{"id":6222,"date":"2018-05-18T17:00:43","date_gmt":"2018-05-19T00:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsincerity.wpengine.com\/?p=94"},"modified":"2023-06-08T07:48:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T07:48:08","slug":"damian-marley-growing-pot-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/damian-marley-growing-pot-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Damian Marley Grows Pot In Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6222\" class=\"elementor elementor-6222\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3fcd2b40 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3fcd2b40\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a8c0cb8\" data-id=\"2a8c0cb8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16612130 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16612130\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\tAfter years of historic drought and declining oil prices, Coalinga \u2013 a small town of farmers and oil workers in central California \u2013 was left $3.3 million in debt and watching jobs disappear. But this year the town rebounded almost instantly \u2013 debt erased, 100 new jobs, and $1 million in new, annual tax income.\n\nTheir secret: Damian Marley, youngest son of reggae legend Bob Marley. Marley&nbsp;bought a former Cal State Prison in Coalinga for $4.1 million, eradicating their debt on the spot. He converted the enormous former prison into a grow space for his medical marijuana business partner, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceangrownextracts.com\/\">Ocean Grown Extracts<\/a>.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_3233\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3233\" style=\"width: 608px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3233 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/newsincerity.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cannabis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"332\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: San Joaquin Valley Prison in Coalinga, CA \/ photographer unknown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&#8220;Many people sacrificed so much for the herb over the years who got locked&nbsp;up,&#8221; Marley told Billboard. &#8220;If this [venture] helps people and it&#8217;s used for medicinal purposes and inspires people, it&#8217;s a success.&#8221;\n\nIt\u2019s hard to ignore the sweet irony of turning a place using taxpayer money to lock up non-violent drug offenders into a revenue stream that will help Coalinga fund education, create jobs and heal citizens across California.\n\nWith the rapid pace of change in America, it pays (big) to think outside the box. Big ups to Damian and his partners for creating new ways to make small-town America great again.\n\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/newsincerity.us\/from-lock-up-to-start-up-americans-are\/\">Ready for more? Read about a former inmate and his experience with another great prison program<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After years of historic drought and declining oil prices, Coalinga \u2013 a small town of farmers and oil workers in central California \u2013 was left $3.3 million in debt and watching jobs disappear. But this year the town rebounded almost instantly \u2013 debt erased, 100 new jobs, and $1 million in new, annual tax income. 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