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Taboo - from National Geographic
Medical marijuana use is on the rise in California -- and business is booming.

Throughout human history, narcotics have been used as medicine and for pleasure, but those who use them can be stigmatized. When drug use is legal or accepted, is it still taboo?More than a century ago, Queen Victoria is said to have used marijuana to alleviate cramps. Today, patients in California are smoking it to relieve pain and other chronic symptoms. Deep in the Brazilian Amazon, a congregation gathers to drink a powerful hallucinogenic drug. Even children participate in the ritual.

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CREDITS

NARCOTICSSenior Producer
SUE LEAROYD

Producer
JEFF SIBERRY

Writers
MARTYN IVES
NICK LONG
MICHAEL NEIL SMITH
JEFF SIBERRY

Editor
WARREN SAUNDERS

Directors of Photography
GEOFF THOMAS
JEFF SIBERRY
DOMINGOS MASCARENHAS

Sound Recordists
JEN LONGHURST
IVAN CAPELLER

Original Music
NERIDA TYSON-CHEW

Music Library
AUDIO NETWORK

Narrator
LANCE LEWMAN

Production Managers
CAROLINE AUDCENT
MEREDITH HUSSEY

Production Coordinator
KIRSTY WICKS

Post Production Coordinator
CLAIRE WESTERMAN

Researchers
REBECCA PULLMAN
LINDA WOLKOVITCH

Production Assistant
ALIA SHAMMAS

Consultants
BIA LABATE
BRIAN SEWELL AT SEWELL FILMS

Post Production
GERI BERMAN
ANTHONY TOY

Audio Mixer
NATHAN BRAND

Online Editor
MICHAEL GRAHAM

 

Edit Assistant
TOBY STRATMANN

Graphics
DANIEL KOUTS

Production Accountant
LEONIE ROSE

Legal & Business Affairs
NIKOLA MCGRATH

Special Thanks
INSITE, VANCOUVER, CANADA
SANTO DAIME COMMUNITY, FORTALEZA, BRAZIL

For Beyond Productions

Vice President Production: Business
JENNY O'SHEA

Vice President Development: Factual
ANITA BEZJAK

Executive Producer & Senior Vice President
JOHN LUSCOMBE

Vice President Production: Content
GEOFF FITZPATRICK

Executive Producer
MARTYN IVES

For National Geographic Channel

Executive Producer
CHRIS VALENTINI

Senior Vice President, Production
MICHAEL CASCIO

Production Manager
VIRAJ VERMA

Unit Manager
LINDSEY SCHROEDER

S&P Research
JAMES GRAVES

Production Assistant
MARION ASHLEY SAID

Executive in Charge of Production
STEVE BURNS

PRODUCED BY BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED FOR NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL

(c) 2010 NGC Network US, LLC
All Rights Reserved

 

 

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