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He fooled us once, but we won’t be fooled again, on this week’s Marijuana Media on 95bFM with Chris Fowlie from NORML and Jonny from bFM Drive – thanks to The Hempstore!

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Snoop keeps smoking – but burns his credibility.

Snoop Dogg has burned his credibility with the cannabis community, with a lousy PR stunt to sell some merch. Turns out he wasn’t giving up weed, he was just launching a portable ‘smokeless’ fireplace and fooled a lot of people.

Reported on Stuff, the BBC and CNN, the Gin and Juice hitmaker announced the news last Friday with a cryptic post:

“After much consideration & conversation with my family, I’ve decided to give up smoke. Please respect my privacy at this time.”

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This was highly newsworthy, given Snoop Dogg’s status as a successful artist and huge weed smoker. As cannabis consumers shared their grief on social media, the Stuff article quoted Abe Gray – local cannabis activist and curator of Whakamana cannabis museum – confirming that Snoop’s rumoured 81-joints-a-day habit, equivalent to about a half pound of weed, is a “very excessive amount” of cannabis to smoke.

Abe predicted any abrupt cessation by Snoop could see a few major changes to his body, including weight gain and a possibility of seeing himself age “quickly”. He may snap “a little bit more easily”. The change could even be a “major…