Cannabis Legalization is a Lie (2019 documentary)
Canadians were tired of the heavy prohibition of cannabis under Harper's Conservative government, and in 2015 voters were easily charmed by Trudeau's Liberal party which promised full legalization of cannabis.
As part of Vancouver's cannabis activism community, I was there to document the violent removal of any resistance to the government's corporate monopoly of cannabis. You will see the rise and fall of the Vancouver 420 Farmers Markets, a peaceful grassroots movement formed to ensure the government legalized cannabis FOR THE PEOPLE, not rich insider corporations. Some called us 'paranoid' - until armed men came and took us to jail!
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Peaceful activism and civil disobedience were denied to Canadian citizens, and met with aggression, intimidation, theft, and violence from our public servants. Now this fraudulent model is being exported to other countries, such as the USA and New Zealand, sold to their public as an end to prohibition. Only once in place is "legalization" open about actually being a corporate monopoly backed by violence. We wanted decriminalization, but we got RE-criminalization.
Take it from a Canadian who has been through it:
Legalization is a lie! Just END CANNABIS PROHIBITION!
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It’s a giant Ponzi scheme.... insiders with Stock Options made a killing .... they never cared about quality Cannabis or medicine or anything except to become Billionaires. Many insiders sold 2 weeks ago and are Now Billionaires
Good times. Some of the best of times.
We knew they were special times while they were happening, but after a while, even special times became commonplace. It was hard to appreciate them enough. I remember hoping they were just the start of more great times, but later realizing they were the last of the best times.
We could upvote this post just based on the title! Watching now.... will resteem! <3 #legalizationisalie
This is really quite interesting to know about such legalization
Yeah! Upvoted, and resteemed.
I think the U.S. government is getting closer to pushing for corporate capture of cannabis also. I hope it doesn't happen, but there's huge profits in it, so it might.
Hopefully they just decriminalize it in the USA! That's the Libertarian way, classic American values and entrepreneurship!
Trust the government to try and profit off and control a symbol of peace and freedom.
a good long watch, what a wide variety of scenes..
upvoted :))
Good coverage of the cannabis community scene in Vancouver at the worst of prohibition before legalisation.
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