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POMEROY, Ohio ( WCMH ) — An Ohio cannabis festival launching in the state’s first full year with recreational marijuana has picked its highly paid judges for a joint rolling contest.
Stargazer Cannabis Festival previously announced in June that it was looking for joint-rolling judges to be paid $100 an hour for its July 27 event. Contestants, who organizer Chad Thompson said would be allowed to use their own homegrown recreational marijuana, would submit rolled joints in either the classic or artistic competitions.
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Thompson revealed details about the judges picked for the contest to NBC4 on Wednesday, including that his team received around 11,000 applications for the openings. Some submissions came from places including Alaska, Hawaii, Colorado and Australia.
“We had over 7,000 applications come in the first three days,” Thompson said. “The notifications were just coming constantly, it was really overwhelming. … It’s all we could do for a couple weeks was, you know, browse through and find the best candidates we could.”
One application that stood out came from Los Angeles. Thompson said that Rana Samarghandi — also known as “Ranagade PerRana” on social media — had been an easy pick for one of the judge positions. Samarghandi has been earning a salary employed as rapper Snoop Dogg’s full-time, professional blunt roller since 2016, according to her interview on the Kyle and Jackie O Show.
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“Have you ever seen the Elon Musk, Joe Rogan episode where they smoke a blunt? That was her blunt,” Thompson said. “She’s actually from Ohio. … Really amazing woman still rolling professionally today, so we’re very honored to have her as a judge. She’s also going to host our award ceremony on Sunday.”Samarghandi was the sole judge Thompson name-dropped, as two other veteran judges from Michigan — holding experience from the Clio Cultivators […]
Snoop Dogg staffer among Ohio cannabis festival’s chosen joint-rolling judges
