Pot Cops Explained

Genre:Docudrama
Country:United States
Num Seasons:1
Num Episodes:3
Producer:Jato C. Smith
Editor:Rich Winkler
Runtime:40–44 minutes
Company:Hoggard Films
Network:Discovery Channel

Pot Cops is an American reality television series that aired on the Discovery Channel. The show premiered on February 20, 2013, during Discovery Channel's programming block titled "Weed Wednesdays", along with Weed Country.[1] [2] The series followed dealers, growers and patients of the marijuana trade in Humboldt County, California, located within the Emerald Triangle, along with the enforcers of the law at the Humboldt County Sheriff's office.[3] Well known Humboldt County grower Timothy Littlefield is featured prominently in an episode where a garden was raided in a joint investigation with the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office and the Bureau of Indian Affairs Police.[4] Pot Cops highlighted the difficulty that Humboldt County law enforcement officers faced in enforcing marijuana laws in California, after the passage of Proposition 215 in 1996 and before Proposition 64 in 2016.[5] [6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Matheson. Whitney. February 13, 2016. Discovery Channel introduces 'Weed Wednesdays'. USA Today. May 24, 2022.
  2. Web site: Zimmerman. Phil. February 22, 2013. Discovery Channel Goes Inside the Underground World of Pot Growers. Discovery. May 24, 2022.
  3. Web site: Kemp. Kym. February 10, 2013. Pot Cops — A Look Inside the First Episodes of the New Discovery Channel T.V. Series Filmed Here in Humboldt. Lost Coast Outpost. June 6, 2021.
  4. Web site: Crane-Murdoch. Sierra. November 1, 2015. War in Weed Country. Vice. May 24, 2022.
  5. Web site: McKay. Hollie. April 13, 2016. Exclusive: New Discovery Channel series 'Pot Cops' chronicles marijuana crackdown. Fox News. May 24, 2022.
  6. Web site: Associated Press. February 19, 2013. Weed Country,' 'Pot Cops' coming to Discovery. The Florida Times-Union. May 24, 2022.
  7. Web site: Pot Cops: Cast. TV Tango. June 6, 2021.

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