Cannabis Prohibition: A War on the People (New Documentary)

‘Cannabis Prohibition: A War on the People’ makes a case for cannabis legalization and exposes the hypocritical and oppressive tactics governments use to keep the plant illegal.

**This video is intended for activist and educational purposes. Some images may be violent/disturbing. Any copyrighted material is the property of its creators and is used under the fair dealing provisions of the ‘Canadian Copyright Act’ and the American ‘Fair Use Act’.

Senate Committee on Illegal Drugs report: www.parl.gc.ca/SenCommitteeBusiness/CommitteeHome.aspx?parl=37&ses=1&Language=E&comm_id=85

Tories use majority to pass omnibus bill: news.nationalpost.com/2012/03/12/contentious-tory-crime-bill-passes-as-countrys-biggest-provinces-voice-concerns-over-costs/

Canada’s Crime Rate In 2011 Lowest Since 1972: www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/07/24/canada-crime-rate-low-stats-can_n_1697773.html?ir=Canada+Politics&ref=topbar

The War On Drugs: www.leap.cc/for-the-media/the-war-on-drugs-at-a-glance/

Majority of Canadians support legalizing or decriminalizing marijuana: news.nationalpost.com/2012/01/17/majority-of-canadians-support-legalizing-or-decriminalizing-marijuana-new-poll-suggests/

Marijuana Cuts Lung Cancer Tumor Growth In Half: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070417193338.htm

Smoking marijuana won’t give you lung cancer: www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/conditions/smoking-marijuana-wont-give-you-lung-cancer/article623681/

Marijuana relieves muscles tightness, pain of MS: www.thestar.com/living/article/1178109–marijuana-relieves-muscles-tightness-pain-of-multiple-sclerosis-study

Cannabidiol May Fight Alzheimer’s Disease: www.examiner.com/article/cannabidiol-may-fight-alzheimer-s-disease

Marijuana’s journey to legal health treatment: www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2009/08/14/f-medical-marijuana.html

Mexican official: CIA ‘manages’ drug trade: www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/07/2012721152715628181.html

Punishing pot growers more severely than pedophiles?: news.sympatico.ca/oped/coffee-talk/punishing_pot_growers_more_severely_than_pedophiles/4a0891e1

WikiLeaks and the War on Drugs: www.thenation.com/article/169076/wikileaks-and-war-drugs?page=0,1#

Numbers Tell of Failure in Drug War: www.nytimes.com/2012/07/04/business/in-rethinking-the-war-on-drugs-start-with-the-numbers.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

Global illicit drug users to rise 25% by 2050: www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jun/26/global-drug-users-rise-un

Uruguay to sell marijuana to reduce crime: www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/06/20/uruguay-marijuana-sales.html

Illegal drugs: Canada’s growing international market: www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2009/06/24/f-unitednations-drug-report-canada-ecstasy.html

Making Economic Sense: www.drugpolicy.org/issues/making-economic-sense

Earlywine, M. (2002). Understanding Marijuana: A New Look at the Scientific Evidence. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Nolin, P.C. (2003). Cannabis: Report of the Senate Committee on Illegal Drugs. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

What Happened When Portugal Decriminalized Drugs?: www.youtube.com/watch?v=unu-sbtp65A

Quasar Marijuana Plant: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lno8ljXFQLE&feature=plcp

4/20 Attracts Cannabis Smokers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr6URA_2FMI

4/20 Ottawa 2010: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IbEIwXzbLQ

13 Dead As Mexico Drug War Heats Up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLblfoq3e1U

49 Dead in Sign of Increasing Brutality in Mexico’s Drug War: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB8HlMUOPfE

49 Headless Bodies Dumped on Mexico Highway: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGpphTeH0OY

Activist Who Smoked In Canadian Parliament Smokes Again on CBC: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtNi4kzxdaw

Alcohol Prohibition: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNQ_2_J7G2w

Canada has the most pot smokers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9dO2saOjGo

Congressmen Polis Grills DEA Admin: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCDZkXNfGNs

Flintstones Cigarette Commercial: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAExoSozc2c

High Above Vancouver: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwj7nH34G1k

Iran Contra Drug Smuggling: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5wp9Ew4d_Q

Rob Nicholson Pushing Prohibition: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRP7mQA8WZo

Liberals Party For Legalize Marijuana: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekKwESk-rSk

Mexico Drug War: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRvipp1JfWU

NDP against marijuana decriminalization: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggT1gFXu_Ng

Obama Spoke Fast & Furious Before Holder Claimed He Knew: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXflvUH_cHE

Opium fields guarded by U.S. troops in Afghanistan: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_54LJMwG4E

Police Destroy $200K Of Pot Plants: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E877_aDd-4

Reefer Madness: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny5SUdLIBV4

potvid2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcCXo36MDvo

Stephen Harper Talks About Marijuana on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFp210pZSKk

134 tons of pot burns in Mexico: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v95JfMXUKok

Rob Nicholson, Bill C10: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM2Z6lxe1ZI

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