Psychedelics saved me from years of uncontrollable depression, anxiety, and illicit pills addiction. Imagine carving heavy chains for over a decade and then all of a sudden that burden is gone. Believe it or not, in a couple of years they'll be all over for treatment of mental health related issues.

@user-mr3di2mi7x

4 ай бұрын

they've helped me a lot as well I'm a war vet diagnosed with PTSD. A lot of issues spun out of control when I came home. This is something i looked up and tried after trying the roller coaster of antidepressants. Day and night difference

@AkselAaberg

4 ай бұрын

yes, that's right, I researched and found out that shrooms are helpful in many ways but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source I can reach out to

@berryrobert7324

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, but I'm pretty sure of Sporeville he's an intelligent mycologist.

@bauerfelicitas672

4 ай бұрын

Sporeville is the best, he'll guide you step by step on how to deal with some stuff like that.

@AkselAaberg

4 ай бұрын

How do I reach out to him? Is he on Instagram

It is staggering how big of an influence Nixon's draconian drug policy had on other parts of the world.

@brinjoness3386

5 ай бұрын

Nancy Reagan took the torch and added tnt.

@Hansen710

5 ай бұрын

later on the states have tried to bribe marocco´s king to destroy their harvest.. and put their war ships to spot the drugs between africa and europe.. its not just the policy in the states those country´s follow.. the states had their hands in many drug trades in different ways in the old days if we want to travel to the states and we have been caught with weed in europe, the states is a no go zone.. i somhow dont find it staggering how people are affected when you treat them like the states treat others. they have beeeen messing with nederlands coffeshops for example, europe was pretty dry for that period where the states bought the maroccan harvest people had to mix up products if there was to be anuff for everyone.. and that did happen

@daffedavidsen6306

5 ай бұрын

Ye that son of a bichh. Was spreading lies and terror alla around the world with that shit

@officerdonut7066

5 ай бұрын

Yeah because the entire world is run by the same gobelshnakers

@xGodric

4 ай бұрын

naivety, no fucking clue, false information, political, religion and the boogeyman. all this controlls the NPC's

You pretty much nailed it for Sweden also. There is so much silly talk that cannabis will turn you into a heroin addict. Getting blind drunk is good and fine, but a soft mellow means jail. Very nice video! Mads is shifting into a higher gear now. I love you guys!

@Hansen710

5 ай бұрын

its a scandinavian attitude.. look at christiania these days, it just gets worse and worse.. and so does the laws

@RogueSecret

5 ай бұрын

Look at overdoose deaths data and compare it with what is legal in that same country... the pattern is clear all over the world... If you need drugs to live, then your living the wrong way inside your head.

@laggmonstret

5 ай бұрын

Good, hope Sweden stays like that. We don't need more lazy potheads living on welfare here. Any kind of drug use, alcohol or cannabis is harming for your body and brain. Why do you even need it, is your life that boring so you must escape reality?

@laggmonstret

5 ай бұрын

@@Hansen710 And scandinavia was the best place to live not long ago.

@dealwithit6035

4 ай бұрын

​@@laggmonstret That was before we opened the border... 😢

In the Autumn of 1978, Norway completely outlawed skateboarding. The use of skateboards and import of skate good banned, advertising the sport or products considered a criminal offense and anyone caught defying these rules, considered a criminal. Things have changed a lot,but still for a liberal country it's really strange.

@YOURWAY2NORWAY

5 ай бұрын

That's a very, very good point, and my partner addressed this early. Best Mads😊

Please don’t stop making videos. I am aware it is not possible doing them so often but don’t let this channel without videos for several months. Greetings from Italy!

@livmarlin4259

5 ай бұрын

Are you interested in a used condom?

Ronald having too much fun with the suspicious hoodie walk 😂 perfect timing with scooter man 👍🏽

Yet another thing that is exactly same here in Finland. Our countries are so similar in so many ways! You had a hilariously perfect AI generated troll police around 3:30 :D And by the way, I totally agree that weed should be sold in your Vinmonopolet and/or our Alko. That would reduce crime and make tax income to the state. I smoke only tobacco, and would not begin to smoke weed if it was legalized, but I still support legalizing it.

@Hansen710

5 ай бұрын

sure it will reduce it a little.. but why not remove tax and remove all criminals and gangs biggest money cow in scandinavia like the spanish social club model i bet danes will start to export to german clubs when they open, cause they allow profit. just like most of europe do to the coffeshops in nederland

@steveurkel9378

5 ай бұрын

Spot on. The problem is that alot of the people who don't smoke and never will, are the ones most passionate to keep it illegal. Cheers from Norway :)

@JimmyNuisance

4 ай бұрын

@@steveurkel9378 What you're saying is true. It's the people who don't use it who demonize it. I was a teetotaler (avholds) until my mid 30s when my bipolar disorder caused me to almost die. I wasn't just a teetotaler, I was anti drugs, I wanted hard punishments for use and production etc. etc... I was an absolute clueless goofball and my presence was destructive. During the darkest period of my life I kinda gave up, figured I'd just try drinking seeing as I was on my way to the grave anyways. Turns out, drinking soothed my broken brain for a little while. It opened my mind to the fact that there has to be other stuff that can do the same, but "drugs" scared me to death.. I realized after about 4 months that medicating with alcohol is never going to be doable.. About 6 months later I was in the netherlands for a short while, figured I'd just try it for the hell of it after having read about it a LOT for a while + I was in a self sabotaging mood and just ate a small brownie..... My brain slowed down, I felt calm.. No anger.. No frustration.. I wasn't very high either, I thought I'd be unconscious and hardly functional, like WAY worse than alcohol, but it was _so much weaker_ than alcohol. It smoothed out my jagged moods. There was a sense of harmony, just inner peace.. First time i felt calm since the 90s.. Maybe even the 80s.. In that moment I realized that the only reason alcohol could be legal and weed illegal was that people have no idea how soft of a drug weed actually is. If alcoholics were stoners, we would be all good. Being stoners is like being a fan of coffee or a being a wine snob.. Violent alcoholics are all over the place. Violent stoners are just not really a thing unless they're carrying a LOT of baggage from their past or are extremely mentally ill and no amount of weed could make them calm. Now all I want is for weed to be fully legalized in norway. Taxed and priced at a reasonable rate. Freely available to people with mental illness and addiction problems paid for by the tax on weed. Treatment for any kind of addiction should be paid for by the tax on alcohol and weed. Weed could have stopped so many of my bipolar kin from committing suicide. It also gives you a free level up in terms of empathy. I think that's a big part of why it's illegal.. It causes compassion and shifts your view of the world... Politicians and the industry big wigs want us to be in competition and in a back-stabbing kinda mood rather than a "let's take the day off and just go fishing." kinda mood. They want us to lust for material goods and work hard to attain them rather than a bunch of people moving to a commune and living sustainably without buying a bunch of cars and electronics etc. They want us to be greedy little pigs who envy the neighbor enough to take up a huge loan to buy a cooler car.. They don't want a stoner with a 98 Honda Civic, they want an overworked laborer with a new volvo. They want a tryhard middle class guy who leases a porshe and an 8 series BMW.... Anyways.. I ramble on and on.. sorry.

I live in Texas, where medical marijuana is highly limited. However, CBD and Delta 8 are readily available. This is because there is a loophole in the law that enabled hemp-derived products to have a small amount of THC, which is the chemical in pot that makes you high. I use it for back pain (which upsets my doctor, who would rather i take prescription medicine, but that's a PITA, since it is very difficult to get the kind of pain medication I need), and also to sleep, since I have insomnia. Weed should be legal in all states. The war on drugs is an expensive failure, and it's long past time to admit defeat.

@kookamunga2458

5 ай бұрын

I agree cannabis takes the edge off back pain . I think Texas will legalize it in the not to distant future. Willie Nelson is proof that weed does not destroy minds .

@Hansen710

5 ай бұрын

im not sure its a war on drugs as much as it is about controlling the whole worlds markeds.. we have seen cia use drugs for political reasons.. and we have seen the states buying the harvest in marocco and put warships to stop it going to europe to mess with the cannabis trade in eu and marocco for example i bet if you dig deaper it is more about control then it is a war i would not be surpriced if the cia was still selling drugs or had a hand in the big trades that are going on for example

I'm shocked that a country with such a reputation for humanism and rationality has such barbaric policies about marijuana. I'm a Canadian, and when I want some marijuana to deal with an extremely painful medical condition, I simply walk down the street to a neighbourhood cannabis shop. It's been totally legal for any purpose for years. That is civilization.

@colorbugoriginals4457

5 ай бұрын

same here. i use it for a progressive neurological condition, it immediately made 4 of my prescriptions no longer needed and kept me from needing many others. it is absolutely criminal to forbid this from people.

@lorrainecouch348

5 ай бұрын

EVERYTHING GOING ON IS DELIBERATE. Our governments have been coming for us like a thief in the night... stealing our health, breaking up our families and turning us all against each other.

@jeschinstad

5 ай бұрын

I wouldn't call it barbaric. Call it backwards if you want, but barbarism is rather strong.

@philpaine3068

5 ай бұрын

@@jeschinstad Okay, let's call it hyperbole. Perhaps a better comparison would be a person with an extraordinarily beautiful face . . . . but with a single, huge, ugly wart on the end of their nose.

@jeschinstad

5 ай бұрын

@@philpaine3068: Ok. Actually, as a Norwegian who's gone through the dark side of Norway and life in general, I have said something very similar; when you are bothered by a pimple, you are having a great day. My point is that you can choose to be bothered by the pimple or choose to put your anguish into perspective. Inside of Norway, I represent the weak and the forgotten, but ouside of Norway, I represent the strength of realistic hope. We longed for Norway for five hundred years before we won our freedom. That's a lot of generations who's dreams went unfulfilled. But in less than one century we became the richest country in the world. Some call it luck, but I call it persistence. If you never give up, you may get your chance. That's the Norway that I am proud of; we don't seek revenge, we seek progress.

Hey, thank you for making this video! I was just in Norway for 3 months this summer and found that, at least the younger population, was well aware that weed is far less destructive for a society than alcohol or cigarettes. I started asking about it when I smelled weed in my AirBnB's back yard over in Bergen, lol. I even met people who know of others growing it. Then, when I got to Ålesund I was abled to smoke it with friends, and up in Tromsø I didn't smell it, but everyone seemed completely okay with it so long as it was kept to yourself. I be it'll be legal in Norway before too long, is my guess. Even if it takes waiting for younger leaders to get in positions of influence, it'll happen eventually, cause you're right. If you're gonna legalize things that can kill, why wouldn't you legalize something that cannot?

@daffedavidsen6306

5 ай бұрын

Ye Bergen and Oslo, it's so common, you smell it everywhere and in all the parks people smoke and all of the bars and nightclubs people smoke hash and weed. But of course, it is all around the country ❤

Really enjoying these grittier videos on life in Norway recently, good job!

Hello Ronald! Hello Mads! It's so good to see the two of you back! I live in Oregon where weed is legal. You can even grow up to four plants for self-use. Weed is, more expensive to buy from the dispensaries then to buy street weed. But some street weed is laced with other drugs and can be dangerous. Buying weed from the dispensaries is safer as that it's grown in carefully overseen greenhouses. It's more expensive because it's taxed. But that money is going to the state and being used for things like repairs to our roads and many other things. The legalization of weed has also stopped many from going to jail. There are many people in jails around this country that are incarcerated for having had less than an ounce of weed in their possession. There have been a few states that upon legalization have released many of those prisoners. That has helped with the overpopulation in our jails. And yet we still have many states that refuse to legalize weed. As you've said in your video, it's complicated when it comes to weed. It's so good to see you two! Espero han estados bien. I hope Moli has been well too! Good to hear from both of you my loves! 😘🤗, 😘🤗

@fredrikcarlen3212

5 ай бұрын

Why would dealers put other way more expensive drugs in their weed, and potentially kill their customers? Doesn't even make sense from a business perspective...

@Hansen710

5 ай бұрын

when did the coffeeshops/despensaries start to check for other drugs.. that is new.. i agree the chance is smaller, but dont fool yourself there might still be people that dont care im not sure checking your own stuff makes it safe, we all know how they bump the thc% for example

@meri_teri_82

5 ай бұрын

You have a good point. Don't know what it does for their business but there have been incidences of weed being laced with PCP, heroin, meth and ketamine. I don't know what the reason was behind doing it. Maybe It was to give customers a better high so that they'd come back? Or get them addicted so they come back to only one dealer? Who knows why they do anything? 🤷‍♀️

@Barbarossa_F

4 ай бұрын

And Portland Oregon has become the outhouse of America.. They didn't just legalize weed they legalized all the drugs. Now the city is decrepit and filthy and junkies and all over the streets and the few sane people left in the state are regretting their decision to legalize anything 🤦 Human beings need boundaries, whether self imposed or imposed on them, that's just the truth. Otherwise a large enough number of us will overindulge in anything and everything and create utter chaos and destruction..

First one here! Finally you are back, we’ve been waiting! 🎉

It was perfect timing with a dealer asking, that Do You Want?! 😅

@YOURWAY2NORWAY

5 ай бұрын

Haha, true!

Thanks so much for doing this video. As an immigrant from the US, my biggest frustration with this issue is that many Norwegians aren't motivated to change anything because "the police won't really bother you", but that's a) not always true, and b) not equally true for everyone. Taking the risk because "police probably won't bother you" just isn't worth it because of the healthcare system, or the risks if you have kids. And the science clearly shows it shouldn't be treated the way it is, but I don't see many direct discussions about it like you've done here. Kudos!

@Bidmartinlo

5 ай бұрын

Police attracts psychopaths and sadists everywhere. Norway is no exception... and I've unfortunately been witness to it at least 3 times, but never been the victim THANKFULLY.

@-_pi_-

5 ай бұрын

Police in Norway and how they deal with this problem is very locally specific and even individually based. Some cops tell me to just stay safe if they see me smoke, while in other places they’d probably cuff and process me. I think atleast having a defined “national” attitude that’s consistent is important for the population to build a good understandable relationship between state and private people.

@jeschinstad

5 ай бұрын

@@-_pi_-: Yes, and by nature, some people are more noticeable than others, which also affects the outcome.

@Hansen710

5 ай бұрын

yeah same problem as in the states.. are holland not the only country that fixed that problem more or less, by asking police not to deal with small crimes no matter what they are

@TheTrololMusic

5 ай бұрын

police in finnmark is nazis when it comes to any recreational drug thats not alcohol, a big chunk of the police working here are also from south norway and not native to the north, just up here for a few years to work on their portfolio/record then move back down south to where they actually wanna work. it feels like this has an effect on how you will be treated by police, back in the days we had local police officers and they were scattered around most places, knew the people of the town and wanted to help, now its all decentralized and there is no attempt of understanding and possibly helping someone on the right track, just villainizing and trying to get a case on paper. which is truly a shame, i think norway is a good and nice country, but we definitely have flaws in certain aspects, especially considering norway has had high overdose deaths of drugs pr. capita compared to other european countries.

I live in Colorado, where weed is legal. I honestly think we had a more measured COVID response because people were able to get stoned throughout all the lockdowns and restrictions. It made it way more bearable. Not a healthy way to deal with one's problems, but it definitely helped keep people chilled out during the worst of the covid lockdowns.

@daffedavidsen6306

5 ай бұрын

Ye, you lucky! I saw yall had it Allright on South Park 😉😂

I live in Oregon and it's legal here. A lot of people smoke it or eat it. Even my 82 year old housemate has used sleep drops with CBD in it. At regular stores of all kinds CBD products can be purchased. Even for pets you can get treats with CBD to help with anxiety. I was in a camping shop this weekend and they had topical CBD. The taboo is all but gone.

@YOURWAY2NORWAY

5 ай бұрын

Very interesting to learn. Thanks for sharing

@AdelineCowgirl

5 ай бұрын

That's exactly how it is in Virginia as well. Stores everywhere, smoking weed, gummies, cookies, liquid drops, dog treats, even suppositories 😂😂

@1ACL

5 ай бұрын

Same in Colorado. And now mushrooms are legal here, too.🍄🌬

@sherunswithscissors

5 ай бұрын

Same here in BC.

@pb6839

5 ай бұрын

I used to live in Washington but I am unhappy with the way it was legalized. It basically just brought organized crime into the public sector because the shops would rob eachother and it became really violent. So for a while going to any shop was uncomfortable because there would be some hired guns. And more recently, I am guessing because it's hard to insure this type of business almost all the shops went out of business but a few really big chains that control the price. They should just make it legal to grow at home and turn a blind eye. If someone is caught with a commercial grow then just punish them for that because it's different. I don't think there is any way to create a safe and fair market for it through government intervention.

I love your channel !! Such an instructive yet entertaining content

When i was young i was a pot head and smoked almost every day. But to day i have a more relaxed relationship with it and only smoke now and then, because when i smoke to much i get laze and few things are being done. But what the law say about it i could not care less about. When the law become to stupid or extreme, it is our duty to ignore it. 🙂 When i brake certain laws, i do not feel like a criminal, i might even feel like a hero.. lol

Video already starts great, im so exited to watch the rest!!

I was missing your videos good to see you back😊

good stuff informative and humorous as always !

The guy on the scooter asking if you wanted some 😂 ...it's complicated

Love ur videos , so happy when u upload ! What did the guy ask u if u wanted in the end ?

@YOURWAY2NORWAY

5 ай бұрын

About HASHIS :)

Adding to the list of things I never knew about Norway. (Great video guys! So chaotic, hilarious and informative. 😁)

It's funny how 15 years can change things. 15 years ago my sister was picked up by the Sherrif's office and brought to our house because she was with people smoking weed. Today it's completely legal for anyone over the age of 21 to buy at a dispensary, the same as you would buy alcohol or tobacco. Still limits, can only possess 1.5 ounces (doubt the police is going to raid your house and check to see if you only have 1.5 ounces), and can't smoke in public (which I can see as reasonable).

Very happy to see you again guys 👍👏🏻

It's similar in the u.k. people who want to smoke recreational cannabis,it's freely available. For people who need it medically their doctors claim they know nothing about dosage and are reluctant to prescribe it even for children with severe epilepsy. Some people with serious medical conditions have to grow it themselves,work out the dosage themselves. Meanwhile teenagers sit on balconies at home openly smoking.

@YOURWAY2NORWAY

5 ай бұрын

Very interesting to learn about the situation in the UK. Thanks for sharing

@paulwhite2162

5 ай бұрын

In the UK it is illegal, but it's so common that it cannot be effectively policed. Any city in the UK is full of the stink of weed, whole areas of bars and nightlife in the biggest cities have people openly smoking super strong skunk in full view of door-staff. I travelled around Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland in the last couple of years and was surprised to only see it openly and smell it in Christiania Copenhagen. I was a little surprised as the nordic countries are renown for being more liberal than the UK. I would have expected to smell it around the city parks where youths congregate, but I didn't. @@YOURWAY2NORWAY

❤❤❤😂😂😂 I live in New York State and weed is legalized on the state level. On the federal level, it is not. Therefore, the establishments are struggling with how to handle the money, because federal banks can’t legally take the money from these establishments!😂😂😂😂 I’ve had stomach cancer and I have side effects, marijuana, CBD help alleviate symptoms. I love your channel. I am so happy that you are posting content. I am aware of the story of vilifying, hemp and marijuana. I am pro decriminalization!

Very informative! I'm in Florida in the US. The people voted to make it legal recreationally, but the government said even though it was voted that way, it wasn't by a big enough margin. So it's still illegal, but medical marijuana is legal. YOu can smell ti everyehere, and people from other states and countries mistakenly think it's legal and try to buy it in cigarette shops.. CBD is legal, and Kratom is legal, for now. I cracked up when that guy rode by and asked you if you wanted some!

@Hansen710

5 ай бұрын

this is why real or direct democracy is importent.. it makes no sense to vote on a persons opinion once in a while. first of all things move fast and both you and the person you voted for might have another opinion the next day... its a system from back in the days where you had to ride for days to talk to your representive. and where the news took months to come out people like hitler putin Netanyahu trump and biden all came to power in a representive democracy.. and we also have people lying just to get the job like you also have seen in the states. its a system where hate and feellings makes more votes then facts and science.. often voting for science and facts is not posible at all, it is all about feeeling

I got cbd buds on the prescription that I ordered at home. You can also get the variation, but then you need go to hospital and get prescribed by pain specialist and than you can order it in Norway, it's easier to go overseas and get recommendations from the doctor who isn't afraid to help you

You're spoiling us with regular videos again! 😊

It's been legal here in Canada since I think 2018 . Most people don't go to work high on Cannabis. Cannabis is mostly for after work things like music , darts , billiards and bingo.

Another fantastic video, good job. Keep em coming. As a fellow Norwegian I enjoy the sarcasm mixed with lot of truth. I'm for legalizing it, seems like a win win situation. Will remove the illegal side of "pushing" and perhaps people will talk more open about it and understand it better. It would be an additional income for the country as well and they could use that money to help people on harder drugs and clean up some the districts in Oslo and other cities where it's beggars (for no reason) and crime elements. It is well known as it is "illegal" it often makes you reach out to pushers that also deal harder drugs so easier to be tempted or get dragged into trying the harder stuff.

As someone with endometriosis there's no other medication that relieves my pain ad effectively

@user-hn3zo1mj6f

5 ай бұрын

Mayan Abdominal Massage

@elina4005

5 ай бұрын

@@user-hn3zo1mj6f a massage by the abominable snowman? Sign me up

I’m Canadian so I’m quite accustomed to it. The cannabis shops are very professional and you can ask many questions about the different types and get advise as to what type is best for you depending on your circumstances. Also it’s grown here in professional green houses.

@AmliFightClub4865

5 ай бұрын

In norway teens and poor people smoke 3rd degree hash from Morocco. Rarely they lace it with heroin to increase the effect. You need to know people the get good homegrown weed. If you talk about it you're labled as a drug addict

@vintagemoss9578

5 ай бұрын

@@AmliFightClub4865that’s a shame. Here the cannabis is very high grade and controlled so there’s no worry about other things being laced with it.

@Hansen710

5 ай бұрын

markeds like that started in scandinavia and nederland 50 years ago.. nothing new.. i would rather take advice from my streetdealer that have only been selling cannabis for over 30 yars, then some young kid that just learned a couple of things in a weeks education its like being a cop, you dont become a cop where i live without 4 years of education..(unlike in the states) or else we all know what can happen im very sorry a cop in the states with a short education woud not be considdered a cop in scandinavia.. and i would like it the same way with my dealer.

@Hansen710

5 ай бұрын

@@AmliFightClub4865 everything from animal poo to plastic, lp records, drugs, laktose, wax, to name a few i have seen it with my own eyes.. and if you doubt the british costums did check what they took for a period.. hey also have a very good plant for it in marocco that is used very often, that is hard to discover i would not touch hashish unless a friend made it or i made it my self even though they did not add anything to get you high, there is a good chance they added something for the weight and price somewhere along the way.. hashish can be blended and pressed over and over again and you can keep adding stuff every time and you change its looks every time so who will know where it came from.. you can make dark hashish to pollen and you can make pollen to dark hashish, no problem if you care about fertilizer or pesticides on your food or the stuff you smoke, i would also stay away from hashish in general.. very few make eco hashish it is pretty much imposible to do in marocco unlss you live on the top of the mountain.. verytime it rains the frtilizr gos down hill.. and no one wants to drag natural fertilizer all the way to the top of a moutain

as a Canadian; I feel mental health is far more responsible for social issues/problems. I was shunned in junior schools which made me withdrawn and a "loner". (pre-cannabis)

I miss you guys. You both are fun and brilliant.

Woah - that surprised the heck out of me, that weed is illegal in Norway. From what you said, though, it will probably come around before too long. There was a lot of foot dragging from the misinformation in the USA, too, but it's fine, now. And people haven't gone crazy...well, not because of weed, anyhow.

@jeschinstad

5 ай бұрын

It's actually extremely illegal. For instance, the people who serve the longest sentences are the people who import cannabis. It's completely absurd.

I smoked weed for many years, but because of other things in my life, it started to make me paranoid, the problem wasn't the weed, if anything, it was a wake up call, that made me work on some personal things, and after 9-12 months, I could smoke again, without issues. So yeah, if you get anything mental about it, it could be an indicator that something else is wrong in your life, and maybe you should look into yourself, and correct that.

Police in Norway has changed so mutch.

Legal here in Oregon. Always look forward to your videos.

As a Norwegian born and raised, ill say that Norwegian politics/media (styret) and the Norwegian people (folket) do not go hand in hand

Great Video Ronald and Mads. Love Ronald "flogging" criminals of marijuana consumption. 😂😂 You two are amazing! 💨 I live in a State that just passed Recreational Marijuana. However, it's still a Federal Crime. De-criminalized, also. I just love it when I see in my notifications that you have posted. Thank you!

One thing I noticed after it being legalized in my state in 2012 was that the homeless situation and crime went up significantly. I've lived in my hometown my entire life. It was a notable difference.

@jeschinstad

5 ай бұрын

Post hoc ergo propter hoc. It probably wasn't the only ting that happened in 2012 and earlier. There was a financial crisis, for instance, which doesn't immediately impact everyone.

After living in Norway since 2019 I’ve seen everyone smoke weed or at least want to or curious… but it is more hashish here. The alcohol and nicotine are the worst , imo. I choose to do nothing of those… the fresh air is the best tho ;)

Did that guy on the scooter at the end offer you weed? Haha! That's a hilarious coincidence :D

@plundaphonikz2570

5 ай бұрын

The part where they hang in the start of the video is where you get the "street shit" there is that spot and plaza used by regulars who don't have any plugs.

I got caught by police in my home for smoking in 2019. They came with a dog, they found 0.5 gram of hashish. The punishment i received for this were as following: They took my driver licence and required i piss in a cup for 1 year to show im not a drug addict to get my licence back. I was a student at the time so i didnt own a car, and i didnt drive a car at this time at all. In my oppinion this is insane abuse of power against human rights. Doesnt matter though, just though i share my story anyways.

It's illegal, but open marked. Just go to "brugata" outside Kiwi. Or "Grønland" under the bridge next to the water.

I live in Norway, and I'm a non-smoker. I can definitely understand some concerns and why one might not desire it to be completely legal. Anything that has health risks and annoyances related with it, is automatically seen as intrusive to people other than yourself. If you smoke in a public area, you will bother every non-smoker around you. And that is not great! So we have some areas that are marked as non-smoking areas, but most people don't seem to respect them, nor do they get punished for smoking there. (But they probably deserve to get publically shamed in my opinion, because it's an obvious sign of lack of respect for the non-smokers) That aside, I'd much rather have the government teach proper respect and guidelines to people than to make something illegal. Making something illegal, does not stop people doing it, it just makes it more difficult. It's fair that in some cases, difficulty may discourage people from bothering trying, due to lack of efforts. But that is not the case with for products related with mental well-being and addictions. And thinking or hoping it ever will be is just ignorant. I have no problems with them making it legal and and taking control of the market. In fact, I support it. But if you sit down next to me in a non-smoking area and you start smoking, you should expect to get your ass kicked!

@peterkropotkin1158

3 ай бұрын

The ironic part is that when I live in Norway virtually everyone drank alcohol and smoked cigarettes which are both 100x worse than weed and in fact it was so common that actually considered taboo NOT to do those, but weed is somehow frowned upon, make it make sense 🥴🥴🥴🥴

We are arriving in Oslo in the morning...love this vid as ever, the syringe.....hilarious 😂

As usual, I was already laughing within moments of the start of the video. I always enjoy these snapshots of Norway.

Lots of pot farms in my agricultural valley after a vote was approved. There are a dozen marijuana shops in my town of 46,000...they only accept cash, have ATM machines inside. The shops knew when they applied for a city license that they would be paying a hefty tax, which now goes into the city coffers and pays for city services & funds extra staff in the police & fire departments. ---I'm not aware of a significant increase in incidents & accidents related to pot smoking, but as a nurse, I've read of some literature relating to long-term brain changes. ---I liked this episode fellas.

the tug of war skit was jokes and original.Very informative appreciate guys

Most of my friends here smoke, or have smoked for a long time. The old people are the problem. Tis just a matter of time. They dont really care as long as youre a good guy. Just dont be a dumbass, and youll be fine in norway. Been living in norway for over 10 years.

I'm a norwegian afghanistan veteran who desperately needs cannabis sometimes to sleep, other times to be able to relax and lower the constant stress that my ptsd gives me. It needs to be legalized for many many different reasons, as soon as possible.

I had a Norwegian visiting me and I can confirm the attitudes described in this video.

Another super interesting video!

Good funny smart and formative video Good job bro

Ronald - one of those strange characters who could be either 14 years old or 60 and we wouldn't know.

What about smoking and driving?? Is states vegvesen under the same policeloving thing??

My personal take on this: make everything that is better than alcohol legal. Just makes no sense to have milder things illegal while alcohol is freely available in any quantities.

@AudunWangen

5 ай бұрын

I agree. It baffles me that those who are against legalizing weed is almost always against banning alcohol and tobacco. It makes no logical sense. There's almost no registered deaths because of cannabis, but thousands each year because of alcohol and tobacco.

@jeschinstad

5 ай бұрын

@@AudunWangen: Yes. My friend was one of two people in Norway who died of cannabis in 2011. But it is also important to know that it's very difficult to know when cannabis is the cause. If you die from heart failure within an hour of consuming cannabis, then cannabis can be considered the cause, but if it's later than that, then it should be considered coincidental. But you won't normally know the exact time of consumption, because it's not like alcohol where you can just measure the stomach content and calculate the time that must have passed. So there are probably more people than we know who dies with cannabis being the cause, but it is definitely a low number.

@AudunWangen

5 ай бұрын

@@jeschinstad I'm sorry for your loss. I know determining the cause of death is hard in these cases. I just use the statistics that are available, and take the numbers with a grain of salt, but it's very obvious that alcohol is more dangerous than cannabis.

@jeschinstad

5 ай бұрын

@@AudunWangen: Absolutely no doubt. Alcohol is a heavy narcotic substance. The problem with alcohol is that it really cannot be prohibited, because pretty much all kinds of foods can easily be turned into alcohol and if you incentivize people to learn how to cook their own, you get all sorts of serious problems. Akevitt is just potatoes, you know.

@AudunWangen

5 ай бұрын

@@jeschinstad I live in the southeast, so very familiar with moonshine. Basically grew up on that stuff 😜 Prohibition of alcohol doesn't work. The 1920s in the US is an obvious example of that. I believe the same applies to drugs, and I don't see why it shouldn't.

Unlike the United States, Norway wasn't colonized by Puritans who were kicked out of England, So that could be why its more liberal on a lot of things. I'm from Colorado which was the first US state to legalize recreational weed. I think it should be legal, tobacco and alcohol already are. Its a plant just like tobacco is a plant. Make it legal so prisons can have space for real criminals, not pot heads with the munchies.

@jeschinstad

5 ай бұрын

Norway didn't have to be colonized by puritans, because they were officially running the country. It's only been ten years since we stopped being an official Lutheran-Evangelical nation. We had a law against color TV, for instance, because of fear of the Devil. We've had color TV for a while, but not for centuries. :)

My opinion? The glasses look good, Ronald! Very scientific.

@YOURWAY2NORWAY

5 ай бұрын

Haha, thanks ;)

In the Netherlands you can have 5 gr. of cannabis, if you are older than 18 years. It is punishable but you won't be punished. You will be if you have more. You can buy those 5 gr. of weed at a coffeeshop, when you are Dutch and a listed member but the coffeeshop can't have more than 500 gr. in store. I have no opinion whether cannabis should be legal or illegal. I have known a few people who used a lot of cannabis and had psychosis or depression, but I don''t know if that was the result of the cannabis.

Great video!

Thanks for the video ! Speaking of drugs, is methylphenidate (quasym, concerta and such) legal in Norway ? I'd love to visit your wonderfull country, but I have ADHD, I can't live without my daily drug... 🥺Can I get in trouble because of that ?

@YOURWAY2NORWAY

5 ай бұрын

Nope, that's common medicine in Norway too. Welcome :):)

@reedtrullz

5 ай бұрын

I don't just use these legally in Norway, but the state even pays for it 😂♥

Look, USA tried banning alcohol in the 20ies, and it worked out great! I can't figure out why they stopped

@jeschinstad

5 ай бұрын

We did that in Norway too. Twice.

Norway is unfortunately still a backwards country regarding cannabis. Only medical cannabis patients with a prescription are allowed to bring a certain amount from a doctor either in Netherlands, or Denmark.

I’m growing up with neighbors or side of the street with weed growing anywhere but nobody noticed it until 20 years ago.

It's legal here in California and lots of people use it. Edibles are really popular. No increase in social problems or traffic accidents have been detected and the police aren't arresting and jailing people for years because they had a roach in their pocket. Things are no worse, and for many people, the situation is better.

@TheMVCoho

5 ай бұрын

Using California as a model for anything positive is hilarious. California is the exact case study any society can look to and rightly do the opposite.

@fritzytv9285

Ай бұрын

But you outlaw menthol cigarettes & gambling & pedos! The worst state. Hope it falls off the continent.

🤣@you Ronald, near the end, when you were under that bridge, a guy passed by you on his bike and asked you something,....that if you wanted weed?😂😉👍

@YOURWAY2NORWAY

5 ай бұрын

YEPS. Best Mads

Does weed even work in freezing countries.. Have serious nerve damage and Been on cannabis trials for 3 years, every winter it stops working and takes loads to get a sleep. Summer comes and it works 100% and I can act like I was never in an accident So if anything northern countries need more

@peterkropotkin1158

3 ай бұрын

Sounds like a you problem, I live in Alaska and nobody here has a problem using weed in -50 weather

Aprox. 5% is misleading taking to account that people in Norway is afraid to admit they are smoking due to persecution and harassment from the police and NNPF(Police lobbying thing). The % imho is ALOT higher🌚💨

Its not a problem to get medical certificate to smoke weed and take that with you to Norway. Just get medical certificate thru a doctor in Schengen. (a little harder to get now, changed the rules in Netherland, so you have to get a 30. days certificate.) But still not hard ( at least if you can document ADHD, sleeping problems and so on.) if you google it there are companys that will help you.

Love your video!

Marijuana is much safer then alcohol. As a nurse I never see people admitted for marijuana but everday for alcohol intoxication and withdrawal.

People smoke Weed and Hashish all the time in Norway ❤❤

Hahahha...always like you and Mads videos. Hmm no interaction with weed here so can't really comment. Smoking is very big here though in many public places you can't smoke. In my apartment, I can smell smoke coming from my neighbour. XO

I live in New Mexico, USA and cannabis is legal at the state level, though it’s still illegal at the federal level. It’s a bit complicated. It is very easy to obtain. Prior to legalization, use had reached a level where it was impractical to police its use in a fair and consistent basis. Making it legal in the way it did sort of took this option off the table for the police, which I think was a very good thing. Arresting people for drug use of any kind doesn’t make a lot of sense. The bigger concern in the US right now are opioid abuse and meth. Several years back, an infamous drug company heavily marked an opioid claiming that it was not addictive. They were wrong and that created a huge mess - enough so that our life expectancy went down. That’s a pretty big social harm. Still, I don’t think many people believe that those addicted users should be arrested for their addictions.

I'm not into Herbal remedies, but I'm going to Norway next month.

Should be legal everywhere around the world. Greetings from Canada 🇨🇦 I can’t imagine it being illegal now.

The best educational film are fun. Thank you❤

I’m in California. The voters legalized marijuana and there are legal shops where you can buy it. HOWEVER… When it became regulated there were added taxes for the product and it made it much more expensive to buy legally. For example, $20 for the product, and then with the taxes it now costs $33. So illegal drug sales are still high because the additional taxes make it too expensive for some people to buy. Some people are also just opposed to paying taxes on marijuana.

@combatepistemologist8382

5 ай бұрын

The same thing happened here in Canada when they legalized marijuanna about five years ago. A lot of people predicted dire consequences but nothing changed. There was no increase in crime or car accidents. It seems most of the people who wanted to smoke weed were already doing it, and many of them kept using their regular suppliers who sold it cheaper than in the dispensaries. People formed startups galore to sell and market cannibas, but most went bust. A big nothingburger.

@TheElCogno

5 ай бұрын

That's an interesting point! I had not thought of that around the legalization debate. Well, I guess I should have since contraband cigarettes are a thing...

@SeanPercival

5 ай бұрын

Very true but in Norway we don’t mind high taxes and are used to it.

@AudunWangen

5 ай бұрын

Pricing is not the only issue. I don't know the laws in California specifically, but in some states you will be arrested if the weed is not in it's original packaging, for example. They still use every loophole they can find to harass and arrest people. The difference in Norway is that the legal system works much better. Like stated in the video, cops would like it criminalized, but the courts refused to punish them, effectively making it not criminal. You don't have that same power struggle in the US, I think, between the legislative (e.g. courts) and executive (e.g. police) branch. They are too close-knit, which is a big problem, and you have way to many levels of government. We don't have separate legislation for cities, counties or municipalities here, so you don't have to worry about hundreds of different sets of laws. Basically it's still a war on drugs, but they switched out the violent busts with economics and other legal trickery. I suspect that after the next election, weed will be legalized in Norway.

According to scientific data, it is much cleaner than alcohol or nicotine. Criminalization does not suit a democratic country like Norway. Maybe vinmonopolet doesn't want to lose monopoly. Ha ha! Still, it was good to know. Thanks for the video.

You will get punished, not by jail time or fines, but by the police harassing you. You'll also risk loosing your drivers license if you drive, you don't even have to ever be caught DUI just the fact that you're caught "abusing illegal substances" is enough. If you get caught driving with trace amounts in your system that's a huge fine and loss of lifetime, their tests can detect use over a week afterwards and I know people that have been caught and gotten fined and license taken for driving 4-5 days after smoking. I recently heard that they're gonna change that and make it more fair but as is now you really can't risk driving for a week or two after smoking weed.

Its like drunk driving here if you get stopped

Love this it's proper Yourway2Norway! Hope this is sorted out before next July when I come back to the beautiful Norway! It's really hard to to get to sleep with the midnight sun! 🌞 😂 Love it guys I'm on the fence with this the is pro's and con's with making it legal but alcohol and cigarettes are definitely a lot worse and yes if it was legalized that would put the criminals out of business but would they then start bringing in the hard stuff instead??? Eg heroin, cocaine etc.??? 🤔🥴🇧🇻🇧🇻👍

@peterlandry

5 ай бұрын

That hasn't happened in places where it's been legal around the world.

@EnSokkROFL

5 ай бұрын

There's already alot of heroin and cocaine in norway. Often times sold by the same people that sell weed with the current legaslation. Legalization of weed would mainly help customers who want weed, but don't want to deal with any kind of cartel, get their product in safe cirumstances.

I live here in Norway, is it weird that I get news from you? 😂

@YOURWAY2NORWAY

5 ай бұрын

Yes - it's quite weird - didnt know about the Norske narkotikapolitiforening. Had to ask Ronald. Best Mads :)

The legalization of cannabis is not interesting for the alcohol and cigarette market, just as the cure for diseases is not interesting for the pharmaceutical industry.

Ronald, en annen video om andre rusmidler, vær så nill.Takk!

It’s shocking that your laws there are so ambiguous. It’s legal in my state in the US and all the surrounding states and it’s just not a big deal anymore. The biggest change is that it’s been destigmatized and lots of people use it, including my 83-year-old father. It helps with aches and pains and so many other things. Maybe decriminalizing it in Norway will lead to more acceptance and eventual legalization? It seems to have worked well in Canada and the States.

Addicts of the devil's lettuce are considered to be subhuman in Norway. You learn it at school!

i got busted with one joint by the Told, very nice people actually a great experience though they confiscated my joint - i never payed the fine i protested, because they claim 1.5g of hash while it was actually 0.5g of pot and 1 gram of paper filte and tobacco.

@YOURWAY2NORWAY

5 ай бұрын

Cool story. Thanks for sharing

Thank God Ronald never became a police officer 😂

I just discovered your channel. Greetings from Florida 🌴🌺🦋🦎🐊🐬

@YOURWAY2NORWAY

5 ай бұрын

Cool to hear. Appreciate your engagement. Welcome to our channel. Cheers from Ronald and Mads :):)

Here in Uruguay it is legal to smoke it but not to distribute it. Nothing much has changed aside from a lot of people smelling like a skunk, which is not that much of a big deal.

Just want to say you can get it from a pharmacy in Norway its just really hard to get it prescribed from a doctor. Atleast if its the versions with thc over 1%. And secondly if you get it prescribed in NL and are importing it back from the Netherlands you also pick it up from a pharmacy and not coffeeshop. Its not legal to bring some random weed from a coffeeshop. The reason the customs are such bitches about it is because some people used to go weekly and pick up like 300g, and sold it in Norway. And fucked it up for the rest of us. But as long as your papers are all good you dont get harrased. Its a easy process going through customs, ive done it in several airports and entry on boat and never had a issue with them. People that say they got harrased usually didn't have everything in order papers, amounts or didnt go on red and pay the VAT if they bring value over 6000nok

OK. First of all, that tug-of-war scene was very annoying lol. It made me seasick. Don’t do it again OK? So secondly, Canada here. We are completely legalized here. Although there are some rules with regards to of course, driving under the influence and transporting and selling. However, each Canadian can grow their own on their property up to two plants each. Also, we can even order it from the government. Yes, that’s right, the government sells weed to its citizens. I do not use it myself, but I do order my CBD oil from the government. And where I live, there are at least 4 to 5 weed shops in my moderately sized town. There has been no mayhem. No crisis no nothing really as a result of that.

Any government worthy of the name will support both sides in anything the media can present as a "war", and Norway does this better than most.