Weed Wars (2011)

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 4 episodes

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A reality documentary series follows the staff and customers of a medical marijuana dispensary in Oakland, California. It shows how the center operates and the diverse people who use cannabis as medicine.

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What happens

Weed Wars is an American reality-documentary television series that documents a popular medical marijuana dispensary, Harborside Health Center, in Oakland, California. The series premiered on the Discovery Channel on December 1, 2011. The series has since been cancelled. In regards to their intentions by allowing their business to be documented for television, Steve DeAngelo has said, "We wanted to be a model to other dispensaries, most of [which] have a media phobia. We wanted to tell our story and we gave Discovery complete access so that people could make up their own minds... There are a lot of stereotypes about who comes to these dispensaries, but viewers will see our customers cover a huge cross-section of the population – age, race and economic classes. They will also see how Harborside treats cannabis as a medicine, and we have a high standard of medical care." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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