Mike Tyson Promotes His Marijuana Brand During DEA Lab Visit Following Meetup With Trump
Mike Tyson, a retired champion boxer and owner of a cannabis company, toured a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) lab with a federal prosecutor this week—donning a DEA jacket as he promoted his marijuana brand’s commitment to safety and learned about fentanyl-related issues.
As advocates continue to monitor developments in DEA’s cannabis rescheduling proceedings initiated under the Biden administration that have largely stalled, Tyson got a look behind-the-curtains at the federal agency’s New York City-based lab, where he was shown various confiscated drugs—from marijuana to psilocybin to fentanyl—and informed about the increased risk of contamination in the illicit marketplace.
“I just found out that a pin of fentanyl can kill somebody,” Tyson told The New York Post. “I was never educated on fentanyl and this is new to me. I’m just here to be educated on the laws.”
But the retired athlete also took the opportunity to connect the fentanyl issue back to his own cannabis enterprise, Tyson 2.0, saying he’s “trying to make the whole cannabis universe safe” with his products.