Dried and processed medical marijuana "buds," trimmed and ready for use

Close up of a bud of cannabis being weighed on a scale before being packaged for sale.

Patricia Gates from Shoreview uses cannabis for chronic pain. She has used cannabis in the form of tablets or oils before, but a change in Minnesota law means that cannabis flower is now legal.“This is going to save me $400 or more a month. I see this as a huge blessing,” said Gates.A spokesperson for the Minnesota Department of Health says flower cannabis is more affordable and that she expects more patients to join the state’s program.“It’s just more affordable, which has been the main barrier of the program. Other states have added the flower and have doubled and tripled the number of patients,” said Chris Tholkes with MDH. “The flower is the natural place where the plant produces its medicine. The easiest treatment plan is to take the natural or unprocessed flower and vaporize it or smoke it and there’s very rapid symptom control as medicine,” said Dr. Kyle Kingsley, the CEO of Vireo Health. Minnesota patients have to be certified by a licensed health care provider to purchase the product for treatment. It’s used to treat a number of different conditions from chronic pain to cancer. According to MDH, there are more than 30,000 active, approved patients in Minnesota using medical cannabis.

Pictures of cannabis and anonymous plans of a person rolling a marijuana joint. Inside the New Start clinic. Ball marijuana in hand. Hand rolling a marijuana joint. Anonymous plan of a young woman (feet and back view) that comes and goes to the reception of the New Start Clinic (Logo on the wall).

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

00:19:21:02 Selling cannabis to customer (1:06) / 00:38:30:02 Patrons smoking reefers (spliffs, joints) of cannabis (1:41) / 00:40:15:01 Close-up of joint being made (3:38) / 00:44:54:01 Close-up of c ...

Location: London, England <br/> <br/>Story about rolling a joint to smoke cannabis <br/> <br/>CU showing how to roll a cigarette sprinkle a little cannabis (Hashish) over the tobacco and roll into a cigarette ready for smoking. <br/> <br/>ORIG NEG

SAME TWO HIPPIE GUYS INTERVIEWED TALKING ABOUT FESTIVAL AND HOW TIGHT AND INTENSE IT WAS. THEY SAY IT COULD HAVE BEEN GREAT WITHOUT FENCES. HIPPIE EATS COOKIE LACED WITH POT ANOTHER HIPPIE IN SUIT AND TOP HAT COMES UP AND ASKS ABOUT COOKIES. HIPPIE TALKS ABOUT POLLEN FROM CANNABIS PLANT, WHY HE LIKES TO GET STONED RATHER THAN DRUNK. THEY TALK ABOUT MARRIAGE.

Haight Ashbury - San Francisco - hippies - street beggar - pan handler - hippie sits on street corner with sign asking for drugs - pot - cannabis - marijuana - marihuana - weed - famous street corner of Haight and Ashbury - street buskers - art murals on walls of buildings - row of traditional San Francisco homes - peace and love - hippie subculture - the summer of love - 1967 - 1960s hippie movement - counterculture - psychedelic rock - drugs - bohemian - reefer - marihuana - dope - ganja - hash - cannabis

CANNABIS RISING

NEWSER / PRESSER / PRESS CONFERENCE FOR COVERAGE ON THE DEBATE OVER PROPOSITION 215 AND WHETHER MARIJUANA SHOULD BE LEGALIZED FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES / CANNABIS HEARINGS AT THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES (SCOTUS) 12:09:15 NEWSER / PRESSER / PRESS CONFERENCE W/ ROB CAMPIA OF THE MARIJUANA POLICY PROJECT ON THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA AND HOW PATIENTS CAN BENEFIT FROM IT 12:15:56 ONE OF TWO FILER 12:19:44 NEWSER W/ MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENT MIKE ALCALAY ON MEDICAL CANNABIS 12:21:18 SUE RUSCHE, DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL FAMILIES IN ACTION MEDICAL CANNABIS 12:23:10 ATTORNEY GERALD ALLMAN ON MEDICAL CANNABIS 12:31:23 JEFF JONES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OAKLAND CANNABIS BUYERS' COOPERATIVE ON MEDICAL CANNABIS 12:35:41 DAVID EVANS REPRESENT OF ANTI DRUG GROUP ON MEDICAL CANNABIS 12:38:43 END OF TAPE

Cat (Felis catus) eating a cannabis leaf.

A photo of packaged cannabis buds sits beside a statement from Ontario's Alcohol and Gaming Commissioner Raymond Kahnert as the province legalizes the sale of marijuana.

--SUPERS--&#10;:19-:23&#10;Ezri Peleg&#10;Chief Agronomist, Tikun Olam&#10;&#10;:23-:30&#10;Courtesy Tikun Olam&#10;&#10;:54-:57&#10;Ezri Peleg&#10;Chief Agronomist, Tikun Olam&#10;&#10;1:10-1:18&#10;Suzanne Sisley&#10;US Cannabis Researcher&#10;&#10;1:27-1:33&#10;Rabbi Yakov Litzman&#10;Israel Minister of Health&#10;&#10;1:51-2:03&#10;Aharon Lutzky&#10;CEO, Tikun Olam&#10;&#10; --LEAD IN--&#10;NOW TO A POSSIBLE GAME-CHANGER IN THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA INDUSTRY.&#10;RESEARCHERS IN ISRAEL ARE GROWING NEW STRAINS OF CANNABIS.&#10;THEIR GOAL -- TO DEVELOP PLANTS THAT WILL ONE DAY TREAT SPECIFIC DISEASES.&#10;OREN LIEBERMANN REPORTS ON THE NEW SO-CALLED "KOSHER" CANNABIS.&#10;&#10; --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--&#10;WE"RE ON THE STREETS OF TEL AVIV WATCHING A GUY SMOKE MARIJUANA… NOT THE ILLEGAL KIND - BUT MEDICAL MARIJUANA. &#10;CALL IT KOSHER CANNABIS. &#10;ITS GROWING USAGE... AND THE COUNTRY"S LIBERAL MEDICAL CANNABIS LAWS… HAVE MADE ISRAEL ONE OF THE WORLD LEADERS IN MEDICAL CANNABIS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.&#10;(Ezri Peleg, Chief Agronomist, Tikun Olam) "Cannabis until now was not bred in the most scientific or most modern methods."&#10;IN A SECRET, SECURE LOCATION IN NORTHERN ISRAEL… WE VISIT TIKUN OLAM… ONE OF THE COUNTRY"S LARGEST MEDICAL CANNABIS GROWERS. THEY SHOW US WHAT THEY CALL THEIR MOTHERHOUSE… THE GENETIC WAREHOUSE OF CANNABIS… WHERE THEY SPLICE TOGETHER DIFFERENT PLANTS TO CREATE NEW STRAINS OF CANNABIS.&#10;THEY"RE PUSHING THE PLANT TO ITS EXTREMES… SOME STRAINS HAVE SOME OF THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF T-H-C EVER GROWN… THE CHEMICAL THAT MAKES YOU HIGH. OTHERS HAVE NONE AT ALL… THEY"RE HIGH IN C-B-D… THE CHEMICAL THAT HAS BEEN SHOWN TO HAVE MEDICAL BENEFITS.&#10;(Ezri Peleg, Chief Agronomist, Tikun Olam) "I believe we are scratching the beginning about what there is to learn about cannabis plants."&#10;EACH NEW CANNABIS HARVEST IS LAB TESTED TO MEASURE THE EXACT LEVELS OF CHEMICALS. THE GOAL - TO ONE-DAY CREATE MARIJUANA PLANTS TAILORED for SPECIFIC TREATMENTS… AND MAYBE EVEN SPECIFIC PEOPLE. &#10;(Suzanne Sisley, US Cannabis Researcher) "Israel is right on the cusp of being able to grab hold of this entire industry and become the real mecca for marijuana research."&#10;IN ISRAEL… THE POLITICIAN ENCOURAGING THIS REVOLUTION OF MEDICAL CANNABIS… &#10;IS THE ULTRA-ORTHODOX MINISTER OF HEALTH.&#10;(Rabbi Yakov Litzman, Israel Minister of Health) "If I have to look strictly at how I can help the sick people which needs this cannabis, I think I did the right thing."&#10;EXPORTING CANNABIS IS STILL ILLEGAL… SO TIKUN OLAM HAS STARTED JOINT VENTURES WITH FARMS IN AMERICA TO GROW STRAINS OF CANNABIS DEVELOPED IN ISRAEL. THE MEDICAL CANNABIS MARKET IS EXPECTED TO HIT MORE THAN 20 BILLION DOLLARS IN AMERICA ALONE BY 2020 -- ACCORDING TO NEWLY RELEASED NUMBERS FROM INDUSTRY RESEARCHERS "NEW FRONTIER." &#10;(Oren Liebermann) "We"re standing here in front of a number of the oils and types of cannabis you sell. How big can this be as an export for business?" &#10;(Aharon Lutzky, CEO, Tikun Olam) "It could be a business of hundreds of millions of dollars."&#10;MEDICAL CANNABIS STILL HAS ITS CRITICS… AND DOCTORS SAY GLOBAL REGULATIONS MAKE CANNABIS RESEARCH DIFFICULT. CANNABIS ADVOCATES INSIST THE SCIENCE WILL BACK UP THE USAGE… AND TURN THIS ONCE-ILLICIT DRUG INTO A BLOOMING MARKET. &#10;OREN LIEBERMANN… CNN… TEL AVIV.&#10; -----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----&#10;&#10; --KEYWORD TAGS--&#10;ISRAEL MEDICAL MARIJUANA GROWING RESEARCH BUSINESS SCIENCE HEALTH &#10;&#10;

Footage of cannabis and anonymous shots of a person who rolls a marijuana joint. Inside the New Start clinic. Ball of marijuana in hand. Hand rolling a marijuana joint. Anonymous shot of a young woman (feet and back view) that comes and goes at the reception of the New Start Clinic (Logo on the wall).

MEAT LOAF IS ASKED WHAT RELIGION HE BELONGS TO. HE SAYS HE WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE CHURCH OF CHRIST, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE BAPTISTS BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ORGANS OR OTHER TYPE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. EVERYONE SINGS A CAPPELLA. SAYS HE BELIEVES IN GOD BUT JUST TRIES TO BE THE BEST PERSON HE CAN BE. TOM EDMUNDS SAYS HIS RELIGION IS SENSIMILLA (HIGHLY CONCENTRATED CANNABIS), TOM DOWD SAYS HIS RELIGION IS SURVIVAL AND DO UNTO OTHERS AS OTHER DO UNTO YOU AND JUST REMEMBER WHEN YOU GO TO BED AT NIGHT THAT YOU WAKE UP TO FACE A BETTER WORLD THAN THE ONE YOU LEFT BEHIND YOU.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

MAYOR DE BLASIO NEWSER ON CANNABIS LEGALIZATION REPORT. New York, NY: On Thursday, Mayor de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray will hold a media availability to release the Mayor's Task Force on Cannabis Legalization Report.

Southend, Essex. <br/> <br/>Waterguard Training School trains young men to become officers of the anti-smuggling branch of H.M. Customs. <br/> <br/>C/U of suitcase on a table, tilt up to a Customs Guard holding declaration form. M/S of a man and the guard, the man places a bottle of wine and a tennis racket next to his case, he opens his case and takes out a bottle of gin and some cigarettes. C/U of the guard, tilt down to show him rummaging in the case, once satisfied he marks it with chalk. A more senior guard enters and stops the man repacking. The senior guard carefully unpacks the case - an illegal flick knife is found in a shoe and smuggled watches in a false sole. <br/> <br/>M/S of the senior guard teaching trainee customs officials. C/U of the senior guard opening a book revealing more smuggled watches in a secret compartment. The senior shows the class a tennis racket. C/U of a trainee. The senior guard opens the handle revealing diamonds, he passes it down a row of students. C/U of a suitcase with a false bottom for storing drugs. C/U of glass bottles containing drug samples - cannabis, heroine, amphetamines etc. The senior guard opens the cannabis jar and sniffs it, he passes it to the trainees - they must learn to recognise the smell! C/U of the senior and the student examining an opium pipe. C/U of a trainee sniffing a bundle of hemp and examining a small pipe. <br/> <br/>M/S of a senior guard and students looking at a model ship - they learn from the model secret hiding places used by smugglers - in pipes, coal bunkers etc. A trainee carefully lifts potatoes from a pot - he discovers one has a diamond broach concealed inside a secret compartment. <br/> <br/>

Cannabis Shop Storefront - Queen Street - Toronto, Canada - marijuana dispensary - pot - reefer - marihuana - dope - weed - pot - ganja - hash

Police arrested three people yesterday in a bust of a hydroponic pot growing system.

MISC. HAWAII NEWS FOOTAGE

This color educational movie "Narcosis" is a "scare film" about the realities of heroin and drug addiction. We believe it dates to the early 1960s, possibly 1962. It was produced by Golden State Film Productions of Berkeley, California and directed by "The State of California Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement" (1:33).The title narcosis refers to a state of stupor, drowsiness, or unconsciousness produced by drugs. According to a card at 1:50, actual addicts appear in the film. This version of the film includes two crudely-spliced-in promotions by a Christian organization promoting religious tracts and products for keeping youth on the right course.<p><p><p>Opening: A car pulls into a lot and we watch a drug deal go down. A man in a trench coat waits and looks. A man gets out of the car and goes over to trench coat guy. He hands him a pack of cigarettes, but something else is in the pack. Title: NARCOSIS (:06-1:55). Now, a segment that appears to be added to the film -- a promotion for a Christian organization. A man, apparently a Christian religious youth leader from Southern Bible College in Houston, Texas, sits at a desk and speaks to the viewer about the importance of the production of tracts aimed at affecting youth. The man holds a book "It's Great to Be Young" and encourages young people to read it. He also shows a Pentecostal Youth Gospel record which he notes can be ordered from "the national office" in Joplin, Missouri. He introduces "Narcosis" -- the film we are about to see is about drug addiction and reaching youth (1:56-3:51). Quiet, tree lined street. Inside a home, a young man has cannabis on the floor. He sits, listening to records, with a female. The man rips the leaves of the cannabis and starts to create a marijuana cigarette. The joint of marijuana is shown being rolled (3:52-5:56). A joint is rolled tightly. The man hides the marijuana when his doorbell rings. The doorbell rings again. A couple shows up and the two couples sit and talk. Marijuana cigarettes are exchanged. The marijuana is smoked and passed to one another. A woman smokes as well. Records spin. A woman rests after smoking (5:57-8:44). One of the women didn't smoke and is disgusted with the behavior by the drug users. Records play, the men relax, the one woman who didn't smoke is bored. She finally caves in and smokes to join the group, she coughs. A man puts another record on (8:45-9:55). 3 major Prerequisites to Drug Use - willingness to experiment, access to drug, disregard of harmful effects of drug. A man walks into the kitchen, Heroin equipment is laid out on the table, spoon, needle, etc. Another person helps the guy do heroin. Heroin is opened from a white packet and put onto a spoon. An eye droplet is used to add to the heron on the spoon(9:56-11:51). A match is lit and then the heroin is completed. A man rolls up his sleeve. His arm is tightly wrapped. The vein is slapped and the needle is injected. Time passes. Money and drugs are exchanged. An iron, watch, and a radio are brought in place of cash. Money and drugs continue to be exchanged (11:52-13:59). Arrested by police, a woman talks to police. A man is arrested and brought to jail. A scale weighs life versus drugs. A man lives in dilapidated house. He is a drug user with withdrawal symptoms. He sneezes a lot. He has a scarred body (14:00-16:08). The man is desperate for a fix. The addict puts on more cooties and crawls back into bed. Time marches on. The man sneezes more and has cramps. The man is in pain and suffering withdrawals (16:09-17:28). The man has many symptoms and convulses. The man vomits into a waste basket. The peddler has arrived and has given the addict some drugs. They exchange money for drugs. The addict sets up what he needs to do for his fix and gets ready to do heroin again (17:29-19:45). The man moves the white powder. A match is lit and a spoon is heated. The syringe sucks up the heroin (19:46-21:24). The man holds the needle and grabs a towel to tie himself. The needle is injected into his leg (21:25-22:54). The man washes his face and his hair. He combs his hair. The man feels better. Abscesses form on the man's body. The man injects the needle again, into his leg (22:55-24:30). Two men walk on the grounds of a prison (24:31-25:02). End credits, the religious leader seen earlier makes another appearance, and suggests that drugs are the work of the devil -- an "enemy out to destroy your life." He also suggests that communism is attempting to create millions of new drug addicts and that "what we do for Christ must be done quickly" if this is to be averted. (25:03-25:48). <p><p>This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com