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The Union: The Business Behind Getting High is a canadien film of genre Comedy released in USA on 8 may 2007 with Joe Rogan
The Union: The Business Behind Getting High (2007)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 8 may 2007
Length 1h44
OriginCanada
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about politics, Documentary films about health care, Political films
Rating81%
The Union: The Business Behind Getting High is a 2007 Canadian documentary film directed by Brett Harvey. Its theatrical run was limited to film festivals.
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The film explores the growth, sale and trafficking of cannabis. The documentary examines the underground market by interviewing growers, police officers, criminologists, psychologists, economists, doctors, politicians and pop culture icons, revealing how the trade is booming despite being a criminal enterprise. The history of cannabis and the reasons for its present prohibition are discussed, often comparing it to the prohibition of alcohol in the United States in the 1920s, suggesting that gang drug warfare and other negative aspects associated with cannabis are a result of prohibition, not the drug itself.Actors
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