Kings of Cannabis (Full Length Documentary)

Kings of Cannabis (Full Length Documentary)

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You might not know who Arjan Roskam is, but you’ve probably smoked his weed. Arjan’s been breeding some of the most famous marijuana strains in the world—like White Widow, Super Silver Haze, and many others—for over 20 years.

In 1992 he opened his first coffee shop in Amsterdam and has since crafted his marijuana-breeding skills into a market-savvy empire known as Green House Seed Company, which rakes in millions of dollars a year.

He’s won 38 Cannabis Cups and has dubbed himself the King of Cannabis.

VICE joins Arjan and his crew of strain hunters in Colombia to look for three of the country’s rarest types of weed, strains that have remained genetically pure for decades. In grower’s terms, these are called landraces. We trudge up mountains and crisscross military checkpoints in the country’s still-violent south, and then head north to the breathtaking Caribbean coast. As the dominoes of criminalization fall throughout the world, Arjan is positioned to be at the forefront of the legitimate international seed trade.

“Black Mamba”
Performed by Cut Hands
Written and produced by William Bennett
Courtesy of Susan Lawly
Used with permission

“Nine-Night”
Performed by Cut Hands
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50 Comments

  1. RESTY on May 21, 2022 at 10:23 pm

    2:23 hermosa elección Engelderliebe.Uno

    10:10 Hopi:
    "Sweeter”
    11:12 Sun:
    "Hotter"
    00:18 Joonie:
    Cooler
    18:00 Yoongy:
    "Butter"
    23:23 Son unos de los mejores conciertos

    Las elecciones cinematográficas y artísticas son brillantes . Referencias culturales europeas realmente interesantes . Ojalá la cultura europea se representara más a menudo tan bellamente. No puedo dejar de decir "oh, esto es hermoso" a lo largo del video. Luz, en serio… el que se encargue de la iluminación, @genia



  2. Jason gobbell on May 21, 2022 at 10:24 pm

    I can’t watch these without thinking about that guy dying from Malaria looking for rare seeds



  3. Apakaryasaman Saman on May 21, 2022 at 10:26 pm

    Best in the world



  4. Wesley Smith on May 21, 2022 at 10:27 pm

    Democratic Republic of Planet Earth
    Directive 777a section 5 paragraph 13 third line down:

    Cannabis

    1. It shalt be illegal for some but legal for others [some shall be rich and some shall be poor].
    2. If thou art poor, somebody other than thee shall grow it for thee or thou shalt surely starve for if thou art poor thou art undeserving of self service.
    3. Thou shalt pay a lot for a very little.
    4. Thou shalt pay in US$ or thou shalt surely starve, for thee art undeserving of pleasure if thee has no US$.
    5. Thou shall walk far for it.
    6. Your herb shalt be of a low grade.
    7. Your stash shall run out quickly so thee will always need more US$.
    8. Thou shalt toke alone because thou feminist wife shalt be working for another man instead of thee.
    9. Thou shalt permanently refrain from voting against this executive directive created for thee by the people of the Democratic Republic of Planet Earth (& by Big Business). Any citizen disobeying this directive shall surely starve, for if a man does not wish to serve the Democratic Republic of Planet Earth (& Big Business) then he does not deserve to eat (this message was funded by the Walmart and Budweiser Trust Foundation).



  5. DankGrows_VA on May 21, 2022 at 10:28 pm

    Love these documentaries!



  6. you're real VENDORBILLZ ON TELEGRAM 👈 on May 21, 2022 at 10:29 pm

    👆👆👆👆
    The dude in pointed above name in my channel got good stuffs, I don know but this buddy did got me a 10gram of *weeds* not a lotta people can be trusted out there, but this 👆👆 surprised me
    Note: this isn’t are bot comment.



  7. pinas ph on May 21, 2022 at 10:30 pm

    your in my heart franco… rest in peace from philipines



  8. Ezat Ahmadi on May 21, 2022 at 10:31 pm

    dude you should see those drugs in Afghanistan you will feel so little when you see it u won’t your self a king weeds coz in Afghanistan a kid grows those stuff more than you 😆😆😆😆😆😆



  9. จักรภัทร บุญสุข on May 21, 2022 at 10:32 pm

    Thailand King cannabis



  10. Chad Chadington on May 21, 2022 at 10:32 pm

    RIP Franko. Malaria from the Congo strain hunt ended your mission to help others too early.



  11. Sebas on May 21, 2022 at 10:32 pm

    Que envidia



  12. Mane King on May 21, 2022 at 10:33 pm

    2013 I was watching this in nova raton telling my boy weed needed our own strain now look at the world 🤮🤮🤮🤮



  13. Tim Carlson on May 21, 2022 at 10:34 pm

    Total legends!!!!



  14. Kadin Fast on May 21, 2022 at 10:34 pm

    Is that a Burzum remix in the background?? 😂😂😂😂



  15. Justin’s World on May 21, 2022 at 10:35 pm

    LEGEND ✌️☮️🇬🇧💚🌎One love



  16. Franco Velixan on May 21, 2022 at 10:36 pm

    Yo quiero que alguien me responda está pregunta, como hacen si una se le hace macho, como la encuentran? No sé las contamina?



  17. Pwaaool Htims on May 21, 2022 at 10:38 pm

    Indiana Jones of weed. That’s the life.



  18. flowjoe on May 21, 2022 at 10:38 pm

    Legends



  19. Wayne Corbett on May 21, 2022 at 10:39 pm

    More power to you brother, I hope your success is perpetual and you continue to grow from strength to strength.



  20. icecreamforcrowhurst on May 21, 2022 at 10:40 pm

    I can see why this character Arjen would rub some people the wrong way, the guy comes off as a bit of a blowhard. But hey, it’s not a crime.



  21. Rose Mead on May 21, 2022 at 10:41 pm

    I’m not sure you should have added the bit where someone was vomiting



  22. Denise Shephard on May 21, 2022 at 10:41 pm

    What I Like is that they are open and honest is Arjan still alive



  23. GroundMazter Colombo on May 21, 2022 at 10:43 pm

    knowlegde



  24. Orbán Viktor on May 21, 2022 at 10:43 pm

    Cannabis is too cannabis-y! Stop Cannabis!



  25. Jennifer Chambers on May 21, 2022 at 10:45 pm

    1.Hermosa eleccion Kissss.Uno de mejor ❤️
    2. elecciones 9.5/10
    3. culturales )l 9.3/10
    .

    .
    ”Son unos de los mejores conciertos”.



  26. Hugo Crespo jimenez on May 21, 2022 at 10:45 pm

    Granada España, la ciudad con mayor producción de canabis de Europa.



  27. Z Rosaleen on May 21, 2022 at 10:46 pm

    I will never understand why nicotine, tobacco & alcohol is okay to produce in massive quantities but not cannabis.



  28. andrew steinberg on May 21, 2022 at 10:48 pm

    it was still better in 70’s when you went to your neighbor and got the best Colombian weed, now it is to political



  29. Jimmy C on May 21, 2022 at 10:49 pm

    16:31 would’ve loved to been there!



  30. smjhobbies on May 21, 2022 at 10:52 pm

    Indica only please



  31. Cominglivefrom Mississippi on May 21, 2022 at 10:54 pm

    Each one teach one to cheef one.https://youtu.be/9_m058nfnDI



  32. mike dillingham on May 21, 2022 at 10:55 pm

    They are for profit, nothing more. They care nothing about the people in those poor countries. The dude flat out admitted that they will profit off of poor people, that’s the business is what I believe he said. He gave them pennies. He did it all for money, not the plant.



  33. Santiago Narvaez on May 21, 2022 at 10:57 pm

    Que buen documental, soy de Colombia y me encanta esta industria y historia del cannabis 👊



  34. Karl Deveza on May 21, 2022 at 10:58 pm

    i wonder how this man is doing much respect



  35. Maria Parendorfen on May 21, 2022 at 10:58 pm

    Orig w. Wido w ist from shanti Baba



  36. Alan Deli on May 21, 2022 at 10:58 pm

    And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: (Heb 9:27)
    The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. (Psalms 34:18)
    When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. (Mark 2:17)
    For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Romans 10:13)



  37. Salamander on May 21, 2022 at 10:59 pm

    16:33 thats how you know its good



  38. Emily Hoover on May 21, 2022 at 10:59 pm

    23:23 Hermosa elección KISSSS.Uno
    los mortales abian apreciado tan hermosa mujer

    10:10 Hopi:
    Sweeter
    11:12 Sun:
    Hotter
    00:18 Joonie:
    Cooler
    18:00 Yoongy:
    Butter
    23:23 Son unos de los mejores conciertos
    mañas no se la

    Las elecciones cinematográficas y artísticas son brillantes. Referencias culturales europeas realmente interesantes. Ojalá la cultura europea se representara más a menudo tan bellamente. No puedo dejar de decir ”oh, esto es hermoso” a lo largo del video. Luz, en serio… el que se encargue de la iluminación, genial..



  39. Lance Whitford on May 21, 2022 at 11:02 pm

    I dunno man there weed kinda looks shitty. I can grow out door in the summer in Canada better then looking then that.



  40. David Smith on May 21, 2022 at 11:02 pm

    (🌲)



  41. Manzanas Rojas on May 21, 2022 at 11:02 pm

    gorillas, rowha, limon vurtay
    next time pick a reporter who knows basic spanish pronounciation? lmao



  42. Marcos Modernliving on May 21, 2022 at 11:04 pm

    RIP franco



  43. Colleen Donovan on May 21, 2022 at 11:06 pm

    Nice



  44. Chad Chadington on May 21, 2022 at 11:09 pm

    People don’t smoke there weed. People smoke the genetics that was grown by someone else. Pheno types, the plant attributes that cone from physical environment. You take a strain out of its natural environment and its no longer that phenotype anymore



  45. Darth Dennis66 on May 21, 2022 at 11:09 pm

    "They’re ( seeds ??) going to put people in jail?!?!"



  46. EMEKA on May 21, 2022 at 11:09 pm

    I just want to smoke my weed now 😊



  47. @locoLopezsi on May 21, 2022 at 11:11 pm

    Que documental tan bueno felicidades 👏 muy bueno quisiera poder trabajar algún día en eso es el mejor trabajo del mundo



  48. Nancy Lee on May 21, 2022 at 11:12 pm

    23:23 -Hermosa elección- 4.Fo/Hotlove

    10:10 Hopi: ″Sweeter″
    11:12 Sun: ″Hotter″
    00:18 Toonie: ″Cooler″
    18:00 Yoongy: ″Butter″
    23:23 /Son unos de los mejores conciertos ☬/



  49. Jacob Sparks on May 21, 2022 at 11:17 pm

    Definitely not the kings of cannabis … kings of lying and trickery yes . That’s about it .



  50. Kathlyn Barker on May 21, 2022 at 11:19 pm

    1.Hermosa eleccion Kissss.Uno de mejor ❤️
    2. elecciones 9.5/10
    3. culturales )l 9.3/10
    .

    .
    ”Son unos de los mejores conciertos”.