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Weed the people / directed by Abby Epstein ; producer, Giancarlo Canavesio ; producer, Sol Tryon.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cannabis--Law and legislation.
- Cannabis.
- Cannabis--Government policy.
- Cannabis--Therapeutic use.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (94 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Sausalito, CA : Film Platform, 2018.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- "Weed the People" (2018) is a documentary on Cannabis, Cancer, and Government Regulations. Cannabis has been off-limits to doctors and medical researchers in the US for the past 80 years, but recently, scientists have discovered its anti-cancer properties. Armed with only these laboratory studies, desperate parents obtain cannabis oil from underground sources to save their children from childhood cancers. "Weed the People" follows these families through uncharted waters as they take their children's survival into their own hands. Some of their miraculous outcomes beget the unsettling question at the heart of the film: If weed is truly saving lives, why doesn't the government want people to access it?
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed October 26, 2023).
- Won 2018 Nashville Film Festival Audience Choice Award, Documentary Competition
- OCLC:
- 1408980174
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