By Brian Houlihan

Grassroots: The Cannabis Revolution

Help Not Harm and Volteface are pleased to announce that the Irish premiere of the documentary ‘GrassRoots: The Cannabis Revolution’ will take place later this month in Dublin.

GrassRoots is a feature-length documentary which took over three years to film. It explores the medicinal use of cannabis, the patients involved and the campaign to change the UK’s law. It also shines a light on the medical cannabis situation elsewhere in Europe and the USA.

The documentary recently won the Grand Jury Award For Best Documentary at the Norwich Radical Film Festival

Trailer for Grassroots: The Cannabis Revolution

The free screening takes place on Tuesday September 13th from 7pm to 10pm at the Drury Buildings, located on 55 Drury Street, Dublin 2. Tickets can be obtained here but are limited

Guests include the director and a star of the documentary, and also numerous activists. There will also be a Q&A on the night.

Confirmed Guests:

Dale Beaumont-Brown: Producer/Director of ‘GrassRoots: The Cannabis Revolution’.

Clark French: Star of ‘GrassRoots’, MS patient and Director of the United Patients Alliance (UPA).

Alex Fraser: UPA’s events director, Crohn’s patient and long time vocal medical cannabis activist.

Charlo Green: Owner of the Alaska Cannabis Club and The Charlo Greene Show. Known to some as the ‘Fuck it, I quit’ lady who went viral a number of years ago. (See clip below)

Tom Curran: Director of Exit International and known for his compassionate advocacy around the Right to Die campaign. Tom’s partner Marie Fleming suffered from MS and Tom grew cannabis in order to alleviate her symptoms.

The screening takes place the night before our medical cannabis summit and it’s possible, though we can’t guarantee, other summit participants maybe at the screening.

We look forward to the premiere and would like to thank Dale and the rest of the team at Elixir Media Productions for bringing the documentary to Ireland. Thanks also to Voleface and the UPA for their assistance.

Get your tickets now if interested as space is limited

Brian Houlihan is a member of Help Not Harm which seeks to shift the emphasis of Irish drug policy from criminal justice to public health.