Films

THE COLORADO GREEN RUSH - GET STONED, GET RICH

Experts estimate that 200 million people worldwide take drugs – illegally – despite the fact that government agencies have waged an all-out war on drugs for decades. Many people are convinced that the root of the problem lies in the illegality. After all, prohibition engenders a parallel economy, violence and mafia structures. Nowhere has the ban on drugs been as sacrosanct as in the US, but remarkably, since the beginning of 2014, it is now legal in the state of Colorado to cultivate, trade and consume cannabis products under government regulation. A revolution!

Ready-rolled joints, cookies and chocolate, relaxing bath oils and plain old pot seeds – businesswoman Toni Fox grows hemp and successfully markets relaxing cannabis products. Before legalization, her own brother was sentenced to 10 years in prison for peddling weed as a small-time dealer. Now, a gold rush has hit Fox’s hometown of Denver: Airlines fly in large numbers of cannabis tourists, guided bus tours transport cannabis fans from shop to shop, and investors regularly visit the region to sound out business opportunities.

Our film presents Toni Fox and the cannabis revolution, and explores the question of whether the current gold rush actually represents the birth of a new business sector, worth billions – and a change in consciousness on the issue of drugs.

 

Wirtten and directed by Hilka Sinning
Director of photography: Mathias Prause
Production managers: Rolf Bremenkamp und Monika Mack
Producer: Birgit Schulz
Commissioning editors: Nicole Ripperda & Norbert Hahn  / WDR

 

Length: 52’ / 45’

 

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