Are you guys kidding me? That was one of the biggest pieces of shit I've ever seen. This program was like something you would see on Fox news. It's sensationalism and shallow reporting under the guise of a serious investigative documentary. Please tell me someone else sees how retarded this show was. It was somewhat entertaining, but that's about it...completely non substantial and unsatisfactory in every aspect one would expect from a good documentary.
Here's why it sucked:
-She (the reporter) implies that smoking a few spliffs of different kinds of marijuana gives her meaningful experience toward what marijuana is really like.
-She interviews a number of people who have had negative experiences with weed and questions them thoroughly about these negative experiences, yet when she interviews her only pro-marijuana user (who is an old lady who uses medicinally, the reporter never talks to an average smoker), she never asks her why she likes it or what her thoughts are, she simply asks about her experiences with the police.
- The people she interviews are idiots or are biased. In light of this, one might expect a balance of perspectives or choices of interviewees, but don't waste your time looking because this show doesn't deliver.
-The "facts" or whatever you want to call them that she gets from these interviews are usually only half truths, I could think of rebuttals to every supposed "fact" she uncovered and I am only somehwat educated on the subject, yet she as an investigative reporter never mentions them? No conflicting views? No rebuttals of obviously false/biased/half-truth claims?
I mean really people, this is the bottom line of any journalism, you choose and present the most up to date, relevant facts with their strong and weak points, points of contention, and varying perspectives/ideas about the subject. This show had NONE.
The only reason this was entertaining was because it was funny watching a noobie moron get stoned off her ass and then try to explain it...but then even that was dumb..and I know that we are all high here bored looking for entertainment, but doesn't it bother you all that the serious aspects of this documentary were so flawed? It's fun to be entertained, but what about the people who don't know better, who see this program and take to heart all of the bullshit included with the entertainment? That's what really bothers me.
If you actually want to try and understand the issues that surround marijuana then don't trust any main stream media shit heads, go straight to your local library and check out some books on marijuana and drug policy...that's a start.
