The relationship between Willie Nelson and pot has been a long one, and that's nowhere near a joke; the iconic country singer who has been in the music business for decades and is famous for long and braided ginger hair has been one of the biggest supporters of marijuana legalization for many years.
The legendary singer's biography, "Willie Nelson: An Epic life," says that, in the 80s, the "Pretty Papers" singer would visit the White House often, and in doing so he'd become so daring that Willie Nelson's pot smoking would even reach the roof of the home of the President of the United States and the country's government.
Now, as AOL reports, Willie Nelson's pot dreams have started to become a reality, as there are already three states in the country that have legalized the use of recreational marijuana, namely Colorado, Washington and Alaska - and that's where he's planning to sell his product.
According to MNN, the Willie Nelson pot brand, called Willie's Reserve, is currently in the early stages of development, and his public relations spokesman, Michael Bowman, recently spoke about how seeing marijuana legalized had been a longtime dream for the singer, as he's been lobbying towards this for a number of years.
The revelation about Willie Nelson's pot brand came during an interview Bowman gave to The Daily Beast; besides managing the country legend's public relations, Bowman himself is a longtime pot lobbyist who's currently serving as the spokesperson for the upcoming brand.
"[Nelson] wants it to be something that's reflective of his passion," said Bowman of the new product. "Ultimately, it's his. But it was developed by his family, and their focus on environmental and social issues, and in particular this crazy war on drugs, and trying to be a bright light amongst this trail as we're trying to extract ourselves from the goo of prohibition.
The Willie Nelson pot brand would feature the legend's own strain of the plant, as well as bringing opportunities for growers who meet the necessary quality standards - stores are also in the making, in something Bowman calls "the anti-Walmart model."
