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Ben & Jerry's might start selling cannabis-infused ice cream

The duo said they’re all for combining peoples’ pleasures.

SOMEDAY, BEN & Jerry’s ice cream could come in a new flavor: cannabis.

Founds Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield told HuffPost Live host Alyona Minkovski that they were open to making marijuana-infused ice cream.

‘Combining pleasures’

“Combine your pleasures,” Cohen told Minkovski in a recent interview.

Marijuana is legal for medicinal and recreational use in Colorado, Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. Many other states have approved the herb for medical purposes.

Ben & Jerry’s is known for being socially progressive.

Benefit Corporations Ben Cohen, left, and Jerry Greenfield. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

The brand has long supported marriage equality and offers good benefits to workers.

The company has also phased out GMOs in its ingredients.

As more states legalise marijuana, other big consumer companies are looking to capitalise on the trend.

Skinnygirl alcohol founder Bethenny Frankel is reportedly working on weed that won’t give you the munchies.

The Real Housewife of New York plans on launching “her own line of ‘Skinnygirl marijuana’ in Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington, where recreational cannabis is legal,” Us Weekly reports.

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    Mute Tom Red
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    Mar 4th 2015, 6:07 PM

    I scream
    You scream
    We all scream
    For Ben and Gerrys cannabis ice cream….

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    Mute Cannabis Freedom
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    Mar 4th 2015, 6:44 PM

    Mmm, yes please!

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    Mute Joanna
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    Mar 4th 2015, 7:19 PM

    Eating cannabis ice cream will just make you get the munchies and want more. Genius!

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    Mute Con Knightengale
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    Mar 4th 2015, 6:05 PM

    Relax with hash chip icecream. Let your troubles melt away.

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    Mute Eric
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    Mar 4th 2015, 6:05 PM

    I always got the munchies for proper food, maybe a second or third dinner, never really sweets and stuff, though Ben & Jerry’s are nice anytime

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    Mute molly coddled
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    Mar 4th 2015, 7:00 PM

    Mix of both for me Eric, cheese and onion crisps and chocolate then more cheese and onion crisps followed by more chocolate.

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    Mute trickytrixster
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    Mar 4th 2015, 6:26 PM

    Will.it come in plain packaging?

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    Mute Tony Skillington
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    Mar 4th 2015, 7:31 PM

    The only ice cream that leaves you feeling hungry…

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    Mute stephen kavanagh
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    Mar 4th 2015, 6:04 PM

    Cut out the middle man

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    Mute Gerard Casserly
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    Mar 4th 2015, 6:18 PM

    Ben & Jerry’s.
    The price, could be too high.

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    Mute Con Knightengale
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    Mar 4th 2015, 9:16 PM

    Gerard. Live a little. If it ever got into any food stuff it would be legal.

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    Mute Mark O'Hagan
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    Mar 4th 2015, 6:59 PM

    I wonder what they will name it? Some variation on Pot noodle perhaps?

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    Mute J. Dunn
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    Mar 4th 2015, 6:13 PM

    Good hearted hippies, those unilever execs.

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    Mute Lar Cooney
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    Mar 4th 2015, 6:07 PM

    Oooooooh with warning signs for the kiddies ! Warning: whilst trying our ice cream you may feel urges to try crack cocaine and heroine.

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    Mute Elias Khoury
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    Mar 4th 2015, 7:48 PM

    ^^ Ignorant comment award ^^

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    Mute Marc Metcalfe
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    Mar 4th 2015, 9:53 PM

    its hardly going to be sold in grocery stores, more like dispensaries, so i wouldn’t worry about the precious kiddies!

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    Mute Deco James Connolly
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    Mar 4th 2015, 6:42 PM

    My kids will love it .

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    Mute Neal Ireland Hello
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    Mar 4th 2015, 6:03 PM

    Guilding the lily. Ice cream is fine on its own.

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    Mute molly coddled
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    Mar 4th 2015, 7:44 PM

    That may be so Neal, but I think they may just be on to something with this infusion.
    You see, I love ice cream, but, to me it’s a trigger for a serious bout of migraine. Cannabis is well known for its pain killing abilities, and that infused with ice cream – win, win for me :)
    Sometimes gilding the lily ain’t so bad.

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    Mute Neal Ireland Hello
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    Mar 4th 2015, 7:56 PM

    That’s as good as excuse as any, I suppose!

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    Mute molly coddled
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    Mar 4th 2015, 8:09 PM

    No excuse Neal, it would just mean salivatory pleasure without pain to me.
    (I do enjoy your controversial posts btw:)

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    Mute Get Lost Eircodes
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    Mar 4th 2015, 6:14 PM

    Any chance of something low sugar and lots of real cream instead?

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    Mar 4th 2015, 6:19 PM

    Agreed. Ben & Jerry’s is watery muck.

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    Mar 4th 2015, 7:29 PM

    Couldn’t agree less, the peanutbutter one is the work of the gods!

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    Mute John
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    Mar 4th 2015, 7:01 PM

    Whooohooooo .

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    Mute fuve
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    Mar 4th 2015, 6:32 PM

    So now not allowed to be anti drugs ice cream and tell it like it is? Fcking ridiculous. Oh mammy cannabis is OK its in ice cream. Stupid brain dead billonares typical being protected for calling them what they are.

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    Mute Cannabis Freedom
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    Mar 4th 2015, 11:35 PM

    And for those who cannot wait – http://eatyourcannabis.com/cannabis-ice-cream/

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    Mar 4th 2015, 6:15 PM

    Twood be a viscose cycle i tell ya

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