Damian Marley Is Converting A California Prison Into A Pot Farm

Being the son of a music legend is enough to get noticed, but it also allows a contentious issue to get the proper attention it deserves. In recent years, the movement against the prohibition of pot has been getting “higher (pun intended).” Being the son of a man who was almost as famous for his love of the herb as for his music, Damian Marley is doing his best to honor that memory by promoting the free use of marijuana. Alongside Ocean Grown Extracts, the youngest son of the legendary reggae star is singing weed’s Redemption Song. Their partnership has managed to acquire a 77,000 square foot prison, abandoned in California, to cultivate and sell pot to medical dispensaries across the state.

The duo bought Claremont Custody Center for $4.1 million, which has eradicated the nearby town of Coalinga's $3.3 million debt and created 100 jobs for the locals. Beforehand, Marley launched “Stoney Hill” in Denver, a 3,000 square foot dispensary with Colorado’s TruCannabis. The plant in California is a mix of 70% indica and 30% Sativa, developed by a Ph.D. qualified chemist. Damian praised the state’s Proposition 64 that would legalize cannabis for adult recreational use: “This was something we were working towards for a long time before I was even born. There was Peter Tosh's ‘Legalize It’ and songs like that -- this is something our culture has been striving for -- and now it is here.” With the boost to the local economy, it is clear that green begets green!

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