With California and the rest of the country going bankrupt, one business
is booming. 'How Weed Won the West' is the story of the growing Medical
Marijuana industry, focusing on Los Angeles with over 700 legal
dispensaries doling out the buds. Following the story of Organica, a
southland dispensary which was raided by state and federal agencies in
August of 2009, the film shows that although much has changed with Obama
in office, the drug war is nowhere near over. Kevin Booth,
producer/director of American Drug War, picks up where the last film
left off and continues his fight against the hypocrisy of the War on
Drugs. Intended to inform and entertain, this fast paced and even
sometimes funny film features Texas conspiracy guru Alex Jones, Ethan
Nadelmann head of Drug Policy Alliance, and a host of amazing characters
including a former LAPD narcotics officer who now thinks all drugs
should be legal. Even to someone who has not consumed weed in decades,
this film definitely opens anyone's eyes concerning the detrimental
economic, social and human ramifications created by marijuana
prohibition. It takes the viewer through a journey of real life stories
involving the relatively new California legal marijuana industry using a
refreshing angle which does not focus strictly on the medicinal value
of marijuana. The widespread responsible consumption of marijuana for
personal recreation and mood enhancement is addressed as well.
- Written by
Bradley Cook
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