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[Thursday War]

It was just a matter of time.

Bob Marley, the late reggae superstar whose name is virtually synonymous with pot, will soon have his own marijuana label.

Marley’s family has joined with Privateer Holdings, a private equity firm focused on marijuana products, to develop Marley Natural brand weed. Marley Natural will offer “heirloom Jamaican cannabis strains,” the very same pot Marley himself is said to have enjoyed. The company will also sell creams, lotions, and Marley-branded accessories.

“My dad would be so happy to see people understanding the healing power of the herb,” said Cedella Marley, the musician’s daughter, in a statement announcing the launch. “He viewed the herb as something spiritual that could awaken our well-being, deepen our reflection, connect us to nature and liberate our creativity.”

Cedella also said an official Marley marijuana brand would be an “authentic way to honor his legacy by adding his voice to the conversation about cannabis and helping end the social harms caused by prohibition.”

Brendan Kennedy, CEO of Privateer Holdings, told the Guardian that Marley is probably the celebrity most associated with marijuana. Pot products named after the reggae star, including strains of cannabis, are already being sold without the family’s approval. The executive believes the Marley Brand has the potential to the be the Starbucks of weed and reel in a sizable percentage of what is now a $1.53 billion domestic market for legal pot. AdWeek speculates that if legalization trends continue, that market could grow to $10.2 billion by 2019, and Greenwave Advisors, a marijuana-focused analysis firm, estimates lecit American marijuana sales could total as much as $35 billion by 2020.

I suppose it was inevitable.

Video and more at the link

http://time.com/money/3591975/bob-marley-marijuana/?xid=timetwitter

 

[OfWhiteSkinOnRedLeather]

Man, his family is just wringing his corpse the fuck out.

 

[Amagon]

Bob Marley must be rolling

Spoiler

a spliff

in his grave.

 

[Hunter S.]

bah, I will stick to the legal strains I like. His name means nothing towards quality.

 

[Tesseract]

my blueberry frost iz mine

 

[PBalfredo]

Makes more sense than coffee

 

[Ace Harding]

Eh no difference between this and Mario Batali alfredo sauce or that smug motherfucker Paul Newman and his tasty ass salsa and salad dressing. Use the name to win the game.

 

[jwk94]

I can't thnk of any quotes so accept this picture of Marley from Black Dynamite.

 

[Dennis]

"Make me rich, Daddy"

 

[Mr.Swag]

I wonder how large the cannabis industry can get.

Will it eclipse tobbacco?
I think so, eventually.

 

[vgamer1]

Everytime I see his face plastered on everything from shirts to wall tapestries to sleep aids, I just think of how much he would HATE it

 

[DominoKid]

Man, his family is just wringing his corpse the fuck out.

may as well.

 

[FStop7]

If there's not already official Sublime weed I'm sure that will follow.

 

[Onion_Relish]

I wish I had a dead celebrity relative I could leech off... Law school is expensive

 

[TAJ]

If there's not already official Sublime weed I'm sure that will follow.

Sublime brand heroin would be more appropriate, but yeah not happening.

 

[Tizoc]

I can't thnk of any quotes so accept this picture of Marley from Black Dynamite.

"I am Jamaican~"