{"id":4822,"date":"2019-08-15T07:38:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T07:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=4822"},"modified":"2026-07-04T01:46:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T01:46:30","slug":"40000-of-weed-a-month-boxing-legend-mike-tyson-reveals-he-and-former-nfl-player-eben-britton-have-a-huge-cannabis-habit-between-them-each-month-at-his-ranch-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2019\/08\/15\/40000-of-weed-a-month-boxing-legend-mike-tyson-reveals-he-and-former-nfl-player-eben-britton-have-a-huge-cannabis-habit-between-them-each-month-at-his-ranch-in-california\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;$40,000 of weed a month!&#8217;: Boxing legend Mike Tyson reveals he and former NFL player Eben Britton have a HUGE cannabis habit between them each month at his ranch in California"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Mike Tyson says he smokes $40,000 worth of cannabis at his ranch each month<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>He and former NFL star Eben Britton smoke over 10 tons of weed between them<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Tyson owns a 40-acre cannabis farm in southern California, and smokes a lot<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Boxing legend and cannabis fanatic Mike Tyson has been enjoying the relaxing life during his retirement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Speaking on the Hotboxin&#8217; podcast, as reported by The Mirror, Iron Mike revealed just how much weed he smokes each month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He said: &#8216;What do we smoke a month? Is it $40,000 (\u00a333k) a month? It&#8217;s $40, yeah, $40,000 a month.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-c382a948d39946bb\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/02\/10\/23\/9644302-6689475-image-a-117_1549842320686.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Tyson says he smokes $40,000 worth of weed each month at his California ranch\" width=\"634\" height=\"636\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Mike Tyson says he smokes $40,000 worth of weed each month at his California ranch<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-ee2546304551601a\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/02\/10\/23\/9644286-6689475-image-a-114_1549842300662.jpg\" alt=\"Boxing legend Mike Tyson was spotted smoking a giant joint at a marijuana festival\" width=\"634\" height=\"636\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Boxing legend Mike Tyson was spotted smoking a giant joint at a marijuana festival<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a3db55cd56540ace\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/08\/14\/17\/17279534-0-image-a-1_1565798702124.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"636\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Tyson owns his own 40-acre cannabis ranch in California, and says he&#8217;s smoked it all his life<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Former NFL offensive tackle Eben Britton, Tyson&#8217;s co-host on the podcast, then revealed: &#8216;We smoke 10 tons of weed at the ranch a month.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The former world heavyweight champion owns a 40-acre cannabis ranch close to California&#8217;s Death Valley, which he decided to open after the US state legalised weed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The 53-year-old has his own school for prospective weed growers at the ranch called &#8216;The Tyson Cultivation School&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tyson even admitted to smoking marijuana before he beat Andrew Golota in 2000, which he won after Golota failed to answer the bell for the third round.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-da2404bc96f0c9a5\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/08\/14\/17\/17279814-7356929-image-a-7_1565799017852.jpg\" alt=\"Tyson stood inside the cannabis farm in a picture he uploaded to his Instagram page\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Tyson stood inside the cannabis farm in a picture he uploaded to his Instagram page<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-eaff0f6745a590fd\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/08\/14\/17\/17279816-7356929-image-a-8_1565799069172.jpg\" alt=\"He decided to open\u00a0'The Tyson Cultivation School' after California legalised weed\" width=\"634\" height=\"634\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">He decided to open\u00a0&#8216;The Tyson Cultivation School&#8217; after California legalised weed<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tyson scored a technical knockout, however the decision was later changed to a no contest after testing positive for the drug after the fight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He says that he has taken cannabis all his life, but claims the Golota fight was the only time he had smoked weed and fought, saying it &#8216;didn&#8217;t affect me. It affected Golota.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tyson is a strong proponent of the positive effects of cannabis, and is looking to advance the research into CBD, often used to treat inflammatory ailments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>source:dailymail<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Tyson says he smokes $40,000 worth of cannabis at his ranch each month He and former NFL star Eben Britton smoke over 10 tons of weed between them Tyson owns a 40-acre cannabis farm in southern California, and smokes a lot Boxing legend and cannabis fanatic Mike Tyson has been enjoying the relaxing life [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_source_name":"","_post_source_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[5810,2848,8128,7234,11273,12011,3932,12234,8394,10104,3947,203,8015,8443,6736,11179,9984,10018,8840,6348,13320,36],"class_list":["post-4822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-boxing","tag-california","tag-cannabis","tag-death","tag-drug","tag-festival","tag-heavyweight-champion","tag-host","tag-instagram","tag-legend","tag-marijuana","tag-mike-tyson","tag-nfl","tag-retirement","tag-school","tag-smoke","tag-smoking","tag-southern-california","tag-strong","tag-us","tag-weed-farm","tag-world"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4822"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50509,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4822\/revisions\/50509"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}