narcosubs. Please come back wiht zombies and much more!

By: Lisa Derrick

Lisa Derrick — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:29:16 +0000

And thank you for Narcosubs. I learned a heck of a lot and was really blown away by the depth and range you got in a 30+ minutes. YOu are a great filmmaker and I look forward ot your next pieces–and having more Vice Tv here .

VBS,tv for all of you who havent yet visited this treasure trove of pop culture information

By: Lisa Derrick

Lisa Derrick — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:27:38 +0000

PLEASE SHOOT THAT!! ANd also one about how pot growing in US effs up the forrests..all that fertilizer…hydroponics are one thing, but wild outdoor farming is nasty..and who knows what smoking Miraclle-grow can do to a perosn.

PLEASE let people who think they are al gren and good know what their drug use does to mother nature!