Actress launches medical marijuana products for menstrual pain
She has teamed up with Maya Elisabeth, who runs a medical marijuana company, to create a line of balms, bath soaks and cocoa infused with medical marijuana to ease period pains.
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The product will solely be on sale to those with medical permission to take the drug.
The Hollywood star said"For me, I feel like if you don't want to get high, this is specifically to get rid of discomfort."Smoking a joint is fine, but most people can't smoke a joint and go to work."
She added: "You can put the rub on your lower stomach and lower back at work, and then when you get home you can get in the tub for a soak or make tea, and it allows you to continue to work throughout the day."
Whoopi, 60, is not the first high-profile figure to launch business ventures related to marijuana.
Rapper Snoop Dogg launched 'Leafs by Snoop', his own brand of marijuana, in November 2015, after the drug was decriminalised in a number of states.
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