Australia's Underground Medicinal Marijuana Growers

At this time in Australia, only a “defined group of patients” have access to medicinal cannabis, including children with “severe intractable epilepsy”. But while the government embarks on the long process of implementing legal medicinal cannabis schemes for those beyond the current legislation, desperate patients have been forced to source medicine from the black market.

In Stealthcare, VICE embeds with illegal growers and the patients they service, exploring the issues surrounding access to medicinal cannabis. These growers, essentially cannabis enthusiasts, often donate their product for little or no cost, at great personal risk. Scarred by jealous drug dealers, police raids and government persecution, these “Compassion Clubs” are forced to operate on the black market where they can deliver the medicine to sufferers.

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50 Comments

  1. Tim Page on January 16, 2020 at 8:32 am

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    15:45 This should be told in TV, this is the reality, the truth of cannabis. How can a plant that is here whit us from very beginning, be illegal. Its almost the same if Apple trees were illegal, or plum trees, fucking nonsense.



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  6. shane marz on January 16, 2020 at 8:35 am

    Omfg this is such bullshit.



  7. Jimmy Ganglia on January 16, 2020 at 8:37 am

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  8. Shxdy on January 16, 2020 at 8:39 am

    😂😂😂what did i read at the start. Cannibis is dangerous and can kill tf



  9. pulasthi samarakoon on January 16, 2020 at 8:40 am

    Yeah legalise it. 😁



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  11. Jørn Mulder on January 16, 2020 at 8:43 am

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  12. Tom Johnston on January 16, 2020 at 8:43 am

    Great thing that guy is doing for the sick patients but dam, don’t put that oil in the capsules on the floor next to your bare feet 🤣 If those oil capsules are for seriously ill people you really need to be as hygienic as possible because of their compromised immune systems. Yeesh that’s nasty. Kind of defeats the purpose of those gloves lol.



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  19. Audrey Hasuo on January 16, 2020 at 8:50 am

    All this crap just because gov wants to make profits and money on your head through selling you crappy medicine. I live and Oz and see it every single days…all they are doing is making you more sick with medicine,poison you so tht they can sell you even more pills and make more money they dont care about people at all they care about your bank account ! The day weed gets legalized in here they will lose tons of money thats why they dun want to legalize it. Admire these guys for what they are doing ! Good job ! Keep up the amazing job !



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  21. Billyjoe Farrell on January 16, 2020 at 8:51 am

    Biggest thing is yeah legalize it help ppl what do you think will Happen when it is its not just the ppl needing it for medical reasons everyone will be doin it to get high next you’ll have teenagers partying stoned driving stoned working stoned you really want that because I don’t all for medical and the person that smokes to sleep but the 13-30 year Olds that sit home smoke do Nothing then no they shouldn’t have access to it



  22. Timothy Stewart on January 16, 2020 at 8:51 am

    fuckin sign me up someone reach out to me I’m in fuckin pain because of a fall on steps and fucked my back I have grown it and got sobbed in by neighbor the dog mutt I had 14 plants just about ready and then got the knock every grower dreads !!!



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    Guy with the beard speaks truth



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    Not your average drug dealers



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  26. Paul Cridland on January 16, 2020 at 8:53 am

    This is what pisses me off as he said dickheads in suits dictating to me what i can and cannot put in my body !



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  28. kidcudi reality on January 16, 2020 at 8:53 am

    Cannabis can really save your day man to go throught the same shit again just smoke a joint and taddaa its fcking gone



  29. Alvin Lim on January 16, 2020 at 8:54 am

    Try to educate Singapore about the benefits of Cannabis, even our government is spreading half truths and lies about Cannabis.
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  30. Boggo 23A on January 16, 2020 at 8:55 am

    Great work guys 👊 Keep it up.



  31. PAP3RMAN 732 on January 16, 2020 at 8:55 am

    AUSTRALIA GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER AND FIGHT FOR YOUR WEED. I WISH YOU THE BEST.



  32. Milind Shrestha on January 16, 2020 at 8:55 am

    Can anyone Enlighten me about the last soundtrack?



  33. XIIVIX TITAN on January 16, 2020 at 8:56 am

    2:49 Uuh i see Fly’s Brooh.. not good!



  34. K Considine on January 16, 2020 at 8:57 am

    HEALTHY PLANTS NEED REAL SUN!!!!



  35. Awareness on January 16, 2020 at 8:57 am

    Those caps that are going in patients mouths… probably shouldn’t be have them on your dirty carpet. Use a clean bench champ…



  36. aetherflow on January 16, 2020 at 9:04 am

    I hope theyre all ok through these fires.



  37. Mark Sampson on January 16, 2020 at 9:05 am

    Love living in Washington State USA where weed is legal for recreational use!!!



  38. Pad Man on January 16, 2020 at 9:06 am

    I wonder if any proper idiots look for the peoples names they interview in the end credits. To think there has got to be a small minority that do baffles me.



  39. Smokem 351 on January 16, 2020 at 9:08 am

    This is so spot-on. I totally relate being trapped on opiates, benzos, anti-inflammatories, nerve medications that all fuck you up, my liver hurts, I just want medical cannabis desperately as it’s natural and works. Big Pharma poisoning already sick people, that’s the real crime. You guys are champions, God Bless and stay safe doing good deeds, much respect!!!



  40. Trippy Buisness on January 16, 2020 at 9:09 am

    Worst looking plants I’ve ever seen, these guys are not even real growers using tents and leds lol



  41. GROW HEAD on January 16, 2020 at 9:10 am

    Give the people the medicine!!! One, loveeeee!!!!!



  42. Zaest on January 16, 2020 at 9:10 am

    This is a video that I personally think could change somebody’s whole outlook on the drug and it’s benefits, seriously love what these people are doing for the sick and elderly



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  44. justllln on January 16, 2020 at 9:14 am

    I’m in Aus and just finally got approved for medicinal cannabis. It’s thanks to people like these guys that I’m able to gain access to this. So grateful.



  45. Mike on January 16, 2020 at 9:17 am

    I can’t wait until the legal weed market wakes up and realizes what people want is high grade organic cannabis, always! I’ve always tried to find the absolute strongest and stinkiest stuff. Here in Canada weed is legal for both medical and recreational and we have provincial marijuana stores all across the country but a lot of these pot stores have been losing huge amounts of money because they sell dry crap that has barely any smell. The connoisseur market is where it’s at, it’s the future for sure. I would always rather spend more for amazing quality, and I wouldn’t accept average weed for free, I just don’t care to smoke crap.



  46. Benjalum chocolate on January 16, 2020 at 9:19 am

    what there doing is so good but them wearing ski masks are shady as shit



  47. ToXic TaTor on January 16, 2020 at 9:26 am

    This is why i watch so much vice …im from oklahoma and the legal market is just getting off the ground so i can relate to the feels shared in this vid…lovely



  48. Gucci2Tone on January 16, 2020 at 9:27 am

    Jesus Christ buddy has his shoes on inside the grow tent not only that did you see the fucking bugs on the bud @ 2:46 fucking disgusting I stopped watching after I seen the bugs



  49. SilverRadiant on January 16, 2020 at 9:29 am

    Damn I really support all these people who use cannabis to help others 🙏❤ mad love



  50. Matthew Lagoi on January 16, 2020 at 9:32 am

    I really appreciate what you guys are doing me especially. But filling them capsules with your bear feet 🤭 (Not Fit For Human Consumption)…. Appreciate the effort though. And your rite about each plant being its own iv never seen two plants that grow exactly the same way…