Marijuana Nation - Documentary

[Cherma]

Missed it over here it was on at 5 and 8.
It's all your fault 420:)~~

[timireferseed]

A fair shake on the subject is what I heard. Also seen some killer buds as well, how many billions of dollars of tax payers money is going to cannabis prosicution?That mere fact alone should be enough to warrent an investigation into our drug czar's office.Seems alot of government officials are gettin mighty fat and aquiring expensive tastes. That one dude d.e.a leader in cali looked like a frigin DON from Jersey.

[Dr. 215]

anybody find a link for it online yet? I'm still super interested in it and wanna see it.

[sdseeber]

Still looking for a link...the site i was hoping to find it on is down...found a older documentary that i thought was interesting...i think it was made sometime in the 90s

[Bee23]

[darkrail]

Saw it last night. I didn't agree with every "fact" they claimed, but on the whole it was a really solid piece.

I also watched their sister documentary about the hard drug that starts with the letter H. It aired right afterwards. What a heartbreaking story that one was. I don't know anyone who uses H (or at least I don't know about it if they do), but it looked like such a devastating thing. I felt so sad for the couple that was passed out in the park near the end. If there was ever any chance of me trying some H just out of curiosity, this documentary killed it dead.

Comparatively, their cannabis documentary might as well be labeled "pro-pot." It ends with a great summary that went something like this:

[SPOILER ALERT!]

They show some cannabis seeds in a guy's hand and say, "If someone handed you some seeds, and told you they would grow a plant that could provide clothing and paper, help cure sickness and depression, and intoxicate; would you throw them away?"

Awesome closing line!

[420]

thanks bee, but i don't encourage piracy...
therefore i'd rather have someone upload it to youtube, we can view it that way...
thanks for your support!

[sdseeber]

Originally Posted by darkrail

They show some cannabis seeds in a guy's hand and say, "If someone handed you some seeds, and told you they would grow a plant that could provide clothing and paper, help cure sickness and depression, and intoxicate; would you throw them away?"

Awesome closing line!

"So if a stranger walked up to you and poured pebble-like seeds into your hand and then said, plant them and your harvest can be made into rope, cloth, or paper. It could help the sick, or intoxicate. What would you say? Would you keep the seeds or chuck them away?"

Much better when you hear it like they said it with enunciation...best closing to a documentary ever!

[McBudz]

I saw it last night. Nice piece. I like Lisa Ling's documentaries. I felt like it was a very fair representation on MJ.

It's on again Tuesday night at 10PM (est I assume?)

here is the link:

Explorer: Marijuana Nation

[michaelkaer]

Documentaries get the message out much better than "stoner movies". Why do you think Michael Moore is so hated by many people? He tells the truth in sometimes a funny manner, but his docs get seen over and over for content, where as the "stoner movies" get seen for entertainment.

I have seen more hemp and pot docs in the last couple years due to the upswell of support. I second the motion to get this on youtube.

[Soniq420]

Originally Posted by darkrail

Saw it last night. I didn't agree with every "fact" they claimed, but on the whole it was a really solid piece.

I agree with Darkrail - pretty fair and solid piece.

Worst whopper = that Fed that said growers yield 1 pound per plant indoors.

I also watched their sister documentary about the hard drug that starts with the letter H. It aired right afterwards.

The one right before was about the hard drug that started with an M.

Unbelievably brutal. Teeth falling out from M Mouth, facial changes, extreme paranioa to the extent of delusion, and the toxic residue from labs requiring hazmat if they don't otherwise explode and burn down the neighborhood.

Showinf the Cannabis documentary in between these two other horrors had the contrasting effect of further emphasizing how safe and mild cannabis use is, in my opinion anyway.

[obiwannatokie]

I saw half of it and the lack of objectivity started to make my blood boil so I don't know if I will be finishing it. I guess it is decent for a mainstream documentary but they gave way too much time for the drug warriors and their bullshit propaganda. Skunk and schizophrenia, more potent than your grandpa's 60's weed, not empathizing that you cannot overdose from cannabis, referencing junk studies etc. I am really disappointed in National Geographic, this is the kinda of thing I can expect to be produced by a corporate news company like CNN or BBC, I thought National Geographic was better than that. It was fair in the first 10 minutes and it went downhill from there and fell into the same sensationalistic sand traps other mainstream docs fall into. I give it a 4.5 out of 10.

[michaelkaer]

Obiwan has some valid points, BUT the fact that they are giving it ANY attention is a good sign in my book.

[Soniq420]

You may want to move this to the TV section....

regards
soniq420

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[Soniq420]

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