Prince Ea - Smoking Weed with The President (Official Lyric Video) + Indiegogo Campaign

About this video

Prince Ea presents a spoken-word piece advocating for marijuana legalization, addressing it as a message to President Obama. He argues that marijuana prohibition is rooted in historical propaganda and racism rather than science, claims current laws are unjust compared to alcohol and tobacco regulation, and contends legalization would generate tax revenue and end what he sees as hypocritical enforcement. The video concludes with a call to fund a music video campaign through IndieGoGo in partnership with drug policy organizations.

Key takeaways

• Prince Ea argues that marijuana prohibition began in the 1930s through propaganda campaigns by Harry Anslinger and was motivated by racism and corporate interests rather than public health concerns
• Prince Ea claims marijuana laws are hypocritical because many politicians who smoked marijuana themselves now enforce harsh penalties, and that tobacco and alcohol cause far more deaths while remaining legal
• Prince Ea contends that legalizing marijuana would generate billions in tax revenue, save law enforcement costs, help patients with medical conditions, and end what he views as unjust incarceration

Episode details: published August 28, 2012 · 713.3K views · 12:47 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The pieces summarized here are Prince Ea’s own words and views, presented for education; summaries are written by Self Growth Videos from each episode itself.

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