Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura has introduced he’s coming into the hashish market as a vendor, because the state still figures out retail sales of the drug on the heels of legalizing marijuana for adults final 12 months.
Ventura is launching his personal model of hashish edibles in partnership with Retro Bakery, which relies in suburban Minneapolis and producing hemp-derived THC edibles underneath the Jesse Ventura Farms model, Minnesota Public Radio reported.
“Ventura Farms is my foray into the world of cannabis,” Ventura said in a Wednesday video with rock music enjoying within the background.
He added, “I’m a huge supporter of the cannabis industry. Cannabis saved my family’s life. And now it’s time for me to return to the cannabis world. And you can join me — Jesse Ventura and Ventura Farms — any time you want. We’re in the game.”
Ventura has stated the drug helped his spouse get her seizures underneath management, MPR reported. Retro Bakery stated the Ventura-branded edibles shall be obtainable for pre-order on April 1, in response to MPR.
A former skilled wrestler and actor, Ventura shocked the public when he gained the race for Minnesota governor as an impartial candidate in 1998. He served as governor from 1999 to 2003.
Ventura was one of the first governors within the U.S. to brazenly assist marijuana legalization.
Final 12 months, Minnesota turned the twenty third state to legalize leisure marijuana for adults.
This month, the state’s high hashish regulator stated Minnesota probably won’t meet its goal of launching full-scale retail marijuana gross sales within the first quarter of 2025 due to the time it should take to draft rules and situation licenses.
Utilizing, possessing and rising marijuana for private use, inside limits, became legal last August. However gross sales are nonetheless a authorized grey space.
At the moment, just a few tribally owned on-reservation shops are legally allowed to promote leisure marijuana in Minnesota as a result of tribal sovereignty exempts them from state regulation.
