Interview: John Holowach on High and marijuana policy

posted at 8:44 am on April 20, 2009 by Ed Morrissey

I’ve kept in touch with documentarian John Holowach, who produced High: The True Tale of American Marijuana, and advocates on the issue of marijuana legalization. Today, he will offer free streaming of the entire documentary at his website, TrueHigh.com, and I recorded an interview with John last Friday about the promotion. We talk about how other documentaries made his job tougher, his disappointment thus far with the Obama administration’s treatment of the issue, and what he believes will come next. We also caught up on the latest developments on the issues of the drug war:

Be sure to watch the film if you haven’t already bought it, and read my review of John’s film from last month. The film is really quite good, and while John makes no attempt to hide his advocacy for complete legalization, it does present an honest argument, which may or may not convince some people to change their minds on the policy.

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Q: Does marijuana lead to the use of other drugs?
A: Long-term studies of high school students and their patterns of drug use show that very few young people use other illegal drugs without first trying marijuana (7). For example, the risk of using cocaine is much greater for those who have tried marijuana than for those who have never tried it. … Wait! There’s more!

bloggless on April 20, 2009 at 10:08 AM

Another blatant logical fallacy. This argument conflates posterior with prior probabilities. Really, you should know better. You can’t see through this line of bullsh-t?

Not to say it isn’t true… but posterior probability doesn’t imply causality, only that someone willing to try one drug is likely to try multiple drugs from the outset.

The only phrase that would support the question asked is, “very few young people who try marijuana don’t go on to use other illegal drugs.” But that’s not what was said, was it. No, they conflate one with the other, deliberately it appears. Disgusting.

galenrox on April 20, 2009 at 12:54 PM

Amen.

Folks, there’s plenty of room for discussion on this topic, but don’t resort to B.S. or disingenuous tactics to make your points… *please*.

RD on April 20, 2009 at 4:48 PM

However, legalization will address the crime and violence of the dealer and supplier network that the “war on drugs” can not seem to snuff out.

As I asked, these guys will suddenly become pillors of society?

I’ve seen on here nba players and willie nelson used as examples of of upstanding pot smokers.

What? Are you stoned or something?!

peacenprosperity on April 20, 2009 at 7:17 PM

“even mild use of marijuana can increase your risk of psychosis by 40 percent…

…The scientists found a more disturbing outlook for “heavy users” of pot, those who used it daily or weekly: Their risk for psychosis jumped to a range of 50 percent to 200 percent.“

Pot causes psychoses
Pot shrinks the brain

American Elephant on April 20, 2009 at 7:28 PM

I never smoked marijuana, and I don’t intend to, and I just drink occasionally. We still have people everywhere in our country being injured by alcohol related accidents and abuse.

We should ban both, or legalize both, and cut out the hypocrisy.

V-rod on April 20, 2009 at 8:18 PM

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