Reggae Recording artiste Damian Marley is moving in on the growing international marijuana market.

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According to Billboard Magazine, Jr. Gong recently made the announcement that he has partnered with Ocean Grown Extracts to turn a former California State prison into a cannabis grow space that will cultivate medical marijuana for state dispensaries.

 

Marley and his partners reportedly purchased the Claremont Custody Center in Coalinga for a whopping $4,100,000USD, relieving the town of their $3,300,000USD debt, they’re also set to create over one hundred jobs for residents.

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The “Affairs of the heart” says converting a prison into a poetic justice weed farm is poetic justice, “Many people sacrificed so much for the herb over the years who got locked up,” he told Billboard, adding that, “If this [venture] helps people and it’s used for medicinal purposes and inspires people, it’s a success.