{"id":1424591,"date":"2022-04-07T19:30:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T23:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1424591"},"modified":"2022-04-07T19:30:09","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T23:30:09","slug":"mike-tysons-severed-ear-edibles-are-too-much-for-this-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-tysons-severed-ear-edibles-are-too-much-for-this-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Tyson\u2019s Severed Ear Edibles Are Too Much For This State"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmike-tysons-severed-ear-edibles-are-too-much-for-this-state%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1424591&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/Mike-Tyson-2.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Former professional boxer Mike Tyson has released an edible cannabis product shaped like a severed ear called \u201cMike Bites,\u201d and one state has already banned them from being sold \u2014 weed-legalizing Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>The cannabis enthusiast\u2019s new item consists of red gummies in the shape of ears with a bite taken out of them, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indy100.com\/celebrities\/mike-tyson-weed-gummies-banned?utm_content=Echobox&#038;utm_medium=Social&#038;utm_source=Facebook&#038;fbclid=IwAR00doI-57htNe1EzJtRS3vwTtXe99dqC7LHZpzVe0pq7dCwASN2CCkvIUg#Echobox=1649192098\">reported<\/a> Indy100.com.<\/p>\n<p>He is currently only selling the product from his Tyson 2.0 line in California, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/mike-tysons-ear-shaped-weed-gummies-knocked-out-of-colorado\">reported<\/a> the Washington Examiner. The reason being\u00a0because Colorado\u2019s existing <a href=\"https:\/\/leg.colorado.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2016a_1436_signed.pdf\">HB 1436 bill<\/a> from 2016 bans the selling of edibles in the shape of humans, fruit, animals, or other objects that could be enticing to children, previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westword.com\/marijuana\/no-more-edibles-shaped-like-animals-fruit-or-humans-in-colorado-9485978\">reported<\/a> by Westword.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA prohibition on the production and sale of edible medical marijuana-infused products that are in the distinct shape of a human, animal or fruit,\u201d the bill read.\u00a0\u201cGeometric shapes and products that are simply fruit flavoured are not considered fruit.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mike Tyson can&#8217;t sell his bitten-ear shaped marijuana gummies (Mike Bites) in Colorado b\/c of a law against selling human-shaped edibles <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ydnLJJ1dTD\">https:\/\/t.co\/ydnLJJ1dTD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kRbmnoTo6x\">pic.twitter.com\/kRbmnoTo6x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elizabeth Nolan Brown (@ENBrown) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ENBrown\/status\/1511341982551060480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>June marks the 25th anniversary of when the former heavyweight champion fought Evander Holyfield, and infamously bit off a piece of Holyfield\u2019s ear during their boxing match, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/x89kpke\">reported<\/a> Daily Motion.<\/p>\n<p>The cannabis gummies have been released as a way to recognize that moment, which Tyson called \u201cpretty bad,\u201d during an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/x89kpke\">interview<\/a> for Cheddar News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just think this is just me owning what I did,\u201d Tyson,\u00a0the chief brand officer and co-founder, shared during an interview with CEO Adam Wilks. \u201cI\u2019m owning my responsibility. I\u2019ve done that. That was pretty bad at the time, but I turned it over to make it pretty good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ear-biting incident ended up disqualifying Tyson from the World Boxing Association Heavyweight Championship.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview with Cheddar, Tyson also said he lost \u201cthree million dollars\u201d as a result of the bite, but that he\u2019s ended up tripling what he lost in the years since due to people wanting to take pictures with the boxing legend pretending to bite their ears.<\/p>\n<p>Tyson also said that Holyfield has been really cool about it, too, that the two made amends afterward, and are friends.<\/p>\n<p>He also promised that they plan to launch more \u201cear products.\u201d Wilks added that a full line of merchandise would be rolling out around the \u201cMike Bites\u201d line.<\/p>\n<p>The Denver-based outlet, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westword.com\/marijuana\/colorado-mike-tyson-weed-edibles-law-bans-ear-shape-evander-holyfield-13781569\">Westword<\/a>, reported that a form of Tyson gummies will be sold in Colorado, but instead they will be in the shape of a \u201cT.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/weed-harmless-legalized-cannabis-linked-more-er-paul-bois\">reported<\/a> by The Daily Wire:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Colorado legalized cannabis for recreational use in 2014 after allowing it for medicinal purposes in 2009. Between 2012 and 2016, UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital saw a \u201cthreefold increase\u201d in ER visits related to cannabis use \u2014 9,973 cases. Dr. Andrew A. Monte, an emergency medicine physician at the hospital, said the research stemmed from his colleagues witnessing a high number of cannabis-related visits without any data to back up the spotted pattern.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i>Enter for the chance to hang out with Gina Carano at the premiere of her new Daily Wire movie, Terror on the Prairie! Two lucky Daily Wire members will be given the complete red carpet treatment \u2013 free airfare, hotel, premiere car service, and exclusive merch. Daily Wire members can click <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/redcarpet\"><i>here<\/i><\/a><i> to enter for a chance to win. If you\u2019re not a Daily Wire member yet, click <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>here<\/i><\/a><i> to join us so you can win this once-in-a-lifetime experience.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former professional boxer Mike Tyson has released an edible cannabis product shaped like a severed ear called \u201cMike Bites,\u201d and one state has already banned them from being sold \u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1424591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1424591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1424591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1424591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1424591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1424591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1424591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}