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07-21-2010, 01:35 PM
Have you seen HOW WEED WON THE WEST? Is it worth a High Times Stony Award?
Have you seen HOW WEED WON THE WEST? Is it worth a High Times Stony Award?
The iconic cannabis magazine?? High Times??just announced its nominations for its annual Stony Awards. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the High Times Stony Awards and will be held on September 30, 2010 at the Music Box in Los Angeles. And How Weed Won the West has been nominated for best documentary of 2010.
In addition to How Weed Won the West, 3 other documentaries have been nominated in this category including Strainhunters India Expedition, When You're Strange, and Dirty Pictures.
How Weed Won the West (HWWW) is the sequel to Showtime??s award-winning documentary American Drug War and in the movie Filmmaker Kevin Booth traces the fight against Federal drug regulation in the State of California.
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. A public majority has approved the use of medicinal marijuana which has opened up a new front in controversial topic 'dispensaries.'
Many dispensaries have been raided. Law enforcement targets their distribution of marijuana and challenges their ability to grow into legitimate business. Just like the prohibition of alcohol, drugs have thrived on their illicit appeal, and doomed millions of non-violent offenders to incarceration
Now, those swearing by the healing power of medicinal marijuana dare 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.
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?
In How Weed Won the West, filmmaker Kevin Booth tackles 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.
Booth interviews radio host Alex Jones, former drug dealers, real-life gang members, legal-weed pitch men, activists and advocates to find the truth.
High Times believes this movie deserves to be nominated as the best marijuana documentary of 2010. What do you think? Have you seen any of the other documentaries nominated? Will you be attending the Stony Awards in LA?
Have you seen HOW WEED WON THE WEST? Is it worth a High Times Stony Award?
The iconic cannabis magazine?? High Times??just announced its nominations for its annual Stony Awards. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the High Times Stony Awards and will be held on September 30, 2010 at the Music Box in Los Angeles. And How Weed Won the West has been nominated for best documentary of 2010.
In addition to How Weed Won the West, 3 other documentaries have been nominated in this category including Strainhunters India Expedition, When You're Strange, and Dirty Pictures.
How Weed Won the West (HWWW) is the sequel to Showtime??s award-winning documentary American Drug War and in the movie Filmmaker Kevin Booth traces the fight against Federal drug regulation in the State of California.
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. A public majority has approved the use of medicinal marijuana which has opened up a new front in controversial topic 'dispensaries.'
Many dispensaries have been raided. Law enforcement targets their distribution of marijuana and challenges their ability to grow into legitimate business. Just like the prohibition of alcohol, drugs have thrived on their illicit appeal, and doomed millions of non-violent offenders to incarceration
Now, those swearing by the healing power of medicinal marijuana dare 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.
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?
In How Weed Won the West, filmmaker Kevin Booth tackles 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.
Booth interviews radio host Alex Jones, former drug dealers, real-life gang members, legal-weed pitch men, activists and advocates to find the truth.
High Times believes this movie deserves to be nominated as the best marijuana documentary of 2010. What do you think? Have you seen any of the other documentaries nominated? Will you be attending the Stony Awards in LA?