The Union: The Business Behind Getting High
2007 · 104 MIN · IMDB 8.2 · 7,864 VOTES · DIR. Brett Harvey
Overview
Filmmaker Adam Scorgie explores the illegal marijuana industry in British Columbia, revealing how the international business is most likely more profitable than it would be if it was lawful in this enlightening documentary. Marijuana growers, law enforcement officials, physicians, politicians, criminologists, economists and celebrities—including comedian Tommy Chong—shed light on this topical subject in a series of compelling interviews.
Dialogue Timeline — 522 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
01:09:03 to patent plants
01:19:13 So now if you want to join the chess club at school
01:20:15 So what does that say to our young people ?
01:21:35 respond favorably to cannabis.
01:22:38 You can charge whatever you want at that time
01:23:33 and to put it into capsules
01:24:31 to medicinal benefits of marijuana
01:25:25 If it is indeed side effects of marijuana
01:26:28 ( Paul ) What we call modern medicine is actually alternative medicine
01:27:18 Even Francis Young, the DEA's own judge
01:28:34 That's a pretty
01:30:02 ( host ) How does the training and education
01:31:06 that a simple plant or herb may be useful.
01:32:13 What do they want ?
01:33:14 One way to bypass this problem
01:33:59 The government's lot more likely to forgive cannabis use
01:35:00 whether those special-interest groups be law enforcement
01:35:57 A world that appears to have everything it needs.
01:36:44 when you burn it off you gain back
01:37:50 in the United States.
01:39:00 is that none of it makes any sense.
01:39:51 "Life is a tragedy to those who feel
01:40:51 plus one human being to say it's over, and it's over.
10:00:00 patients over the last 15 years
Cast & Characters
Adam Scorgie
Self - Host
Chris Bennett
Self - Author & Former 'Pot TV' Manager
Steve Bloom
Self - Former Editor, High Times
Renee Bojee
Self - Activist
Neil Boyd
Self - Professor of Criminology, Simon Fraser University
Larry Campbell
Self - Mayor of Vancouver, 2002-2005
Rielle Capler
Self - Policy Analyst - BC Compassion Club Society
Tommy Chong
Self - Comedian
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed522
Dialogue density5.0 lines / min
First line01:09:03
Final line10:00:00
Production Record
DirectorBrett Harvey
LanguageEnglish
Budget$200,000
IMDb votes7,864