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Therapeutic cannabis: “a sort of Trojan horse to then move towards legalization”, notes director Antoine Robin
Therapeutic cannabis: “a sort of Trojan horse to then move towards legalization”, notes director Antoine Robin
(franceinfo)
His documentary, “Cannabis”, will be broadcast in prime time on April 2 on France 5, shortly after the end of the experimentation with cannabis for therapeutic use. Antoine Robin, co-author and director of the film with Mathieu Kassovitz, was the guest of 12/13 info, Tuesday March 26.
The experimentation with cannabis for therapeutic use ends on Tuesday March 26. To discuss the subject, director Antoine Robin is the guest of 12/13. He co-wrote and directed with Mathieu Kassovitz Cannabisa documentary which questions the legalization of cannabis, broadcast on April 2 on France 5. Through this investigation, Antoine Robin notes that often, experimentation with cannabis for therapeutic use is “a sort of Trojan horse to then move towards the legalization of cannabis”. And for good reason, this process was followed by Canada, the United States, Uruguay, and more recently by Germany.
“It can have a lot of side effects.”
While the documentary talks about 6 million regular cannabis users, Antoine Robin assures that a third of them are under 25 years old. “It can create addictions, and then it can have a lot of unwanted effects”warns Damien Mascret, doctor and health journalist, also present on the set of 12/13 info Tuesday March 26.
