"Waiting To Inhale" Premier in Virginia

Waiting to Inhale examines the heated debate over marijuana and its use as medicine in the United States. Twelve states have passed legislation to protect patients who use medical marijuana. Yet opponents claim the medical argument is just a smokescreen for a different agenda -- to legalize marijuana for recreation and profit. What claims are being made, and what are the stakes? Waiting to Inhale takes viewers inside the lives of patients who have been forever changed by illness, ­and parents who lost their children to addiction. Is marijuana really a gateway drug? What evidence is there to support the claim that marijuana can alleviate some of the devastating symptoms of AIDS, cancer and multiple sclerosis? Waiting to Inhale sheds new light on this controversy and presents shocking new evidence that marijuana could hold a big stake in the future of medicine. The film is was produced and directed by Jed Riffe, co-produced and written by Katherine Covell, edited by Maureen Gosling, with cinematography by Vicente Franco. Please read DRCNet's Video Review: http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/458/waiting_to_inhale_medical_marijuana_video_review The venue is a classic 1930's cinema with a balcony and a 500 capacity. This film showing is part of the Naro Cinema Tuesday "New Non-Fiction Film" series with speakers and discussion. Discussion will follow the film with Dan Bernath, of the Marijuana Policy Project and Michael Krawitz of the Cannabis Museum whose antique Cannabis artifacts and interview are featured in the film.