I use about 2.5 mg of chocolate to set me up with a nice sleep pattern. I take one little hit from my Cherry Pie with low THC and high terpenes, and the entourage effect makes me feel chilled out while still conversationally savvy. My cannabis consumption consists of micro-dosing. Jim Belushi on Cannabis ConsumptionĪs someone who advocates for cannabis consumption, do you consume yourself?
I said, “Hey man, I didn’t make this.” He replied, “No, but you’re a steward.” I hope that, in any little way we can, we can steward these men and women who are suffering in prison and who are recovering from serving our country. He said that one of my strains allowed him to talk to his spouse, have relationships with his kids and allowed him to sleep again. One veteran I met in the parking lot of a dispensary explained to me that he had been prescribed 300 opiates per month for his triple PTSD symptoms and was able to get off of them through his use of cannabis. So, I’m involved with anything that will bring awareness to the VA to allow cannabis to be used as one of the many healing elements in the lives of veterans. Unfortunately, the VA still supplies their patients opiates for their problems, and it’s not working. There are eight suicides a day by veterans who suffer from countless ailments, many of them created by PTSD from their military experiences. These men and women sacrificed their minds, bodies and souls for us. There are millions of dollars being made in our industry today, and these men and women really are the ones who laid the groundwork for our industry, and they’re in jail.Īre there other causes or organizations that you work with as well?Ĭauses that support veterans are the nearest and dearest to my heart. It’s time to get these nonviolent cannabis prisoners out. It’s humiliating to the men and women who are incarcerated from the failed War on Drugs, and it also collapses the fabric of their families. I stood up, and I said to Steve, “How can I get into this how can I help?” I was a guest in my own house, and I was able to watch and listen to the most inspiring collaboration to help others. Steve called and asked if they could do it at my house, and I said yes. Steve DeAngelo and Mary Bailey threw the first annual Last Prisoner Project benefit dinner in Los Angeles, and at the last minute, they lost their venue. Tell us about your work with Last Prisoner Project. We’d love to hear more about your involvement with the cannabis community.
With this exciting news came an opportunity to talk with Jim about his involvement in the cannabis community and what we can expect from this new collaboration with Bhang.
Since the beginning of his journey, Jim now has a reputable cannabis brand that features strains from his farm, is a board member for The Last Prisoner Project, and has an upcoming, Blues Brothers-themed collaboration with Bhang and its line of cannabis-infused chocolate. Furthermore, Jim has channeled his passion for the plant into advocacy and has done extensive work within the cannabis community. In 2015, he started planting cannabis on his land in Oregon, rolled up his sleeves and immersed himself in the process of creating his growing operation Belushi’s Farm. Jim Belushi has made a name for himself as an actor, comedian and now as a cannabis farmer.