American Drug War 2: Cannabis Destiny

Product Description

Director Kevin Booth navigates through the cutting edge of Cannabis research while becoming a foster parent to a child court ordered to take powerful mind altering drugs. After surviving brain surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy, a 2-year-old boy lay in a coma not eating for over 40 days. His parents are told to make funeral arrangements. However, his father had read about a version of an ancient drug made from cannabis. Unbeknownst to the hospital staff, the parents start secretly injecting the illegal drug into their dying son's feeding tube and soon a "miracle" takes place. When the doctors are told that cannabis was the cause of the "miracle," they have nothing to say. Every war has unintended victims and it's the children who are losing America's longest running war. From cartel recruiting grounds of Mexico - to a child being removed from his birth mother for smoking marijuana. Is it a conspiracy? Or simple profit motives that continue to keep marijuana inside the black market.

Review

From the creators of American Drug War and How Weed Won the West, comes their most compelling documentary to date -- and the other ones were damn good. Aside from a few relevant clips from the excellent original American Drug War film, American Drug War 2 is packed with completely fresh material, woven and spliced together to form perhaps the most cohesive and compelling documentary argument yet to display why we must shut down the War on Drugs once and for all -- now. Award-winning director Kevin Booth spent seven years making American Drug War 2, which required massive amounts of research, and time to follow stories that unfold in the film. The information given is gripping as it is timely and urgent, a film that's a must-watch for every member of the anti-Drug War choir. This new film is mostly based on children, Booth said on The Alex Jones Show online. But the children affected severely by the Drug War aren t just here in the U.S. Booth took his crew and two New York Times journalists to Juarez, Mexico, where cartels and drug trafficking rule the roost. Boys of 14 are recruited to murder for the cartels causes, while a few brave activists fight against them in a procession of martyrdom. Booth also tells the story of the journey he and his wife took through the U.S. foster care system, where children are given high doses of legal speed in the morning and barbiturates at night, antipsychotics at the drop of a hat, and are blatantly and willfully kept in the system and away from their families for as long as possible, often to their detriment. --The Wall Street Journal

Award winning director Kevin Booth has achieved a great feat with his new documentary American Drug War 2: cannabis Destiny . Seven years after his original documentary American Drug War: the last white hope Booth now reveals the most innocent victims of the heinous War on Drugs: children. The film is dedicated to the memory of its young shinning star, Cash Hyde, whose parents administered concentrated cannabis oil to him via his feeding tube after Cash s doctors had all but given up hope regarding the peanut-sized tumor growing in his brain and the massive damage that Cash s little body had sustained from chemotherapy regimens. The evidence is marshaled by the film-that cannabis oil not only extended Cash s life but improved its quality in his final days-transcends the anecdotal, as well as melts and breaks one s heart. The Drug War, however, doesn t t just stop at depriving medical marijuana patients of relief, nor does its impact end at our country s borders. Booth takes viewers to Juarez, Mexico, where the country s drug cartels recruit mere boys willing to murder, many of whom sign up at the slightest prospect of financial reward. Booth also recounts the journey taken by him and his wife through the foster-care system, where pharmaceutical companies reveal themselves as legal cartels and children in the care of our government get through each day on high doses of prescription speed, sleep via heavy barbiturates and are tightly held inside the system under a mountain of scrutiny, bureaucracy and ugly profit.t --HIGH TIMES magazine October 2013 by Mary Ought Six

With American Drug War 2: Cannabis Destiny, filmmaker Kevin Booth again takes aim at the political machinations between government and commerce. However, this time the message is even more personal. American Drug War 2's launching pad is the November 2012 elections, a watershed moment in marijuana history. Both Colorado and Washington state voters deemed pot to be legal for recreational usage. Furthermore, more states voted to make weed legal for medical use. However, one state, Montana, elected to rescind its medical marijuana law. How one Northwest state (Washington) could vote to make pot totally legal while another (Montana) pulls back demonstrates a real disconnect in this c --Former talk soup writer ETV

Award winning director Kevin Booth has achieved a great feat with his new documentary American Drug War 2: cannabis Destiny . Seven years after his original documentary American Drug War: the last white hope Booth now reveals the most innocent victims of the heinous War on Drugs: children. The film is dedicated to the memory of its young shinning star, Cash Hyde, whose parents administered concentrated cannabis oil to him via his feeding tube after Cash s doctors had all but given up hope regarding the peanut-sized tumor growing in his brain and the massive damage that Cash s little body had sustained from chemotherapy regimens. The evidence is marshaled by the film-that cannabis oil not only extended Cash s life but improved its quality in his final days-transcends the anecdotal, as well as melts and breaks one s heart. The Drug War, however, doesn t t just stop at depriving medical marijuana patients of relief, nor does its impact end at our country s borders. Booth takes viewers to Juarez, Mexico, where the country s drug cartels recruit mere boys willing to murder, many of whom sign up at the slightest prospect of financial reward. Booth also recounts the journey taken by him and his wife through the foster-care system, where pharmaceutical companies reveal themselves as legal cartels and children in the care of our government get through each day on high doses of prescription speed, sleep via heavy barbiturates and are tightly held inside the system under a mountain of scrutiny, bureaucracy and ugly profit.t --HIGH TIMES magazine October 2013 by Mary Ought Six

With American Drug War 2: Cannabis Destiny, filmmaker Kevin Booth again takes aim at the political machinations between government and commerce. However, this time the message is even more personal. American Drug War 2's launching pad is the November 2012 elections, a watershed moment in marijuana history. Both Colorado and Washington state voters deemed pot to be legal for recreational usage. Furthermore, more states voted to make weed legal for medical use. However, one state, Montana, elected to rescind its medical marijuana law. How one Northwest state (Washington) could vote to make pot totally legal while another (Montana) pulls back demonstrates a real disconnect in this country. The film delves into a number of marijuana-related subjects: The medical marijuana movement; the testing of cannabinoids, as cancer-fighting agents,; automated pot dispensing machines; hemp soap makers who have to buy their hemp from Canada because the United States is the one western country that doesn't allow American farmers to grow it. (alas, even China permits it); even a primer about how to grow your own medical marijuana. Booth also takes his cameras across the border to Juarez. Mexico to show how drug cartels bring about many more casualties in the drug war. Booth makes some of his best points when bringing up the issue of the proliferation of mind- altering and legal drugs produced by the pharmaceutical companies. Why does the federal government continue to hide behind its "protecting the children" mask when it rationalizes keeping pot illegal while allowing a record number of kids be dosed up on much more powerful pharmaceutical drugs ? The answer isn't surprising. The pharmaceutical lobby carries a lot of water. Much more than the marijuana reformers. Furthermore, the film delves into the use of prescription drugs by foster children who are 13 times more likely to be prescribed mind-altering drugs. Why is that? Money, of course. Booth and his wife, Trae, describe their own personal experience in the foster system when they wanted to become foster parents. The scenes featuring their own foster child are not dogmatic but rather deliver points on a micro and personal level. ADW2 also follows the story of Cash Hyde, a two-year-old boy from Montana who suffers from a brain tumor. When traditional chemotherapy fails, Cash's father turns to cannabis oil with surprising results. Without giving too much away, the story of Cash is what really gives the film its emotional heft. Indeed, it delivers a message that a hundred talking heads could not do. Booth presents his argument that marijuana is still illegal because cops want overtime, drug cartels want bigger profits and certain federal enforcement agencies make a lot of money from the drug war. However, Booth doesn't simply push an agenda. He gives time to opposing viewpoints from key people involved in the drug war. Whether Booth is interviewing people who are trying to legalize marijuana for their own business interests or those who want to keep it illegal for primarily the same reason, he keeps the film moving at a good pace. ADW2 is not easy film to watch at times but these unsettling scenes are what really gives the film its soul. Every war has collateral damage and Booth doesn't pull punches in presenting it here. You don't have to be a pot smoker (or a former one) to appreciate this film. All you need is a desire to learn how the drug war isn't always in the best interests of the American people. Will American Drug War 2 lead to real change in public policy? Most likely, it won't. Politicians tend to stay away from independent documentaries, usually because they're too busy with their hands down the pants of lobbyists. However, the film will lead to more discussion about marijuana reform. And that is a good thing. --Former talk soup writer ETV