well this is gonna be one weird video for a recovering drug addict like myself
to make what is up everybody this is Chris from the rewired soul where we
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YouTube's double standard and this is something that we see all the time
everywhere but I want to focus on YouTube alright so Tana mongwau just
released a video about like get baked with me while I bake or something like
that where she gets high and made some cupcakes you go Tana mongeau you go alright
so I'm gonna talk about a topic my mind for like well over a year now and I was
like oh you know what Chris let's make this video so let me give you a little
bit of background on myself as well as some channels that I followed on YouTube
okay so those of you who don't know me hi I'm Chris I'm a recovering drug
addict and alcoholic I got sober June 23rd 2012 so next month I'll be coming
up on 7 years clean and sober that's right no drugs no alcohol no pot no beer
no nothing alright no medications that can be addictive not bad okay so anyways
when I when I started my youtube channel I was working at a drug and alcohol
treatment center and typically like to drug out it's an out of the holy site
preach abstinence alright so anyways I ended up starting my youtube channel
because I worked at a very expensive treatment center and to be honest like
it was it was it was really a time but I was like
upset at the clients because they were ungrateful to have the opportunity to be
in treatment there's a lot of people wish they can go to treatment all right
so I started this YouTube channel where I basically just started doing topics
that I would do in groups at the treatment center here on my youtube
channel okay so although I'm not a licensed professional you don't need to
be a licensed professional - what kind of rehab and do groups and things like
that all right as long as you have supervision which I did
so anyways whenever I get into a new project or anything I do a lot of
research a lot of research so when I started my youtube channel instead of
researching a bunch of other channels to see what other people were doing like
are there any other people who are in recovery on YouTube what kind of videos
are they making you know what what's the vibe like here on YouTube and I looked
up mental health channels and everything like that
so anyways I started following a few channels who ran into some major issues
for doing things like tan emojos doing so I'm gonna talk about three channels
in particular that I found will have talked to you and they're pretty cool
dudes but they land into some issues because of talking about drugs or using
drugs or whatever so the first one is the first one is CG kid okay by the way
I'll link all these channels down below if you want to go check them out and
subscribe so CG kid was somebody who I came across he is also in recovery but
he started making videos about his experience trying a bunch of drugs
alright so like he talked about like what you know what using these different
drugs was like okay I'm on the fence about that but like and just for the
reason being like you know I worry like one of the concerns I have is like is
this romanticizing drug use and everything but CG kid he makes a bunch
of awesome content lately he's been interviewing a bunch of people who are
in recovery so if you have somebody trying to get sober or you know somebody
who is struggling with addiction go check out CG kids channel because one of
the best things that can happen to anybody who's struggling with this thing
is to get hope from hearing other people's stories but anyways anyways
there was a period and all three of these guys I'm gonna
talk about went through this we're CG kids had to go back through his content
and start deleting a bunch of videos like crazy and might have left the
YouTube platform because YouTube started giving him Community Guidelines strikes
so those of you who don't know how that works once you get three of those
YouTube deletes your channel and YouTube's reason for this was because of
the talk of drug use on his channel okay so don't forget Tana mojo right behind
me smoking pot on okay the next one is big no-no so big no-no is a man who is
in recovery he's still I'm awash his videos and I don't know a couple of
months anyways that's I heard he was still
sober but his channel he's been on there for years now and he's talked about his
addiction his alcoholism his recovery his relapses and everything like that
and it's really awesome seeing somebody get that vulnerable and share their
story online but anyways big no-no also got Community
Guidelines strikes for two reasons one of them one of them because he uses
something called TRT I believe that stands for testosterone replacement
therapy okay and I believe he has a prescription and everything like that
but he was sharing his experience about TRT he would show people how he uses TRT
right and YouTube did not like that because that's a medication
now the other thing is he also did a video a long time ago about his
experience taking a benzodiazepine so Vinson izip you know not I can't
remember which one he took but Ben's those are things like xanax valium you
know a lot of people use those for anxiety but anyways YouTube started
giving him Community Guidelines strikes I remember he couldn't even like
livestream for a while because of this strikes against him and again don't
forget three strikes you're out YouTube will delete your channel so big no-no he
also went through a period where he was losing his mind and sort of taking down
a bunch of videos in fear that his frickin channel might get deleted so the
last one I'm gonna talk about is the channel psyched substance
okay so sight substance also an awesome channel
and his channel is more aimed towards something called harm reduction
okay so sight substance he he is pretty much a drug education channel who also
advocates for harm reduction and things like that but he talks about using a lot
of psychedelics and things like that and he explains them he explains you know
the safety around them and I love it too because he is a self educated man
right like he's not a doctor or a scientist or anything like that but he
does a ton of research and he shares that on his channel right it's huge
he hit a million I think last year he's a cool dude like I made a video about
him a long time ago just a response about his video about
kratom and since then he and I we've been talking and stuff and if I could
ever you know find the time to go travel he and I might do a collaboration but
anyways he's sort of getting Community Guidelines choice for his channel okay
and he was actually in I want to say New Zealand wouldn't this happen he had like
no internet access he recorded this video like in the dark like freaking out
about how he had to take videos now because he was worried that his channel
was going to get to lead it alright so again Ted a Mojo smoking pot on her
channel right like here's the thing here's a thing like although I'm
abstinent I as long as you are doing or using in a safe manner or you're getting
help when you need help I'm totally down with it alright but like I'm pro weed
like I live in the state of Nevada I voted to pass of the legalization of
marijuana a couple years ago so it's legal here like I don't care like weed
is one of the least harmful substances out there can it be harmful yes and the
fact that like the new studies have come out that some people have like psychotic
episodes after they smoke there are bad reactions yeah that could be dangerous
is it addictive yeah it can be just like anything else like food sex shopping
whatever it is right but the thing is the thing is is that people need to be
educated about this stuff I think a lot of the laws are absolutely ridiculous
around some of the like like the substance is that site
substance is talking about like they just passed a law or they're passing a
law and is it Denver it's at the state of Colorado where they're legalizing
magic mushrooms and everything and something I like to educate myself a lot
about is a use of psychedelics when it comes to treating things like depression
and trauma and anxiety and everything like that so these are channels that are
educating people and YouTube has been cracking down on them and these guys not
only did they get scared out of their mind that their channels might be
deleted but they've had to like redo everything that they're doing right some
of the site's substance talks a lot about is how it's been proven that
alcohol is far more dangerous than like any of the drugs that he talks about and
he also like promotes like drug testing kits to make sure that they're not mixed
with things like fentanyl and things like that like he is very safe and
educates people about substance use right so at the end of the day like I
look at channels like Tana mojo where they're smoking pot which is not even
legal which is illegal on a federal level but I also see like Adam 22 when
he does the note jumper podcast like the only episode I watched recently was the
one with little Sam they're smoking pot in there too and it's just interesting
the double standard that's going on and in my opinion I wish YouTube would talk
to more channels that are doing drug education and try to work something out
you know and figure this thing out like I get it because you know it's not legal
on a federal level and things like that but it's like I'm not trying to narc on
Tana mojo but I think these channels are important because something something
that I don't agree with with like you know the school system or provincial
problem projects and things like that is like they say like just don't do drugs
just don't do drugs like you guys kids are gonna use drugs alright so we need
channels we need channels that are going to talk about these things share their
experience and beyond it's like that is the best thing that you can do is
an open dialogue with young people and explain the drawbacks the potential
dangers and everything like that and then you have somebody like Tana mojo
who is influenced to obviously like millions of young people out there and
it's like and she's just smoking and everything and I already made a whole
video about her prescription drug use I haven't seen her use or talk about using
prescription drugs in a while and everything like that but I would argue
that some of these other channels are much more safe than channels like Tana
mojo all right but anyways like I said I will be linking down below CG kid
site substance and big no-no if you want to go check out their channels but let
me know down in the comments what are your thoughts on this topic of like home
reduction when it comes to substances and everything like just you know my
personal view on it is like even though I cannot use drugs or alcohol like I
know that's not gonna stop other people from doing it rather people know how to
do it safely than anything else alright anyways that's all I got for this video
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