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Russell Brand Testifies on Behalf of Addicts in Front of Parliament, is Funny [Video]

Posted: April 26, 2012
Russell Brand Testifies on Behalf of Addicts in Front of Parliament, is Funny [Video]

russell brand addiction testimony

Comedian Russell Brand (who is shockingly elegant in spoken and written word sometimes, presumably when he’s not trying to be understood by an American audience) gave testimony from an addict’s perspective during a recent hearing in Parliament on addiction.

Two quotes, if you cannot play the video at work. (We know that feel, bro.) Brand explains:

“It is something I consider to be an illness, and therefore more of a health matter than a criminal or judicial matter. It is more important that we regard people suffering from addiction with compassion and there is a pragmatic rather than a symbolic approach to treating it… Addicts who get clean one day at a time through abstinence-based recovery generally stop committing crime. That’s better for victims, that’s better for the addicts, that’s better for society.”

Russell continues:

“As the great Tupac Shakur said, ‘Role is something people play, model is something people make. Both of those things are fake’ …What I want to offer people is truth and authenticity in the treatment of this illness, in our regards to the criminal components of it, in assisting victims and in the way we legislate and organize our society.”

Worth a watch, even if you aren’t a Russell Brand fan.



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4 Archived Responses to “ Russell Brand Testifies on Behalf of Addicts in Front of Parliament, is Funny [Video] ”

  1. Richard Drake
    Apr 26, 2012

    What a terribly written article.

  2. Kim LaCapria
    Apr 26, 2012

    It's not meant to be an article, it's just a video link- it's in the "online videos" category :)

  3. Richard Drake
    Apr 26, 2012

    Still written word with the idea of getting information to the public. It's a good story with good info and you are right, Russel Brand is a very smart and well spoken man, even to Americans. It does not help anyone to give this video a goofy, lazy, couple of hundred word explanation with the main message of watch this even if you don't like him. We are not all dumb in this country and some of us can understand big words and well executed thoughts. What he said was very well stated and done so without trying to say feel sorry for people and let them do drugs. So article was the wrong word, it is still lazy and irresponsible journalism which is one of the biggest problems in the world. People read and write things in the wrong context or in an irresponsible manner and others then form the wrong opinion about people and the state of the world. I was not meaning to offend you and I'm sorry if I did, but I am tired of people my age and younger getting there news and information from social media and viral video style journalism. My main point is that this video and subject deserved something a little more adult and serous and certainly did not need to include jabs at Americans abilities to understand the Kings English. Russel Brand is a funny person, but this was not a funny subject.

  4. Kim LaCapria
    Apr 26, 2012

    Richard Drake You didn't offend me, just some of our categories are full articles, and some are just images and videos. Usually, for a video, we just add a line of description. In this, I added quotes so readers who can't watch the video could see a brief summary and perhaps watch it later.