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fake_blood96 said:
the hallucinagenics one was pretty cool, didn't feel it went as deep as some of the previous coke, e, hash etc ones went like how it works in the brain etc, more focused on usually 1 case study of each.
now to watch the K one :)
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I'm surprised that no one else has said it, but this was a terrible documentary filled with misinformation especially regarding Ayahuasca (banisteriopsis caapi contains DMT, does it?). The supersized African-American woman was just looking for attention in the morning, please don't tell me that you guys bought the whole 24-hour-trip thing. Not to mention that the practices followed by the owner of the retreat (who has obviously had no formal training) and the participants couldn't be further from traditional.

Ayahuasca has a similar duration to mushrooms, which is to say 4-6 hours (without redosing). Speaking of mushrooms, did anyone else find it laughable that the guy who treats his cluster headaches with psilocybin was reacting in such a way before taking a low dose of cubensis? LOL. And his freaking family and their "worry".

And let's not even get into the story about the cop and his 10000 hits of LSD.

I haven't watched the other documentaries in the series because I imagine that they'd be as poor as the hallucinogens one.

It's cool that the overall tone of the documentary was more positive toward the use of hallucinogens for medicinal purposes, but they could have found far more experienced practitioners and done a hell of a lot more research.

Coming from someone that has spent a considerable time in the jungle, drinking Ayahuasca in the traditional setting, the best documentary on the subject is, without a doubt, this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE0sDm5ba-4
 
i don't know if anybody has posted this yet, but it is a very thorough and interesting dissection of the war on drugs - American Drug War: The Last White Hope.
it was made by one of bill hicks' oldest friends, kevin booth, and if you're a hicks fan you might notice some parallels of thought.
if you want to understand why we have this irrational, violent, hypocritical, corrupt 'drug war' - i would thoroughly recommend this film. inspiring and infuriating - but most importantly, enlightening.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mcFg9LneKE
 
I have to say I find Drugs Inc Season 2 so far seems a little bit less balanced than the first season. I have only watched the crack cocaine and ketamine episodes, I think hashish is on this week (will be interesting how they try and spin that negatively, probably the supporting terrorism bullshit) but it doesn't sound like the psychedelic one is too balanced either.
 
spacejunk said:
i don't know if anybody has posted this yet, but it is a very thorough and interesting dissection of the war on drugs - American Drug War: The Last White Hope.
it was made by one of bill hicks' oldest friends, kevin booth, and if you're a hicks fan you might notice some parallels of thought.
if you want to understand why we have this irrational, violent, hypocritical, corrupt 'drug war' - i would thoroughly recommend this film. inspiring and infuriating - but most importantly, enlightening.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mcFg9LneKE
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^word^

Thanks spacejunk, I hadn't seen this, but it is an excellent portrayal of what is going on internationally with the drug war. It's also great that Booth doesn't mention Bill directly (as in doesn't cash in on his name). The only criticism I have is that it doesn't focus on what is, and has been occurring in Colombia since Escobar's death with the endless "civil war" that the government has no intention of winning and how this is connected to the international cocaine market.

I know that it's not exactly a drug documentary per se, but "American: The Bill Hicks Story" (there are torrents available) is definitely a great introduction for anyone that doesn't know Bill's comedy and life story, which are obviously VERY connected to drugs (especially psychedelics), the drug war, personal freedoms and global corruption.

Not to mention he's the funniest man [period] to have ever walked the face of the planet.
 
^ absolutely agree with all of that.
bill hicks is a fucking inspiration, and i'm really glad that kevin didn't cash in on his name also.
in fact, i went searching for the kevin booth film after seeing the bit at the end of "american: the bill hicks story" where it mentions he is working on a film about the war on drugs.
when i first became aware of hicks' work, i was under the impression that he was some kind of misanthrope. i came to realise though, that he is actually driven by a great deal of love, and that his anger stems from the stupidity that is rampant in modern culture.

anyway, sorry that is off topic, but both of those films are fucking great - i can't recommend them enough.

you mention the horrible shit that has gone on in columbia - i watched a doco called Killing Pablo the other day, about the assassination of pablo escobar. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25qKkkecfHQ
very graphic and bloody, full of violence and corruption and the meddling hands of the US military and CIA - but interesting nonetheless. when people try and make drug use a political/ethical issue ("it funds terrorism" etc) they don't seem to acknowledge that it is prohibition that has created such a lucrative, brutal market in the first place.
this film (quite rightly) paints escobar as a mass murderer - but also manages to make the americans look like corrupt, shady killers - funny that! this sort of extrajudicial killing seems to be uncle sam's modus operandi these days.

an interesting history lesson if you don't know much more about escobar than his iconic outlaw status, but i wouldn't recommend watching if you're squeamish about blood and gore - a large percentage of the documentary seems to be footage of stiffs.
 
^ Will grab it now, thanks.

Enjoyed 'killing pablo' as well, and tried to watch the bill hicks one but had people drop in and got diverted and when i tried to get back into it I was too smashed. Shall watch again sometime tho. And I might check out dirty pictures soon too, cheers guys, keep them coming.
 
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^ i can't recommend dirty pictures enough. if you're interested in the history/research/culture/politics of psychedelic drugs it is a fascinating watch.
i think getting a glimpse of shulgin's backyard 'alchemist's lab' is enough to make this a must-see for me. i wanna give sasha a big hug, he's such a wonderful human being. check it out while it's still on youtube.
 
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Cheers for that SJ, not sure if I have seen it. Always been fascinated by Shulgin and watched a lot of his docus. Usually Im pretty fuked up when I watch docus etc so cant really recall it but downloading it now on PB torrents:)
 
^ i can't recommend dirty pictures enough.
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Just got it, had a quick preview to see how the quality is and it looks like a great watch, cant wait to watch it later tonight. :)
 
There was one with Terrence McKenna in it, on SBS, back in the good old days of VHS tapes. It followed the adventures of an Australian man who flew over to Brazil with his preggy wife and took ayahuasca.

That was the best one ever.

Also, the Strike (founder of the drug chemistry website called 'The Hive") documentary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2N-oNgUPHY

Watch all of it, don't be turned down by the white /middle America approach towards MDMA, as it's fucking interesting.
 
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