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Speaker 1: Bill cunning in the Great America. Welcome this Thursday afternoon

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Speaker 1: in the tri State. Who's going to start for the

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Speaker 1: Bengals on Sunday? Tony Benner tells me it's going to

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Speaker 1: be Joe Burrow and not Joe Flacco. We'll see if

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Speaker 1: Tony's right or not, because it appears Burrow may play

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Speaker 1: on Sunday. We'll see what happens against the Patriots. But

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Speaker 1: until then, I know there's been a lot of difficulties

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Speaker 1: and uncertainties about hemp and fuge drinks, and marijuana and

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Speaker 1: so much more CBD. Many of my friends use CBD

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Speaker 1: to sleep at night. A lot of them drink hemp

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Speaker 1: and fuge drinks. Some businesses are built upon that fact.

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Speaker 1: But the Feds just passed the law kind of eliminating

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Speaker 1: the whole industry within a year. Then each state are

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Speaker 1: acting separately and joining you. And I now is the

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Speaker 1: man in charge in Columbus, Senator Steve Huffman, who was

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Speaker 1: up this morning till one or two o'clock in the

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Speaker 1: morning working on the bill. And I guess there's been

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Speaker 1: a little bit of an agreement what to do with this.

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Speaker 1: And Senator Steve Huffman Welcome again to the Bill Cunningham Show.

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Speaker 1: But before we get started, I always like to talk

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Speaker 1: about American veterans, and yesterday in the Capitol, you and

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Speaker 1: others honored a World War Two veteran at the Battle

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Speaker 1: of the Bulge. Can you briefly give me his name

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Speaker 1: and why he was honored?

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Speaker 2: Jim Arisman from Farmersville in Montgomery County for his one

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Speaker 2: hundredth birthday. He'll be one hundred on Thanksgiving Day. Just

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Speaker 2: a great honorable man and you know, a great generation.

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Speaker 2: He told me of the story. You know, he was

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Speaker 2: injured and got the Purple Heart and the Battle of

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Speaker 2: the Bulge and he was wounded and laid in a

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Speaker 2: foxhole for hours till he could be rescued, and just

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Speaker 2: a great, great American. It was my honor to have

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Speaker 2: him there in on his hunt of birthday.

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Speaker 1: And you know, Senator, that is the greatest generation to

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Speaker 1: be lying in a hole with temperatures below zero, wounded,

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Speaker 1: covered up with dirt and grime in order to maybe

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Speaker 1: save your life. And then to have the success of

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Speaker 1: the Battle of the Bulge because of the activities of

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Speaker 1: General Patton, but mainly the soldiers like Jim got it done,

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Speaker 1: and I'm not sure we have it in us to

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Speaker 1: do what that generation did. That's a different issue. So,

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Speaker 1: first of all, the FEDS past the cr which city

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Speaker 1: essentially that HEMP and fused businesses have about to one

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Speaker 1: year to resolve their inventory to sell, and they kind

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Speaker 1: of pushed it off to the states a little bit.

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Speaker 1: I understand from our two conversations. There was media reports

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Speaker 1: yesterday the House and the Senate had reached an agreement,

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Speaker 1: which wasn't the case. But then there was a kind

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Speaker 1: of an agreement this morning at one o'clock. Can you

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Speaker 1: tell the American people as we sit here about twelve

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Speaker 1: ten pm on Thursday afternoon, what is the status the

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Speaker 1: HEMP and CBD in the state of Ohio at this point.

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Speaker 2: Well, you know, earlier this year, we each had our bill.

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Speaker 2: We didn't agree to it, so we decided to go

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Speaker 2: to conference committee. I was chair of the Conference committee,

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Speaker 2: and you know, the Senate adjourned for the night, and

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Speaker 2: then I was about to walk out the door and

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Speaker 2: they said, hold on, I think we got a deal.

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Speaker 2: And that was about nine thirty, and I called the

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Speaker 2: committee of eleven thirty and we finished about twelve fifteen.

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Speaker 2: We had the agreement. The House went to the floor

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Speaker 2: right after that and voted. They were done about one fifteen,

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Speaker 2: one thirty, and the Senate doesn't have another session for

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Speaker 2: a couple of weeks. But I am sure that the

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Speaker 2: Senate will honor our agreement and vote to pass the

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Speaker 2: exact same thing that the House did last night.

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Speaker 3: Hie.

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Speaker 1: So as of one thirty am this morning, about nine

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Speaker 1: ten hours ago, the deal is struck. But you and

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Speaker 1: the Senate were out of session. You're going to come

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Speaker 1: pass in about two weeks. Is that correct?

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Speaker 2: I believe so the governor will have to sign it

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Speaker 2: to have this ability to line item veto because there's

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Speaker 3: But I am sure that.

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Speaker 2: We have the votes in the Senate to pass it

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Speaker 2: to Mullana the agreement that we have at the House.

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Speaker 1: So Tony Benner wants to know what is the deal?

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Speaker 1: Am I write down the deal? Give me one, two, three,

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Speaker 2: Well, there was one was on marijuana. We cleaned up

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Speaker 2: some things. They'll still be allowed to have twelve plants,

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Speaker 2: but we cleaned some things up from issue too was

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Speaker 2: the first part. The second part was in ninety days

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Speaker 2: after the the bill as signed, all gummies edibles will

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Speaker 2: something that you know that and you've talked to Mike d.

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Speaker 2: Whine about kids are getting that, So that will all

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Speaker 2: be illegal. We will continue to allow beverages at five milligrams,

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Speaker 2: which is a reasonable amount.

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Speaker 3: For this year.

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Speaker 2: And if the Feds come back and say, you know,

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Speaker 2: you're allowed to keep beverages and do that, we have

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Speaker 2: an agreement with the House and Senate that we will

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Speaker 2: have discussions and make proper regulations with proper restrictions and

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Speaker 2: proper taxation in the future. But didn't have time to

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Speaker 2: get that last, but you can continue to get those

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Speaker 2: and we will allow places like ryan Geist in Cincinnati

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Speaker 2: if you can manufacture at a higherli level, but you

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Speaker 2: got to sell that stuff out of state if other

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Speaker 1: So that the major part is ninety days after the

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Speaker 1: bill is signed, which is two to three weeks from now,

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Speaker 1: all gummies and edibles in the state of high will

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Speaker 1: be illegal. Is that correct?

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Speaker 2: Yes, if they have anything over zero point four milligrams

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Speaker 2: which is very little and not intoxicating.

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Speaker 3: If it's above that, it's illegal.

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Speaker 1: So the gummies below that are legal because they're not intoxicating.

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Speaker 1: Of course, the reason you take them is because they're intoxicating.

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Speaker 1: You don't take because they're not intoxicating. He's taken because

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Speaker 1: they're intoxicating. And so essentially, by having a very low

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Speaker 1: is to have intoxicating effect or some effect, but the

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Speaker 1: want to manufacture below point oh four, there will be

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Speaker 1: no gummies or edibles legal in Ohio beginning in about

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Speaker 3: Is that correct?

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Speaker 2: There are some yes, there are some people that like

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Speaker 2: the low level THHC because it also has the CBD

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Speaker 2: xtra dials and other things in there that helps them

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Speaker 2: sleep and in things like that. And you know, another

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Speaker 2: big thing that was in this bill is you know

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Speaker 2: there's a ten percent tax and thirty six percent of

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Speaker 2: that will go back to the locals of the jurisdictions

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Speaker 2: where the dispensaries are. The ballot initiative did not have

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Speaker 2: a way for the state to actually give you give

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Speaker 2: So we've we've honored you know, the ballot initiae of

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Speaker 2: wording that says you'll get thirty six percent of that

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Speaker 2: ten percent. And that's going to make a lot of places,

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Speaker 2: especially places where there's a bunch of dispensaries like the

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Speaker 1: And I And it'll make the City of Cincinnati happy.

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Speaker 1: They'll get more money. Is that correct?

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Speaker 2: That is is wherever the dispensary is, that jurisdictions will

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Speaker 2: get there thirty six percent of the ten percent tax.

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Speaker 1: Now, I'm not going to this next point, which is

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Speaker 1: beverages have to have a very low, very low hemp drinks.

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Speaker 1: Beverages have to have a very low THC Is that correct?

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Speaker 3: Very low?

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Speaker 2: That is five milligramts for twelve ounces. You know, I've

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Speaker 2: seen these things around the country where you know, a

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Speaker 2: twelve ounce can, I think to me and use one drink. Well,

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Speaker 2: they'll they'll have twelve lines at can and say each

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Speaker 2: line is a serving, so and that's twelve ounce.

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Speaker 3: Can they consider.

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Speaker 2: Twelve servings at five milligrams? That's sixty milligrams? Right? You

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Speaker 2: wouldn't be able to stand up at sixty milligrams, so

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Speaker 2: five milligrams to me, it's probably parallel to a twelve

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Speaker 1: So Ryan guys fifty West right now are selling these

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Speaker 1: Hampton Feud beverages much above five milligrams, correct, A lot

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Speaker 1: more than that is currently being sold.

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Speaker 3: Correct. I don't know how much what they are. They

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Speaker 3: can do that now.

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Speaker 2: I know that other states allow for tens, fifteens, and twenties,

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Speaker 2: so I can't say what they're doing now, but my

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Speaker 2: understanding is probably at least tennis is also a popular

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Speaker 1: So, and what's the purpose of the litigation of this legislation?

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Speaker 1: What's the purpose Because some of the Ryan geist in

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Speaker 1: the fifty West are not happy about government getting involved.

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Speaker 1: They want the consumer to decide what to do. So

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Speaker 1: what's the argument that needs to be limited to such

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Speaker 1: a low amount that you might you don't get a buzz.

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Speaker 1: The idea, I think is to get a buzz. I

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Speaker 1: think that's the purpose. I think the purpose of drinking

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Speaker 1: alcohol is to get a buzz. I think the purpose

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Speaker 1: of these hemp infused drinks is take the place of

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Speaker 1: the buzz caused by alcohol. And so, what is the

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Speaker 1: governmental interest in having shall I say little or no

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Speaker 3: I would say that.

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Speaker 2: One the five metogram is probably equal to one twelve

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Speaker 3: So you're right.

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Speaker 2: With one of them, you are not going to get

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Speaker 2: a buzz, but three four you will get a buzz.

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Speaker 3: And so it's a.

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Speaker 2: Reasonable you know, maybe one or two you're feeling good,

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Speaker 2: and maybe that's the objective of the consumer, but it'll

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Speaker 2: it'll still get you impaired if you drink too much

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Speaker 1: All right, Now, as far as Delta eight, I know

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Speaker 1: the governor and you were concerned about teenage boys and

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Speaker 1: girls going into a convenience store buying Delta eight products.

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Speaker 1: What's the status of that as far as the age

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Speaker 2: In ninety days, it'll be totally illegal for adults, younger people,

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Speaker 2: anybody if it's above that small amount. So we're going

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Speaker 2: to get rid of all of it. You can still

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Speaker 2: get some lotions and creams that people put on for

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Speaker 2: it's a lot of it's stuff that comes from China

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Speaker 2: and kids have been able to get it for a

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Speaker 2: while and advertise to them and in this bill, it'll

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Speaker 2: cut out all advertising to children. It has to be

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Speaker 2: approved by the Marijuana Commission before they could do anything.

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Speaker 1: So a teenage boy or girl going in the convenience

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Speaker 1: store to buy Delta eight and ninety days will be illegal,

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Speaker 1: that's correct, And you have to be twenty is it

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Speaker 1: twenty one?

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Speaker 3: Is that the age.

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Speaker 2: Twenty one for the beverages and it can only be

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Speaker 2: sold at current places that have a liquor license or

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Speaker 2: a bar that has a liquor license, the only place

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Speaker 2: you'll be able to get it.

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Speaker 1: Senator Steve Huffin, what's the interaction now of the federal legislation?

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Speaker 1: There's another provision this from our conversation this morning about

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Speaker 1: that if the Feds I don't know, but Senator Mitch

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Speaker 1: McConnell of Kentucky is all exercised along with Ryan Paul

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Speaker 1: about the hemp farmers are going to be hit by

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Speaker 1: the bill in Washington which they basically eliminate all of it.

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Speaker 1: And so, what's the interaction between your bill, which is

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Speaker 1: going to become long about ninety days or so, as

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Speaker 1: opposed to the federal piece of legislation.

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Speaker 2: Pretty much marrors it. We increase the timeline on the

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Speaker 2: gummies and edibles. But there's many people in Columbus, in

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Speaker 2: the industry in Washington believes that the federal government in

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Speaker 1: And so if the Feds change it, then you and

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Speaker 2: The House in the sent has an agreement that we

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Speaker 1: And beverages at a very low level. Now, Thirdly, I'm

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Speaker 1: I have a belief that marijuana is in like thirty

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Speaker 1: assuming that marijuana federally is a Schedule one narcotic which

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Speaker 2: It's a joke. It's a failure of the federal government.

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Speaker 3: It's illegal to cross the state.

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Speaker 2: They need to come with a Scheduled three drug. And

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Speaker 1: We sit here Thursday afternoon. A Kentucky in that drives

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Speaker 3: That is correct too.

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Speaker 1: So why don't the Feds enforce it?

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Speaker 2: You know, this is multiple administrations for years that have

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Speaker 1: I've talked to Euston, I've talked to Senator Speaker of

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Speaker 2: Well, you know, I don't understand that. But you know,

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Speaker 1: Multiple Republican Democrats, they don't want to touch it. And

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Speaker 1: All right, Well, Senator Steve Hoffman, I know you've been

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Speaker 1: the road. And Senator have a great Thanksgiving with their family,

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Speaker 3: Much, you take care, Thanks for having me.

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Speaker 1: God bless you all. Let's continue with more unbelievable and

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Speaker 1: the Feds don't touch it. But it's illegal, but the

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Speaker 1: going to enforce it. Bill Cunningham News Radio seven hundred

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