High As Mike

Name: High As Mike
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2019-05-01
Duration: 1 h 55 min
Cast: Mike Gallagher, Samantha Ison, Olivia Newton-John

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1h 55m

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Mike has a brain tumour. It's the sort of tumour that wont kill him, but it will rob him of his sight. With the current stagnation of Medicinal Cannabis prescription in Australia, Mike sets ... Read allMike has a brain tumour. It's the sort of tumour that wont kill him, but it will rob him of his sight. With the current stagnation of Medicinal Cannabis prescription in Australia, Mike sets off on a road trip of discovery.Mike has a brain tumour. It's the sort of tumour that wont kill him, but it will rob him of his sight. With the current stagnation of Medicinal Cannabis prescription in Australia, Mike sets off on a road trip of discovery.

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Olivia Newton-John, Daniel Raffaele, Peter Cross, Mike Gallagher, Samantha Ison, and Craig Wilson in High As Mike (2019)

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Mike has a brain tumour. It's the sort of tumour that wont kill him, but it will rob him of his sight. With the current stagnation of Medicinal Cannabis prescription in Australia, Mike sets off on a road trip of discovery. To find out if Medicinal Cannabis will reduce his tumour and help regain his eyesight. Travelling from Tamworth in the New England region of NSW, Mike's journey takes him to The Gold Coast, Nimbin, Newcastle, Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra, Uluru, Townsville and Sydney in search of answers. Mike chats with patients that have already embarked on the same life changing journey, as well as Politicians, a former Australian Federal Police Commissioner, a Lawyer, a Neurosurgeon, Doctors and suppliers of Medicinal Cannabis, including one that is facing an 18 year gaol term for her life saving service. The documentary uses patient testimonies with a broad range of medical conditions and expert opinions from all sides of the Medicinal Cannabis debate and aims to offer a balanced perspective of the current situation regarding the prescription of Medicinal Cannabis.

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Questionable Affiliations.

The documentary looks great and has great cinematography. Being Australian and a big medicinal cannabis supporter I was glad to see this kind of content coming out of Australia. However the film features some people/patients with extremely questionable intentions and a known history rooted in The Church of Unification (Cult known as Moonies and for arranged marriage ceremonies) as well as Medical Fraud. Not to mention that most of the highlighted recommendations on the filmmakers website are from the people featured in it. Including a supposed "Medicinal Cannabis Advocate" who's twitter is filled with racist, transphobic, xenophobic, and sexist tweets and retweets. As well as baseless claims of democratic voter fraud in the 2020 US election, and comments that are sympathetic to Qanon.

I highly recommend 'The Culture High' if you are interested in Medicinal Cannabis. Also 'The House I Live In' and 'How To Make Money Selling Drugs' for those interested in the drug war in general.

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