Eleanor Yang Su offers this interesting Union-Tribune article about a Sunset Beach man who produces a 30-minute TV show devoted to medical marijuana. “Cannabis Planet” was set to debut Friday night on San Diego cable; 99-cent episodes are available online here.
“We’re fighting for safe and legal access for the medical cannabis community,” said Brad Lane, the show’s creator and executive producer. “In San Diego, there’s been some draconian measures by law enforcement officials against the cannabis community. We feel San Diego is more of a hot spot.”
Officials with the San Diego District Attorney’s Office, which has been prosecuting dispensary operators linked to the raids, say they are in support of medical marijuana, just not illegal drug trafficking.
“Nobody in law enforcement is targeting legitimate medical marijuana users,” said Paul Levikow, spokesman for the DA’s office. “People arrested and charged with illegal drug-dealing have, by and large, pleaded guilty to their crimes.”
Lane, who has been using marijuana daily for 28 years to cope with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, sees the show as a way to inform the masses about the plant’s merits. In addition to its medical benefits, Lane said, hemp is a food source with healthy omega-3 fats, and has many industrial applications, such as a material for home construction and auto parts.
“As an industrial product, hemp can save our planet,” said Lane, 46, of Sunset Beach.
His show has been airing in Los Angeles since July on KJLA-TV, an independent station. The San Diego expansion is part of a plan to bring the show national. Lane is negotiating with stations in San Francisco, Sacramento and Denver to begin airing in those markets by the end of March. In Los Angeles and San Diego, Lane pays for the airtime.
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