Grass History Of Cannabis Marijuana [1/6]

Grass the history of cannabis / marijuana
Director: Ron Mann
Writer: Solomon Vesta
Narrator: Woody Harrelson

This film explores the history of the American government's official policy on marijuana in the 20th century. Rising with nativist xenophobia with Mexican immigration and their taste for smoking marijuana, we see the establishment of a wrong headed federal drug policy as a crime issue as oppposed to a public health approach. Fuelled by prejudice, hysterical propaganda and political opportunism undeterred by voices of reason on the subject, we follow the story of a costly and futile crusade against a substance with questionable ill effects that has damaged basic civil liberites.

The film places much of the blame for marijuana criminalization on Harry Anslinger (the first American drug czar) who promoted false information about marijuana to the American public as a means towards abolition.

The film follows the history of federal policies and social attitudes towards marijuana, beginning at the turn of the twentieth century. The history presented is broken up into parts, approximately the length of a decade. Each decade is introduced by paraphrasing the official attitude towards marijuana at the time (e.g. "Marijuana will make you insane" or "Marijuana will make you addicted to heroin"), and closed by providing a figure for the amount of money spent during that period on the "war on marijuana."

The film is completely composed of archival footage, much of which is from public domain U.S propaganda films and feature films such as Reefer Madness made available by the Prelinger Archives. The documentary was narrated, free-of-charge, by actor Woody Harrelson.

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[baytownlightz52]

they should just legalize it land of the free my ass if this was the land of the free they wouldnt illlegalize a damn plant that just happens to grow every were and people realy dnt give a fuk if its legal or not there still going to continue to smoke ,grow and do watever they please damn illuminati

[simonfergus1]

those girls at 13:35 know how to smoke weed

[revolution94ful]

@baytownlightz52 christ. illuminati have nothing to do with it. Stop believing in conspiracy theories.

[MrBarakta]

June 14'th, 1937, the day America fuck'ed the world up by an idiotic law, you'r parents probably voted in favor of. Thanks America! Yeap, your god surely needs to bless you all....

Fuck religion, and Fuck stupid, non-logical laws.

[TheGhost562]

Whats the song's name that begins on 12:23?

[spikethornenebula]

@rapeisbad222 its woody harrelson u dumb dumb

[MrDannyStarr]

@retana9 wooooop! :')

[retana9]

@MrDannyStarr

I do know!

Greetings from Costa Rica!

[Maper555]

WAT THE SHIT HAHAHAH

[MrMattyg143]

@leonelferia When i have to get through a load of work i head outside hit a few bowls and slog through the work, helps me focus when i focus on the right things.

[kellygwdobbs]

@rapeisbad222 No I think it's Woody Harrelson.

[leonelferia]

LOL! weed kills you? Then why I am alive? Anyway if ever someone here tells us that weed make you stupid then how come I passed the National Licensure Exams for nurses? Sometimes before I study I smoke weed.