Seriously: Why Can't Ben & Jerry's Make a Cannabis Ice Cream?

Founders are for it, fans are pumped, but it won't be easy

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The happy duo of Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield (better known to snackers as the men behind Ben & Jerry's ice cream) fired a shot heard around the pot world a few days ago when they endorsed the idea of cannabis-infused ice cream.

Appearing on HuffPost Live, Cohen said the idea of a marijuana-infused flavor "makes sense to me. [You could] combine your pleasures." Greenfield was a bit more judicious in his response, but hardly dismissed the idea.

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