Cannabis Planet is an American television program

Television program

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 created by Brad Lane with the intent to promote the benefits of marijuana

Cannabis (drug)

Cannabis, also known as marijuana among many other names, refers to any number of preparations of the Cannabis plant intended for use as a psychoactive drug or for medicinal purposes. The English term marijuana comes from the Mexican Spanish word marihuana...

. According to producers

Television producer

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, the show covers "the merits of the cannabis plant (medicinally, industrially, agriculturally), and the benefits this plant brings to planet earth, mankind and the United States." The Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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-based program first broadcasted

Broadcasting

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 in July 2009 on the television station

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 KJLA

KJLA

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, which airs throughout most of Southern California

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.

Cannabis Planet was originally co-hosted by West Coast Cannabis Magazine publisher Ngaio Bealum and medical marijuana

Medical cannabis

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 activist

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 Sarah Diesel, but is now hosted by Brandon Stone and Jean Marie Tolkien. The program also features news presenter

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 Patrick Finerty, field reporters

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 Seirah Royin and Dragonfly de la Luz, horticulturist

Horticulture

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 and author

Author

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 Ed Rosenthal

Ed Rosenthal

Ed Rosenthal is a California horticulturist, author, publisher, and Cannabis grower known for his advocacy for the legalization of marijuana use. He served as a columnist for High Times Magazine during the 80's and 90's...

 as a cannabis "expert", and chef

Chef

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 Mike Delao to illustrate the preparation of cannabis foods.

History

The idea of Cannabis Planet came to Brad Lane in May 2009 after he observed an increasing number of advertisements in OC Weekly

OC Weekly

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relating to marijuana and alternative medicine

Alternative medicine

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. With some background in television programming (Lane developed The Mammoth Channel, a tourist-oriented program that aired in local hotels), he worked quickly to get the program broadcasted just three months later. KDOC-TV

KDOC-TV

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 aired the first episode in July 2009, but the station "got cold feet", allowing KJLA to continue broadcasting the series.

In the San Francisco Bay Area, KOFY-TV picked up Cannabis Planet in 2010 and aired it on Fridays at midnight, but was unable to remain on the air following their post proposition 19 election episode in November due to lack of sponsors.

The show also aired in Sacramento on KTNC television and in San Diego on Cox Channel 14 following the KTLA news broadcast each Friday evening at 11:00 p.m.
Season 4 of Cannabis Planet is in current production and is scheduled to air in Jan. 2011 in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, San Diego, in addition to Phoenix, AZ, Detroit, MI, Las Vegas, NV and Denver, CO.

Production

According to Lane, Cannabis Planet costs about $10,000 a week to produce. Based in Los Angeles, the series also airs in Denver, Sacramento

Sacramento, California

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, San Diego, and the San Francisco Bay Area

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. Lane hopes to eventually air the program in every state that allows medical marijuana.

Segments

Source

• News & Information
• Collective Profiles
• Grow(ing) Tips with Ed Rosenthal
• Cannabis Cooking with Chef Mike
• Entertainment

Season 1

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