Waiting to Inhale

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Waiting to Inhale

Director: Jed Riffe
Filmmaker in person
The medical properties of marijuana have been known and employed by many cultures for millennia; and its use was legal in the U.S. from 1860 to 1937. Currently, 10 states, including California, have passed laws with medical marijuana provisions. Yet under federal law, its cultivation, possession and use for any purpose, including therapeutic relief from critical or terminal illness, remain illegal. WAITING TO INHALE is a quietly powerful film exploring the battle between patients, doctors, activists and the U.S. government over the legalization of medical marijuana, but is not an exercise in propaganda for either side of the conflict. Instead, it creates a dynamic portrait of passionate individuals engaged in a struggle whose stakes are nothing short of life and death. (2005, 77 min.)
Showing: May 19, 6:30pm, MTC