US EditionMike Tyson joins the fight to legalize marijuana in Pennsylvania
Tyson highlights economic benefits and health risks of unregulated cannabis, aiming to end legislative gridlock with support from Governor Shapiro's revenue plan.
- On Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, Mike Tyson visited the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg to lobby lawmakers, including Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward, for recreational marijuana legalization.
- Mike Tyson said he supports legalization because cannabis 'changed my whole life' by helping him end substance use, and he warns that 'saying no leaves the door open for cartels and illicit players.'
- Tyson, who owns Tyson 2.0 and leads related brands, launched the Tyson 2.0 brand in 2021 and sells THC gummies shaped like Evander Holyfield's bitten ear.
- On Wednesday, the Senate Law and Justice Committee advanced legislation to create a Cannabis Control Board, but the Republican-majority Pennsylvania Senate remains divided with no budget deal expected four months past-due.
- The governor's office estimated legal recreational cannabis could generate over 20 million in new tax revenue, while Tyson warned unregulated Delta-8 products pose health risks for Pennsylvania consumers.
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Tioga Publishing‘Iron Mike’ Tyson goes a round with Pa. lawmakers in support of safe and legal cannabis
Former heavyweight champion boxer Mike Tyson speaks to reporters at the Pennsylvania Capitol on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (Photo by Peter Hall/Capital-Star)A heavyweight in the legal cannabis industry visited Pennsylvania’s Capitol to meet with state lawmakers Wednesday. Known as “the baddest man on the planet” at the height of his boxing career, former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson entered the cannabis ring when he started the brand Tyson 2.0…
Mike Tyson joins the fight to legalize marijuana in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM)– The Pennsylvania State Capitol is abuzz on Wednesday as former boxing heavyweight champion Mike Tyson comes to town to fight for the legalization of marijuana. Tyson now owns a multi-million-dollar venture: a cannabis company called Tyson 2.0. He recently posted on X, tagging State Senator Scott Martin, and talking about the benefits […]
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