NASA employee used COVID relief funds to grow weed, pay off debt

A NASA employee received a total of $151,900 in COVID-related relief loans before using the money to begin cultivating marijuana and pay off his real estate loans.

An employee checks cannabis plants at a medical marijuana plantation in northern Israel on March 21, 2017.

An employee checks cannabis plants at a medical marijuana plantation in northern Israel on March 21, 2017.

(photo credit: NIR ELIAS/REUTERS)

ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

JULY 27, 2023 00:45

Updated: JULY 27, 2023 07:24

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