Pot Businessman Jim McAlpine Eyes Canada in Expansion Plans for 420 Games
Marijuana and fitness can be mentioned together, says 1998 Olympic gold medal snowboarder.
In college, Jim McAlpine used marijuana to combat his attention deficit disorder when term papers had to be finished. Now, as a 46-year-old married father and businessman near San Francisco, he uses twice daily: “My mind is one of those minds that’s just always moving, and I need to slow it down.”
Marijuana is his answer, and it is also becoming his business. McAlpine, who has founded a marijuana-themed travelling sports carnival called the 420 Games, is planning to open a pot friendly fitness centre in Northern California with help from former Toronto Argonauts running back Ricky Williams.
And he has plans to expand both businesses, with an eye on Canada.
“In the time we’re in today, and where I’ve had to live my life in terms of hiding my cannabis use, I just felt the world was...
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