Here we go the "Big Time"

[8182KSKUSH]

I will be watching. I am posting this in this section, because this is where the discussion should be. This is all about politics, and I for one am shocked that NGC is doing this show?:wtf:

Marijuana Sellers Thriving With â??White Rhino,â?? â??Wonder Womanâ??

Review by Dave Shiflett
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Hereâ??s some holiday cheer: At least one U.S. industry is not only booming but avoids government intervention like the plague. When these folks need a bailout they call their lawyers, not their lobbyists.
â??Marijuana Nation,â?� which airs tomorrow on National Geographic Channel at 10 p.m. New York time, is an intriguing look at the U.S. marijuana business, estimated to turn a tidy $65 billion annual profit despite an often perilous sales environment.
Anchored by Lisa Ling, former co-host of â??The View,â?� this hour-long show presents enough market stats to make an analyst salivate.
Marijuana, first used as an intoxicant in China some 5,000 years ago, is now the most widely used illegal substance in the world, according to Ling. About 200 million people use pot in one form or another and the market is growing steadily, with 2 million Americans projected to try it for the first time this year.
Theyâ??re smoking some powerful weed. In the 1960s most marijuana contained 3-4 percent tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) -- the substance that makes you high. Thatâ??s like near beer next to todayâ??s cannabis, which can boast concentrations of over 20 percent.
Ling, whose waist-length hair and slim figure make her look like a Grateful Dead twirler, spends much of the program in California, where 22 million marijuana plants are estimated to have been harvested in 2006. That represents a tenfold increase over 15 years ago. Pot is far more profitable than the stateâ??s wine industry, according to the show.
Medical Use
California is also benefiting from sales of medical marijuana, which brought an estimated $3 million in tax revenue to Oakland in 2003. Ling points out that a prescription isnâ??t all that hard to come by. One stoner on the program says he needs weed because he broke his finger several years ago.
The first anti-pot laws were passed in Texas in 1914 in response to toking among immigrant workers. By 1937 the drug was illegal throughout the U.S. and federal law still puts it in the same category as heroin.
Ling dons a helmet and fatigues to join a bust deep inside Californiaâ??s Sequoia National Forest, where she rappels from a helicopter like a special-ops warrior. Public land is popular with pot farmers; in 2007 more than 250,000 plants were seized in this forest alone.
Yet these efforts seem futile. Law-enforcement officials say growers often plant five plots, assuming two will be seized by police and/or â??pot piratesâ?� while animals will eat the equivalent of another. That leaves two plots that can produce millions in profits.
Hothouses
Other entrepreneurs have taken operations indoors, turning their homes into hothouses where three to four annual harvests are possible. Florida, the show says, is the capital of the indoor trade.
The program also looks at spinoff businesses, including an Internet seed catalogue that offers brands such as White Rhino, Wonder Woman and Haze. Bongs as long as bazookas, and one that looks like an octopus, are also available to aficionados.
There are a few humorous touches, including a worker at a pot dispensary wearing a â??DARE To Keep Kids Off Drugsâ?� T-shirt. Ling also lists negative side effects, ranging from memory loss to depression and abnormal heart rate. But she also reminds viewers that marijuana is a blessing to some cancer patients and may help combat osteoporosis.
Last year, 800,000 Americans were arrested on pot charges, 90 percent for possession. In Virginia, where George Washington grew hemp, two plants can get you up to 30 years in prison.
Now thatâ??s really dopey.
(Dave Shiflett is a critic for Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are his own.)


Just an article about the show. Tomorrow night, I will be vaped and watching.:jointsmile:

8182KSKUSH Reviewed by 8182KSKUSH on 12-01-2008. Here we go the "Big Time" I will be watching. I am posting this in this section, because this is where the discussion should be. This is all about politics, and I for one am shocked that NGC is doing this show?:wtf: Marijuana Sellers Thriving With â??White Rhino,â?? â??Wonder Womanâ?? Review by Dave Shiflett Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Hereâ??s some holiday cheer: At least one U.S. industry is not only booming but avoids government intervention like the plague. When these Rating: 5

[LolaGal]

My listings show it on Tuesday 12/2. Sounds interesting I'm watching thanx.

[eltone]

Why do you refer to marijuana smokers as stoners? Do you call every one who takes an alcoholic drink drunks?

[8182KSKUSH]

seriously, I didn't write the article.
stoner!
lol

[RamblerGambler]

Lets see if they succeed in doing the topic justice. It's NatGeo, so I'm hopeful

[8182KSKUSH]

Lets see if they succeed in doing the topic justice. It's NatGeo, so I'm hopeful

Exactly! That's what I thought! "It's National GeofuckingGraphic! This has got to be good."
We'll see, I am interested in how the political angle is presented.
Empowered as the left feels right now, I would not be surprised to start hearing some clamor about Obama and his promise to them. However, from what I've seen so far, I think he is going the other way.
His AG appointment is not a good sign.
Ultimately though, no one is going to be eligible for that appointment that would also treat cannabis just like tobacco and alcohol. Just doesn't happen. Only time will tell, until then, I am not holding my breath, I'll hold a hit though.:jointsmile:

[GreenDestiny]

Good, I'm glad someone posted something about this special on TV. I will definitely be watching it to see how they portray one of Earth's best natural medicines.

It'll probably just be another unbiased waste of time... a top expert that says it's dangerous VS. a top expert that says it's terrible. It's up to the viewer to make up their own mind, bla bla..... why can't they just give it to us like it really is. It IS good. Always has been.


Why don't they just make a documentary based on The Emperor Wears No Clothes and be done with all the insanity.

[8182KSKUSH]

That was probably about as good as could have been hoped for.
Interesting that it comes in a bloc of programming with shows about heroin and meth.
That doesn't make me too happy, but I believe the show was pretty fair.
That lady looked high a couple of different times. LOL

[zeitgeist]

dangit i missed it. But the site says another viewing will come on the 6th at 6pm central
Oooo a Saturday too. Ill def be watching it blazed

[LolaGal]

Did ya'll catch the part about how England will be cracking down on pot after Jan. 1?

Does that mean no more SeedBoutique etc.? YIKES!

That Lucy did look stoned, especially when she was hanging around Marc Emory! Did you see that Canada guy's growhouse........drool.......drool.......?? WOW.

I liked that they ended it with that Jewish Scientist dude telling everyone Pot is good.