47. At 02:01am on 10 Jan 2011, thompsonbassman wrote:
I was actually on this program (Mike) and I must say apart from a few bits it was a sad effort, uninformed and poorly executed. They also managed to put words in my mouth saying that me and my mates think that inhaling for up to 15 seconds gets us higher.... it actually shows us inhaling for about 5 seconds while saying those, nullifying the point! The show seemed really eager in parts to make weed sound bad, there was definitely a hidden agenda somewhere.
Anyway, I enjoyed my contribution to the show and hope I turned a few heads. If not, I hope some of you are keen enough to watch a real, informed and balanced documentary called 'The Union: The Business Behind Getting High' - Google it, it's well worth it.
If only this program was filmed for Channel 4!
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48. At 02:41am on 10 Jan 2011, EmmaNewt wrote:
To be honest as someone who took part in the programme , It wasn't portrayed as fairly as we were told it was going to be. The 15 seconds 'holding in time' is a load of rubbish as my friends and I filmed were shown to hold it in for 5 seconds max .. no one holds it in for 15 seconds!
I think this programme is trying to continue to keep the public thinking negative things about cannabis , and this documentary does a good job of saying things to scare the viewers which aren't even factual; just spoken by the extremely condescending narrator. This documentary continues to 'inform' like the audience are ignorant to the drug. Hopefully real cannabis users like myself and my friends used in the program will see through this stereotypical documentary.
Plus the 'scientific' experiments were hardly scientific.. I think you should use scientists who actually know what they are talking about and get your facts right before making a very mediocre documentary.
Tobacco and cigarettes are SO much worse for god's sake ! Its hardly a serious documentary when terms such as 'herbal terrorist' are used
