// Definition
The controversial licensing of Bob Marley's name and image for commercial cannabis branding. Debate centered on whether celebrity cannabis brands honor or exploit cultural legacy, and whether profits benefit Jamaica and the Marley family's community.
// From the Episode
Bubbleman discusses the Marley Natural brand and the Peter Tosh brand being developed simultaneously. He sees it as a slippery slope but believes it could be made positive if profits were donated back to Jamaica for hospitals and schools. The Rasta community was divided — Rasta elders had mixed feelings about commercializing a sacramental plant. Bubbleman offered to help make both the Marley and Tosh brands authentically positive.
// Source
Ep. 076 Hash Church LXXVI 76 →