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American Drug War 2: Cannabis Destiny

  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 30m
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8.1/10
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American Drug War 2: Cannabis Destiny (2013)
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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.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.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.

  • Director
    • Kevin Booth
  • Writer
    • Kevin Booth
  • Stars
    • Donald Abrams
    • Miguel Avitia
    • Dustin J. Benichou
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.1/10
    209
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    • Director
      • Kevin Booth
    • Writer
      • Kevin Booth
    • Stars
      • Donald Abrams
      • Miguel Avitia
      • Dustin J. Benichou
    • 9User reviews
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    Donald Abrams
    Donald Abrams
    • Self - Head Oncologist San Francisco General Hospital
    Miguel Avitia
    • Self - Homeland Strategic Command - Delta Operations
    Dustin J. Benichou
    • Young Curt Booth
    Kevin Booth
    Kevin Booth
    • Self - Narrator - Foster Dad
    Trae Painter Booth
    • Self - Foster Mother - Wife of Kevin Booth
    Donald Bowen
    • Young Kevin Booth
    • (as Donny Bowen)
    David Bronner
    David Bronner
    • Self - CEO of Dr. Bronner's Soaps
    Paul Chabot
    • Self - President - Coalition for a drug free California
    • (as Dr. Paul R. Chabot)
    William Courtney
    • Self - Dietary Raw Cannabis Specialist
    • (as Dr. William Courtney)
    Robert Crouse
    • Self - Cannabis Oil Patient
    Stephen Downing
    • Self - Deputy Chief of Police L.A.P.D. (Ret.) (LEAP)
    Paul Drucker
    • Self - Multidisciplinary Engineer - Expert Grower
    Debby Goldsberry
    • Self - Co-Founder of Americans for Safe Access
    Diane Wattles Goldstein
    • Self - Lieutenant (Ret.) Redondo Beach Police, CA
    Judge James Gray
    • Self - Superior Court Judge
    Aaron Houston
    • Self - Marijuana Lobbyist
    Cash Hyde
    • Self - Young Cannabis Oil Patient
    Colton Hyde
    • Self - Brother of Cash Hyde
    • Director
      • Kevin Booth
    • Writer
      • Kevin Booth
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    9vanson-studios

    A near perfect documentary shows the true intentions of the Drug War

    After taking in every subject weaved throughout this near perfect documentary on the subject of Marijuana prohibition, the growth of industries built up around this subject has finally shown that it has absolutely no direction other than showing a vacuous intention toward profit and the ease within which people can be controlled.

    Whether or not one clings to the traditions or movements of a bygone era when it comes to medicating the sick and dying, the smallest facts one can derive from those presented in the film should, at the very least, produce conclusions that draw back the veil of a mindset that has been artificially accepted as fact over individual free will.

    I believe the film shows in great detail how prohibition is not about keeping fingers out of the cookie jar as not to spoil dinner or keeping teeth from rotting, it is about how much the cookies cost someone else.
    10christian-maestas

    Amazing

    Hands down the most profound and inspiring documentary on Cannabis to date. The Cash Hyde story should be shared around the world. It is Unacceptable that the PTB have been allowed to keep this healing medicine and industrial/environmental powerhouse from the American People for so long. This film contains facts that everyone should be made aware of. "If these farmers knew they were growing the Mother of All Healing plants in their backyards, where would the Rx companies be?" - Rick Simpson.

    It is Past time for us to start protecting People and Not Profits. - me

    The false and outdated propaganda of old, no longer holds weight or substance when compared to the modern FACTs about Cannabis.

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    10rachgos80

    Amazing, Enlightening Film!

    Kevin Booth's American Drug War 2 is a MUST SEE!!! The considerable time and research Kevin has spent on researching issues relevant to the war on illicit drugs in The United States is apparent in this film just as in his previous releases, American Drug War and How Weed Won The West. American Drug War 2 focuses specifically on medicinal marijuana as Kevin Booth shares not only firsthand experience with the hypocrisy and ill effects of dangerous, legal drugs over prescribed to children in this country every single day, but also the heartfelt story of a young child with a brain tumor whose cancer treatments were impacted in a positive manner through the use of cannabis oil. Booth also interviews leading experts in the medical field who are knowledgeable about the research on marijuana's therapeutic properties and whose perspective reflects improving public health rather than politics. Fantastic, amazing documentary!
    gradyharp

    Where do we go from here?

    Kevin Booth is a documentarian of the first order. He wrote, produced and directed this computerized tomography-like examination of the struggle facing those who need the beneficial effects of cannabis. As marijuana now becomes available for medical purposes and the United States are each beginning to follow suit in legalizing the drug this story has particular impact. Booth has dared to explore the advanced research on the beneficial medicinal effects of Cannabis while becoming a foster parent to a 2-year-old boy who after surviving brain surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy, 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. As Booth states, '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. The argument is whether withholding the drug is a conspiracy or a simple profit motive that continues to keep marijuana inside the black market. Perhaps it is because of this 2013 film that we are seeing changes happen. If so, Booth has done a great service to the saving of lives of those who may possible benefit solely from the use of cannabis. This is a powerful film, well made, and mind altering.
    10heather-manus

    ADW2 will change the way you think & feel about the War on Drugs!

    You don't know anything about the War on Drugs until you've seen this documentary!! ADW2 is an eye opening experience that will leave you feeling compelled to do or say something about the madness being created by the War on Drugs. I left the theater with a broken heart after seeing the true victims and hearing the story of sweet little Cash Hyde and his family's brave fight against cancer.

    "We the People" in the theater were shouting, crying, laughing, and clapping through the entire film! Thank You Sacred Cow Productions for creating a true living middle finger to those benefiting from this unbelievably long-lasting lie that shapes our society today. I WANT CHANGE... This film is a catalyst!

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    • Crazy credits
      End credits have a gag disclaimer: "No Beatle albums were harmed in the making of this film".
    • Connections
      Features American Drug War: The Last White Hope (2006)

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    • Release date
      • June 6, 2013 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA
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      • Sacred Cow Productions
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      1 hour 30 minutes
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      • 16:9 HD

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