Marijuana Strains Developed By Merle Haggard to Hit the Market

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Merle Haggard is bringing the good times even from the grave. A strain of marijuana that the iconic singer began developing before his death in April 2016 is set to hit the market in the coming months.

“Merle’s Girls,” as the new strain of pot will be named, began when Haggard teamed up with the Colorado Weed Co. in 2015 to develop connoisseur-grade marijuana strains. Although the country legend died on Apr. 6, on what would have been his 79th birthday, his daughter Jenessa Haggard-Bennett and her husband Brian Bennett are working to make his last business endeavor a reality. The project is a personal one for the couple, with the new brand named by Janessa after a girls soccer team the singer sponsored in California, and her husband simply continuing the work he and his father-in-law had already begun.

“He was just a regular guy to me. He just happened...

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