The Union: Business Behind Getting High – Music

BC’s illegal marijuana trade industry has evolved into a business giant, dubbed by some involved as ‘The Union’. Commanding upwards of $7 billion Canadian annually, The Union?s roots stretch far and wide. With up to 85% of ‘BC Bud’ being exported to the United States, the trade has become an international issue. Who are the players, and when do their motives become questionable?

Follow filmmaker Adam Scorgie as he demystifies the underground market and brings to light how an industry can function while remaining illegal. Through growers, police officers, criminologists, economists, doctors, politicians and pop culture icons, Scorgie examines the cause and effect nature of the business behind getting high.

Nobody’s innocent in this exploration of an industry that may be profiting more by being illegal

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