Pretty soon, you’ll be able to smoke weed from the Navy SEAL who smoked Osama Bin Laden.
Robert O’Neill, the former SEAL Team 6 member who says he fired the gunshots that killed the al-Qaeda leader responsible for orchestrating 9/11, is now working on a new cannabis brand in upstate New York. His goal for this venture is to help veterans who experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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O’Neill’s military experience is on the front lines of his cannabis brand, ‘Operator,’ from its camouflage packaging to product strain names, including Warrior Sativa (energetic), Shooter Hybrid (balanced), and Healer Indica (mellow). Even the cursor on the Operator website is designed as a sniper rifle scope. The ‘Operator’ moniker isn’t just a brand—it’s also the title of O’Neill’s tell-all book about his time as a Navy SEAL and the name of his current podcast.
Admittedly, O’Neill says cannabis was the last thing on his mind when he was serving his country. “One of the general rules in the military is zero tolerance,” he noted about drugs. However, he is a believer that cannabis could help diffuse a lot of the heated political discourse currently going on in the nation. “If we take cannabis, we can have better conversations. We have the potential for world peace right here.”
The former Navy SEAL’s cannabis is grown and cultivated at a farm in upstate New York and will initially be sold exclusively at The Flowery cannabis stores on the Upper West Side, located at 2465 Broadway between West 91st and 92nd Streets, as well as at their locations in Staten Island and Queens. Customers will also have the option to purchase pre-rolled joints in packs of five.
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“It’s a good way to take the edge off. It helps to get rid of the noise,” said O’Neill about his brand. He recommends it for anyone involved in high-intensity occupations that require maximum concentration when they want to relax and find psychological relief. He also plans to donate a portion of Operator revenues to disabled vets through a charitable group.
O’Neill is grateful he’s still alive today. Before assassinating bin Laden during a covert raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan, he feared explosives might have been set that could have killed the team of Navy SEAL commandos. “I thought that would be my last day on Earth: We’re going to kill him, and he’s going to kill us… We were able to fulfill the mission,” he said gratefully.
While no official release date has been announced, we contacted The Flowery’s Upper West Side location, and they told us they expect it to be available “soon.”
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Thanks for letting us know, as I have zero interest in financially supporting pieces of human garbage.
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Thanks I have zero interest in supporting The Flowery and it’s very inflated prices.