Bad habits? Nuns muscle in on marijuana market | The Gerbil
Published 12:53 pm Tuesday, March 31, 2015
By Cooleen Smithwick Armstrange
A group of nuns on a tiny island in the San Juans are capitalizing on the legalization of marijuana. Their new growth operation, dubbed Holy Smokes, will be open on April 20 at 4:20 p.m.
“It’s not a ‘bad habit’ if you partake in moderation,” said the nuns, who wished to remain anonymous until the first buds are in bloom. “We are always looking for creative ways to supplement our income and with our agricultural opportunities here, we decided to go into the pot industry.”
The nuns plan on calling their new business venture “Holy Smokes.” All proceeds will benefit drug prevention for youths.
Word on the street has been positive – except from the Orcas Island Chamber of Commerce.
“We wanted to start our own cottage industry for marijuana and call it ‘chamber pot,’” said Executive Director Lancelot Eventide. “But now the nuns have stolen our thunder and run off with the idea.”
The marijuana will be sold in the ferry lines via a roaming pot distributor. There will also be drive-up service in Eastsound, the town of Friday Harbor and Lopez Village.
“The Pope has given us his blessing,” said the nuns. “We are lighting up a new frontier.”
— Editor’s note: The Gerbil; our salute to April Fool’s Day
