Canada's War on Weed by VICE
Published 2015— archived from the original weed.nz. NZ cannabis law has moved on since; read it as a snapshot of its time. For information & entertainment, not advice.
Check out this great short documentary about Canadas war on weed with Vice.
With a reported value of over six billion dollars, it's no secret that marijuana in British Columbia is big business. However, due to the recent legalization of weed in Washington and Colorado, the draconian crime laws pushed forward by the Canadian Conservative government's omnibus crime bill, and recent changes to medical marijuana regulations, the entire industry is suddenly facing an identity crisis. VICE Canada went west to talk to the people directly affected by these recent events: from the legalization activists and the large and small scale growers, to the illegal traffickers and law enforcement, we talked to the people on the front lines of the battle for control over one of Canada's most undervalued resource.
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