Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura has introduced he’s getting into the hashish market as a vendor, because the state nonetheless figures out retail gross sales of the drug on the heels of legalizing marijuana for adults final yr.
Ventura is launching his personal model of hashish edibles in partnership with Retro Bakery, which is predicated in suburban Minneapolis and producing hemp-derived THC edibles below the Jesse Ventura Farms model, Minnesota Public Radio reported.
“Ventura Farms is my foray into the world of hashish,” Ventura mentioned in a Wednesday video with rock music enjoying within the background.
He added, “I’m an enormous supporter of the hashish business. Hashish saved my household’s life. And now it’s time for me to return to the hashish world. And you’ll be part of me — Jesse Ventura and Ventura Farms — any time you need. We’re within the recreation.”
Ventura has mentioned the drug helped his spouse get her seizures below management, MPR reported. Retro Bakery mentioned the Ventura-branded edibles shall be out there for pre-order on April 1, in response to MPR.
A former skilled wrestler and actor, Ventura shocked the general public when he gained the race for Minnesota governor as an unbiased candidate in 1998. He served as governor from 1999 to 2003.
Ventura was one of many first governors within the U.S. to overtly assist marijuana legalization.
Final yr, Minnesota turned the twenty third state to legalize leisure marijuana for adults.
This month, the state’s prime hashish regulator mentioned Minnesota in all probability gained’t meet its aim of launching full-scale retail marijuana gross sales within the first quarter of 2025 due to the time it would take to draft laws and problem licenses.
Utilizing, possessing and rising marijuana for private use, inside limits, turned authorized final August. However gross sales are nonetheless a authorized grey space.
At the moment, just a few tribally owned on-reservation retailers are legally allowed to promote leisure marijuana in Minnesota as a result of tribal sovereignty exempts them from state regulation.
