How Weed Won The West part 13

In the follow-up to his ground-breaking documentary 'American Drug War,' filmmaker Kevin Booth traces the fight against Federal drug regulation in the State of California. A public majority has spoken and said yes to states rights, allowing for the use of medicinal marijuana and opening up a new front in controversial medicinal 'dispensaries.' While users herald the freedom of legally-licensed "weed," powerful forces at the DEA and law enforcement haven't given up their federal enforcement power yet. Many dispensaries have been raided, targeting their distribution of marijuana and challenging their authority to rise into legitimate business. In the backdrop of this public dispute is the Dark Alliance-- where governments handle the volume of drug trafficking and work with cartels and drug dealers to manage the drug flow. Just like the prohibition of alcohol, drugs have thrived on their illicit appeal, and doomed millions of non-violent offenders to incarceration and prosecution. Now, those swearing by the healing power of medicinal marijuana as well as those who simply refuse to be outlawed by a hypocritical rogue government are daring to stand up and declare that the violence, corruption and uncontrolled flow of drugs is due to the prohibition of the substance, not the substance itself. Big Pharma has put millions of non-"drug" users on hallucinogenic prescription drugs and instituted new forms of addiction and dependency, challenging our outdated notions that is only "illegal" drugs doing harm to our people. The State of California, in a key position to assert its 10th Amendment rights under the Constitution, has pushed the issue to a tipping point. The bankrupt government hopes to capitalize on taxation of a legal and prosperous marijuana trade that could, ironically, fight off big government and offer free humanity new hope. Whether or not you love or loathe marijuana or the drug culture, everyone needs to fight for a more peaceful solution to the drug dilemma. How can we best manage the reality of drug use and minimize the harm to individuals and society at large? Clearly seventy years plus has proven that the drug war has the wrong approach. In How Weed Won the West, filmmaker Kevin Booth dares to tackle these difficult questions. He infiltrates psuedo-legal California growers, investigates DEA raids on licensed dispensaries and even undertakes to sample the disputed 'medicine' for himself. He interviews radio host Alex Jones, former drug dealers, real-life gang members, legal-weed pitch men, activists and advocates to find the truth.

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[K1RKH4MM3T]

Not a cannabis user myself but I do support the rights of you pot smokers out there! Great film, thanks for putting it up tushak

[hidden4est]

don't forget henry ford's hemp car that ran on hemp oil..that could really save the planet.

[blocko951]

@miltownchippewa black helicopters by non phixion

[XyXKranterXyX]

epic movie

[miltownchippewa]

what song is being played on 3:00?

[DaFleegsta]

register republican and vote ron paul for president, he wants to legalize it

[Yrausquin]

yeah in the near future when the technology will be available to tuen the marijuana leaf that absorved so much energy from the sun yet keep so much water on it and we convert marijuana leafs in clean energy that runs like gasoline this planet its saved

[MicahsMommy1234]

@MysticGanjaMan420 it's because he did it for the taste... i remember him doing that with the diferfent types.. I'm the blond chick that was there with all of them..

[MegaFisser]

See they won't legalize it because they know that when they put the high ass tax on it people will simply grow their own so that can't control it.

[323justme]

@hidden4est n gas n money n the world

[thunderon100]

i can only see... 5 years from now, the best weed cheaply avaliable all around me, oh heaven comes!

[55yeahbuddy]

im in the usmc and iv been diagnose with ptst.they gave me medecine zanax and some antanxiety pills.i tried taking them to help and they dont. what i think needs to happen is let the military test out marijuana on soldiers and marines that go to combat.and see if it wilp with some of the stresses we deal with while we r at war.as soon as im done with the military im comin home and burnin some of the finrst i can ing