Grass Fed: Documentary tracks comic's slim-down courtesy medical marijuana

"I have to admit that I was really skeptical at first about using medical marijuana. I worried I would become just another pot head and be unable to work," says Montreal comic Mike Paterson, right, of filmmaker Ezra Soiferman's idea to put him on a cannabis-laced diet in the documentary Grass Fed. Pierre Obendrauf / Montreal Gazette

Montreal filmmaker Ezra Soiferman could have considered calling his latest documentary Mission Impossible. The task at hand was daunting: Soiferman sought to chronicle wild-man Montrealer Mike Paterson’s efforts to get in shape before his wedding.

Paterson, a gonzo wit/wrestler/actor/pitchman, merely wanted to lose 50 pounds in four months before taking the marital tumble to his beloved Monika Schmidt in Mexico. He also wanted to rid himself of his debilitating sciatica condition.

No small task, since Paterson had spent much of his adult and late-adolescent life knocking back brewskis as well as getting knocked...

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