How I Got Busted
"I think there was a pretty big fear that our own Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau, had smoked pot. There was this fear that everything was going to hell in a handcart." -Jordan Van Sewell, Winnipeg
"It was a conspiracy among the people. Everyone had a couple of plants growing in their house, or in their backyard. I mean we all had a little bit." -Sylvia Blanchard, Montreal
Pot. 10 million Canadians have tried it at least once in their lives. 600 thousand, the less fortunate, have criminal records for smoking, growing or possessing it. How I Got Busted is a social documentary with an unusual take on a phenomenon that puts so many ordinary people at odds with our justice system. In a remarkably frank conversation, five good people talk for the first time about their history with marijuana, the pot bust in their past, and what it means to be an otherwise exemplary citizen with a criminal record.