The Union: The Business Behind Getting High
May 08 2007
•2h 44m
•Comedy, Documentary
Filmmaker Adam Scorgie explores the illegal marijuana industry in British Columbia, revealing how the international business is most likely more profitable than it would be if it was lawful in this enlightening documentary. Marijuana growers, law enforcement officials, physicians, politicians, criminologists, economists and celebrities—including comedian Tommy Chong—shed light on this topical subject in a series of compelling interviews.
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George H. W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
George W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
Chris Bennett
Self
Tommy Chong
Self
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