WEBVTT - 12-22-25 Sloan with Steve Huffman

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<v Speaker 1>Do you want to be an amernicanity.

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<v Speaker 2>Here we go, it's a Scott's Low Show Monday more

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<v Speaker 2>seven hundred w Here we go from the Big Bengals

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<v Speaker 2>win yesterday, enjoying life.

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<v Speaker 1>What is not to love about this time of the year.

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<v Speaker 2>I got something for you because it's all not you know,

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<v Speaker 2>happy holidays, even though that's most of the show today.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if you caught this, but seven on Friday,

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<v Speaker 2>Ohio Governor Mike DeWine shockingly line item vetoed a provision

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<v Speaker 2>of the state CB law which will now effectively ban

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<v Speaker 2>the sale of something a lot of o'himands enjoy, and

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<v Speaker 2>that would be the HEMP derived THC beverages that you

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<v Speaker 2>can get in bars and restaurants and other similar products

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<v Speaker 2>from general retellers in state, not necessarily carry outs and

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<v Speaker 2>Lifebo're talking about bars, and we're talking about bars that

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<v Speaker 2>have spent a fortune to try and stay alive because

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<v Speaker 2>the craft industry is fading and THC and fused beverages

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<v Speaker 2>are the future, and they've been embraced by millions of Ohios.

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<v Speaker 2>And with one stroke with pen, the Governor overrode that

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<v Speaker 2>and the band means these beverages that millions and enjoy

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<v Speaker 2>can no longer be sold in locations like convenience stores, bars, breweries,

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<v Speaker 2>or general stores, and these restrictions will take effect in

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<v Speaker 2>mid March. I cannot believe that it's come to this.

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<v Speaker 2>Ohio State Senator Steve Hopman from Just the Tipsity, joining

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<v Speaker 2>the show this morning on seven hundred WW Steve, I

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<v Speaker 2>wish I wish you a good morning. It doesn't feel

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<v Speaker 2>like a good morning based on what feels like a

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<v Speaker 2>good part of your life's work here.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you've spent so much time on Senate.

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<v Speaker 2>Bill fifty six being the author of it, and this

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<v Speaker 2>is like the fifteenth time we've had this conversation about

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<v Speaker 2>stuff getting changed.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, you're right now, we're done with it. There's a

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<v Speaker 3>couple of House members that have already introduced some other

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<v Speaker 3>things that they'd like to see change. But overall it

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<v Speaker 3>was a good bill. But unfortunately the governor saw differently

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<v Speaker 3>on this one subject.

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<v Speaker 2>Did he explain his reasoning why and please just don't

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<v Speaker 2>tell me because it's about the children.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, So whenever he line item vetos, he has a

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<v Speaker 3>you know the reason for doing it, And basically he

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<v Speaker 3>said that there would be confusion because you know, in

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<v Speaker 3>the bill, you know, we got rid of gummies, different

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<v Speaker 3>things like that, especially for children. So we got rid

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<v Speaker 3>of that, but then we carved out the beverages until

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<v Speaker 3>November because we're following the federal law. And he said

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<v Speaker 3>there would be too much confusion with the beverages being

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<v Speaker 3>outlawed before the you know, after the other one. So

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<v Speaker 3>we're just going to outlaw everything all at once in

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<v Speaker 3>ninety days.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Well, if it's the federal legislation is the root

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<v Speaker 2>cause of these problems, and giving this Congress just banned

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<v Speaker 2>certain THT products when you know, they reopened the government,

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<v Speaker 2>why did we need Why would the governor have to

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<v Speaker 2>act more aggressively than federal rock requires rather than just

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<v Speaker 2>simply mirroring federal standards.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I mean in the bill we did because we

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<v Speaker 3>in Ohio wanted to get rid of the gummies and

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<v Speaker 3>stuff that underage kids were getting. And we were doing

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<v Speaker 3>that in ninety days. I'm not sure that there would

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<v Speaker 3>be confusion among the consumers, at least for the you know,

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<v Speaker 3>over the next year. It would give people to finish

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<v Speaker 3>their you know, whatever allotment that they currently have. But

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<v Speaker 3>also in the bill, it would allow them to continue

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<v Speaker 3>to process. We were at five milligrams, so that was

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<v Speaker 3>you know, your six percent, like a six percent beer,

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<v Speaker 3>but would allow was going to allow Ryan Geist and

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<v Speaker 3>fifty West to process at ten or twenty so that

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<v Speaker 3>they could sell out a state, make money, keep people

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<v Speaker 3>employed that has gone away in ninety days. Also, does the.

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<v Speaker 2>Governor realize how many millions of Ohioans not only enjoy this,

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<v Speaker 2>but but how many thousands of people of employees? Does

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<v Speaker 2>he understand the business dynamic here?

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<v Speaker 3>I you know that that would have to be a

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<v Speaker 3>question for him. I understanding in the state of Ohio

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<v Speaker 3>this year it is a seventy five million dollar business,

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<v Speaker 3>mostly in the craft industries. You know, recently Cores and

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<v Speaker 3>Anheuser Busch is starting to get into the industry. But

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<v Speaker 3>basically it's a something that you find in the craft.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and as I talked to purveyors of craft beer,

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<v Speaker 2>the taste for craft beer has ebbed.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, we hit a peak.

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<v Speaker 2>Everything has a business cyclist, you know, Steve Hoffman, and

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<v Speaker 2>now we're starting to be like the post you know,

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<v Speaker 2>select beer kind of thing. A lot of people still enjoy.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think it's going to go away. But it's

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<v Speaker 2>pretty clear that people are switching to other beverages. Seltzers

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<v Speaker 2>are big, and certainly THC beverages are big too. So

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<v Speaker 2>my concern is you don't get people that option. Do

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<v Speaker 2>they go back to drinking craft beer? Probably not, They'll

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<v Speaker 2>find something else. I would imagine that these breweries aren't selling.

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<v Speaker 2>Doesn't that mean jobs and some of these breweries close?

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<v Speaker 3>Huh? I would think so. You know, you know, the

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<v Speaker 3>statistics I see is that people under thirty drink more

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<v Speaker 3>of the THHC drinks than they do than they do beer.

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<v Speaker 3>And you know, seventy five million dollar industry in the

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<v Speaker 3>state of Ohio, that seems to be a good number

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<v Speaker 3>of jobs that ultimately would be lost. And do they

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<v Speaker 3>go to beer or something else or do they just

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<v Speaker 3>they want the THCHC effect and do they just start

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<v Speaker 3>smoking it? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>Right and kind of cut the middle man out entirely.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know what, I cringe every time. And you know,

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<v Speaker 2>Mike the Wine is a Republican, and I hear about

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<v Speaker 2>how Republicans are pro business, pro small business, pro growth,

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<v Speaker 2>proll is and they do things like this that completely

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<v Speaker 2>even lead me scratching my head. Is Mike the Wine,

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<v Speaker 2>turning his back on what used to be conservative values.

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<v Speaker 2>There has always been this way.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I mean, I again, you need to talk to

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<v Speaker 3>him about it, but I think he is more concerned

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<v Speaker 3>about safety of people and health of people, and I

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<v Speaker 3>believe that's in conflict of of what other people are

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<v Speaker 3>thinking that these things do for him.

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<v Speaker 2>Mike the Wine is a lawyer. He's not a physician. You,

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<v Speaker 2>Steve Hoffman, are a physician. What's your physician's take on

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<v Speaker 2>this stuff? Are people killing themselves when they sip THHD

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<v Speaker 2>and fuse beverages?

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<v Speaker 3>You know? I think, like any other intoxicating substance, it's

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<v Speaker 3>within reason. So if you're within reason and you're not

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<v Speaker 3>going out and driving after taking large quantities of them. No,

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<v Speaker 3>I don't think we know the long term health effects

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<v Speaker 3>of these things, but you know, the early science says,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, it's not that bad. You know, maybe beer

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<v Speaker 3>and whiskey in the long term might be even worse

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<v Speaker 3>for you, but you know, no real big negative effects

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<v Speaker 3>currently known.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that we currently know.

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<v Speaker 2>The future is always, you know, always changes, science always improves,

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<v Speaker 2>and we listen to that science. But at the same time,

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<v Speaker 2>I have a definitive right by God to put whatever

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<v Speaker 2>it is on why my body.

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<v Speaker 1>Plenty of people.

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<v Speaker 2>Abuse substances, food, whatever it might be. I mean, you

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<v Speaker 2>name me something in the world and I'll find somebody

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<v Speaker 2>who abuses it. You see that all the time in

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<v Speaker 2>your practice, Steve, and have to deal with those kinds

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<v Speaker 2>of things, for sure, And you see the effects of

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<v Speaker 2>people not taking care of their bodies and neglecting their

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<v Speaker 2>health and focusing on too many vices. And when we

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<v Speaker 2>say that declined. But again, we all.

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<v Speaker 1>Know that today.

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<v Speaker 2>We know that cigarettes are carcinogen, we know that smoking

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<v Speaker 2>is not good for you. We know about popcorn lung

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<v Speaker 2>now with vaping and things like that. But again, you

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<v Speaker 2>could do things in moderation, and it's fine to me.

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<v Speaker 2>It just seems to not only be left to the

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<v Speaker 2>adults to make a decision. Not kids, of course, but adults.

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<v Speaker 2>And we know what we put in our bodies. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not I don't think an exaggeration and think, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>should there be a I don't know the size. Remember

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<v Speaker 2>when more liberal states we're talking about banning the size

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<v Speaker 2>of sodas, We're going to talk about regulating the fast

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<v Speaker 2>food industry and only being allowed to get McDonald's once

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<v Speaker 2>a month, As I mean, how far does the government go?

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<v Speaker 2>I hear these things, and you know, damnit, I'm a

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<v Speaker 2>grown person. I can make an informed decision is what

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<v Speaker 2>I want to consume and put in my own body.

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<v Speaker 2>It should not be up to the governor with the

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<v Speaker 2>stroke of a pen to undermine that. Because I think,

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<v Speaker 2>in your opinion on this, Steve, does this at some

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<v Speaker 2>level go against the will of the voters. Let's not

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<v Speaker 2>forget almost six and ten people supported recreational marijuana and

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<v Speaker 2>Ohio we generated over seven hundred million in the first year.

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<v Speaker 2>At what point does the legislative modification of a voter

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<v Speaker 2>approved citizen and they should have crossed the line from

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<v Speaker 2>reasonable regulation and define the clear will of what people want.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I don't disagree with that a lot of that,

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<v Speaker 3>But the beverages had nothing to do with the ballot

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<v Speaker 3>initiative because we're talking hemp and the ballot initiative was

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<v Speaker 3>strictly concerning marijuana. Yeah, but you should, within reason have

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<v Speaker 3>the right to you know, in the same for however

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<v Speaker 3>you feel about tradum. You know, his pharmacy board last

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<v Speaker 3>week is going to outlaw that, and many people feel

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<v Speaker 3>that is of benefit for their own health.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, let's say.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean I don't go the weave in that, but

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's an excellent point. Stain Hoffman is creative.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of people know what that is. I mean

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<v Speaker 2>I I personally don't use it. I don't really know

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<v Speaker 2>anyone that does. It's been around from what's the substance

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<v Speaker 2>what's a concern with cretum.

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<v Speaker 3>Creative is something kind of like a t from East

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<v Speaker 3>Asia that that many that that people use and they

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<v Speaker 3>feel that it helps with anxiety and sleep and a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of things that that that the hamp people do.

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<v Speaker 3>But in that end, there there's a substance. The intoxicating

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<v Speaker 3>substance is known as seven O H and it is

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<v Speaker 3>at a very very low level, so it's really not

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<v Speaker 3>thought to be intoxicating. But just like camp, they manufacturers

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<v Speaker 3>will concentrate seven O H and put a large amount

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<v Speaker 3>in there and then makes it dangerous, makes it makes

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<v Speaker 3>it intoxicating, and and so that's uh, you know, we're

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<v Speaker 3>you know, the pharmacy board is gonna band all of it.

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<v Speaker 2>So but at the same time, we live in a

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<v Speaker 2>country where you could get you know, an intoxicating marshroom

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<v Speaker 2>tea or so some of those lines where you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a tribal ancestors been using it for for eons, right,

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<v Speaker 2>and seemingly I don't know if there's all effects to

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<v Speaker 2>that or not, but for some people they feel that

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<v Speaker 2>it's therapeutic.

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<v Speaker 3>I agree. I just you know, it's a scheduled Uh,

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<v Speaker 3>it's not scheduled one. But he wants to make the

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<v Speaker 3>scheduled one drugs so we can get rid of it.

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<v Speaker 3>But there's no real scientific research, you know, a high

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<v Speaker 3>state and you see and other highly academic places aren't

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<v Speaker 3>really doing the research or haven't done the research to

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<v Speaker 3>tell us this is good for you. This is what

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<v Speaker 3>it's it's you know, this is why it's mad.

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<v Speaker 2>The cat's catch twenty two. It's a schedule one, so

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<v Speaker 2>they can't research it. And then they people who made

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<v Speaker 2>us schedule one say, well there's not research. Yeah, because

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<v Speaker 2>you made a schedule one. We can't do research on

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<v Speaker 2>something that's that's that controlled.

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<v Speaker 1>It's simple.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you know, how how about the great news from

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<v Speaker 3>Donald Trump last week on marijuana?

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<v Speaker 1>Really good? This is an odd game, isn't it.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean you mentioned okay, yeah, the sistanis at initiative

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<v Speaker 2>and sixty percent of people wanting recreacial THC marijuana. You got, Well,

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<v Speaker 2>that doesn't this this THHC, the CBD THHG derivative liquids

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<v Speaker 2>and the alcohol, well not alcohols, but the beverages. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not really what the vote. But I get that argument

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<v Speaker 2>the same time, it's I think the spirit of it

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<v Speaker 2>is going, hey, you know what, if I can smoke THC,

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<v Speaker 2>what is it that far reach to think that would

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<v Speaker 2>include CBD derived beverages like this? And now that Trump

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<v Speaker 2>is doing what he's doing, I think that's even more

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<v Speaker 2>against what what Mike Dwaine thinks with this veto.

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<v Speaker 3>No, I don't, I don't disagree. You know, when when

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<v Speaker 3>Trump said that, you know, I'm going to speed up

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<v Speaker 3>the process of making the marijuana THHC a Scheduled three

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<v Speaker 3>drug and Schedule one. It will be great for the

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<v Speaker 3>banking industry. We can't you know, can't bank. It's all

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<v Speaker 3>cash business and the dispensaries and in everything. Uh. And

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<v Speaker 3>it'll provide the ability to do scientific research and I

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<v Speaker 3>am I'm hoping that, uh the academic institutes in the

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<v Speaker 3>state of Ohio will jump on it and be able

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<v Speaker 3>to go out and get federal funding to say marijuana

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<v Speaker 3>is good for you or it's bad for you, and

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<v Speaker 3>let's settle this for you know, what type and how

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<v Speaker 3>and what what conditions.

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<v Speaker 2>Steve another, by the way, that's the Ohio State Senator

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<v Speaker 2>Steve Huffman on the show on seven hundred W LW.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure you heard Mike the line shockingly line item

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<v Speaker 2>vetoed a provision in our state CBD law. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>the the CBD slash THHD infused beverages that a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of people enjoy. That's spurn an entire industr that's rapidly

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<v Speaker 2>growing as big as a craft bret beer industry. And

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<v Speaker 2>it was I think in a few years of clips

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<v Speaker 2>that because so many people want this stuff, might the

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<v Speaker 2>wine ban that in Ohio. So all these companies that

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<v Speaker 2>leaned in and invested the small brewers, the rhymegeis the

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<v Speaker 2>fifty west of the world and others are no longer

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<v Speaker 2>in ninety days going to be able to sell and

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<v Speaker 2>produce that stuff. And so six thousand plus people and

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<v Speaker 2>so six thousand small businesses alone, by the way, businesses,

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<v Speaker 2>not people, but six thousand businesses are no longer going

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<v Speaker 2>to be able to compete in the sphere despite the

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<v Speaker 2>massive demand by millions of adult Ohioans that want this stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>The other element here too, we had talked about, I

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<v Speaker 2>think last time around Steve, about protections for housing, employment,

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<v Speaker 2>organ donation, stuff like that.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that been removed by the governors. That's still in there.

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<v Speaker 3>It's still in there. Basically, those things are things that

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<v Speaker 3>mere previous laws. I don't believe there was anything really

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<v Speaker 3>new in there. I mean, if you're a smoker, you

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<v Speaker 3>can be banned from an organ transplant because of scientific

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<v Speaker 3>studies that show that you and so that's why it

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<v Speaker 3>was the you know, the organ band is still has

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<v Speaker 3>been included in there.

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<v Speaker 2>Is there a connection medically, Steve, between organ donation and marijuana,

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<v Speaker 2>Why would you be excluded from that?

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<v Speaker 3>If I remember right, the law doesn't say that you

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<v Speaker 3>are excluded. It says if there's a scientific basis, you

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<v Speaker 3>can be excluded if if if they feel, hey, look

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<v Speaker 3>if if if science shows that if you smoke marijuana

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<v Speaker 3>and you get a liver transplant plant, your likelihood of

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<v Speaker 3>rejection as higher. If the science is there, then we

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<v Speaker 3>should should stick by it. But we shouldn't just totally

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<v Speaker 3>get rid of that not based on science.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, if it's science says that you have

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<v Speaker 2>a higher rate of not being able to get the organ,

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<v Speaker 2>so it's kind of a waste of that pressure tree.

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<v Speaker 1>So I kind of get that element.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the thing I saw too was allowing police

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<v Speaker 2>to establish probable cause during traffic stops because someone is

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<v Speaker 2>a known user of marijuana.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that still part of.

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<v Speaker 3>This I can't remember, but again I think that was

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<v Speaker 3>you know, restated from previously that you know, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>when we initially did the medical marijuana law back in

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<v Speaker 3>twenty sixteen, most of the drug dogs in the state

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<v Speaker 3>were it became obsolete because when they smelled marijuana, they

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<v Speaker 3>would have hit and they you couldn't tell if it

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<v Speaker 3>was a llegal substance or an illegal substance, or where

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<v Speaker 3>they derived it from. So that caused a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of trouble. But you know, they if they

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<v Speaker 3>still have probable cause not because you're smoking, because they

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<v Speaker 3>feel you're impaired, they would be able to do a

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<v Speaker 3>field sobriety test.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, a lot of contradictions here. It just leads one

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<v Speaker 2>scratching there is there any remedy here for the manufacturers

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<v Speaker 2>and I'll try to get somebody on maybe from Ryan

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<v Speaker 2>Guister fifty West to talk about this later on.

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<v Speaker 1>Is this fight completely over? Could this thing the overturned?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, in the original bill a house in the Senate

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<v Speaker 3>and had an agreement that we would you know, the

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<v Speaker 3>Feds are going to get rid of it in a

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<v Speaker 3>year in November twenty six if they change things, that

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<v Speaker 3>we would look at that and see because we didn't

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<v Speaker 3>have time to put taxes on as regulations in the

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<v Speaker 3>whole scheme of things, so we kept the plan was

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<v Speaker 3>to keep it till November, so we can re look

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<v Speaker 3>at it from that, but from that aspect and see

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<v Speaker 3>if Governor Dwine has a different view of it. We

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<v Speaker 3>could look at a veto override it would take two

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<v Speaker 3>thirds of each each body. So there are some things

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<v Speaker 3>we could reintroduce this, you know when there's a new governor.

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<v Speaker 2>Well that won't be long, that won't be much either year,

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<v Speaker 2>but still wrapping down production and ramping it back up.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what to tell the six thousand small

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<v Speaker 2>businesses out that have invested in this stuff when it

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<v Speaker 2>was illegal yesterday, now it's illegal today or ninety days.

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<v Speaker 1>I should say, Steve my head is scratching.

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<v Speaker 2>You're you're scratching your head, I'm sure, but we'll leave

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<v Speaker 2>it at that, and you have a merry Christmas. Thanks

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<v Speaker 2>again for a joining the show and keep us updated

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<v Speaker 2>and what the future holds for this.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, Merry Christmas to you and your family and all

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<v Speaker 3>your listeners. You take care of Scott. Thanks against Steve.

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<v Speaker 2>That's Ohio State Senator Steve Hoffman from just the Tips

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<v Speaker 2>city just north of Dayton and Mike to wine again

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<v Speaker 2>allegedly pro business. I don't know how this is pro

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<v Speaker 2>business pro consumer because it goes against the face of

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<v Speaker 2>the hottest growing beverage. I guess niche in the state

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<v Speaker 2>right now, if not the country. For that manner, we

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<v Speaker 2>don't want any part of it. Why it's about the children.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, stop seven hundred WLW