Netflix Develops Weed Strains for Its Shows
By Jenn Gidman
August 28, 2017
Netflix debuted Disjointed—a series starring Kathy Bates as a pot activist who runs a Southern California marijuana dispensary—on Friday, and along with the show's launch came some extra enhancers: new marijuana strains inspired by 10 of its shows.
Variety and the Los Angeles Times report on the "Netflix Collection," 12 different types of weed hawked in branded glass jars. Disjointed gets three varieties all to itself: the Omega Strain, Eve's Bush, and Rutherford B. Haze.
Other Netflix series that earned their own cannabis add-on include BoJack Horseman (which inspired the Prickly Muffin), Arrested Development (Banana Stand Kush), and Orange Is the New Black (Poussey Riot). The Netflix-tied marijuana was sold in a temporary pop-up store at Alternative Health Herbal Services in West Hollywood, Calif., over the weekend, meaning the sale is already over.
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