„Viele Leute haben im Laufe der Jahre so viel für das Zeug geopfert und wurden dafür eingesperrt“. sagt der 38-jährige Marley.

Damian Marley has announced that he, in partnership with Ocean Grown Extracts, is converting a former 77,000 square foot California State prison into a cannabis grow space that will cultivate medical marijuana for state dispensaries.

„Many people sacrificed so much for the herb over the years who got locked up,“ says Marley, 38, noting the poetic justice of turning a prison that once housed non-violent drug offenders into a cannabis cultivation facility. „If this [venture] helps people and it’s used for medicinal purposes and inspires people, it’s a success.“