WEBVTT - 11-12-25 Sloan with Steve Huffman

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<v Speaker 1>Don't want to be an American Idio.

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<v Speaker 2>This is Scott's flown show on seven hundred WLW. We're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna jump right into this one. This it took me

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<v Speaker 2>and I think a lot of people by surprise. So

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<v Speaker 2>remember that new intoxicating hemp law that the state went through,

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<v Speaker 2>and it was taking the THHC, condensing it and putting

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<v Speaker 2>it in things like well adult beverages, and okay, that

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<v Speaker 2>was good. And then the wine comes in ninety day

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<v Speaker 2>ban he shuts it down to protect the children, and

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<v Speaker 2>then it's back on again following a court injunction. Then

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<v Speaker 2>a finally new legislation comes down from the Ohio General Assembly.

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<v Speaker 1>It fixes the issue.

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<v Speaker 2>And then news broke literally just the other day, a

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<v Speaker 2>day or two ago, that it's now in jeopardy becoming

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<v Speaker 2>illegal because of Congress and Ohio's new intoxicating hemp laws

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<v Speaker 2>and jeopardy after the Senate block ran Paul's amendment. And

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<v Speaker 2>you heard some of that audio there and news helping

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<v Speaker 2>makes sense of it.

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<v Speaker 1>This morning.

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<v Speaker 2>Is the architect of Ohio's law in this and that

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<v Speaker 2>would be State Senator Steve Hoffman from Tip City.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome, good morning, good morning.

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<v Speaker 3>I hope you're doing well.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd be doing better if we had an answer to this.

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<v Speaker 2>Were you caught off guard by this as well?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean we were, you know, the House after

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<v Speaker 3>the injunction and you know, the House acted on the

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<v Speaker 3>Lady six. We didn't agree on some things. So we

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<v Speaker 3>were preparing for conference committee and you know, named the

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<v Speaker 3>chairman of the Conference Committee, and we're setting you know,

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<v Speaker 3>some times to get together and all of a sudden

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<v Speaker 3>this came down that caught us by surprise, and we've

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<v Speaker 3>got to deal with it now.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and THHU THC in fused beverages are the fastest

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<v Speaker 2>growing segment when it comes to adult drinks. I mean

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<v Speaker 2>the craft beer movement. I just saw the Business Curves

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<v Speaker 2>headline the other day about it's over for craft beer

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<v Speaker 2>and now it's all THC product. People go, adults going

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<v Speaker 2>to bars and buying this stuff. And then we had

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<v Speaker 2>Dwine's ban and that was in jeopardy. The court steps

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<v Speaker 2>in and fortunately you led legislation to fix this thing

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<v Speaker 2>to allow that to be sold and it seems to

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<v Speaker 2>be working pretty well and there's no hiccup there. And

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<v Speaker 2>now the United States government's getting often they want to

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<v Speaker 2>go back to the way it was before and completely

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<v Speaker 2>banning this stuff. And it's all behind Mitch McConnell, who

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<v Speaker 2>is leading the restrictions on this one.

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<v Speaker 1>What why now, you know?

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<v Speaker 3>I think going back to twenty eighteen to the Farm

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<v Speaker 3>bill that legalized camp and then with my bill in Ohio,

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<v Speaker 3>we followed very quickly on hamp and we were all

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<v Speaker 3>looking at industrial hemp on what you could do with

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<v Speaker 3>it with clothing and straws in industrial use. We weren't

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<v Speaker 3>looking at this. We knew it was a very small part,

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<v Speaker 3>but didn't know that it would take off like this.

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<v Speaker 3>And I think, you know, miss McConnell, who you know,

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<v Speaker 3>it's a big industry in Kentucky, was pushing for it,

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<v Speaker 3>and he realizes that there's some bad actors and we

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<v Speaker 3>should have done things differently in twenty eighteen. I'm not

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<v Speaker 3>going to say we shouldn't have outlawed it. We should

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<v Speaker 3>have put some regulations in to start with. We didn't.

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<v Speaker 3>And now I think it's kind of going to the

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<v Speaker 3>extreme at this point.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, because the hemp industry is saying that this basically

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<v Speaker 2>would eliminate ninety five percent of what is now almost

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<v Speaker 2>a thirty billion dollar industry. And some three hundred thousand jobs,

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<v Speaker 2>and that twenty eight billion is just a tip of

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<v Speaker 2>the iceberg. That's going to increase tenfold in the next

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<v Speaker 2>number of years because people are liking the thh in

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<v Speaker 2>fuse drinks more than just traditional alcohol with you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it has the same effect. And I'm not sure what's

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<v Speaker 2>driving Mitch McConnell on this one, because he's worried about

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<v Speaker 2>the children. But we're back to that argument again that

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<v Speaker 2>Governor DeWine used in order to put leverage on the

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<v Speaker 2>General Assembly, which I understood the politics of that. I

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<v Speaker 2>hate when politicians use it to protect the children. But

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<v Speaker 2>Mitch McConnell's doing that again. Is this headed the same way.

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<v Speaker 2>Eventually we'll come up with a compromise here and this

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<v Speaker 2>will not be as bad as we are guessing it

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<v Speaker 2>is right now.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, I can't tell you for sure now. I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>in the state of Ohio, we looked at it. The

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<v Speaker 3>industry said, hey, look, we know that there's bad actors,

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<v Speaker 3>we know that bad stuff go on, but we're the

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<v Speaker 3>good guys people that were doing it, you know, keep

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<v Speaker 3>it twenty one and over and things like that said,

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<v Speaker 3>highly regulate us, you know, and It's not very often

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<v Speaker 3>an industry comes to government says we want more regulations

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<v Speaker 3>on us. And that was the path that we were

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<v Speaker 3>going down in Ohio, trying to get into some a

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<v Speaker 3>good position, and all of a sudden this came up.

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<v Speaker 3>So I think, if there's a path to good regulations

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<v Speaker 3>that the industry is asking for, it can still be

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<v Speaker 3>a viable business.

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<v Speaker 2>The legislation, would you know, Ohio's leg the one you

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<v Speaker 2>propose is five milligrams TCH beverage and Barsarusio five milligrams.

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<v Speaker 2>A new federal strictum of Kama wants is point four

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<v Speaker 2>and so that would eliminate the entire sector before it

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<v Speaker 2>even launches. And at this point, you know, what do

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<v Speaker 2>you tell I don't know, manufacturers, what do you tell consumers?

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<v Speaker 3>You're right? I mean it would devastate the industry. I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>so you know, if you have derive your THHD from hemp,

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<v Speaker 3>it would get rid of that. You know. Will the

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<v Speaker 3>industry instead turn to legal marijuana processors and get their

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<v Speaker 3>THD to infuse their beverages with THHD for marijuana. And

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<v Speaker 3>that then makes a whole bunch of other regulations because

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<v Speaker 3>now it's marijuana which legally and this is we've talked before.

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<v Speaker 3>This is stupid. You can't take that across state lines

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<v Speaker 3>because it's an illegal scheduled one drug. But it's okay

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<v Speaker 3>that the Feds just turn a blind high to it

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<v Speaker 3>in every state. Right, So, I mean that's the possibility

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<v Speaker 3>for the industry.

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<v Speaker 1>Should the President just get in and fix this?

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<v Speaker 2>I know he at times, I mean it's hard to

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<v Speaker 2>tell what Trump is thinking or what he's actually going

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<v Speaker 2>to do, because he's pretty good at talking on of

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<v Speaker 2>both sides of his mouth a lot of times where

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<v Speaker 2>he stands with this, couldn't he just say, hey, this

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<v Speaker 2>is dumb, knock it off.

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<v Speaker 3>I guess through the FDA he could do something. You

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<v Speaker 3>know he's talked about, yes, you know marijuana, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>moving it from scheduled one, and that would do a lot,

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<v Speaker 3>not for but for the marijuana industry. It would give

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<v Speaker 3>us the ability to do research and different things like that.

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<v Speaker 3>So you're right, it's hard to tell what he's thinking

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<v Speaker 3>and what direction he's going to go in, but I

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<v Speaker 3>think probably with the FDA he could do something.

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<v Speaker 2>You see, there's all these new businesses going in right

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<v Speaker 2>from distribution, and that would be you know, THG shops

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<v Speaker 2>and things like that, and distributors, and of course the

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<v Speaker 2>beverage industry itself is blown up, and all of these

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<v Speaker 2>micro brewers are starting to put efforts into THCHC and

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<v Speaker 2>fuse drinks. Is that's what the public wants. They like it,

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<v Speaker 2>and they want more of it, and you give the

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<v Speaker 2>people what they want and you regulate it. And that's

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<v Speaker 2>how it works in America, at least it should anyway.

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<v Speaker 2>But at this point, because we're still relatively new at

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<v Speaker 2>this whole process, Steve Hoffman, why would any business invest

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<v Speaker 2>in the whole process of licensing and compliance and testing

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<v Speaker 2>and inventory when federal law could make ninety five percent

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<v Speaker 2>of the stuff illegal. It's just going to kill business,

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<v Speaker 2>isn't it.

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<v Speaker 3>It seems that way. You know that my understanding. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>if the House and the Senate finally passed this that

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<v Speaker 3>you know, at the end of the day though, which

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<v Speaker 3>looks like it, it gives a one year ramp, it

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<v Speaker 3>won't be illegal for one year, So you know, basically

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<v Speaker 3>you need to sell whatever product you have so that

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<v Speaker 3>you can kind of cut your losses. But yeah, you're

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<v Speaker 3>not going to keep making more and more knowing that

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<v Speaker 3>at some point soon you're you're not going to.

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<v Speaker 2>Be able to Yeah, it seems like Mitch McConnell and

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<v Speaker 2>maybe other leadership in the GOP seem to talk again

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<v Speaker 2>both sides of your mouth is they want states rights

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<v Speaker 2>and should leave it up to the states, except for

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<v Speaker 2>something like this, why not just say, hey, plenty of

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<v Speaker 2>states have an acted regulation Ohio included to regulate this stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Why don't we just defer to them.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, that's certainly a possibility. I mean, we've done that.

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<v Speaker 3>You know with marijuana, there's a you know a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of states with medical, there's there's many of them with recreational,

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<v Speaker 3>like Ohio, and there's still some like Utah that hey,

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<v Speaker 3>we just don't want this at all. So yeah, you

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<v Speaker 3>could leave it up to the state. But if you

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<v Speaker 3>you know, you look at the Rand Paul Amendment the

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<v Speaker 3>other the other night. You know, he was trying to

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<v Speaker 3>save the industry in Kentucky in particular, that was noted

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<v Speaker 3>down about seventy five twenty five. So there's a large

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<v Speaker 3>group in the US Senate. You know, maybe maybe the

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<v Speaker 3>US House doesn't concur or at least has to say

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<v Speaker 3>so in this and you know, there's still some.

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<v Speaker 2>Hope that it doesn't he's Ohio Senator Steve Hoppman out

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<v Speaker 2>of justice Tip City.

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<v Speaker 1>It's it's we're back to this again.

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<v Speaker 2>So we have our new intoxicating HEMP law, and that's

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<v Speaker 2>the beverages that we enjoy edibles and cheers and smoke and.

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<v Speaker 1>Stuff like that.

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<v Speaker 2>Ape but largely this is about the THHD and fused

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<v Speaker 2>drinks that are sweeping the state, if not the country

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<v Speaker 2>right now. There's a huge demand for these products and

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<v Speaker 2>there were legal to sell them. It became briefly legal.

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<v Speaker 2>We had a ninety day moratorium, the court stepped in,

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<v Speaker 2>and finally the Legislature General suddenly ender Steve's guidance fixed this,

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<v Speaker 2>and so you can enjoy those beverages now in salom

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<v Speaker 2>and it's great for industry, it's great for consumers and everyone,

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<v Speaker 2>and we're keeping out of the hands of kids as well.

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<v Speaker 1>It should be.

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<v Speaker 2>But now the federal government stepped in under the auspices

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<v Speaker 2>of Mitch McConnell Kentucky, who said that using the the

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<v Speaker 2>wine argument, this is hurting children because the Farm Bill

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<v Speaker 2>screwed this up, and we're selling intoxicating products and it

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<v Speaker 2>may undermine all the stuff we've done in Ohio and

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<v Speaker 2>at the same time, you know, I think it was

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<v Speaker 2>Senate Bill fifty six we're talking about here that you implemented.

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<v Speaker 2>So should you delay implementing this stuff or should we

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<v Speaker 2>just put this on hold till the FED sorted out?

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<v Speaker 1>Or we just continue forward?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I think here in Ohio, knowing the governor, of

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<v Speaker 3>the President and the Speaker, they want something done about

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<v Speaker 3>the bad stuff. They wanted it done, you know, before

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<v Speaker 3>summer break. Now it's for Thanksgiving. So I think we're

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<v Speaker 3>gonna more than likely act in the next few weeks

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<v Speaker 3>against the bad things that we know they're out there

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<v Speaker 3>in the gas stations and selling the kids. How far

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<v Speaker 3>we go I think is still to be determined.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you also think that this is maybe some I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know, some sort of power struggle here, because well,

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<v Speaker 2>the opposing forces here are both Kentucky senators. You've got

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<v Speaker 2>McConnell versus Paul, and we know their positions on this thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Is the rest of the country in Ohio just getting

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<v Speaker 2>caught up in this? Do you think there's something like

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<v Speaker 2>behind the scenes going on here or is it just

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<v Speaker 2>coincidental they're both from Kentucky.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it's probably quincident. All. I think it's also

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<v Speaker 3>part that Miss mcconnald lamed up on his way out,

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<v Speaker 3>and you know, maybe this is, you know, one of

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<v Speaker 3>his legacy things he's trying to get fixed before he leaves.

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<v Speaker 3>I think they're a lot of stuff like that in there,

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<v Speaker 3>but probably coincidental that the two are from the same state.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I'll be honest with you.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you know, we question, and rightly so, the

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<v Speaker 2>power of Biden's auto pen and how many of these edicts, decisions,

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<v Speaker 2>executive ours and like he made were done without his knowledge.

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<v Speaker 2>I probably could say the same thing about Mitch McConnell.

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<v Speaker 2>We've seen people behind the scenes, aids and assistants that

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<v Speaker 2>dictate policy. We've seen this with Diane Feinstein and others.

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<v Speaker 2>I would think it works with Mitch McConnell's even know

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<v Speaker 2>what the hell this is at this point.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I'm certainly not in the position the past judgment

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<v Speaker 3>on that, but he's had a very very honorable career

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<v Speaker 3>in the aid of Kentucky and what he's done in

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<v Speaker 3>the US Senate.

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<v Speaker 2>So let's talk a little bit about the propersonality of

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<v Speaker 2>this too. Is you know, the wine was concerned about

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<v Speaker 2>child poisonings in the executive order, And I wonder how

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<v Speaker 2>much Mitch McConnell really believes in this. Did did the

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<v Speaker 2>federal approach and eliminating the industry does that actually does

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<v Speaker 2>all this match the scale the ban? And does it

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<v Speaker 2>match the scale of the child safety problem? Because I

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<v Speaker 2>just I don't see that. Certainly there's a danger. You're

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<v Speaker 2>a physician, you tell me. You see overdoses and kids

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<v Speaker 2>present to emergency rooms, emergency departments, poison control centers because

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<v Speaker 2>they ingested an edible or maybe drank something they shouldn't.

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<v Speaker 2>We've seen that with alcohol and prescription drugs for that matter.

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<v Speaker 2>But is the remedy here worse than the illness?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, that's always the question, right Scott. You know, what's

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<v Speaker 3>the balance, the balance of protecting people balance for people's liberties.

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<v Speaker 3>And now it appears that you know to me, and

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<v Speaker 3>I thank you, the federal government is making it unbalanced

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<v Speaker 3>to those liberties that people should have, rather than than

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<v Speaker 3>going overboard on the safety.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, and the whole industry hangs in the balance here,

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<v Speaker 2>It really does. And I guess we're just going to

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<v Speaker 2>continue on when they sort this thing out. And do

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<v Speaker 2>you have hope that I'm really rooting for ran Poly

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<v Speaker 2>quite honestly, because I think he made a great impassion

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<v Speaker 2>plea as a libertarian, which I thoroughly love. I know

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<v Speaker 2>why this stuff should be continuing on the path. It

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<v Speaker 2>is of legality, and you know, regulate it like anything else. Absolutely,

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<v Speaker 2>it's an intoxicating product, can't fall in the wrong hands.

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<v Speaker 2>But to simply shut the whole sector down because of

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<v Speaker 2>the twenty eighteen Farm Bill and we're protecting children is

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<v Speaker 2>a mindless exercise. Do we have hope that this thing

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<v Speaker 2>is going to simply get squashed?

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<v Speaker 3>I think the hope is the one year that is

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<v Speaker 3>given to fix this in a different way, so the

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<v Speaker 3>band wouldn't happen for a year on a federal level.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe they come back and you know, give the states

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<v Speaker 3>the ability to do it. Maybe they legalized drinks, so

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<v Speaker 3>I think that was what the thought process there was, or.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe looked like states like Ohio and Go well, they

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<v Speaker 2>seem to be doing it right. That is the petri

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<v Speaker 2>dish of experimentation. Is it not that we have fifty states,

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<v Speaker 2>and of course in each state multiple counties and jurisdictions,

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<v Speaker 2>and somebody eventually is going to come up with a

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<v Speaker 2>good idea that we can copy and use as a

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<v Speaker 2>national model. But the posturing here is rather confusion, especially

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<v Speaker 2>at the time when we just had this protracted, the

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<v Speaker 2>longest government shutdown in history, and now the news that's

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<v Speaker 2>coming out as they're messing with your THHD in few drinks,

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<v Speaker 2>just when you need the most, Steve, with the holidays

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<v Speaker 2>coming up and the headache we have with government shutdowns.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, sometimes you just scratch your head, don't you really?

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<v Speaker 2>Do you really do other stuff to worry about? All right,

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<v Speaker 2>I know you're optimistic about this thing, that the cooler

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<v Speaker 2>heads will prevail, someone will get the mcconalm go.

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<v Speaker 1>This's a bad idea. Just look at Ohio.

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<v Speaker 2>Hopefully that is going to happen because people enjoy this stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a legal product, and people argue it's better for

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<v Speaker 2>you and feel better than drinking traditional all call. So

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I pick your poison, as it were. But

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<v Speaker 2>this is a silly, silly exercise in what government does

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<v Speaker 2>it and worst, and that is picking winners and losers.

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<v Speaker 2>All the best, Steve, Thanks for joining you. Take care,

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<v Speaker 2>have a good day you too, Take Care State Center

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<v Speaker 2>or Steve Huffman on the Scoonslan Show this morning on

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<v Speaker 2>seven hundred wh Theyn'm not all worked up about this.

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<v Speaker 1>Because it's just stupid. You know, I've tried the THT beverages.

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<v Speaker 2>I like him better than like an energy drink, for example, which,

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, I just saw a story of study

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<v Speaker 2>about energy drinks and long term heart issues and brain

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<v Speaker 2>issues and stuff like that. I don't know if it's

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<v Speaker 2>true or not. I've tried energy drinks before. I just

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<v Speaker 2>don't like the taste of them. I have to find

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<v Speaker 2>one I really like. But plenty of people enjoy energy drinks,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the same thing should. Young kids are getting caffeine.

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<v Speaker 2>They're going on the Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts McDonald's. Kids enjoy coffee.

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<v Speaker 2>When you're a little kid, you always hated coffee, right

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<v Speaker 2>you try? How could you drink that? It's terrible? And

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<v Speaker 2>then your taste buds changes you get already love coffee. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>young people, largely because it's loaded with sugar, will drink

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<v Speaker 2>caffeinated drinks, and a lot of them for that matter, too,

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<v Speaker 2>and that causes problems. Why aren't we cracking down on

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<v Speaker 2>that stuff?

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<v Speaker 1>And we should? Is what I'm saying is.

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<v Speaker 2>You know there are harmful effects, and no matter what

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<v Speaker 2>you know what, sugar is going to be bad for

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<v Speaker 2>you as a result of that. In this case, if

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<v Speaker 2>you're an adult and you want a legal beverage that

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<v Speaker 2>should be legal for that matter, you get the same

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<v Speaker 2>effect as alcohol. You're not picking winners and losers, and

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<v Speaker 2>you're of course you're parsing over whether or not it's

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<v Speaker 2>bad for kid. Well, it's all bad for kids everything

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<v Speaker 2>we put in our bodies, generally, outside of maybe water,

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<v Speaker 2>and if you live in Flint maybe not so much either.

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<v Speaker 2>Then water's bad for you, right, You can actually die

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<v Speaker 2>from drinking too much water.

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<v Speaker 1>So I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>If it's poison, it's one thing, But if it's something

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<v Speaker 2>that's intoxicating, God knows. We need it today more than

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<v Speaker 2>ever because the nonsense the government continues to pull. I

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<v Speaker 2>need more alcohol, I need more intoxicating things, not less,

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<v Speaker 2>as a grown asked man Scott Sloan, seven hundred WW