White Boy Rick

Rick Wershe, also known as "White Boy Rick," has raised and donated $50,000 to Love For A Child, an organization that helps foster kids in Michigan. Wershe, who now has his own cannabis line, said most of the money raised and donated to the charity came from people in the cannabis...

"White Boy Rick", born Richard Wershe Jr., has become a vocal advocate in the cannabis industry following his long-term incarceration, taking the stage at the recent Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference in Miami alongside former NFL player Charlie Batch. Wershe shared a deeply personal...

"We say we're the most humane country, but we were the only country in the world that gave juveniles life for anything other than murder," asserts Richard Wershe Jr., known widely as "White Boy Rick." These are more than just words for Wershe Jr.; they are reflections of his...

Rick Wershe Jr., better known as "White Boy Rick," was released from prison in 2020 after serving over 32 years for allegedly committing non-violent drug offenses while he was a minor. Now a free man, Wershe Jr. has turned to cannabis to tell his story and help others...

Rick Wershe Jr, once locked up in prison for life on drug charges, is now fighting back against the harsh criminal justice system that kept him in prison for 30 years of his life. Wershe, the real man behind the story of the 2017 ‘White Boy Rick’ movie, and now out of prison,...

The first annual JARS Rail Jam competition took place on Saturday in Owosso, Michigan to honor two victims of the War on Drugs.  Hosting 400+ attendees, the event was open to all participants and spectators over 18 at the 90-foot course with three unique metal rail features...

On Thursday, Rick Wershe Jr. aka "White Boy Rick" announced the release of his cannabis brand, "The 8th," in partnership with Pleasantrees Cannabis Company, a vertically-integrated, multi-state cannabis company. The name refers to the 8th Amendment of the U.S....

At the age of 17, Rick Wershe Jr. was sentenced to prison for cocaine possession after having been used by the FBI as an informant since he was a boy of 14. Known as White Boy Rick, Wershe, now 52, was released in July 2020 for good behavior after serving 33 years in...

Richard Wershe Jr. — ‘White Boy Rick’ — was granted parole Friday after serving nearly three decades of a life sentence in a Michigan prison on a cocaine charge. Wershe, who turns 48 next week, said during a parole hearing last month that he began working as a police...