5 Must-Watch Amazon Prime Docs About Canadian Weed
                     5 Must-Watch Amazon Prime 
Docs About Canadian Weed
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With legalization, cannabis officially became a mainstay in our lives. The newly 
burgeoning cannabis culture comes with not only funky products and medical 
salves but also with cinematic adventures.  As our interest grows and legalization 
becomes more ubiquitous, a new class of film has emerged: the cannabis 
documentary.
Documentary makers are taking time to document the interesting growth and 
changes that have come with marijuana legalization. In an effort to educate and 
inspire, these documentaries include information that touches all aspects of 
marijuana’s influence on our lives: from politics, health, economy, to even gang-
affiliated content. This new method for cannabis education and awareness is 
actually a perfect way to spend a weekend afternoon, consuming your favorite 
flower while learning about it. 
What’s even better? Many of these docs have a Canadian focus, and we at Calm 
Collectiv couldn’t be happier. Check out this list of our favorite documentaries 
around Canadian weed that cover everything you need to know about marijuana. 
 Kid Cannabis (2014)
 
Meet Nate Norman. A seemingly normal Idaho teenager, Norman is 
anything but! Indeed, he is an enterprising teen who runs a drug smuggling 
business his group of stoner friends bringing in illegal cannabis from 
Canada into Idaho. 
Hearing that just north of the border, Canadian weed was the best weed, 
he sets off to capitalize on this. “I was this high school dropout, but I ran a 
disciplined, US$68-million a year business,” Norman shares in the trailer. 
As you can expect, things don’t always remain peachy. Join along on the 
journey that ends up escalating into violence and Norman ends up in a not-
so-great space, in the documentary, and in real life. Tune in and watch how 
Norman navigates through the ins and outs of the illegal cannabis market in 
Idaho, which is still illegal for recreational and medicinal cannabis use. Fun 
fact: Idaho is the only remaining state that does not have any laws 
recognizing the medicinal properties and values of cannabis. 
 Doobious Business (2019)
 
Get an intimate look at Glenn, a man who is an equal parts businessman, family 
man, and pot dealer living in Toronto. This funny and hilarious portrait of the life of a 
man who experiences a crash and burn following the Canadian weed legalization. 
While the rest of the world celebrates the pro-cannabis movement, Glenn is working 
tooth and nail to avoid it. Follow his trials and tribulations in this fun documentary 
that outlines both the impacts of legalization on already existing dealers and watch 
as Glenn works tooth and nail to help stop the impending vote for legalization. 
In 2019, just as Canada goes to vote, only one party remains a hold out on legalizing 
weed – the Conservative party. Glenn, in an effort to avoid legalization and the 
subsequent disruption on his cash flow and illegal business, goes as far as driving 
people around on a bus get them to their local polling stations – where they can 
vote Conservative and effectively quash impending pro-cannabis regulations.
See what happens and learn more about how existing businesses and those in the 
industry were affected by the widely celebrated legalization. Check out Doobious 
Business on Amazon Prime.
 
 The Union: The Business Behind Getting High (2007)
 
A way back playback, from 2007, this Canadian documentary explores both the 
growth and distribution of the underground, illegal marijuana market in Canada. 
Packed with stars like Tommy Chong, Joe Rogan, and Lester Grinspoon, you’ll walk 
away from this film with a better understanding of what are some of the deeper-
rooted social and personal preconceptions that people have around Cannabis.  
Go on a journey through BC’s illegal marijuana trade many years before legalization 
and learn why it was once dubbed as ‘The Union.’ An industry that brought in 
upwards of $7 billion annually, and with nearly 85% of ‘BC Bud’ being illegally 
exported to the United States in 2007, this was an issue that was bigger than 
Canada and ultimately an international one that touches every part of our lives. 
Told through the eyes of growers, police officers, criminologists, economists, 
doctors, politicians, and pop culture icons, this documentary sheds light on 
experiences, insights, and questions that still exist today, post-legalization.
This is a must-watch, despite its age – it won Best Canadian Documentary from the 
National Film Board in 2007.
 
 The Culture High
 
Need a great follow up after the classic, The Union? Well, you’re in luck! 
Following his success with The Union, Vancouver director, Brett Harvey, directed 
The Culture High. A great watch, the Culture High maps out the story of 
marijuana use and the illegal black market across North America in 2014. 
Packed with more star power than the last, The Culture High follows the ups and 
downs of cannabis culture, use and the black market of Canadian weed.  of trials 
and tribulations of marijuana use and the black market in North America. Before 
making The Culture High, Harvey made The Union: The Business of Getting High, 
which won Best Canadian Documentary from the National Film Board in 2007.
The Culture High also features Snoop Dogg, Joe Rogan, Richard Branson and Wiz 
Khalifa. “It’s not rational or logical, it’s financial,” Snoop Dogg says of the 
crackdown on cannabis in the trailer.  There’s lots of discussion and debate on 
the War on Drugs, criminalization and perception of the media and politicians 
concerning weed.
 Bud Empire (2017)
 
Looking for something a little more long-form? While not technically a 
movie or a doc, this 7-part docu-series takes an intimate look at the life 
of Bob Kay, budtender and owner of Kelowna, B.C.’s medical marijuana 
dispensary, BeKind, in the months before pre-legalization in Canada. 
In seven parts, you learn of Kay’s journey through the process, as he 
struggles with the laws of operating before the rules and regulations had 
changed. Bud Empire goes deeper into what it takes to sell weed in 
Canada during a time when selling or growing marijuana could cost a 
person their livelihood and result in jail time. The perfect watch for a lazy 
Sunday afternoon, check out Bud Empire today on Amazon Prime. 
Want to keep up to date on what’s happening in the world of cannabis? 
Make sure to check back to our blog for more interesting pieces around 
cannabis culture, budtending and all things CBD.
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