Monday, August 3rd, 2009 at 8:20 am | By: Radical Russ
Marijuana legalization is the hottest topic in the media these days. MSNBC, CNBC, CNN, FOX, NatGeo, and CBS News have presented special features on marijuana business, medical marijuana, and the marijuana legalization movement. Google Trends is showing double the interest in searches and news hits for the term “marijuana legalization”. Showtime’s hit series Weeds, about a suburban mom turned pot dealer, is entering its fifth season. Everywhere you look, corporate media are happy to profit from America’s most popular herb.
Unless you want to address marijuana’s illegality and the lives that are shattered by the effects of marijuana prohibition. In that case, the corporate media cannot have anything to do with you, even if you want to pay to broadcast the message of ending adult marijuana prohibition.
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What did you think of Lisa Ling's "Marijuana Nation" documentary on National Geographic Channel this week?
Didn't see it (41%, 35 Votes)
OK - Somewhat inaccurate, but overall good (23%, 20 Votes)
Liked it - Not bad for a mainstream doc (21%, 18 Votes)
Loved it - Very fair look at the cannabis issue (12%, 10 Votes)
Didn't like it - Another typical anti-drug doc (3%, 3 Votes)
Hated it - John Walters would love this (0%, 0 Votes)
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 at 9:35 am | By: Radical Russ
Last night’s “Explorer” documentary on the National Geographic channel entitled “Marijuana Nation” did a decent job of exploring the issue of cannabis in North America. However, it did leave unchallenged some drug war assertions about cannabis.
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 at 10:00 am | By: Radical Russ
Tune in tonight, Tuesday, December 2 at 7pm to the National Geographic Channel (satellite or cable) for the premiere of “Marijuana Nation”, a documentary by journalist Lisa Ling that looks like a very reasoned, objective look at the pro- and con- sides to the war on marijuana.
Monday, December 1st, 2008 at 12:13 pm | By: Radical Russ
Bloomberg.com:
Arts and Culture
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) — Here’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.
“Marijuana Nation,” 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 “The View,” 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.
California is also benefiting from sales of medical marijuana, which brought an estimated $3 million in tax revenue to Oakland in 2003.
Ling dons a helmet and fatigues to join a bust deep inside California’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 “pot pirates” while animals will eat the equivalent of another. That leaves two plots that can produce millions in profits.
Remember that Alcohol Prohibition ended not necessarily because there was a recognition of Prohibition’s failure. That was widely understood, but it was the economic desperation of the Depression that finally nudged Americans to repeal Prohibition – we just couldn’t afford it.
I don’t think the drug war will end, but I do think it will shift. As the Mexican border becomes more dangerous from cocaine, heroin, and meth trafficking, and as US cities and states begin to see these drugs as a bigger scourge (especially meth), I think the attitude will change to reflect that we can’t afford to aggressively police marijuana when resources are scarce to fight those other drugs.
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 at 4:21 pm | By: Radical Russ
Allen St. Pierre alerted me to this upcoming documentary on the National Geographic Channel this Tuesday, December 2, called “Marijuana Nation“. The trailer makes this film look very promising as an objective look at the ridiculous failure that is marijuana prohibition.
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"Truth In Trials Act" Reintroduced In Congress; Maine: Voters Approve Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Measure; Colorado: Breckenridge Voters Overwhelmingly Decide To End Pot Penalties. […]
Maine: Voters To Decide Next Week On Medical Marijuana Expansion Measure; Colorado: Breckenridge Voters To Decide Next Week On Eliminating Pot Penalties; California: Lawmakers Hold Historic Hearing On Marijuana Legalization; New Hampshire: Senate Fails To Override Medical Marijuana Veto. […]
Gallup: Majority Of West Coast Voters Back Marijuana Legalization; Pot Arrests Responsible For Majority Of Marijuana Treatment Referrals; DOJ To Federal Prosecutors: Do Not Focus Resources On Medical Marijuana. […]
Some of the nation’s top athletes discuss why today's pros are turning to cannabis — and away from alcohol and painkillers — off the field, and question why pro sports leagues are continuing to sanction those who do. Moderator: Steve Bloom, Author, Pot Culture; editor, celebstoner.com * Toby Grear, MMA fighter * Sean Neumann, Documentary Filmm […]
Cannabis Law Reform's Missing Link: Law Enforcement Former Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper; LEAP and NORML Advisory Board; Author of Breaking Rank Putting the Mexican Cartels Out of Business Mexican drug cartels now employ over 100,000 soldiers and are responsible for nearly ten thousand deaths per year. Their largest source of income is marijuana. […]
NBC, CBS, ABC, & FOX happy to profit from marijuana, as long as nobody talks about legalizing it
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