TV Show “Cannabis Planet” Avoids “Stoner Mentality”

Feb. 17, 2010 — Cannabis Planet, a weekly program promoting medical marijuana, intends to stray away from the “stoner” image of marijuana and hopes to provide some legitimacy to medical marijuana.

‘Cannabis Planet’ promotes all uses of pot
Trey Bundy, Special to The Chronicle

Anyone who doubts the mainstreaming of the cannabis industry might want to skip “Letterman” and check out “Cannabis Planet.” The weekly program, premiering in the Bay Area at midnight Friday on KOFY-TV, intends to promote the benefits of marijuana, but viewers shouldn’t tune in expecting “KOFY and Bong Hits.”

“It’s that stoner mentality we’re trying to get away from,” says creator and executive producer Brad Lane. “We’re pro-recreational use, but we’re not rubbing people’s faces in it.”

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