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Cool "History of Weed" Video from Showtime "Weeds" Program

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Posted in Chronicle Blog by David Borden on Sun, 05/24/2009 - 8:49pm

A precisely two minute YouTube ad for the Showtime program "Weeds" offers "A Brief History of Weed." The video begins with medical marijuana use documented in China in 2727 BC -- about 2,300 years too early for the Buddha image they use to represent it, but that's nitpicking. Flamethrower imagery at 1:06, representing the beginning of federal marijuana prohibition, is very effective, and post-Prop. 215 marijuana storefront footage is downright exciting. Check it out -- check out the Weeds season premiere on June 8th too. (Via The Daily Dish blog's "Cool Ad Watch.")


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Comment posted by Moonrider on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 3:33pm

We need to send this article viral, too, in addition to the video highlighted here. This article addresses why people want to get high:
http://www.grahamhancock.com/features/the-war-on-onsciousness.php

I'm pro-choice on EVERYTHING!

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