The Union: The Business Behind Getting High

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The Union: The Business Behind Getting High

BC's illegal marijuana trade industry has evolved into a business giant, dubbed by some involved as 'The Union', Commanding upwards of $7 billion Canadian annually. With up to 85% of 'BC Bud' being exported to the United States, the trade has become an international issue. Follow filmmaker Adam Scorgie as he demystifies the underground market and brings to light how an industry can function while remaining illegal. Through growers, police officers, criminologists, economists, doctors, politicians and pop culture icons, Scorgie examines the cause and effect nature of the business - an industry that may be profiting more by being illegal.

http://theunionmovie.com/TheUnionWeb.html :Source

http://blip.tv/file/1356143/ :Streaming

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Oct 25 2008 9:41AM

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coolhandluke

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if you want to know more about the BC-to-Washington trade routes, you could just spend some time up in the Pasayten Wilderness. us border patrol on horses and blackhawk helicopters. low-flying aircraft at dawn/dusk. scrubby canadians gettin paid to drop off a backpack at GPS coordinates near the border and scrubby americans getting paid to pick them up and deliver them farther south. no shit. saw it all this summer.

Oct 27 2008 8:30PM

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Oct 27 2008 8:43PM

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lakesideflight

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very interesting documentary, especially with the medical part at the end

Oct 27 2008 11:52PM

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not everyone has that sort of opportunity........

Oct 28 2008 1:30AM

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ryan.c

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i just watched this and seriously, everyone else that has said its a good movie, it really is. even if you seriously oppose making it legal, or even smoking at all, watch this. you might change your mind.

and kids, if you start smoking pot and are afriad your parents might catch you, have this movie ready.

Oct 28 2008 8:16PM

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you picture scares the shit out of me. What's it from?

Oct 28 2008 8:37PM

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This is an amazing documentary well worth the 2 hours. Just think if everyone in the US and Canada watched this it would undoubtedly be legalized. Its just frustrating to think that we can only sit and watch this but not change the laws about it. We could save so much money on thousands of things if it was legalized, its just ridiculous.

Oct 28 2008 8:52PM

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that was well worth my time, the Privite Prisions, thats messed up

Oct 28 2008 9:36PM

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well if i ever get caught ill have this video ready

Oct 28 2008 9:49PM

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The fact that there is SO much money in policing and putting people in jail is mind boggling. Truly a scapegoat for the government machine to roll on.

Anyone who likes this movie should also read Cannabis: A History, and Bud Inc..., great books. The author of Bud Inc. is in the movie as well.

Harry J Anslinger will blow your mind.

Oct 28 2008 9:52PM

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take that back, joe rogan is a god, and that documentary was amazing. I will use a lot of the end of it for my research paper on medical marijuana im writing write now. It didn't give many therapeutic facts, but did give reason to why the government wont make it completely legal for medical use.

Oct 29 2008 7:57PM

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Gaespar

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My threads. watch it later.

Oct 29 2008 8:18PM

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Joe_

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bump for an amazing documentary. i highly recommend spending a couple hours and watching this

Nov 3 2008 5:41PM

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PeterNorth

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BEST DOCUMENTARY EVER,,,,,,,,,, EVER!

i showed my whole school it, and my teachers let me watch it in class. so sick.

Nov 3 2008 6:21PM

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PeterNorth

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If i ever get caught again by my parents, i am gong to make them watch "the union"

Nov 3 2008 6:23PM

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KravtZ

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just watched it people seriously need to watch this movie

Nov 4 2008 6:14PM

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cams

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Also watch : RUN FROM THE CURE on youtube. An amazing story

Nov 4 2008 7:47PM

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nathanielstyza

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i am watching it right now so i thought id give it a bumpski

Feb 11 2009 3:56AM

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amo

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yea this deserves a bump. there have been too many random weed threads

Feb 11 2009 6:58AM

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my threads

Feb 11 2009 9:46AM

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my threads

Feb 11 2009 12:09PM

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PaleCelery

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sick! this is now in my threads... this would be an interesting research paper topic

Feb 11 2009 1:21PM

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I'm pretty sure something was posted in the 420 a little bit ago that had some stats in it about marijuana use in amsterdam. If I remember correctly there were less users and problems were it was legal.

Feb 11 2009 3:26PM

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where can I find it to watch online? the link doesnt work anymore. Ive seen it before but wanted to show a friend. great documentary. thanks for the help

Mar 18 2009 1:56AM

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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9077214414651731007

Mar 18 2009 4:38AM

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spotter487

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thanks a lot man. I was looking around for it forever yesterday. +k

Mar 18 2009 10:57AM

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embed

Sep 14 2009 12:34PM

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best documentary ever. so legit

Sep 14 2009 2:12PM

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Z_rob

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word i love it

Sep 14 2009 2:47PM

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MayorWest

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a friend turned me onto this film and i told him id give him 10 minuts..... and hour later i finished.

this movie is fucking legit and entertaining as well. incredibly well put together and well paced, it doesnt rush you and it doesnt repeat the same fact a million times just to get the point across. it simply gives you some info and backs it up, then backs that up and so on.

so i figured id searchbar and bud this thread for all of you that havent seen this yet!

bump

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