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 17:26 minutes · Filmed Oct 2014 · Posted Nov 2014 · TEDGlobal 2014 Is the War on Drugs doing more harm than good? In a bold talk, drug policy reformer Ethan Nadelmann makes an impassioned plea to end the "backward, heartless, disastrous" movement to stamp out the drug trade. He gives two big reasons we should focus on intelligent regulation instead. | |
Playlist of the week Are schools killing creativity? What makes a great leader? How can I find happiness? These 20 talks are the ones that you and your fellow TED fans just can't stop sharing. Watch » Total run time 5:42:25 | |
More from TED.com  We measure progress, country by country, using the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Michael Green suggests we try something new: measuring what really matters to citizens, things like education, rights, happiness, progress -- using a tool called the Social Progress Index. With charm and wit, he shows how this new tool reveals a dramatic reordering of nations. What country is a "social progress superpower"? Watch »  Antibiotic drugs save lives. But we simply use them too much — and often for non-lifesaving purposes, like (mis)treating the flu and even raising cheaper chickens. Result: the drugs stop working for everyone. Ramanan Laxminarayan calls on all of us, patients and doctors alike, to think of antibiotics -- and their ongoing effectiveness -- as a finite resource, and to think twice before we tap into it. It’s a sobering look at how global medical trends can strike home. Watch » |  Wouldn’t you want to know if your doctor was a paid spokesman for a drug company? Or held personal beliefs incompatible with the treatment you want? Right now, in the US at least, your doctor simply doesn’t have to tell you about that. And when physician Leana Wen asked her fellow doctors to open up, the reaction she got was … unsettling. Watch »  Vincent Moon travels the world with a backpack, a laptop and a camera, filming astonishing music and ritual the world rarely sees -- from a powerful Sufi ritual in Chechnya to an ayahuasca journey in Peru. He hopes his films can help people see their own cultures in a new way, to make young people say: "Whoa, my grandfather is as cool as Beyoncé." Followed by a mesmerizing performance by jazz icon Naná Vasconcelos. Watch » | | |
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Quote of the Week | “ | There's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas." |
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Join the Conversation  | Two guys and one big red X visit 32 TEDx communities on an epic trek (in a Fiat Panda). TEDx road trip! | |
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Leana Wen: What your doctor won’t disclose | | | Very courageous of you. I had misgivings at the concept but you won me over. We should know when a doctor makes money from drug companies or where we are referred. It's called ethical behavior.
The end-of-life scenario with your mother is disturbing. It is a disconnect from what patients want and a flaunting of the physician's view that they somehow know best. I am sorry for the words you still hear in your mind as a result of that. Thank you for your effort." | | |
playing with perceptions Where do stereotypes come from? Is there any truth behind the assumptions we make? In this hour, TED speakers examine the consequences (and surprising science) of stereotypes » | |
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