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The Union: The Business Behind Getting High

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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.

Panoorin Ngayon

Trailer

Cast

Brett Harvey

Director

Adam Scorgie

Self - Host

CB

Chris Bennett

Self - Author & Former 'Pot TV' Manager

SB

Steve Bloom

Self - Former Editor, High Times

RB

Renee Bojee

Self - Activist

NB

Neil Boyd

Self - Professor of Criminology, Simon Fraser University

George Bush

Self

George W. Bush

Self

LC

Larry Campbell

Self - Mayor of Vancouver, 2002-2005

RC

Rielle Capler

Self - Policy Analyst - BC Compassion Club Society

Tommy Chong

Self - Comedian

JA

Jack A. Cole

Self - Director of LEAP and Former Undercover Narcotics Agent

JC

John Conroy

Self - Criminal Defense Lawyer

Greg Cooper

Self - Multiple Sclerosis & Ataxia Sufferer

SE

Stephen Easton

Self - Professor of Economics, Simon Fraser University

ME

Marc Emery

Self - Seed Retailer & Activist

Lester Ginspoon

Self - Professor Emeritus, Harvard Medical School

PH

Paul Hornby

Self - Biochemist & Human Pathologist

JH

James Hudson

Self - Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia

Brett Harvey

Writer

Adam Scorgie

Writer

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Tik TokerMay 29, 2023

source: The Union: The Business Behind Getting High

gabriel djabaNov 22, 2022

Clearly, convincingly and engagingly outlines the war on Marijuana and why exactly America sucks. Learnt a lot about how corrupt the American government and pharmaceutical industry is. If you're knowledgeable of the topic, then I don't entirely know if you can get much more out of it then a well packaged rundown of it all.

Mai Selim HamdanNov 22, 2022

This documentary is very informative, just like the documentary it was cloned from -- GRASS, 1999. Its a shame so much of the history of marijuana in The Union (2007) was identical to GRASS. I suppose because it's depicting history, duplication is unavoidable. But the number of identical images, and the progression of the story are too similar for comfort. I saw The Union first, and must say it's more polished, more investigative, more to the point and more informative in many areas than GRASS. GRASS had a fair bit of filler. All the more reason it's a shame The Union couldn't have been more original. I particularly liked the exploration of grow-ops in The Union, whereas in GRASS there seemed to be a lot of rather banal footage about Haight Ashbury and the 'psychodelia' of the 60's and early 70's. The Union was definitely more Canada oriented.

InigoPascual Nov 22, 2022

Recently, we have seen a slew of great documentaries bring important issues to our attention. They are good at giving you the facts, and helping you to question why nothing is done about this. The Union is no exception. It has to be one of the most eye-opening films that I have ever had the pleasure of seeing. What it boils down to is how much the government is stifling something that could do 100 times more good than evil. Pot is a controversial topic; there is simply no debating that. But, this film shows how we need to stop thinking that it is so morally wrong to smoke weed. It has a vast number of uses, all of which can help with make the Earth a better place. However, it has become ingrained in people's heads that pot is a bad thing. This film has great interviews from some of the people behind the legalization movement. It is factual, and it is real. I think everyone should watch this and get behind the movement.

MlleIsaNov 22, 2022

I was on the edge of my seat the entire documentary. Incredibly well-made, enjoyed the fast pace & entertaining snippets. Loaded with both fun and infuriating facts. Prior to watching this movie, I was already pro-legalization, although a few short years ago I thought marijuana was a very bad drug indeed. I have never tried weed in my life and have little interest in it. However, this documentary really got to me because of the whole governmental conspiracy element, on both Canadian and American fronts. I doubt we will see marijuana legalized or even decriminalized in either Canada or the U.S. in the next decade, ESPECIALLY after seeing this movie! Must-see! You will never forget it.

BadGirL😈🖤Nov 22, 2022

I really, honestly believe about 90% of the facts quoted in this movie, however, the reason it grated on my senses was due to the background music. It seemed that no matter what topic was being discussed the music that accompanied the topic was some form of synthesized keyboard repetitive "melody" (not really melodic, just annoying repetition of a few notes) that seemed to have been performed by a bored eight-grader using a home computer. I believe the visual production quality was at least as high as most modern documentaries so I cannot understand what happened with the music, only that it may have been an afterthought. My advice: if the music becomes an afterthought then make it nonexistent. I would have preferred to listen to my own chewing sounds, some street traffic or quiet computer hum, rather than an electronic da da da da, over and over while some narrator droned on about how bad everything but marijuana is, which is really true, I believe...just not with that "music". This brings me to the other point of this production: where did you dig up that mock fifties-style narrator? Why parody the thing you hate with the thing you hate? I was so bored listening to those high school documentaries that I nearly always fell asleep in class, and God forbid it would be a warm day - no escaping a classroom snooze. Perhaps some less sanctimony would be appropriate in this type of factual information documentary.

GinafineNov 22, 2022

I was pleasantly surprised by this documentary. As a non-user of cannabis viewing what had to be just another pro-cannabis argument, I had low expectations. My expectations were wrong. This documentary has about as much to say about North American Society as a whole as it has to say about the legalization of marijuana. Taken in its greater context, the documentary is about how Society allows limits of personal freedom to evolve. The documentary uses the example of the 1920's Prohibition on alcohol to demonstrate how Society can change to allow something within its perceived bounds of decency, for which it previously tossed people in jail. I have seen in my own lifetime the legalization of homosexuality, which also finds its roots in Canada, initiated as it was by a visionary Prime Minister named Pierre Trudeau. What a less tolerant society once restricted through oppression to dark, secret places, it is now allowing freely, even if it is all still happening in dark, secret places. If Society had finally recognized that these prohibited things could not be eliminated, Society may have also recognized that they would at least not be promoted by legalizing them. Not everyone is happy with either societal change, but the majority are. We are now seeing the evolution of acceptance of cannabis in Society. But that's not the point. To me the documentary is not about cannabis. It is about disparities of freedom. The point is driven home by an exposé on the United States penal system, a system run to a great extent by private corporations who's primary interest, by definition, is to make money. What the documentary helps the objective viewer to realize is America's is not as free a Society as many, if not most, others in the world, and it helps the objective viewer realize, if chillingly, the reason why.

user982872Nov 22, 2022

There are a variety of excellent films available that expose the idiocy, lies, hysteria and underlying self-serving and enormously profitable financial motivations behind drug prohibition in America, specifically the current War on Drugs, of which marijuana is the prime target. This is one of the best as it is one of the most comprehensive as well as nicely edited and thoughtfully produced. This is not a stoner film, a statement of "I have a right to get to stoned and no one should infringe on this in and of itself", even though this is a perfectly valid argument if you believe at all in real freedom and the US Constitution. Rather, this is a documentary that exposes the horrific, astronomical price the US pays to continue the current marijuana prohibition. Sadly, this film will be, for the most part, preaching to the choir. Few who have opposing views will watch it and be swayed to examine the fallacies within their belief system. Not because of the presentation or production value of the statements within the film, but rather man and woman's ability to continue to believe the most ridiculous and destructive foolishness regardless of the amount of overwhelming logic and reality that contradicts their beliefs. The billions of those who feverishly practice religions of intolerance and other faith/magic based beliefs as well as many of the horrific conditions in America presently, such as the record setting Prisons for Profit system and other tragedies are ample proof as to the idiotic self and other destructive nature of so-called humanity. Watch this film anyhow, whether it outrages you or just is another piece of evidence as further proof of man's and woman's squandered opportunity to have a great society. It is quite well done and will provide you food for thought, that is if you dare to think.

Tehua JuvenalNov 22, 2022

I've watched many documentaries about our country's disastrous drug war, and about marijuana specifically, and this one is easily the best. Fact-based, extremely informative, high production value, great interviews, entertaining presentation; nothing was missed here. The film certainly is not ambivalent about our current marijuana policies; the message is clear that drastic changes are called-for. However, it does not present this case dogmatically or condescendingly. Also, this piece is not simply a case against the drug war. Around halfway into the film, the focus narrows down onto the incredibly huge illicit marijuana business in British Columbia. In fact, the movie's title refers to an informal name used to identify the various industries and individuals involved, either knowingly or unknowingly, in the marijuana business in BC. Very enlightening stuff that I was largely unaware of, even with the amount of interest I have in the topic. The only downside is the relative lack of exposure this film has had; I had never even heard of it until very recently, even though it was released in 2007. However, it is available on Netflix (both on disc and instant streaming), and hopefully people will slowly discover this hidden masterpiece. Highly recommended.

DareyNov 22, 2022

The Union: The Business Behind Getting High

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