We heard last week that Woody Harrelson was going to open a marijuana dispensary in Hawaii. Another pot-loving celebrity, Roseanne Barr, 63, plans to open a dispensary in her name in Santa Ana, California called Roseanne’s Joint. Apparently she suffers from glaucoma and macular degeneration and uses marijuana to treat the condition. (Pot temporarily lowers intraocular pressure.) Roseanne was brought into the venture by her now-partner, a lawyer named Aaron Herzberg who has worked with her for years. Herzberg says that the shop will sell unique pot strains and pot-laced, chocolate-covered macadamia nuts. Did you know Roseanne is a macadamia nut farmer? She is! Here’s more on her planned business:
Barr will be an investor and have a licensing agreement with a dispensary that’s one of 20 that won a city lottery last year allowing it to apply to operate in Santa Ana, the actress’ spokesman and the dispensary’s partners said this week.
The dispensary will be called Roseanne’s Joint and will sell marijuana products bearing its name, said partner Aaron Herzberg, 46. It will feature Barr’s unique pot strains and products such as pot-laced, chocolate-covered macadamia nuts grown on her farm, he said.
The actress also will make occasional appearances there, he said.
“I’m proud to be a cultural pioneer at the forefront of another wave of progress! And we’re proud of the city of Santa Ana as we continue to move into the era of recognizing cannabis as the natural, therapeutic, herbal substance medical science has proven it to be,” Barr said in a statement. “Roseanne’s Joint will be a responsible, contributing member of, and addition to, the community….
“We think it will bring credibility and a good name and frankly, good values,” Herzberg said. “But we also hope that it will create within the community a sense that marijuana is here to stay in California, that it’s getting legitimized and that serious names are coming to the table.”
She has “been involved in the design process personally,” Herzberg said, and has asked that the dispensary offer customers “a very high-end, premium experience with very rustic wood floors and a very open environment.”
[From OC Register via Jezebel]
Everything I know about the marijuana business I learned from Weeds so my assumptions may be false (spoilers for Weeds) but the lead character Nancy ended up rich at the end when marijuana became legal and was sold in coffee shops. This “high end premium experience” pot shop sounds like the final episode of Weeds to me, when it was the future and weed shops were as prevalent as Starbucks. This is a prime time to get into the marijuana business and it seems like a total growth industry. I want to put a plug in for Roseanne’s Joint so they send me some of those chocolate pot nuts, but it’s not legal to mail those yet unfortunately. Plus I need a prescription at this point. I have anxiety.
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Weed can exacerbate anxiety in some people. It did in my case. Tread carefully my friend.
It’s not even legal medicinally in my state so it will be a while. Thanks for letting me know. I’m sorry that happened to you.
It seems there are some plants that can induce anxiety, but other varieties of Cannabis dont induce panic attacks.
So it depends.
Some strands can do that (usually sativas with high THC content). But I have OCD and depression, and I have to get it illegally, but it’s totally worth the risk and expense. My anxiety keeps me awake at night, and my social anxiety keeps me at home… just a few puffs/vapes are enough to make me sleepy, sociable, etc. It’s like a magic switch shutting off my horrible internal monologue.
I’m sorry you had a different experience, though. I know what it’s like to get more anxious while high, and it makes me sad that its illegal status contributes to this problem and lessens its beneficial effects for so many people too.
What strains are good for you? I have intractable anxiety and social phobia as well.
“It’s like a magic switch shutting off my horrible internal monologue.”
I feel you so hard on this, Brittney, and it’s exactly why I believe in cannabis. I feel like my normal frequency is way too high— like the enegry molecules that make up my being are vibrating way too quickly and it causes me to be super anxious and high-strung. But when I smoke, it brings me down to a lower frequency where I’m able to relax and interact normally with the world. Plus whenever I feel nauseous for whatever reason, smoking makes it go away literally in an instant. It truly is like magic, and I believe it has the power to give life back to all kinds of struggling people.
I have severe anxiety and racing thoughts. It’s like a tape that’s on Repeat. I’ve taken antidepressants for 25 years. Pot is the only thing that slows my brain down.
The Leafly site will give you strain specific information. I lived in WA and they have tincture and vape oils that are milder than what people usually associate with smoking the whole plant. It was great for patients and helped eliminate the stigma and low level drug crimes / black market. Considering the most abused drugs are pharmaceuticals I wish they would re schedule cannabis. CBD oil is legal because it is not THC and gives relief for many ailments and can be mail ordered.
I too am a medical smoker and the strains available these days are incredible. You can find what percentage of thc, what ailments a specific strain treats and don’t even get me started on the edibles. I have wonderful sleep at night. I’m in Alaska where we are months away from being able to buy legally so I can’t wait for summer!
Try a pure indica strain.
“Plus I need a prescription at this point. I have anxiety.”
Sure you do. And I have glaucoma.
May I ask what you have against cannabis?
I’ve heard that cannabis is also good for excessive judgment of self and others and the energy expenditures associated with being hyper critical.
^^^^^^^THIS!!!!^^^^^^
I don’t care about weed being legal, but I hope it also becomes illegal to smoke up in a lot of public places like regular cigarettes. Having to walk around my city and encounter clouds of that skunk smell gives me really awful headaches.
I hate the smell of pot, too. And cigars. Ugh. I could slap people smoking cigars.
I thought it already was…? Is it different in California? In Colorado, you basically can’t use it legally unless you’re inside your own home.
In Oregon it’s totally legal. You can legally have up to an once a day and you can buy it at a dispensary. You can smoke at home only, but there’s been plenty of times when I have been in public and could smell it. Edibles and concentrates are still illegal.
When pot was on the ballot,it was overwhelming passed. Society in Oregon is still in tact and the taxing of Pot is going to help bring extra income in our state. There’s been little to no crime associated with Pot since it’s become legal. However,there is tons of news regarding alcohol related crime.
@aims “There’s been little to no crime associated with Pot since it’s become legal. However,there is tons of news regarding alcohol related crime. ”
Exactly, and yet many who have issues with legalizing cannabis have no problem with consuming alcohol. In my opinion, that in and of itself makes them hypocrites.
I’m all for legalisation so I hope it works stateside and we here in Britland follow your lead.
But, noting what Dangles says above, I’m interested in knowing if there are any conditions on the licensing or earmarking for the tax revenues raised in terms of funding programs for any casualties of legalisation? That would be a must for me.
I really, really love Roseanne’s hair like that.
I like her hair too. At this point Australia is still in threshold of introducing medical marijuana and I’m all for it.
She has glaucoma AND macular degeneration? That’s a double whammy.
I like her hair like that. I don’t smoke pot because I hate the smell and it burns my throat and it never did anything to me except once when it was laced with something else and I didn’t like that, either, but I would try the chocolate covered macadamia nuts. For scientific purposes.
She used to have a reality show called Roseanne’s Nuts. It was when she was living in Hawaii and had her macadamia farm. It was hysterical and I miss it. In one episode she was in LA and went to a dispensary. She had a prescription for anxiety. She really knew very little (as do I). She was unwilling to smoke it and didn’t know it came in different strengths. She ended up getting a brownie which she said tasted like dirt.
Don’t care about the weed, but my goodness, her hair is amazing. I’m getting my locks shorn today, hmm, an idea from Roseanne Barr? Who would have thunk it…
I’m allergic to marijuana.
I’m all for legalization, but if I ever go to California or Colorado I am going to buy a gas mask.
I had my first ever panic attack, as a teenager, the first time I smoked weed with my sister. I often wonder if that was the spark (no pun, ha) that causes my anxiety to this day. I’ve tried it 6 or 7 times since then and only one of those times did I feel really good. It may be the type of weed you smoke, or the individual, but it’s something to consider. …Btw, I like Roseanne’s hair! 🙂
If you eat weed it helps massively in anxiety, depression, panic attacks so on and so forth. Smoking weed, that can go either way, but it depends on what strands you smoke. I bake goods for me and for a friend of mine who has MS. Not legal yet, but it should be.
I miss her reality show. Her farm in Hawaii is so lovely. Good for her!!! Love love Roseanne!!!!
Roseanne looks fantastic!
Also, weed rocks!
Yeah, I live in Colorado.
Everywhere I travel people comment on how high we all are.
We aren’t all high.
Most of us aren’t high.
We also have a lot of military, police, farmers, ranchers, Olympians and scientists here and there are specific rules as to how you can smoke/consume/buy pot and smoking it does stink to high heaven.
BTW, driving high will get your a$$ arrested and sent to jail just like driving drunk will.
Our smaller town paper has a police report and one day, they reported that a young guy had blown through the major intersection at 0800 and was pulled over.
The officer asked, “Sir, have you been drinking?” and the guy said, “No sir but I just smoked a ton of weed.”
That being said, I have a background in business and agriculture and if I didn’t still have a minor at home (not allowed) I could grow weed in my basement and retire in a year or so.
Just a note about growing weed in your basement, don’t do it if you really like your home! I worked in my late teens cleaning up rentals and other homes to get them ready to go on the market, and you could always tell which homes had previously had grow ops in them. The grow ops really do damage to the home and bring the market value down.
I love this story and I don’t know why. Roseanne looks great.
Next door to it she should open a loose meat sandwich shop called the lunchbox. Bah dum dum ching.
Ugh loose meat. Lol
Longtime lurker here. I rarely post, but this issue is something I feel very passionately about because my husband of almost 3 years – now that it’s legal, 19 years together – suffers from numerous conditions, both related to and in addition to severe Diabetes.
His numerous doctors at Kaiser are at a loss to offer him any significant relief aside from prescribing intensely addictive pain medication which then puts him to sleep for days at a time – literally. He has however, found some relief through the use of cannabis, which still allows him to function through daily life and not feel completely hopeless and that he’s forever doomed to live a life of intense pain and suffering.
So for anyone who doubts that cannabis does in fact possess legitimate medicinal value, just remember that you’re lucky enough not to suffer from any number of the debilitating diseases and/or disorders for which cannabis is in fact extremely beneficial.
@Pauly – so wonderful that your husband is getting relief without damaging his body with opiates. I know of several people with chronic diseases who get so many benefits from it.
Marijuana is legal, recreationally, in my state. I smoked when I was 19, a few times. Then I got serious about college and a career and never looked back. Until it became legal in my state and I was a tired mother with a stressful career and constant anxiety. Now I use it several nights a week. I only use it when my littles are in bed and when my husband is home to be a sober parent. I never let my children see me use or be under the influence. It’s allowed me to relax like never before and get the best, most restful sleep I’ve had since becoming a mom. My anxiety, which can be nearly physically paralyzing, washes away.
Sadly, while its legal where I live, the stigma is still prevalent so I’m a closeted user….both to protect my family and my job. I know there are people in my community that would disown me if they knew my secret. Especially because my husband and I are UMC and seemingly uninteresting.
Roseann is such a badass. Loved her show and always felt it brought so many important social issues to prime time/social consciousness (women’s reproductive rights, gay rights, domestic violence, etc). I’m not at all surprised to see she’s pioneering this and I know she’ll be very successful.
@Flip Flops Thanks for your kind words of support, and I’m happy to hear that you’ve also been able to find a measure of relief from all of life’s daily stresses with the responsible use of this wonderful herb. Hopefully one day the stigma associated with cannabis will fall by the wayside as more and more folks become enlightened and begin to see the truth. 🙂
I’v read alot of touching stories here… it is very sad that use of cannabis is still suffering alot of stigma. people are made to believe that anything that makes you feel that good cannot be good for you. I have seen prescription drugs or over the counter pills that do more harm than cannabis. we really need to re educate people on this. cannabis is changing lives for the better and i don’t know about you guys but it makes me view life in a clearer perspective. There has to be a deeper reason why cannabis is illegal in so many places…