Thursday, September 02, 2010

• THE WEEDS


recently i got the chance to watch this documentary The Union: The Business Behind Getting High, its an easy find on netflix since Its theatrical run was limited to film festivals. Amongst the many good points is the comparing of cannabis persecution with the prohibition of alcohol in the US during the 1920s, the filmmaker points out how gang drug warfare and other negative aspects associated with marijuana are a result of prohibition, not the sweet jane itself... ...interesting...
there are also several interviews with growers, police officers, criminologists, economists, very interesting health myths and benefit facts from doctors, politicians and pop culture icons.