Showtime's "In Pot We Trust" is a Must-see
Wow, man. There's lots of heady nugs in this movie. Just pack your favorite bong, zap some popcorn, and get ready for the ride of your life.
Actually, no. In Pot We Trust doesn't make you want to smoke pot. It will make you want to give all your pot to Jacqueline Patterson. Jacqueline has celebral palsy, which manifests itself most notably in the form of a severe stutter. When she uses medical marijuana, Jacqueline can speak much more quickly and clearly, because the drug relieves her muscle tension. The difference is so obvious, I don’t know how anyone could watch this and say marijuana isn't medicine.
In Pot We Trust tells the story of four medical marijuana patients, against the backdrop of last year's Hinchey-Rohrabacher vote. The filmmakers follow MPP's Aaron Houston through the halls of Congress, then join the DEA as they uproot marijuana plants in the hills of California. Marijuana experts such as Lester Grinspoon provide insight into the drug's benefits, while prohibitionists Joe Califano and Robert Dupont explain why they've dedicated themselves to criminalizing sick people.
The film is invaluable because patients themselves make the best spokespeople for medical marijuana. The ulterior motives so often attributed to the medical marijuana legalization effort become irrelevant here, as we meet the actual people whose health and wellbeing lies at the center of this controversy.
I won't ruin the ending, but in case you haven’t heard, patients who rely on medical marijuana to maintain their quality of life are still criminals under federal law.
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DRCNet Assited the Producers -- See This Movie
Comment posted by dguard on Mon, 07/23/2007 - 1:51pmFrom early on in its production DRCNet took on a pretty big role in assisting the producers of this film. I must have spent at least a week researching various things, proposing certain angles, and supplying them with contact information for many participants. The good folks from Showtime even filmed me at various venues around DC (my footage was eventually cut as the production went a different direction than initially planned). I thank them for being honored in the credits.
That said, this is a great production that needs to be seen -- tell you friends and family! If this film doesn't convince the 1 in 5 people who don't support medical marijuana, it makes you wonder what can/would...
David A. Guard