Outside of acting, Chauncey Leopardi has another passion that has consumed much of his life. The former child star began smoking cannabis when he was still a teenager at the recommendation of his doctor. He took a keen interest in cannabis and began to research the history of the drug as well as various different strains. A few years later, he discovered that medical recommendations provided an exemption for him to grow his own cannabis, so he quickly started experimenting. “And then I built a little room and that was kind of the first time I hung lights or started to grow plants, which was a disaster,” Leopardi told LA Weekly.
Since that time, Leopardi has has more than two decades of experience growing his own cannabis. In the same interview, he explained that while the first 10 years were experimental, his skills improved considerably in the second. “I won’t give myself credit for it,” he said. “Obviously, I had plants in the ground back then, but I’ll give myself like a good 10 years of solid actual seeing rooms through and having a decent quality product to put out there for the consumer.”
Leopardi now owns his own recreational cannabis business in Los Angeles. Most of the products feature Squintz branding, a homage to his character from “The Sandlot.”
