Ben Cort: What commercialization is doing to cannabis
벤 코트(Ben Cort): 상업화가 대마초에 미치는 영향
Ben Cort focuses on marijuana education and consulting in the substance use disorder treatment field. Full bio
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are anything like me,
to turn around recently
이런 말들이 보일 거예요.
of the way that we eat in recent years,
바른 식생활에 관심을 가지면서
their way into our daily lexicon.
일상 어휘로 자리잡았죠.
interacted with our bodies
이에 발을 맞추게 된 거죠.
from states like Washington and Oregon
우리의 식생활 뿐 아니라
are not just being used in our diets.
using this language now.
쓰이고 있잖아요.
worth of product in 2016.
about this legalized marijuana thing
말씀드리려고 하는데
is a pretty quick way to get uninvited
얘기를 꺼내는 것 조차
be perfectly clear about one thing:
한 가지만 확실히 할게요.
adult use of marijuana --
반대하려는게 아니예요.
is this new industry
that we are consuming something natural
사회의 병폐마저 해결하는 것처럼
a little bit of Weed 101.
and has been used within textiles
for thousands of years.
수천 년 동안 사용되어 왔어요.
plants and herbs to use."
너희에게 주노라."
a TV preacher sort of thing.
방송 목회자 같네요.
of different chemicals,
화학 물질이 들어 있는데
are by far the most interesting.
of the medicinal properties lie.
치료 성분이 들어 있습니다.
part of the plant
사람들에게 도움을 줄
while vaping pure CBD
전자담배로 피면서 목욕도 하고
a part of the plant as CBD is,
of the commercial market.
아주 미미한데요.
in that other chemical --
that gets you high.
환각작용을 일으킵니다.
of a percent of THC.
0.5%도 안 됐죠.
as we became better gardeners, that --
가꾸는 솜씨가 너무 늘어서인지 ...
to slowly but steadily rise,
started to get involved.
바꿔 버렸거든요.
exclusively indoors,
extremely and unnaturally short.
아주 짧게 했죠.
pesticides and fertilizers
should be concerned with.
at a commercial grow operation
막 일을 그만둔 참이었는데
with the chemicals
were actually encouraged
the chemical cocktails on the plants.
권고를 받기도 했다죠.
can contain above 30 percent THC.
30%가 넘습니다.
above 95 percent THC --
95%를 넘길 수 있으니까
피던 게 아닙니다.
one of the thousands of dispensaries
수천개의 판매점들 중
really selling in them is THC.
THC라는 사실을 아실 거예요.
lists exactly how much THC it contains,
THC 용량이 표시되는데,
much more popular products
커피, 아이스크림,
introducing into the human body.
거의 모든 것들에 표시되죠.
that's being sold today --
and unnatural concentration.
is subtly misleading.
오해의 소지가 있어요.
has so rapidly exploded
급속도로 발전한 이유는
of a lot of money to be made
our desire to get high.
충족시키는 데에 말이죠.
being made by the mom-and-pop shops.
많은 돈을 벌 순 없잖아요.
a lot of the small-time growers.
그 일에 일조해 왔고
to continue to profit off of us
돈을 긁어낼 최선책은
industry's 80/20 rule.
여우처럼 잘 알고 있어요.
of the product is consumed
전체 판매량의 80%는
the problemed users.
소비자들이 책임진다는 거죠.
all rich, white men --
more of what they're selling
더 많은 제품이 팔릴 거란 사실을
twice as likely to consume THC regularly
over 50,000 dollars a year.
2배 높다는 사실도 잘 알고 있어요.
your money on their products.
and race are highly correlated.
밀접한 관계에 있습니다.
for the legalization of marijuana
자주 언급되는 이유 중 하나는
the disproportionate incarceration rates
should be extremely concerned with.
더 신경써야 할 부분이에요.
have to look any further
here in Colorado
청소년 체포율을 살펴보면
Department of Public Safety,
minority neighborhoods --
대부분의 지역에서
in the arrest of white kids
8% 감소했는데
in the arrest of Hispanic kids
29% 증가했는데
of black kids for weed-related crimes.
58% 증가했습니다.
more people of color in Colorado
증가하고 있는데
is in school suspension rates.
predominantly white --
of 25 percent or fewer --
following commercialization,
처음 실시한 연간통계를 보면
of 190 drug-related suspensions,
of 75 to 100 percent
관련되어 있습니다.
gets left out of the conversation
than twice as likely to consume THC
이성애자나 시스젠더들보다
as heterosexual or cisgender.
higher rates of mental illness
정신 질환의 비율과 자살률 또한
called "Going to Pot,"
"Going to Pot"이라는 연구에 따르면
of THC found in today's products
비정상적 수치의 THC가
to matter very little
selling these products,
is too much of a sacred cow to question.
이제 건들기도 힘든 문제입니다.
is not natural,
자연적인 것도 아니고
social justice as a smoke screen
사회 정의를 핑계로
that led me to begin questioning
눈 앞의 많은 문제들에
that we're taught to do.
그렇게 하도록 배우잖아요.
for the Washington, DC, area
where the kind of shoes you wore
just about anything else.
to help me play that game.
그런 건 엄두 낼 수도 없었죠.
crisis of identity.
blacktop than treetops,
이 낯선 곳에서
drugs and alcohol,
손을 대고 말았고
inside of my brain.
within a couple of months.
many of the stories
여러분들이 들어 본 얘기들과
on June 15 of 1996.
1996년 6월 15일 입니다.
trying to both put my life back in order
제 삶을 다시 일으켜 세우고
some peace in this world.
노력하고 있어요.
drug and alcohol treatment
비영리 단체에서
Transgender, Bisexual Treatment Providers
양성애자들을 위한 치료 기관들과
on the front lines
when I started to see
was doing to cannabis,
for something pure and natural
what's really going on,
실상이 가려지고
are getting richer
that we are allowing industry
기업들이 이윤을 위해
challenged among us
이용하는 상황을
and food in years past.
있었던 일이잖아요.
our choices were having,
for ourselves and our families,
더 좋은 제품들을 요구했을때
demand the same thing from this
to get a piece of our paychecks?
이 기업들과 미래의 산업에 말이죠.
some hard questions?
than we are right now?
of commercialization.
그다지 커 보이지 않습니다.
this is a sensitive topic
민감하다는 걸 알지만
and helping us explore it.
해주셔서 감사드립니다.
are experiencing health benefits
대마초나 대마 제품들로 인해
to that part of the community?
you brought that up.
짚어주셔서 감사합니다.
that we can do right now
가장 중요한 것 중 하나는
that are being made
some whole-plant medicines,
만드는 약물의 효능과
the part about getting high,
"자, 이건 환각 작용을 일으키고
is less about being anti-cannabis
대마초를 반대하기보다는
about aspects of commercialization.
제가 대마초 '안티'는 아니죠.
listen, I'm a drug addict.
제가 중독자였는데.
and I don't want to do that.
그러고 싶지도 않아요.
and what's so hard for me
that we are just embracing
이의를 제기하지도 않고
to the fire on some stuff.
if you're smoking when you do it,
대마초를 피워도 전혀 상관없어요.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ben Cort - Author, addiction treatment specialistBen Cort focuses on marijuana education and consulting in the substance use disorder treatment field.
Why you should listen
Ben Cort's passion for recovery, prevention and harm reduction comes from his own struggle with substance abuse. Sober since June 15, 1996, Cort has been a part of the recovery community in almost every way imaginable -- from a recipient to a provider to a spokesperson. Cort has a deep understanding of the issues and a personal motivation to see the harmful effects of drug and alcohol abuse minimized.
In 2007 Cort left his position as HR director of a Denver based S&P 500 firm to help start the Colorado-based nonprofit Phoenix Multisport (PM). As an original board member and then their first full-time employee, Cort was instrumental in building the organization, which has received frequent national recognition for their innovative approach to building sober communities around sport and healthy activities.
Following the passage of Coloradro Amendment 64, which outlined a new statewide drug policy for cannabis, Cort was appointed to the Board of Directors of Project SAM (Smart Approaches to Marijuana) as well as NALGAP (the National Association of Lesbian, Gay, and Transgender Treatment Providers and their Allies). Cort's passion about the intersection of recovery and public policy makes him frequent guest in the media.
Cort's first book, Weed, Inc.: The Truth About the Pot Lobby, THC, and the Commercial Marijuana Industry, was released in September 2017. He resigned from his position with the University of Colorado Hospital in their chemical dependency treatment service line in January 2017 to focus on marijuana education and consulting in the substance use disorder treatment field.
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