Marijuana Mentioned By Daily Mail in Oakland Ghost Ship Fire

Marijuana and the Oakland Ghost Ship Fire

The UK’s Daily Mail is reporting a weed angle to the tragic Ghost Ship fire here in Oakland California that claimed the lives of 36 people and counting possibly. As long-time residents of Oakland and members of the art-scene we are absolutely crushed by these events and send our heartfelt condolences to everyone who has been impacted by this devastating event.

Often times in the reporting of tragic events marijuana seems to be mentioned as some sort of scapegoat. So we’d like to understand more about the Daily Mail’s claim over the weekend. In a salacious and damning post titled; EXCLUSIVE: Self-styled ‘love child of Manson, Pol Pot and Hitler’ who ran site of Oakland rave inferno was heavy drug user who held sex parties and should ‘be in prison’ says father-in-law the Daily Mail have captioned a photo with: “Inside the deathtrap: This was just one corner of the warehouse. Some of the items appear to come from Bali, where Almena and his wife were said to have gone on the proceeds from growing mairjuana.” Below you can see the photo and the caption in the screenshot taken from the Daily Mail’s site.