Decent comedy/documentary by a stand-up comic who loves to smoke weed. He spoofs Super Size Me by first abstaining from pot for 30 days, then smoking constantly for the next 30. He does some perfunctory things to test the difference, like taking the SAT during both periods, getting regular medical tests, testing psychic ability, determining sperm count, etc. The pic is a bit disjointed (haha, unintentional pun), not quite a marijuana advocacy movie, but certainly not objective either. It was based on a joke Benson made about "how cool would it be to make a film like that McDonald's guy did but with weed...", and then that's what he did.
There was a bit of a look into the lives and neuroses of stand-up comics. Overall they do seem like a pretty miserable bunch. There was also very interesting info on the number of dispensaries that have popped up in California since 2005, and the whole State vs. Federal law struggle as the DEA constantly swoops in to bust these places despite their legal right to do business.
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