66-year-old Jim Belushi is the star of the new reality TV series Growing Belushi. Being an avid grower of marijuana in Oregon, he says that medical marijuana could have helped save the life of his late brother, John Belushi. โI just thought that this was something that nobodyโs ever seen,โ he responds to Fox News when asked why he decided to start his own series about growing.
โI think there are people that are very frightened about cannabis and its attributes and I thought, โYou know what? If everybody just sees how itโs grown, sees the people that are involved, that really careโฆ the testing thatโs involved, the safety involved, they may feel a little more relaxed about trying cannabis.โโ
Jim Belushi is a marijuana farmer
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Belushi says that he is a strong believer in the benefits that medical marijuana can bring for those struggling. Marijuana has been proven to help people cope with depression/anxiety, insomnia, and even Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and cancer.
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โItโs nonviolent. It also leads to a higher consciousness, which leads to compassion and empathy for others. I mean, thatโs all part of the wellness of cannabis. Iโve learned all that. We show it on โGrowing Belushi.โ Itโs really cool. And the show is very funny because Iโm an idiot. Youโre watching my education in farming and cannabis and some funny stuff.โ
He says his brother’s yearning to cope with self-medicating stems from injuries sustained early in his life
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His brother, John Belushi, sadly passed away in 1982 at the age of 33 from a drug overdose. Belushi believes that his brother likely self-medicated to cope with head injuries he sustained early in his life. โMy brother, I think, suffered from CTE. He was a middle linebacker, captain of the team, all-state and all-conference. And he banged his head for four years. He got the most tackles in our high school and he got his bell rung a lot. There [were] a lot of concussions. And back then, theyโd say, โWhatโs the matter? You got your bell rung? Get back in there Belushi.โ
He continues, โSenior year he seizured in our home, and we didnโt know what it was. Belushi has said that despite many spinal taps and X-rays, doctors could not figure out why he seizured. Belushi says that if marijuana was his drug of choice back in the day, he would still be here.
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โ…I believe what Dan Aykroyd says: โIf John was a pothead heโd be alive today,’ And we think the medicine could have really helped him with that CTE, that suffering. Thatโs one of my purposes.โ Many celebrities have utilized medicinal marijuana to help their health woes, including Olivia Newton-John, who is battling stage 4 metastatic breast cancer.