Should I Smoke Dope?
Although it's illegal, over 15 million people have tried cannabis. Even politicians admit to having smoked it in their youth.
But, in the press, there are more and more frightening stories about the effects of the drug, and there's a growing debate about whether cannabis should be reclassified as a class B drug.
In Should I Smoke Dope, journalist Nicky Taylor is off to Amsterdam to investigate. While there, she helps out in a coffee shop selling cannabis and discovers firsthand how the drug affects daily life. Back in the UK, Nicky finds out about the genetically modified cannabis called "skunk," which is cheap and increasingly sold on the streets.
Can marijuana make you crazy? Is it worse than alcohol? And is it stronger than it used to be? Nicky takes part in a groundbreaking medical trial to answer these questions. Her month-long experiment is both disturbing and revealing.
The look on the face of the cool prig in the hash museum was priceless as she giggled at all his lovely hamster fluff. Gotta love this woman, so much humour, life, beauty, spark and humanity to her ---- she made this damned entertaining. Really hope she'll knock off the tobacco
SO DID YOU LIKE THE END ..GOOD INFO ...THC VS THC&CBD ....WHEN YOU CUT SOMETHING UP ..YOU GET SOMETHING .....NOT SAME AS IT WAS ...The endocannabinoid system ...IS NO MORE RIGHT ... I JUST SEEN IT ...BUT YOU HAVE SEE ON THE endocannabinoid system WAS TEST ..ON REAL OR SYNTHETIC THC ??? I KNOW
Quick qualification: smoke appx 1.5 oz/ month... Colorado and California high grade marijuana w/ preference to Haze (all strands), Durban Poison, Sour Diesel and Jack Herrer (to name a few).
First, she is so naive that I find it absolutely adorable; absolutely fell in love this woman.
I don't see this as being a definitive documentary. She is a very experienced user of Alcohol and Cigarettes. Conversely she is a novice/rookie marijuana user and while experienced with one substance, she is then attempting to compare those with something she has no experience with.
Nicky qualified herself as smoking pot in college. How often? Did she attempt a couple puffs at a party after getting ripped on alcohol and then claim to have smoked? Or did she really sit down, pass a joint, and experience being high.. Based on her reactions; Definitely not. When you see her in the coffee shop playing 'hand-slaps' with the manager, she is acting completely wasted compared to all the experienced smokers around her who (in the background) act normal.
She is 'hamming it up' ... Which I understand for the sake of viewers; Unfortunately it blurs the truth.
I believe she honestly attempted to approach this in an objective manner. My reasoning is that when Nicky interacts with people it was very friendly, subjective, and neutral.
Unfortunately for viewers a documentaries objective is often slanted by the shows EDITORS and not the journalist... The editors have the final say as to whether this documentary will be pro marijuana, anti-legalization, or completely neutral. On this matter the British government and it's cohorts at BBC have proven that they will always opt for anti-legalization slants.
This should not be blamed on Nicky. I want to hug her while passing a joint.
Seriously...... Cannabis HAS BEEN STUDIED...... Read the Anglo-Indian Hemp Commission Report of 1895 and also please consult the LaGuardia Report of 1929 I believe. And of course the famous Richard Nixon ordered report of 1972 that he simply trashed, because it didn't agree with his opinion. Remarkably, it seems it was the efforts of one man, Harry Anslinger of the FBI, who pushed through international laws and treaties to ban Cannabis from medicinal research and use. He did this through propaganda, and refused to allow input from the medical profession. Peace......
I love the part when she steps out of the car after not hitting a single doll, and the voice over tells of how dangerous it is.
What a load of bollox...
Hard to know where to start criticizing this rubbish so I won't bother.
I'm off to roll one. Thank Christ I don't live in the UK.
No you should not smoke dope because dope is heroin not marijuana get that shit right.
Yeah this is horrible propaganda especially the driving at baby dolls in the road experiment at exactly 70 kilometers per hr because that will happen in real life.
This isn't propaganda? I've smoked weed before. Yes, you do get anxious. You may get dry lips. You may get a burning sensation in your mouth linked with pasties. The first time I did it I got a burning sensation in my mouth, but I didn't get any "white stuff" in my mouth. I did indeed have short term memory loss, I was laughing over nothing for 30 minutes and I can't even remember it. Plus we used a home made bong and the hose didn't even go in the water, and had alcohol to drink, both mixed in with cola and shots of what I think was "Bundy Red" I don't really get the munchies the 2nd time I did it, chicken flavoured chips tasted really good, but the morning after it just wasn't as tasty. Then I smoked more weed later that day, this time it wasn't mixed with tabbaco. I had two cones, went inside from the garage, I fell on the ground laughing, i could hear my self breathing heavy, it was really trippy, then I was later glued on the floor just infornt of a coach seat, but this time I didn't get short term memory loss even though the stuff I smoked was certainly stronger, and I had a real bong too, it cost me $35. The weed I got this time had a really strong smell.
THC is one of the 60+ cannabinoid compounds found in cannabis. She is talking about CBD (Cannabidiol).
The majority of doctors in the world are still misinformed, it isn't really their fault, but the truth and scientific evidence is coming out at an exponential rate. I would not blame this young doctor immediately, but suggest that she read books written by other more experienced doctors on the subject eg. The Pot Book by Julie Holland 2010 contains some of the most up to date information/clinical studies etc. Also books by Dr Lester Grinspoon and others. I will end by saying that when an honest person discovers that he is mistaken, he either ceases to be mistaken, or he ceases to be honest.
THC is one of many cannabinoids. Although the ratio of cannabinoids other than THC and THC vary in weed "Skunk" has as much of other cannabinoids as other weed if not more. Testing pure THC versus THC and other cannabinoids as a measure of "skunk" versus other weed is a terrible experimental procedure. A better procedure would be to test an extract of so called "skunk" weed versus an extract of regular weed. Basically in the study shown they were testing a pharmaceutical like marinol, the pure THC, versus a representation of the normal composition of a naturally occurring cannabis plant. Their study showed nothing about "skunk" weed because it inaccurately represented "skunk" weed. They basically showed that a pharmaceutical had a worse effect than a substance that in its natural form is safe.
Her biggest mistake was going to hash and spliffs. Don't smoke something as strong as hash, or a mixture of tobacco and weed if you are a new smoker. Both are terrible ideas. Start out on mid quality weed and take it slowly.
that was awful
"I have a medical team standing by" PLEASE. hahahahhaha
What a ridiculous piece of propaganda. FAIL!
Oh my god. this has really put me off smoking forever.........NOT!
That's like taking a woman who has never had alcohol in her life and getting her paralytic, she going to feel ****!! whats more, im not sure smoking weed knowing that your doing it for an experiment will put you in the right state of mind for smoking. Give the ***** some mushrooms and tell her to sort out her perspective on conscious enhancing drugs!!
The worst herb documentary ever!!!
The irony is that this first joint that Nicky Taylor smoked - not 'skunk' cannabis (i.e. sinsemilla bud). Just old fashioned seeded, leavy Jamaica brick weed, with tobacco. I know, because I've bought it. It is seeded, pressed to reduce volume for export, outdoor sun grown weed. Not sinsemilla bud. It has viable seeds in it, which can be grown out into plants.
Is weed stronger than it used to be? Consider these lyrics from the 1920s:
"Man what's the matter with that cat there?"
"must be full of reefer"
"full of reefer?!"
"yea man"
"you mean that cats high?!"
"sailing"
"sailing"
"sailing lightly"
"get away from here
"Man is that the reefer man?"
"that's the reefer man"
"I believe he's losing his mind"
"I think he's lost his mind!"
"If he said he swam to china, and he sells you south carolina"
"then you know your talking to that reefer man"
"If he said he walks the ocean, any time he takes the notion"
"then you know you're talking to a reefer man."
Now that's pretty high. And that's from the 1920s, your great-grandfather's weed. Remember the Cheech & Chong movies from the 1970s? Tell me they didn't get high in the 70s. :)
But the argument that 'this is not your parents marijuana' is of course just as old. Hemp got banned as the 'strange new drug that is driving people insane', by calling it marijuana. Which was an obscure slang term for weed, as most slang for weed is pretty obscure. And then there was 'The Skunk'. And in the Americas, 'The Kush'.
The more things change...
From 2:30 onward the doctor is speaking rubbish. Smoking cannabis actually TREATS schizophrenia; it doesn't lead to it. Bull**** is coming out of her mouth. Falling down? Who the **** ever fell down from smoking pot? Maybe on a couch, but that's about it. There is not proof whatsoever of the doctor's claims. She obviously watched Reefer Madness and believed it...Sleep disturbance and nightmares? Where is that idiot doctor getting her 'facts' from? Again, it TREATS insomnia; it doesn't cause it...I'm not even bothering to watch the rest of this ****. If you want some real medical proof gathered from 20 years worth of research, make sure you see 'What If Cannabis Cured Cancer?' and get the REAL facts about cannabis and what a wonderful medicine it is.
I thought it was a fair review overall (I trust what she was doing was real ad I have seen and felt the same experiences). I also thought it was honest that they showed the experiences of several others (young and old) to be positive experiences. For me its been great and it has been a life saver for me with my arthritis (reduces pain for a while and also inflammation). I have gotten the munchies but I find it no different than after drinking and I get the munchies too. Point is like everyone discusses here is that the experience is different for some people (same a drinking).
There's no doubt that it should be legalized and I hope everyone here spreads good word about the health benefits and try to keep things positive. Don't go with the "propaganda" twist because I think it would have been a lot more negative towards cannabis use if that was the case.
Last point, there is definitely some "science" misinformation.
I wish my tolerance was as low as hers. 1/10 of a g and you're blown? An eighth would last me forever! Either that or I haven't been smoking the right stuff haha.
Feels like this documentary was funded by an alchool or tobaco company...
I think it's important to remember that all the experts in this doc have it in their best interests to tow the company line and remain mainstream. The doctors are certainly bias toward pushing pills and it would be unwise financially to promote a plant . Its a weed, toss some seeds around and it would be hard not to grow rampant. It's only been recent that people have had the nerve to actually speak out positively of their experience with THC. Notables like Carl Sagan and Pierre Burton managed to keep their little secret from us, I believe they would have had some valuable insights to share . Imagine the howls that historians will have with our societies conundrum with the weed enigma. We will seem ridiculous that laws sanctioned all the really bad drugs like tobacco, alcohol, prescription pills and a harmless plant was demonized. I'd like to see a Mythbusters episode on the effects of tobacco vs weed on the lungs. That 3 to 1 ratio seems dubious. If fear of lung disease is your issue then quit whining and eat the stuff in a delicious brownie .
Not very good.. 4 out of 10