Grass - The History of Marijuana (1999)

Grass - The History of Marijuana (1999) ------------- The history of the American government's war on marijuana in the 20th century. This film explores the history of the American government's official policy on marijuana in the 20th century. Rising with nativist xenophobia with Mexican immigration and their taste for smoking marijuana, we see the establishment of a wrong headed federal drug policy as a crime issue as oppposed to a public health approach. Fuelled by prejudice, hysterical propaganda and political opportunism undeterred by voices of reason on the subject, we follow the story of a costly and futile crusade against a substance with questionable ill effects that has damaged basic civil liberites. Narrated by Woody Harrelson div3 576x304 1070 kbps 24fps mp3 stereo 160 kbps 48kHz