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BOB MARLEY ESTATE SIGNS ON TO MARIJUANA BRANDING DEAL

 In this Feb. 6, 2013 file photo, a mural depicting reggae music icon Bob Marley decorates a wall in the yard of Marley's Kingston home in Jamaica. A U.S. private equity firm announced Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014 it has joined the family of late reggae star Bob Marley in hopes of building what it touts as the "world's first global cannabis brand." (AP Photo/ David McFadden, File)
In this Feb. 6, 2013 file photo, a mural depicting reggae music icon Bob Marley decorates a wall in the yard of Marley’s Kingston home in Jamaica. A U.S. private equity firm announced Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014 it has joined the family of late reggae star Bob Marley in hopes of building what it touts as the “world’s first global cannabis brand.” (AP Photo/ David McFadden, File)

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) _ A Seattle-based company wants to make Bob Marley the face of marijuana. Privateer Holdings has announced it’s reached a licensing deal with Marley’s heirs to offer what it’s calling the “world’s first global cannabis brand.” It will be called Marley Natural and will include lotions and creams infused with marijuana and strains of marijuana, where regulations permit. Some Jamaicans are not happy about the move. Maxine Stow of the Rastafari Millennium Council argues Marley “was the least of The Wailers around the issue of ganja legalization.” Others are upset that Marley Natural will be based in New York.

 

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