The Marijuana Conspiracy

In 1972, a government-funded research experiment subjected twenty women to total isolation for 98 days in order for the state to study the social and physical effects of marijuana on females. Half of the participants were administered daily doses and were prodded, poked and forced to routinely give blood for over three months. The study, named Project Venus, aimed to prove that smoking pot negatively impacted productivity - but the results were never published, mostly due to not providing the results desired by conservative anti-marijuana lobbyists. (Whistler Film Festival)