American Weed

Season

2012

7

TV-14

Colorado is experiencing its second gold rush, only this time around it's being called the "green rush." It's all about medical marijuana, which is fast becoming a very big business. National Geographic goes deep inside this brand-new cannabis culture by following an exceptional group of Colorado residents - growers, patients, dispensary owners, cops, caregivers, entrepreneurs, advocates and opponents - as their lives are transformed by medical marijuana.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Marijuana Drama

The Stanley brothers are growing their medicinal marijuana to sell at their dispensaries in Denver and Fort Collins. But the guys face a problem: Their $250,000 crop must be moved from a small greenhouse to a large one for the buds to flower.

S1 • E2

Rocky Mountain Medicine

The fight against medical marijuana is on, and Proposition 300 will be voted on in the next month to determine if all marijuana dispensaries will be banned in Fort Collins, CO.

S1 • E3

4/20 or Bust

With Proposition 300 about to be voted on, the battle to keep medical marijuana dispensaries open in Fort Collins is being fought hard.

S1 • E4

Banned and Busted

As election day nears, anxiety builds for those for and against the medical marijuana dispensary ban in Fort Collins, Colorado.

S1 • E5

Pot or Not?

After a tooth-and-nail campaign to determine the fate of retail pot in Fort Collins, the day of reckoning has finally come.

S1 • E6

Marijuana Under Fire

After the banning of medical marijuana centers in Fort Collins, the Stanley brothers are determined to stay focused on their mission to keep medical marijuana legal for patients in Colorado.

S1 • E7

Green Rush

Welcome to Pot Town, USA. Medical marijuana is legal in Colorado, and hundreds of business owners are striving to turn a profit and help patients in what some are calling the "green rush."