Breaking the Taboo

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In 2011, a group of world leaders, including seven former presidents, formed the Global Commission on Drug Policy to end the four-decade war on drugs. But wars are easier to start than end. In 1971, U.S. President Richard Milhous Nixon said: “We must wage what I call total war against public enemy number one of […]

Ultimate Grow

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Jorge Cervantes, the master grower of marijuana, brought step-by-step growing instructions to the film. Internationally acclaimed cannabis growing author Jorge Cervantes’ Indoor Cannabis Gardening has sold more than 500,000 copies since 1983 while providing cannabis growing common sense to dozens of publications Advice, including the High Times’ monthly Q&A column. Now, the world’s ultimate ganja […]

Sex, Lies and Cigarettes

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In the spring of 2010, a video of a baby smoking a cigarette went viral and became an international sensation. When the laughter stops, the world moves on. But the story isn’t just about a kid’s addiction. If you thought the public health fight against tobacco was over, think again. It’s the story of how […]

Stoned Kids

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Produced by renowned news agency VICE for its new Viceland channel, Stoned Kids takes a close look at one of the latest trends in the world of medical cannabis. Cancer patients have used marijuana for decades to ease the side effects of toxic drug regimens. Some actually believed the drug had the power to cure […]

The Scientist

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Dr. Raphael Mechoulam has had an incredible accomplishment and successful career. His scientific breakthrough came early when he managed to isolate and identify compounds of the cannabis plant. The Scientist’s riveting account of this groundbreaking discovery is just one chapter in an extraordinary life. As a young man working in a research laboratory at the […]

Iboga Nights

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Could an African plant root called Iboga cure chronic drug addiction? Documentary filmmaker David Graham Scott seems to think so. On Iboga Nights, Scott sets out to observe the effects of the psychedelic root on several heartrending subjects who have become withered slaves to addiction. Scott can attest to the effectiveness of iboga from personal […]

OxyContin: Time Bomb

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In the medical world, chronic pain has become a major epidemic believed to affect tens of millions of people worldwide. Pharmaceutical companies have responded quickly to treat these patients, and their products have generated billions of dollars in revenue. Oxycontin, an anesthetic produced by Purdue Pharma, is considered the industry’s flagship drug for severe pain […]

The Meth Epidemic

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If you thought the scourge of methamphetamine abuse was limited to what you saw on the hit TV series Breaking Bad, think again. Meth, a highly addictive, caustic drug also known by street names like “ice,” “glass,” and “shards of broken glass,” is now invading the quaintest, roughest of neighborhoods. The harrowing new documentary, titled […]

Addiction

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Once again, Vice covers… sin in her self-referential way. As with The World’s Scariest Drugs and The Most Intoxicating Places On Earth, Vice delves into the realities of drugs and addiction and the laws (or lack thereof) surrounding them. In “Addiction,” Vice takes us on a tour of a “new age” clinic in Malang, a […]

Rollin: The Rise of the Drug Economy in Detroit

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Detroit was once the heart of the world’s largest economic empire—the auto industry. Whether you’re from Southern Europe, the Middle East, or the American South, factories are always hiring and the pay is good. But as the auto empire withered and collapsed, the city’s economy began to revolve around a new business – the distribution […]