Whoopi Goldberg is lending her name and financial backing to a new line of medical marijuana products designed specifically for women.
Goldberg, who has been public about her own marijuana use, is one of a handful of Hollywood celebrities jumping into the marijuana marketplace.
Bob Marley’s family has partnered with a cannabis company to produce Marley Natural products,Snoop Dogg backs Leafs by Snoop, Wiz Khalifa launched his own cannabis line called 'Khalifa Kush',while Rihanna has also hinted on creating her own line of marijuana products.
Goldberg said her “Whoopi & Maya”
company received financial backing from three friends and family members, and she will serve as chairwoman.
“I want to go nice and slow with this. I don’t want this to be a joke to people. It’s not a joke to women,” Goldberg told USA TODAY.
The company she's co-founded offers four products: a balm, a tincture, sipping chocolate, and a bath soak. All are infused with marijuana and aim to reduce the pain
and cramps from periods.
The products sold under the "Whoopi & Maya brand" will be available only in California to people with their medical marijuana cards, and they'll be on shelves in the next several weeks in at least five marijuana dispensaries around the state.Because marijuana remains illegal at the federal level,the product today is unavailable elsewhere.
The marijuana industry is one of the
country’s fastest growing industries,
increasing annually by 31%, with a national market worth $5.7 billion, say the two research firms.
Source: USA Today
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