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NBA Star Just Opened Weed Shop In New Jersey
One of New Jersey's newest marijuana shops is owned by a former NBA star.
Al Harrington, an Orange, NJ native who played for the Indiana Pacers, New York Knicks, and more, has brought Viola to Hoboken.
Viola's website says it's the largest Black-owned cannabis brand and is named after Harrington’s grandmother, who suffered from glaucoma until he convinced her to try cannabis.
"After seeing the flower’s ability to relieve her pain, Al was inspired to start a company that would bring the same aid to others," the Viola website reads.
Viola has locations in Arizona, Pennsylvania, Nevada…
Again: Big Purple Bud Bus Guy, Woman Arrested After Series Of Raids Across NJ, NY, Cops Say
The New York owner of a popular cannabis company known for its fleet of purple buses and vans was taken into custody, as was a woman, on Wednesday, July 10, following a series of raids across New Jersey and New York, authorities said.
Searches on Bill Schlette’s Bud Bus Inc. locations Hewitt, Manahawkin, Keyport, and West Nyack, NY turned up $200,000 in cash, according to West Milford Police Capt. Parrello.
Back in May, West Milford police executed search warrants at five Bud Bus locations in town where 150 pounds of marijuana were seized, along with $11,000 in cash, police said. A warrant …
