(WHTM) — The fight to legalize marijuana is not new at the Capitol, but the fighter is. Former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson made the rounds, singing pot’s praises.
“I’m probably doing one of the best, the most successful cannabis businesses in the world with Tyson 2.0,” said Tyson, who owns a successful cannabis company. “Well, we’re doing really good.”
He’d be doing even better if Pennsylvania would legalize, and so would the state, which, Tyson argued, is missing out on tax revenue and jobs that its neighbors are enjoying.
“Everybody else around you did that, must say something about you not knowing what’s going on in the community,” Tyson said. “And it’s going to open up 500,000 jobs. Any state needs 500,000 jobs.”
Not off marijuana, some argued.
“He’s making tens of millions of dollars every year, and he’s looking at dollars here in Pennsylvania,” said Dan Bartkowiak of Truth on Weed. “I don’t think addiction for profit is something we should prioritize. It really should be the health and safety of Pennsylvanians.”
Truth on Weed took its fight to the streets with a mobile billboard. It said marijuana is not the benign intoxicant many believe it to be, and Tyson is not a happy warrior.
“He’s a felon, and also he is the head of a company that is looking to profit off of high potency THC, all in one vapes, 91.2% THC. That’s what he is selling right now,” said Bartkowiak.
Tyson doesn’t duck the potency question.
“It’s what you like,” said Tyson. “Some people like THC, and some people like it low. I prefer pretty low, but I like to think. I don’t want to be in the couch sleeping. I want to have my mind activated.”
He did bob and weave when asked about increased DUIs and traffic dangers.
“Everybody going too slow?” said Tyson. “That’s the only thing that happens when you do cannabis and drive, is drive too slow. You’re going to get a ticket for driving too slow.”
The state budget’s still not done. The election is next week. The end of the year is basically here. So, legalizing recreational marijuana would be, at its soonest, on next year’s to-do list.
Tyson will soon learn that slow would best describe how any marijuana bill will move in Harrisburg.
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