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and dependency, challenging our outdated notions that is only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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