This page is devoted to the video files created by marijuana law reform activists. It features YouTube videos, those published on other formats and user-submitted vids, too!
PODCASTS
Podcasts and videos from The Medical Marijuana Radio Show, dating from 2011-2012 have their own page HERE
Podcasts and videos from The Political Twist-Up Radio Show, dating from 2012-2014 have their own page HERE
Podcasts and videos from The Planet Green Trees Radio Show, dating from 2011-2016 have their own page HERE
RICK THOMPSON
The YouTube channel for Rick Thompson’s videos can be found HERE.
“Majority,” by Rick Thompson
Created from still photos captured during the Hash Bash and Monroe Street Fairs in 2014, “Majority” contains a simple message: We Are The Majority; We Will Prevail. You can find HERE, at the YouTube home for this vid.
“Flint Water Crisis: A Love Story (with a surprise ending!) “
Find it HERE on YouTube.
“Cannabis and Concussion with Larry DePalma “
Find it HERE on YouTube.
“Hard-Hearted Senator Boots Iraq War Veteran from Testifying in Committee “
Find it HERE on YouTube.
Michigan Town Hall Live – October 10, 2011 – Medical Marijuana Revisited
Find it HERE on YouTube.
Dr. William Courtney and the dietary benefits of raw cannabis Pt. 1
MxProcess.me brings you a seminar called “The Raw Truth” with Dr. William Courtney. It’s the hard science behind the huge medical benefits of juicing raw cannabis. There is no altered state, no high. An elderly patient gives a testimonial. Representative Mike Callton speaks. Emcee: Rick Thompson
Find it HERE on YouTube
Dr. William Courtney and the dietary benefits of raw cannabis Pt. 2
MxProcess.me brings you a seminar called “The Raw Truth” with Dr. William Courtney. It’s the hard science behind the huge medical benefits of juicing raw cannabis. There is no altered state, no high. An elderly patient gives a testimonial. Representative Mike Callton speaks. Emcee: Rick Thompson
Find it HERE on YouTube
ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE
Live coverage of Marijuana Election Night 2012 from RoLLaJaY Studios in Portland, Oregon, with Jennifer Alexander, Iva Cunningham, and Brian Wilson. Live reports from Rick Thompson in Michigan, Heather Morris in Montana, Karri Gallaugher in Colorado, and Russ Belville in Washington.
Watch the recordings hour-by-hour:
4pm HERE
5pm HERE
6pm HERE
7pm HERE
8pm HERE
9pm HERE
10pm HERE
Election Night 2014
6pm HERE
8pm HERE
9pm HERE
#StopTheRaids Rally
#StopTheRaids Rally
Lansing, Michigan
March 22nd 2016
Find it HERE on YouTube
MUSIC VIDEOS
Laith Al Saadi at Hash Bash 2014
Find it HERE on YouTube.
Hash Bash 2013: Laith Al-Saadi plays Lennon’s “John Sinclair”
Find it HERE on YouTube.
“Melissa Etheridge at HTCC 2016”
Melissa Etheridge told the crowd it was the first time she had smoked on stage freely before. The reason: everyone in attendance was a registered medical marijuana patient with the state of Michigan, or was a visitor registered in another state participating under the rule of reciprocity. Watch this snippet of her performance. Find it HERE on THE Social Revolution, or HERE on YouTube.
DOCUMENTARIES
Keep it Green – A Cannabis Story – Part 1 [Marijuana Documentary]
Can cannabis cure cancer? Could cannabis help military veterans suffering from PTSD, to help prevent the vast number of suicides? In this 2-hour documentary, we’ll hear personal testimonies from patients, activists and military veterans, and learn how cannabis has helped them. In part 2, we’ll be covering another child utilizing cannabis, doctors and lawyers – stay tuned!
Find it HERE on YouTube.
“Wanna Marijuana?” Michigan Legalization 2016
Legalization of marijuana is being promoted in Michigan in 2016. The Michigan voters have the opportunity to decriminalize the possession of marijuana. This referendum is promoted by MILegalize.com. This video is a trailer of a documentary about marijuana still being filmed in 2016 by Great Lakes E Films.
Find it HERE on YouTube
How To Save The Economy! “Michigan Medical Marijuana”
Featuring “Chuck Ream”, “Mathew Abel”, “Kirk Reid”, “Reene Wolfe”, “David Curtis”, amd “Jamie Lowell”. The focus of this short documentry style film is to demonstrate the many positive economical benefits of marijuana cultivation. From the words of Mathew Abel “We have nowhere to go but up, so lets grow together”
Find it HERE on YouTube
TELEVISION BROADCASTS
Michigan Town Hall Live – October 10, 2011 – Medical Marijuana Revisited
Find it HERE on YouTube.
RALLIES, PROTESTS AND LIVE COVERAGE
Rally Triathlon September 13, 2010″Medical Marijuana”
Big thanks to Rick Thomson and everbody at big daddys for the support during the rally! Watch as we load up the bus and visit three major government buildings to protest recent local raids in oakland county and lapeer county. Its time to relize that Medical Marijuana is here to stay and that taking a patients medicine is a crime!
Find it HERE on YouTube
Invitation to attend: The Defense of The MIchigan Medical Marijuana Act -9/7/11-12:00 Noon by Michael Komorn
Find it HERE on YouTube.
Rally In Michigan 9/7/11 Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries were raided today in Michigan. The DEA had warrants. But they did not report the reasons why they raided them. They also did not report what they confiscated other than 2 vehicle from one of the business owners.
Find it HERE on YouTube
MILegalize Michigan 2016 Marijuana Legalization Petition Drive Kick-Off Rally 6-25-15
Find it HERE on YouTube.
MiLegalize Petition Kick Off, video by Think Live Music
Find it HERE on YouTube.
MiLegalize Petition Kick Off by Think Live Music
MiLegalize is a marijuana legalization effort in Michigan. The MiLegalize Petition Kick off took place in Lansing Michigan on 06/25/2015. Audio and video provided by Think Live Music
Find it HERE on YouTube.
Hash Bash 2016, Ann Arbor, Legalization Ballot Drive Final Push by Eric Borregard
PART 2 – Filmed April 2, 2016 on the Diag of the University of Michigan the video features the Rick Thompson from the Ballot Drive MiLegalize.org, MI NORML & Compassion Chronicles, The poet writer and original inspiration for Hash Bash John Sinclair, Adam Brook long time Hash Bash organizer and MC, Detroit Red Wing’s hockey great Darren McCarty along with many others. University of Michigan police arrested three people for possession of marijuana during Saturday’s rally.
Find it HERE on YouTube.
Medical Marijuana Rally In Saginaw Michigan
Find it HERE on YouTube.
saginaw raw “MIchigan Medical Marijuana”
The following is raw, uncut footage of medical marijuana rights supporters protesting recent law enforcement raids on on legal medical marijuana Patients and Caregivers, at a rally in Saginaw , MI July 21, 2010. The protesters were also there to shed light on the questionable use of the civil asset forfeiture laws by Sheriff Federspiel. There is currently a recall petition circulating to remove Sheriff Federspiel from his position.
Find it HERE on YouTube
Oakland County Michigan Medical Marijuana Rally/Protest 9-8-10
Oakland County Government Building and Courts
Watch it HERE on YouTube
INTERVIEWS
MILegalize – Lansing Online News Radio by Bonnie Bucereaux
Michigan could have three ballot proposals on marijuana in the 2016 presidential election. MILegalize has a petition for a new law that they view as people-oriented, compared to competing proposals they view as Big Government and Big Money. Rick Thompson, Jeff Hank and Joshua Covert also give an update on upcoming legislation and how that could affect medical and adult-use marijuana in the state. Interview by co-hosts Bonnie Bucqueroux and Bill Castanier on LCC Radio, WLNZ, 89.7
Find it HERE on YouTube.
LEGISLATIVE TESTIMONY
Hater Video- hidden camera footage of Rick Thompson at the House of Representatives supposedly having a secret meeting with legislators
Find it HERE on YouTube.
RadioWeedShow.com Part 2 to the House Judiciary Committee Hearings
The last in a series of hearings. This one was held on March 8, 2012. Patient and caregiver or individual testimony Part 2 to the House Judiciary Committee testimony on a set of 4 bills that attempt to change 9 issues involving the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act of 2008
Find it HERE on YouTube.
Rick Thompson testifying before Senate Judiciary Committee 12-08-2015
Find it HERE on YouTube.
Rick Thompson testifies on Medical Marijuana in Senate Judiciary 2015
Find it HERE on YouTube.
Rick Thompson testifies about SB660 – Prairie Plant Law by Bonnie Bucqueroux
Find it HERE on YouTube.
Rick Thompson testifies on Medical Marijuana in Senate Judiciary 2015
Thompson attacks Senator over withheld amendments to marijuana bills, minimizing growing of marijuana and misrepresentation of science in the cannabis debate. Writer, photographer, public speaker and editor of the online journal The Compassion Chronicles, Rick Thompson, testifies before the Michigan Senate’s Judiciary Committee on medical marijuana dispensary bills that have been hijacked by business interests and are no longer acceptable to the cannabis patient community. Thompson is a Board member of Michigan ASA, Michigan NORML and the MILegalize ballot committee as well.
Find it HERE on YouTube.
MILEGALIZE VIDEOS
Tommy Chong Supports MILegalize
“I support the legalization of marijuana and the smartest way to get this done in Michigan is the MILegalize proposal.”
Video created by Rick Thompson
Find it HERE on YouTube
Tommy Chong Supports MILegalize 2
“Support MILegalize. I do.”
Video created by Rick Thompson
Find it HERE on YouTube
MI Legalize 30 days to Freedom! All hands on deck!
MI Legalize is an initiative campaign that aims to legalize marijuana and end years of harmful prohibition in Michigan. Our coalition is made up of social justice activists, patient advocates, small business owners and concerned citizens from across our great state. By ending the prohibition on marijuana we can invigorate our local economies and municipal governments while providing a safe and economically just system for marijuana regulation. MILegalize aims to put the most comprehensive, safe, and fair marijuana legalization initiative on the November 2016 ballot.
Find it HERE on YouTube
MILegalize Michigan 2016 Marijuana Legalization Petition Drive Kick-Off Rally 6-25-15
Find it HERE on YouTube.
MiLegalize Petition Kick Off, video by Think Live Music
Find it HERE on YouTube.
THE FULL MELT RADIO SHOW
Full Melt Radio Show – Mi Legalize Starts Signature Campaign
My report from the Capitol Steps in Lansing We join the celebration further in a simulcast of the Planet Green Trees Radio SHow on location ar Omara’s In Berkley, Michigan with panelists from the campaign and questions from the live audience.
Find it HERE on YouTube
Pass The Marijuana at HIGH TIMES Michigan CANNIBIS CUP 2014
Find it HERE on YouTube
The Full Melt Show – Live From O’Gradys Irish Pub With Rick And Kamie
Find it HERE on YouTube
Full Melt – Mi Supreme Court Rules On Affirmative Defense
Tonight: Attorney David Rudoi who argued the #HartwickTuttle case before the Supreme Court in Michigan talks about their OPINION released today. Also, Michigan legislators consider what we would call “hijacked” bills to allow for dispensaries and concentrates for medical patients. Attorney Neil Rockind joins the conversation. The Opinion can be read here: http://courts.mi.gov/Courts/MichiganS…
Find it HERE on YouTube
Full Melt Radio Show – Marathon Broadcast To Collect MiLegalize Signatures
Published on Dec 11, 2015
Find it HERE on YouTube.
Full Melt Radio Show – MiLegalize – Legalize 2016 in Michigan
Michigan Attorney David Rudoi from the Board of MiLegalize joins us to talk about legalizing marijuana in Michigan in 2016. Jamie Lowell & Rick Thompson -also board members call in as well. Milegalize.org
Find it HERE on YouTube.