The Union | The Big Business Behind Marijuana Prohibition

The Union: "A very well built documentary about cannabis and drug prohibition. Does the drug prohibition work? Have a look and think for yourself."

•Why is marijuana illegal?
•What health risks do we really face?
•Does prohibition work?
•What would happen if we taxed it?
•Medicine, paper, fuel, textiles, food, etc. Are we missing something here?
Follow film-maker Adam Scorgie as he dives head first into Canada's most socially acceptable illegal activity. Along the way, Adam de-mystifies the underground market and brings to light how such a large industry can function while remaining illegal. By interviewing experts from around the globe, including growers, clippers, police officers, criminologists, economists, psychologists, medical doctors, politicians and pop culture icons, Scorgie explores the cause and effect nature of the business behind getting high.
Nobody's innocent in this exploration of an industry that may be profiting more by being illegal. Join Adam Scorgie as he unravels the mystery of The Union.
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[oogp]

@SouthernCross33 u answered your own question haha

[MrIWOP2]

@CamillaStiles -- The elites are trying to kill a large portion of the human population off...sad to say.

[SouthernCross33]

I'm sorry to say this to my American friends but your govt is poosibly the worst most hypocritical bunch of liars and criminals the world has seen. A truely evil govt

[SouthernCross33]

Unfortunately my country Australia bowed to threats from the US govt over giving bad 20+ year junkies heroin in a govt trial. When the US govt got wind of it they said they'd do all sorts of trade sanctions etc on our country. Why is the US govt so interested in keeping certain drugs illegal whilst at the same time selling cigarettes which kill more than any of the drugs combined? Theres obviously only 1 answer to that question, they make $ from drugs being kept illegal and expensive

[joe80dman]

It's all about the money. Follow the money. Big money is to be made from prohibition. By creating an underground economy the DEA, CIA, and especially bankers, reap huge profits from simple plants that grow naturally. Bankers make the most money via laundering the proceeds. Odd, but man-made drugs from Big Pharma cause more deaths than all other drugs combined.

[SouthernCross33]

Excellent clip. To think the courts jailed Chong for 9 months while cowards in the govt murder and get away with it makes my blood boil. The US war on terror and war on drugs is really a war on the citizens and 1 more way to steal their tax $ and waste it on government lies and bs.

[RessurectingTheDead]

thanks for uploading..........Mush love!!! =)