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Whoopi Goldberg’s Cannabis Brand Goes Up in Smoke
New York Post ^ | February 4, 2020 | Ian Mohr

Posted on 02/04/2020 9:48:49 PM PST by nickcarraway

Whoopi Goldberg and her business partner Maya Elisabeth are shuttering their cannabis brand, Whoopi & Maya, after four years. And we’re told it all went up in smoke because of a rift between the pair.

Board member and High Times veteran Rick Cusick told us, “In the last few months, Whoopi and Maya wanted a divorce, and the board had worked very hard to try and come up with some proposals … but we couldn’t get both principals to agree.”

He said the board thought they had found a “win-win” solution to “preserve the company,” but that Goldberg then sent an e-mail last week saying that she was stepping down. Cusick said that sent the company “reeling.” But, “We’re very proud of what we did. Whoopi was brave when she came in” to the cannabis space before a raft of celebs followed.

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TOPICS: Agriculture; Business/Economy; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: cannabis; dope; dopes; dopeydopes; whoopi
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1 posted on 02/04/2020 9:48:49 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

You got the stupids real bad when you cant make money selling pot.


2 posted on 02/04/2020 9:51:11 PM PST by Delta 21 (Be strong & prosper, be weak & die! Stay true.... ~~ Donald J. Trump)
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To: Delta 21

That’s nails it!


3 posted on 02/04/2020 9:58:07 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Delta 21

Perhaps users were afraid that use of this particular strain would make them as stupid and repulsive as Whoopie??


4 posted on 02/04/2020 11:05:20 PM PST by irishjuggler
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To: irishjuggler

The way it’s described is that it isn’t like smoking a joint. It’s something you can do to get rid of discomfort, and not get “high-high”, which is probably why it didn’t do that good. I tried marijuana once many years ago. I was never a smoker to begin with, and didn’t like it. I don’t think people are willing to pay for a product that isn’t going to get them “high-high.”


5 posted on 02/04/2020 11:31:12 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: Delta 21

Yup. You tend to smoke up the profits.


6 posted on 02/05/2020 12:20:53 AM PST by jmacusa ("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?)
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To: nickcarraway

Dave’s not here.


7 posted on 02/05/2020 1:26:19 AM PST by Veggie Todd (Voltaire: "Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool".)
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To: nickcarraway
She should have stuck to serving drinks.

8 posted on 02/05/2020 1:57:56 AM PST by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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To: nickcarraway
I guess she uses it before she speaks....😀
9 posted on 02/05/2020 3:28:36 AM PST by ConservaTeen (WFLA's Jack Harris: Brooklyn is missing their village idiot. Right you are, Jack.)
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To: Delta 21

LOL. Spot on. Thanks for morning chuckle.


10 posted on 02/05/2020 3:41:52 AM PST by ZinGirl (Now a grandma ....can't afford a tagline :))
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To: nickcarraway

LOL
Next we will be told this is because “white man bad”, in addition to it being Trump’s fault.


11 posted on 02/05/2020 6:22:31 AM PST by Honest Nigerian
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To: nickcarraway

How do you mess up Weed?


12 posted on 02/05/2020 6:23:34 AM PST by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: nickcarraway

So, Whoopi is a drug dealer. It does not surprise me.


13 posted on 02/05/2020 6:25:07 AM PST by BuffaloJack ("Security does not exist in nature. Everything has risk." Henry Savage)
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To: AppyPappy

You decide your weed is better than everyone else’s. And you charge too much for it.

It is not cheap to produce and get licenses for. Since it is inhaled into your body, there are very strict measures on its production—the same way that distillers have to meet health and content standards.

I am sure Whoopi thought it would be a slam dunk. But weed heads are discerning.


14 posted on 02/05/2020 6:25:55 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: nickcarraway

It ain’t gonna slow Snoop Dawg and Martha down from expanding their smoke filled careers.


15 posted on 02/05/2020 9:27:55 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!! The UN is so olf and dated.)
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To: nickcarraway

Folks here would probably not be shocked to learn that stoners don’t run pot businesses well

Scouts honor

I have watched with my own eyes 25 year old kids in Oregon and NorCal with an opportunity to just work leisurely 7-8 months a year and make 2-300,000 for their efforts

Not fully exploit the green house or stay on top of feeding or watering or maintain trimming or vegetation cycle etc

Just simple get off your ass and devote 2-4 hours a days work

The real work is harvest when you can pay for helpers ....100/day to trim bud

I would think damn I wish we’d had this opportunity in the late 70s

Most successful pot biz folks don’t stay high


16 posted on 02/05/2020 9:33:40 AM PST by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you)
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To: wardaddy

The old saying, don’t get high on your own suppy...applies?


17 posted on 02/05/2020 9:36:34 AM PST by Leep (Everyday is Trump Day!)
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To: AppyPappy

Growing high end weed is not easy

Anyone can grow seeded dirt weed yes but no one will buy it not since the 70s


18 posted on 02/05/2020 9:39:43 AM PST by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you)
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To: Vermont Lt

Weed today is assayed for THC content

You can’t just claim it

And folks like different strains

Most cultivators advertise the strength of their strains and mumbo jumbo about what it does for you

No question though sativa is an up high and was what most Americans over 55 remember

Indica and Hybrids are more could and sleepy highs

If that makes any sense

Even I could discern that in around 1976 when I first saw seedless indica marijuana


19 posted on 02/05/2020 9:42:52 AM PST by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you)
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To: Leep

I will tell anyone

Don’t stay high all day

Life passes folks by

I have seen high energy folks capable of smoking all day but not me

Which is why I quit smoking long ago

Sometimes I miss it...For sex especially


20 posted on 02/05/2020 9:44:29 AM PST by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you)
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