
So, I'm walking down the line, slapping people on the back, letting them take a picture with me or whatever.

At one, there was a huge line for people to get inside. I'd take my car out on the road for personal appearances at different dispensaries. Well, I first got into growing due to agriculture. When did you first learn about like the medical properties of cannabis? It will probably be out in late summer or fall of this year. Do you know if there will be a second season? Remembering Aretha Franklin in 'The Blues Brothers'.Marijuana Legalization 2021: These U.S.
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'A Saturday Night Live Thanksgiving': How to Watch 'SNL' Holiday Special.Anything else?" I'm like, "What are you wasting my time for?" I angrily go upstairs and take a hit of this strain I have called "Cherry Pie." I come down back downstairs, and said, "Baby, we can go to Taco Bell as long as you're sitting across from me." Now I call that strain "The Marriage Counselor." I said, "What about some sushi?" She said, "I had sushi with my mom last night. What do you have a taste for?" I said I had the taste for a cheeseburger. I came down the stairs one night after a long day. Is that your favorite strain at Belushi's Farm? When I decided to grow cannabis, he said, "You're going to need Captain Jack." I read that one of the strains you grow is the same strain smoked on Saturday Night Live back in the '70s.

Well, I had 93 acres all of a sudden, so what do you do with it? And that year, cannabis became legal for recreational use in Oregon. What inspired you to start a marijuana-growing business? I bought this old Elks Lodge picnic grounds that was falling apart, and when my neighbor died, I bought his property, too. I came out like a baptism, and I knew I had to find some land. How did you first end up moving to Oregon?Ī friend of mine had some beautiful property by the Rogue River that I used to visit. This interview has been edited and condensed for the sake of length and clarity. Read Newsweek's conversation with Belushi below. (David Lynch fans should've spotted him in a recurring role on the 2017 revival of Twin Peaks.) It's also not entirely true to say that he's turned his back on Hollywood, although he's become more selective in the roles that he accepts. He calls himself a "microdoser" who enjoys only one toke of weed at a time, in addition to a light dosage of an edible to help him sleep. Jim talked with Newsweek about honoring his brother, and what goes into growing legal marijuana, the latter of which can be glimpsed at on Growing Belushi, a reality show about Belushi's Farm that premiered last August on the Discovery Channel.ĭespite being a passionate cannabis grower, 66-year-old Jim Belushi is not a stoner, though.

John, who died of a drug overdose in March of 1982, would have turned 72 years old on January 24. His brother, of course, was the legendary John Belushi. Jim Belushi on Belushi's Farm, his legal marijuana farm in Oregon.
