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Celebrity: Montel Williams
Brand: Montel Hemp Extract Capsules
In 2016, the former TV talk-show host announced he'd started his own cannabis company, LenitivLabs. His 50 mg. hemp extract capsules are availble online.
Celebrity: Kristen Bell
Brand: Happy Dance
Actress Kristen Bell's Happy Dance line of CBD topical products has been released in association with Cronos, the Ontario-based cannabis company. The first three products are body butter ($30), coconut melt ($25) and bath bomb ($15). They all contain full-spectrum hemp extract and either Shea or cocoa butter.
“I discovered CBD in 2017 and was blown away by its quality, integrity and consistency," Bell explains.
Celebrity: Mickey Hart
Brand: Mind Your Head
The Grateful Dead and Dead & Company drummer and Left Coast Ventures offer one-third gram "magic mini" pre-rolls of the legendary Chemdog strain. Announced in May 2019, they're available at numerous NorCal shops.
Celebrity: Carlos Santana
Brand: Mirayo by Santana
Partnering with Left Coast Ventures (like Mickey Hart's Mind Your Head and Marley Natural), the Mirayo by Santana strain names are predictably cosmic: Radiance (sativa), Centered (indica), Symmetry (hybrid) and Essence (CBD). They're currently available as loose flower and prerolls at California pot shops. Four of the stores, including Dr. Greenthumb's in Sacramento, are Latinx-owned businesses.
Celebrity: DJ Khaled
Brand: Blesswell
The popular music collaborator is the first celeb to release CBD products especially for men. The product line, created in partnership with Endexx Corporation, includes Conditioning Beard Oil, Ultimate Shave Cream, Lathering Body Wash, Facial Cleansing Scrub, Blue Charcoal Face Mask and Daily Facial Moisturizer. They're all infused with hemp-derived CBD.
Celebrity: Dennis Hopper
Brand: Hopper Reserve
The maverick actor and director was a long-time cannabis user before his death in 2010. Hopper's daughter Marin is keeping that flame alive with a brand dedicated to her father. So far they have the following flower categories and strains available as pre-rolls at several Los Angeles-area dispensaries: The Strong-Willed Rebel (Pink Lemonade sativa), The Mystic of the Desert (Gas OG indica) and The Artist of the Mind (Sugar Shack hybrid).
Celebrity: Shavo Odadjian
Brand: 22RED
System of a Down's bassist founded this Los Angeles-based cannabis line that features four flower strains (including 22 OG) and pre-rolls as well as THC and hemp oil vape cartridges. The products are available in numerous shops around L.A. and San Diego.
Celebrity: Al Harrington
Brand: Viola Extracts
The former NBA player founded the concentrates company in Colorado and has since expanded to California, Michigan and Oregon. He played for the Denver Nuggets from 2010-2012. On December 28, 2020, Rapper T.I. was named the company's Social Justice and Reform Ambassador.
Celebrity: Rebelution
Brand: Rebelution
The SoCal reggae band teamed up with FlavaRx in 2017 to produce all-natural cannabis oil cartridges. They're currently available in California, Colorado and Washington.
Celebrity: Julian Marley
Brand: Juju Royal Ultra Premium
Bob Marley's third-youngest son (and a performer in his own right) launched a vape pen in 2015. The company sells CBD products online.
