“I don’t even know how to smoke a joint,” Elon Musk told the hosts of the “Full Send” podcast.Theo Wargo/WireImage Elon Musk said he had to take drug tests for a year after smoking weed on Joe Rogan’s podcast in 2018. He and the “whole of SpaceX” were subjected to random drugs tests by the government, he said. “I don’t even know how to smoke a joint,” the tech billionaire told the “Full Send” podcast Thursday. Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, said the federal government required him to undergo random… Source link
Read More »Elon Musk says US should ‘free some people in jail for weed here too’ after Biden reportedly offered to swap a Russian arms dealer for imprisoned WNBA star Brittney Griner
Brittney Griner in a Russian jail cell (left), Elon Musk (right)ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (left) and JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images (right) Elon Musk responded to reports of a US-Russia prisoner exchange to free WNBA player Brittney Griner. “Maybe free some people in jail for weed here too?” he tweeted alongside a meme on Sunday. Griner was imprisoned in Russia after officials found vape cartridges containing hashish oil in her luggage. Elon Musk tweeted Sunday in… Source link
Read More »Elon Musk reportedly wanted to entrust his fortune to a 34-year-old former pro gambler who dropped out of college to smoke weed
Elon Musk wanted to entrust charitable distribution of his fortune to a 30-something former pro gambler with no experience in philanthropy, according to a winding narrative published Saturday by The Wall Street Journal. Late last year, Musk increasingly relied on advice from 34-year-old Igor Kurganov, a self-described college dropout who had a multimillion-dollar career in professional gambling years before he met Musk. The Journal reported that Kurganov is currently not with Musk’s… Source link
Read More »Americans want legal weed and we ‘need to be positioned for it’
Although the House’s recent approval of the MORE Act offered marijuana advocates a glimmer of hope for federal legalization, the Senate appears to be obstinate as ever on the issue. That isn’t stopping Tilray Brands (TLRY), a top cannabis producer in Canada, from making plans for the U.S. market. “By 2030, it’s a $100 billion business out there,” Tilray Brands CEO Irwin Simon said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “And even if it didn’t go legal, it’s still a good-sized business. Consumers… Source link
Read More »Jay-Z-backed Parent Company’s revenue beats on hot weed demand
(Reuters) – Californian pot producer TPCO Holding Corp, better known as Parent Company, beat estimates for quarterly revenue on Monday as demand surged for weed-infused products during the pandemic. The Jay-Z-backed company also said Clorox Co executive Troy Datcher would replace Steve Allan as its chief executive officer, without giving a reason for the change. Formed earlier this year with the merger of a blank-check firm and three Californian cannabis companies, TPCO sells edibles, vape… Source link
Read More »Elizabeth Holmes defense accused of ‘gamesmanship’ for trying to weed out jurors
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes exits Robert F. Peckham U.S. Courthouse with her attorneys after the first day of federal court hearings, in San Jose, California, U.S. May 4, 2021. REUTERS/Kate Munsch A battle over who ends up on the jury that decides the fate of former media darling and Silicon Valley entrepreneur, Elizabeth Holmes, is heating up in the months before her criminal trial is set to begin. In a motion filed Monday, federal prosecutors accuse Holmes’ of “gamesmanship” for… Source link
Read More »Here’s how legal weed will play out in America
Eliana Miss Illi, General Manager of Weed World poses as she smokes a joint on 7th Avenue in Midtown New York City, March 31, 2021. – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation legalizing recreational marijuana on March 31. 2021, with a large chunk of tax revenues from sales set to go to minority communities. New York joins 14 other US states and the District of Columbia in permitting cannabis after lawmakers in both state chambers, where Cuomo’s Democratic Party holds strong… Source link
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