Celebrity stoner Tommy Chong recently told us that selling legal weed is a license to print money. “It’s currency that you don’t have to do anything with it except water it.” He’s not kidding. It’s relatively easy to grow and demand is epically high.
Practically overnight, the budding legal weed business has exploded into a multi-billion dollar industry and Chong isn’t the only star cashing in on king cannabis. With so much green for the taking -- greenbacks and ganja -- it’s a no-brainer, even for stony celebs.
Here are seven celebrities getting financially high off of the blossoming legal marijuana business:
Snoop Dogg
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The Doggfather and “Merry Jane” go together like Compton and Long Beach (and bong rips and munchies). The millionaire rapper’s very own marijuana strain -- fittingly dubbed Snoop Dogg OG -- is about as perfect a celebrity-product pairing as they come. An indica blend, the signature bud is part of his Leafs By Snoop suite, which sells recreational and medicinal pot, and chocolatey edibles, at dispensaries throughout Colorado. What’s next, Snoop? Broadus-brand gin and juice?
Bethenny Frankel
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Best-known for launching the multi-million dollar Skinnygirl cocktails empire, Bethenny Frankel is blazing into the white-hot world of pot. Make that munchie-free pot, or so she claims. News hit last year that the Real Housewives of New York star is concocting her own line of Skinnygirl-brand marijuana. The carb craving-curbing cannabis will reportedly be available in Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington, where people can smoke legally, minus a medical marijuana card.
Willie Nelson
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It’s no secret that pot is always on Willie Nelson’s mind. Naturally, it makes sense for the country crooner to make more than a few cents off of the stuff hundreds of millions of people puff. Last year, he announced he’s starting his own eco-friendly dope line, called Willie’s Reserve.
Melissa Etheridge
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Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge started singing the praises of medical marijuana after her bout with cancer in 2005. She credits the plant for helping her weather the after-effects of chemotherapy. Now she’s selling her own private reserve cannabis-infused wine tincture. The buzzy stuff, which comes in an array of reds and whites, isn’t for everyone, however. Due to legal restrictions, it’s only available to California residents with medical marijuana cards.
Rose McGowan
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Word is Charmed star Rose McGowan digs weed enough to invest in it. She reportedly talked up the fast-growing cannabis industry at a recent magazine party in New York City, confirming her own financial stake in it. “I’m not going into the marijuana business -- I am already in it, as an investor,” she told Page Six. Exactly which cannabis companies she sinks cash into isn’t clear.
? by @amandademme bewigged and bewitched
A photo posted by Rose McGowan (@rosemcgowan) on Jun 10, 2015 at 4:12pm PDT
Kevin Smith
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One cushy way to generate buzz around a new movie is to cook up a special promotional strain of weed for it. Such was the case with actor-director Kevin Smith’s recent horror-comedy flick Tusk. In an unusual play for publicity, the film’s distributor struck a deal with a Studio City, Calif., medical marijuana dispensary to sell bud branded with the film’s name. We have a hunch Silent Bob would approve.
Tommy Chong
Image credit: Chong's Choice
Tommy Chong’s famous love of pot did not go up in smoke with age. It only deepened over the decades. Though the taller half of the famous comedy duo Cheech and Chong claims he hasn’t had to pay for weed in years, he’s long made money off of marijuana-themed records, movies and paraphernalia. He even went to prison for nine months for selling bongs online. Now he hawks his own signature brand of medical marijuana, individually-rolled joints, actual buds, as well as oils and “breath strips." Oh, and there’s Chongwater to cure “cotton mouth,” the dry mouth stoners face in pursuit of the almighty high.
Practically overnight, the budding legal weed business has exploded into a multi-billion dollar industry and Chong isn’t the only star cashing in on king cannabis. With so much green for the taking -- greenbacks and ganja -- it’s a no-brainer, even for stony celebs.
Here are seven celebrities getting financially high off of the blossoming legal marijuana business:
Snoop Dogg
Image credit: Shutterstock
The Doggfather and “Merry Jane” go together like Compton and Long Beach (and bong rips and munchies). The millionaire rapper’s very own marijuana strain -- fittingly dubbed Snoop Dogg OG -- is about as perfect a celebrity-product pairing as they come. An indica blend, the signature bud is part of his Leafs By Snoop suite, which sells recreational and medicinal pot, and chocolatey edibles, at dispensaries throughout Colorado. What’s next, Snoop? Broadus-brand gin and juice?
Bethenny Frankel
Image credit: Shutterstock
Best-known for launching the multi-million dollar Skinnygirl cocktails empire, Bethenny Frankel is blazing into the white-hot world of pot. Make that munchie-free pot, or so she claims. News hit last year that the Real Housewives of New York star is concocting her own line of Skinnygirl-brand marijuana. The carb craving-curbing cannabis will reportedly be available in Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington, where people can smoke legally, minus a medical marijuana card.
Willie Nelson
Image credit: Willie Nelson | Facebook
It’s no secret that pot is always on Willie Nelson’s mind. Naturally, it makes sense for the country crooner to make more than a few cents off of the stuff hundreds of millions of people puff. Last year, he announced he’s starting his own eco-friendly dope line, called Willie’s Reserve.
Melissa Etheridge
Image credit: Shutterstock
Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge started singing the praises of medical marijuana after her bout with cancer in 2005. She credits the plant for helping her weather the after-effects of chemotherapy. Now she’s selling her own private reserve cannabis-infused wine tincture. The buzzy stuff, which comes in an array of reds and whites, isn’t for everyone, however. Due to legal restrictions, it’s only available to California residents with medical marijuana cards.
Rose McGowan
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Word is Charmed star Rose McGowan digs weed enough to invest in it. She reportedly talked up the fast-growing cannabis industry at a recent magazine party in New York City, confirming her own financial stake in it. “I’m not going into the marijuana business -- I am already in it, as an investor,” she told Page Six. Exactly which cannabis companies she sinks cash into isn’t clear.
? by @amandademme bewigged and bewitched
A photo posted by Rose McGowan (@rosemcgowan) on Jun 10, 2015 at 4:12pm PDT
Kevin Smith
Image credit: Shutterstock
One cushy way to generate buzz around a new movie is to cook up a special promotional strain of weed for it. Such was the case with actor-director Kevin Smith’s recent horror-comedy flick Tusk. In an unusual play for publicity, the film’s distributor struck a deal with a Studio City, Calif., medical marijuana dispensary to sell bud branded with the film’s name. We have a hunch Silent Bob would approve.
Tommy Chong
Image credit: Chong's Choice
Tommy Chong’s famous love of pot did not go up in smoke with age. It only deepened over the decades. Though the taller half of the famous comedy duo Cheech and Chong claims he hasn’t had to pay for weed in years, he’s long made money off of marijuana-themed records, movies and paraphernalia. He even went to prison for nine months for selling bongs online. Now he hawks his own signature brand of medical marijuana, individually-rolled joints, actual buds, as well as oils and “breath strips." Oh, and there’s Chongwater to cure “cotton mouth,” the dry mouth stoners face in pursuit of the almighty high.
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