Ben Cort: What commercialization is doing to cannabis
Ben Kort (Ben Cort): Šta komercijalizacija čini kanabisu
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
da se okrenete u poslednje vreme
kao što su „slobodan uzgoj“,
of the way that we eat in recent years,
savesniji u vezi sa time kako jedemo,
their way into our daily lexicon.
su dospele u naš svakodnevni rečnik.
interacted with our bodies
u sprezi sa našim telima
from states like Washington and Oregon
kao što su Vašington i Oregon
are not just being used in our diets.
ne koriste se samo u ishrani.
using this language now.
koja sada koristi ovaj jezik.
worth of product in 2016.
od oko šest milijardi dolara u 2016.
about this legalized marijuana thing
o legalizovanoj marihuani
je prilično brz način da vas ne pozovu
is a pretty quick way to get uninvited
be perfectly clear about one thing:
kristalno jasan u vezi sa jednom stvari:
adult use of marijuana --
korišćenja marihuane odraslih osoba.
is this new industry
je ova nova industrija,
that we are consuming something natural
da konzumiramo nešto prirodno
a little bit of Weed 101.
sa malim uvodom u marihuanu.
and has been used within textiles
u tekstilnoj industriji,
for thousands of years.
plants and herbs to use."
i trave da koristite.“
a TV preacher sort of thing.
ima nekakvu TV propovedačku draž.
of different chemicals,
od stotina različitih hemikalija,
are by far the most interesting.
su daleko najinteresantnije.
of the medicinal properties lie.
skoro sva medicinska svojstva.
part of the plant
da pomogne ljudima.
while vaping pure CBD
dok pušite čist CBD,
a part of the plant as CBD is,
deo biljke kao što je CBD,
of the commercial market.
komercijalnog tržišta.
in that other chemical --
onom drugom hemikalijom -
that gets you high.
od kojeg se naduvate.
of a percent of THC.
jednog procenta THC-a.
as we became better gardeners, that --
kako smo postali bolji baštovani, taj -
to slowly but steadily rise,
polako ali sigurno da raste,
started to get involved.
počeli da se uključuju.
exclusively indoors,
uzgajanje isključivo unutra,
extremely and unnaturally short.
i neprirodno skratili.
pesticides and fertilizers
pesticide i đubriva
should be concerned with.
da se zabrinemo.
na pogonu za komercijalno uzgajanje
at a commercial grow operation
with the chemicals
su zapravo podsticali
were actually encouraged
the chemical cocktails on the plants.
can contain above 30 percent THC.
mogu sadržati preko 30% THC-a.
above 95 percent THC --
sadržati preko 95% THC-a,
one of the thousands of dispensaries
u jedan od hiljade dispanzera
što zaista prodajemo u njima.
really selling in them is THC.
lists exactly how much THC it contains,
koju kupujete komercijalno
much more popular products
mnogo popularniji proizvodi
vejporajzeri, kafe, sladoledi,
introducing into the human body.
što se unosi u telo.
that's being sold today --
koje se prodaju danas -
and unnatural concentration.
i neprirodnom koncentracijom.
is subtly misleading.
je dobro smišljena obmana.
has so rapidly exploded
tako brzo buknulo je taj
of a lot of money to be made
our desire to get high.
naše želje da budemo naduvani.
being made by the mom-and-pop shops.
porodične radnje.
Savez za pravila narkotika,
a lot of the small-time growers.
mnogo manjih uzgajivača.
to continue to profit off of us
da nastave da profitiraju na nama
industry's 80/20 rule.
industrije alkoholnih pića.
of the product is consumed
proizvoda konzumira 20% potrošača -
the problemed users.
all rich, white men --
bogati, beli muškarci -
more of what they're selling
više onoga što prodaju
twice as likely to consume THC regularly
da ćemo redovno konzumirati THC
manje od 20 000 dolara,
over 50,000 dollars a year.
preko 50 000 dolara godišnje.
your money on their products.
na njihove proizvode.
and race are highly correlated.
visoko koreliraju.
for the legalization of marijuana
u prilog legalizaciji marihuane
the disproportionate incarceration rates
disproporcionalne stope hapšenja
should be extremely concerned with.
svakog u ovoj prostoriji.
have to look any further
here in Colorado
ovde u Koloradu
Department of Public Safety,
javne bezbednosti u Koloradu,
minority neighborhoods --
manjinskim naseljima -
in the arrest of white kids
u hapšenju bele dece
in the arrest of Hispanic kids
u hapšenju hispanske dece
of black kids for weed-related crimes.
za prestupe u vezi sa travom.
more people of color in Colorado
više ljudi u boji u Koloradu
is in school suspension rates.
je sa stopama suspenzije u školama.
predominantly white --
of 25 percent or fewer --
manjinske populacije -
following commercialization,
nakon komercijalizacije,
of 190 drug-related suspensions,
190 suspenzija u vezi sa narkoticima,
of 75 to 100 percent
u vezi sa narkoticima,
o manjinskim populacijama,
gets left out of the conversation
često izostavljena iz razgovora
than twice as likely to consume THC
dva puta veće šanse da konzumiraju THC
as heterosexual or cisgender.
kao heteroseksualci ili cisrodni.
higher rates of mental illness
imaju veće stope mentalnih bolesti
called "Going to Pot,"
zvanoj „Propast trave“,
of THC found in today's products
nađeni u današnjim proizvodima
to matter very little
selling these products,
is too much of a sacred cow to question.
je van svakog kritičkog ispitivanja.
is not natural,
nije prirodno,
social justice as a smoke screen
društvenu pravdu kao paravan
that led me to begin questioning
me je navelo da započnem ispitivanje
that we're taught to do.
koje smo naučeni da radimo.
for the Washington, DC, area
i došao u Vašington
where the kind of shoes you wore
gde je obuća koju nosiš
just about anything else.
to help me play that game.
da bi pomogla da igram tu igru.
crisis of identity.
sa prilično stvarnom krizom identiteta.
blacktop than treetops,
gde postoji više asfalta nego krošnji,
da budem naduvan.
drugs and alcohol,
inside of my brain.
within a couple of months.
u roku od par meseci.
many of the stories
nalikuje na mnoge priče
on June 15 of 1996.
15. juna 1996. godine.
trying to both put my life back in order
pokušavajući da vratim život u red,
some peace in this world.
da nađem neki mir u ovom svetu.
drug and alcohol treatment
za lečenje od narkotika i alkohola
Transgender, Bisexual Treatment Providers
gejeve, transrodne osobe
zavisnosti i njihove saveznike.
on the front lines
na borbenim linijama,
when I started to see
kad sam počeo da posmatram
was doing to cannabis,
for something pure and natural
za nečim čistim i prirodnim
what's really going on,
šta se stvarno događa,
are getting richer
dok nas gledaju u oči.
that we are allowing industry
da dozvoljavamo industriji
challenged among us
and food in years past.
i hranom u prošlim godinama.
our choices were having,
for ourselves and our families,
za sebe i svoje porodice,
demand the same thing from this
zašto ne bismo mogli da isto zahtevamo
koje pokušavaju da dobiju deo naših plata?
to get a piece of our paychecks?
some hard questions?
da odgovore na neka teška pitanja?
than we are right now?
nego što imamo sada?
of commercialization.
na ovoj strani komercijalizacije.
this is a sensitive topic
osetljiva tema, ali veoma važna,
i što nam pomažeš da je istražimo.
and helping us explore it.
are experiencing health benefits
zdravstvene dobrobiti
to that part of the community?
you brought that up.
što si to spomenuo.
that we can do right now
koju možemo da uradimo sada
that are being made
some whole-plant medicines,
pa čak i neke lekove od cele biljke,
da ih stavljamo u isti koš,
od koga ćete se naduvati,
the part about getting high,
is less about being anti-cannabis
manje u vezi sa protivljenjem kanabisu,
about aspects of commercialization.
o aspektima komercijalizacije.
listen, I'm a drug addict.
slušajte, zavisnik sam.
and I don't want to do that.
i ne želim to da radim.
and what's so hard for me
that we are just embracing
to the fire on some stuff.
za neke stvari.
if you're smoking when you do it,
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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