Lets not forget alcohol is a drug as well. It may be legal but it is also one, if not the most dangerous.

"Don't believe me? ...Well **** you, here's a list!" Hahaha awesome.

"Steve Jobs, ....... founder of some fruit company" loving it!!!

Jefferson, Washington, and Franklin are all convicted and sent to prison. Upon their release one year later, the inmates have formed a constitutional republic who send elected representatives to parley with the warden bi monthly. Open trade between cell blocks has led to an increased standard of living, and Terry "Hollow Point" Hernandez from D-Block has introduced a bill to the prison legislature regarding the extension of chow time. It is expected to pass with enthusiastic bi-partisan support.

I did cocaine for 3 years and I thought it increases my perception too,It was like miracle pill for me, but then I nearly died and I still feel the consequences after 3 years off.Sometimes I'm dreaming cocaine and even dreams looks like making me high ... Knowledge comes with experience,STAY AWAY KIDS FROM COKE ! ...

The beatles. All the drugs! Lol

I don't know why other people shit on you all the time. You are the only ones who stick to libertarian principles no matter who is in office.

Chopin used Opium to treat the symptoms of his tuberculosis. It may also be of note that he died at 39. It's not absurd to consider that the use of opium may have contributed to him dying at a young age. I know that it would make the video more dull, but you might want to distinguish why certain people used the drugs, because at times these drugs were used as medicine, not just "to have a good time." Just to be intellectually honest.

I can not possibly imagine why someone would think that they have moral authority over what others put inside their bodies. Or why someone would think that some people are immune from the responsibilities of those actions.

The most shocking part about this is the not liking Ayn Rand portion

Honestly did anyone doubt that Freud was high on something when he came up with his theories?

substance use has no place in the hands of a government. no one should be able to dictate what i put in my own body. for every bad aspect of drugs, there's a great one. plus prohibition enables all gangs

Thank god you did this video. It's been several hours since Reason has produced something about pot.

Social Conservatives and Libertarians have a vary similar view on drugs. A Social Conservative will look at drugs and say "I think drugs are immoral so that means we should ban them" and a Libertarian will look at drugs and say "I think drugs should be legal so that means they must be moral and how dare you criticize them". While I'm stuck in the middle arguing with Social Conservatives saying yes I agree they are bad but don't ban them while I'm also arguing with Libertarians saying yes we should make them legal but that does not make them morally okay.

While I recognize that drugs are really bad for people,and society as a whole, I also understand that the war on drugs is a loosing battle.

ALL DRUGS SHOULD BE DECRIMINALIZED!!!

As a libertarian I don’t care what you do but I do have a problem when the government enables drug use with taxpayer money. Make your own choices but then live with the consequences.

It just says "Jail Time" for Mary Jane... Yeah, because unlike the harder drugs on this list you can spend a lifetime behind bars for a weed if you live in a certain state and be paid to grow it if you live in another. Dumbest policy ever.

My father repeatedly told me that he and my mother didn't like The Beatles because "they were just a bunch of druggies." But he loves the Rolling Stones and The Who, and my mom loves John Denver. Inconsistent.

You know 'Reason' is named like that because of Ayn Rand, right? "Free minds and free markets" is also what she wrote! Read The Fountainhead, or Atlas Shrugged!

I’m for personal responsibility and letting people decide for themselves (legalization). This video however seems to promote drug use which I can’t get on board with.

What? Why does a Libertarian hate Ayn Rand?

The Beatles: All of them Queen: I WANT IT ALL, I WANT IT NOW!

Didn't Eddison have a colossal number patents because he slightly modified those of others?

Drugs are bad. Doesn't mean that we should have the war on drugs, but that doesn't mean that they're good.

A libertarian who is not an Ayn Rand fan? THAT is shocking. Also, you guys left out William Wilberforce, British abolitionist, who used opium. He was also probably addicted, but not so severely he couldn't function.

Imagine him instead of Colbert. Imagine something to watch on the actual TV.

Drugs are stupid. They mess with you and your ability to work. I wouldn't hire anyone I know did drugs.

The only drugs I "use" regularly are caffeine in the form of 6 - 7 Diet Pepsis a week and a daily dose of Levothyroxine, as prescribed by my doctor. I don't use pot, have never smoked, and don't care if I ever drink another wine cooler ever again, but I don't give a dead possum fart if you do other drugs (currently legal or not)…as long as you're a legal adult (and, yes, I think that it should be okay to drink at 18, eventhough I didn't until I was 27 and pretty much stopped before 30) and don't hurt anyone in the process of using or hurt them to get the drugs. Taxpayer money needs to be put to better uses than punishing people for choosing oblivion. The only part of the "War of Drugs" that I support is punishing those who provide to minors. Also, by keeping them illegal, you romanticize their use, making them more likely to WANT to try them.

I love Penn Jillette, so your headline is wrong. But wait, let me get this straight: Heaton is not a fan of Ayn Rand? Heaton's credibility just took an enormous hit. You don't have to agree with Rand on everything, but her rational defense of capitalism is brilliant and ultimately invaluable. It's that rational defense that turned me from democrat/borderline commie to libertarian. I'm not alone. A host on ReasonTV is NOT a fan of Ayn Rand. Let that sink in. Now when I see "Heaton" come up on the subscription feed, I'll be less likely to tune in. Good to know.

Yeah, but most of the drugs mentioned where practically new and where clearly ingredients in medicines. When they discovered the addictive qualities of these drugs they mostly removed them from the ingredients. That's like suggesting that the Coca-Cola Bottling Company would be thrown in jail today for having Coca-Leaves in their soda pop despite the fact that they removed in nearly 100 years ago. This is why the hole Heroine epidemic is such a problem since some much of today's medicine uses heroine derivatives.

We celebrate people not for drug use or slave ownership but for certain acomplishments

school counselor : We Are A drug free school any one bringing drugs on School grounds will be punished severely Me: I have coffee school counselor : *GUARDS SEIZE HIM*

Most of the founding fathers had slaves. They would serve long term sentences if they were caught doing that today. God forbid that we should we rethink anti-slavery laws because famous people had slaves. Besides most of the cases you mention were Doctor prescribed and administered in best medical means possible for their time (which no one has a problem with).

It depends on the drug and how it effects the person using it. There are other factors like dosage and drug interactions.

Imagine having a pothead friend literally named Toklas It's just too perfect

I needed this today. I tip my hat to you. Thank you.

Libertarians need to learn how to support the legalization of drugs. I firmly believe that anybody should be able to do whatever they want to their body as long as it doesn't impact anybody else. Government has no right to tell people what they do with their bodies. That said I despise the use of drugs and I would never consider it. For as long as the Libertarian party treats drugs like they do, they will be seen as crazy people.

My greatest fear is being seen drunk or under the influence by anybody in the town I live in... and my advice learn to enjoy sobriety... and yes I drink Foster's I averaged about two a day which is pretty much but the abstinence cleans out toxins

I doubt this guy has ever had to watch as an immediate relative destroys their life with meth.

You guys do realize that you are basically making the "all the cool kids are doing it" argument, right?

I work in a dispensary and most of the patients are women and older men .Cannabis is awesome .The head keebler elf should smoke some .

5:18 Richard Feynman is my favorite human.

Churchill one was weak. It was dr prescribed. By that logic, I would have to claim I'm a drug-user, too.

The jefferson one is a bad example it was part of a medicine he did not do drugs recreationally

I was perscribed phentanol and morphine (both opiates) to keep from going into shock after a drunk driver plowed into me while going 100+ miles per hour. Can I be added to your list of lovable people that "did drugs"? I also would like to be included in your fight against authoritarian rules against substance abuse.

You forgot FDR.

I love this guy's sense of humor!!

Book with too much words means author gave too little work of rewriting it, rather than too much work writing. If Rand did speeds it was super cruel to use that energy to bloat her books x5 size of what was needed.

WInston Churchill was a heavy drinker and a terrible role model. And drinking coca leaves is nothing like sniffing the stuff. Drugs should be legal for practical and self-ownership reasons, but that doesn't mean they aren't shitty.

What the hell does Heaton have against Rand?

Work at a restaurant and you'll find almost everyone who works there smoked pot lmfaoo

At the end, those people didn't do weed. They did crack.

The stigma around drugs is completely irrational. When used responsibly, drugs can improve your life and make it more enjoyable, which is pretty much the goal of life. Obviously pursuing meaning and moral justice is important, but at the end of the day it’s all about you and others living the most fulfilling and enjoyable lives that you can.

"I'm out of control" lmao!

"Cocaine's a hell of a drug" Rick James

These videos are delightful

Drug use, abuse, and addiction are a medical issue, not a criminal act. Criminalizing a medical issue IS a criminal act.

Yes, my mom and dad take drugs and i love them, even though they're always wrestling with each other all the time

Mr. Heaton why do you dislike Ayn Rand? Her work provides liberty and capitalism the moral bedrock and winning arguments needed to win the war of ideas. Also her ideas are ultimately the refinement of enlightenment reasoning... Which is the foundation of the American Republic. What of this do you take umbrage with?

"Which drugs should be legal?" Me: Yes

Amphetamines were legal in 70s&80s

Statist Drinking Game: Every time a libertarian mentions drugs take a drink of your government-approved alcohol of choice. Try not to die.

When weed gives you more years in prison than meth

Um, as a boomer, I have been smoking herb since I was 14!! The lady who turned me on worked for PDAP

If you could engage the point that most drug offenders in prison are not, in fact, non-violent, but are the product of plea deals, that would be very helpful. It's often a CounterPoint in discussions.

A "drug ADDICT" knows WAY more than those that are not, or have never, been "a drug addict" and. You. Personally. KNOW This!

Gee. Someone at "Reason" who is "not a fan" of Ayn Rand. Shocker. After all, why would anyone want to be "a fan" of someone who believed that: 1. There is an objective reality. 2. People should be rational. 3. People should be concerned with what is in their actual self-interest. 4. People own their lives and property. 5. People should be in control of and decide how their own lives and property are used. 6. The initiation of violence against peaceful and innocent individuals is universally wrong. 7. Only voluntary interactions among peaceful individuals are proper. 8. Art should uplift rather than degrade the human spirit. Far better, I guess, to be "a fan" of Ayn Rand's detractors, who - if they reject Objectivism - must believe that: 1. There is no "reality." “Reality” is whatever one wants it to be. Saying one is "out of touch with reality" is a positive statement. 2. People should be irrational/illogical. 3. People should be concerned with whatever is destructive to their self-interest. 4. No one owns his own life; all people are and should be slaves. 5. No one has a right to own property; anyone for any reason can take whatever they want from someone. 6. People should recognize that anyone other than themselves should be in control of and decide how their lives and property are used; anyone can, for any reason, take whatever they want from other people and dictate to them how they should live their lives. 7. Initiating/using coercion and violence against innocent and peaceful others is the basis of all proper social interactions. Might makes right, determines what is right. 8. Only involuntary actions are proper; forcing others to do or not do what they want is the essence of how people should be treated. 9. Art should be degrading to the human spirit and treat people as worthless scum. I would be disappointed at a contributor at "Reason" who would make such a statement, but then, I might as well be disappointed in my cat because he can't quote Shakespeare.

What's your point that everybody did drugs? That doesn't make it wise!

Everyone of these episodes is amazing lol

"Here's a quick list of every president who did drugs." uhh...THAT WE KNOW OF

I found pot users usually to be quite annoying, but I found government involvement to be way more annoying and, well, dangerous.

Even Jesus drank a little wine

Drug destroys your life. People in this video people are very very rare exceptions

From whence does the GOV get the authority to control what adults choose to ingest?

Arguments this stupid, (and I say this as someone who is in favor of legalizing everything,) might cause me to one day cancel my Reason subscription. Next time you want to talk about who did drugs in an effort to extol their possible virtues or to soften the conventional societal stance against them, please don't use those legally prescribed by a physician as part of that argument. Yes Winston Churchill used Amphetamines, but he did so on the instructions of his doctor, who had legal authority to give those instructions. There are legitimate medical uses for drugs today, including Opium, Cocaine, Amphetamines, and the like. All of these substances are being prescribed today, and this does not make the people using these substances, the prescribing doctors, nor the pharmacy filling the scripts, part of the drug culture.

ALF didn't do drugs, but he did have an addiction to eating cats.

For a channel called Reason TV you sure make assumptions: I don´t love any of them and Carl Sagan goes on my bugger off list!

I don't think being prescribed something should count.

Gotta love the last line, "Reefer Madness" destroyed more lives than mary jane ever did.

Most ww1 soldiers used amphetamines...it was standard issue to combat fatigue and depression

The U.S. government has a patent on cannabidiol (CBD, drug in marijuana) as a neuroprotectant, which they filed around 2001, which means they were doing the science for it in the 90's.

bring back Mostly Weekly or I'll do all the drugs all of them every last one

Oh that's why I don't love these people.

As long as you're not endangering anyone, smoke, snort, drink, inject, ingest, or absorb whatever you want.

Big deal, opium was used as medication(diarrhea, pain, etc)in America even in the 1950's without any prescription.

Drug culture is a lot wiser then mainstream culture portrays them to be. Sure you have junkies, and so forth but even some of them are not as bad as they are portrayed.

That is one reason I love the US . People who obey the law and never take illegal drugs stay poor and people like Jobs and Bill Gates who commit criminal offences are given untold wealth and rewards.

Fun fact about sigmund Freud: Freud believed cocaine to be cure for many ailments and would often give it as a gift

When talking about Winston Churchill's prison sentence. Is that American law or British?

My grandma Janelle doesn't know who Alf is.

tbh, the only people that, upon finding out they did drugs, receive more admiration from me than before are the founding fathers. The fact that the US population is doing drugs more than in the past seems bad.

This is a bad argument, it'd be like saying, "because I like the Founding Fathers and the Founding Fathers practiced slavery, it should be legal." I'm not against people doing whatever they want to their bodies, but this is not de way to go about promoting legalization.

The writer of Alf was a heavy drug user. The movie permanent midnight is about it. So your joke is wrong.

damn you just called out my whole family

Honestly not surprised any of these people do drugs

This is why I can't be a full-fledged libertarian. I do agree laws need to be fixed, regarding jail time for drug use.

I’m hallucinating the presenter as a cross between Ted Cruz and Hugh Grant

Everyone I love did drugs but I do drugs because no one loves me

Humans used lead a food flavoring for thousands of years. The Romans were very fond of "Sugar of Lead", including several emperors. That must mean it is a good idea, right? Perhaps restaurants should start serving it for consenting adults.