CNN’s D.L. Hughley Airs Final Show on 4/20
March 31st, 2009 by RickD.L. Hughley’s final show on CNN will air on April 20th in which he talks about the legalization of marijuana and the current state of medical marijuana in California.
Hughley himself is a medical marijuana patient, suffering from chronic back pain. The show however, has been edited by CNN and will not include Hughley purchasing medical marijuana from the Harborside Health Center, a medical marijuana dispensary in Oakland. In fact, a lot of other footage didn’t make it to the cutting room floor as CNN forced Hughley’s producers to edit it out.
Hughley sits down in an interview with a spokesperson from the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP). Hughley says that marijuana has an image problem, showing movie examples like Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Cheech & Chong: Nice Dreams, and the recent Pineapple Express. The MPP Spokesperson says that various politicians have smoked marijuana in the past including the last three Presidents: Clinton, Bush and Obama, as well as New York Mayor Bloomberg and California Governor, Arnold Schwarzeneggar.
The MPP spokesperson jokes:
A friend of mine recently said that marijuana seems to be a gateway drug that leads to becoming President.
Hughley visits the Harborside Health Center in Oakland. Instantly after he steps in, he’s greeted by various strains of marijuana like White Rhino, Purple Cotton Candy, O.G. Kush. The facility claims the recession hasn’t affected them yet. In fact, business is so booming, that they pay $100,000 a month to the state of California. Towards the end, Hughley interviews a few medical marijuana patients that claim that marijuana has helped them cope with their pain or sickness.
