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Speaker 1: It's now time for Cannabis Talk one oh one with Blue,

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Speaker 1: Joe Grande and Mark and Craig Wasserman The Pot Brothers

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Speaker 1: at Law. We're the world's number one podcast for everything cannabis.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to Cannabis Talk one over one with Blue, Joe

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Speaker 1: Grande and Mark and Craig Washerman the Pop Brothers at Law.

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Speaker 1: one oh one at Pop Brothers at Law has an

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Speaker 1: underscore under each word right there, and little brother Mark

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Speaker 1: Washerman is at wash Law. Big brother Craig Washerman is

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Speaker 1: at wash Law. Dog Blue is at one Christopher right

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Speaker 1: and I and at Joe Grande fifty two. A matter

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Speaker 1: of fact, I've been posting some workout pictures there lately.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if you guys can tell, I don't know.

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Speaker 1: Can you tell thank you? Can you tell a little

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Speaker 1: bit thank you? Yeah? I was a fat bastard at

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Speaker 1: one point. Now I'm just a fat I'm just fat. Yeah. No,

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Speaker 1: you know, I know. I was even way bigger than you.

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Speaker 1: That voice right there is Mishka and his brother Slava

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Speaker 1: from m m D Shops. You can see the website

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Speaker 1: m m D Shops dot com, I g S m

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Speaker 1: m D Shops, Twitter and Facebook, mm D Hollywood. They

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Speaker 1: got four locations, Hollywood, Long Beach, Marina del Rey, and

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Speaker 1: North Hollywood. And you know, so when I say shops,

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Speaker 1: they have dispensaries. They have a great logo, you guys.

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Speaker 1: I love. I was on the website and I actually

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Speaker 1: wanted to see what happens. I clicked I wasn't twenty

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Speaker 1: one at the first time, just to see if it

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Speaker 1: you guys let little kids go on their first kidding.

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Speaker 1: I love how you guys have your logo set up everything,

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Speaker 1: and you guys started and two thousands six So I

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Speaker 1: want you guys to walk us down because in this

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Speaker 1: show right here, these two gentlemen have shops. If you're

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Speaker 1: like wandering and I'm gonna, I want to hear the

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Speaker 1: story on how you guys came to find cannabis, how

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Speaker 1: you guys decided to do it not only one shop,

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Speaker 1: but four locations, and you started back in the day

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Speaker 1: of course, when you guys were playing that crazy illegal game,

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Speaker 1: mean you had. It's just a crazy story allegedly allegedly,

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Speaker 1: you know. So how does it all get started? And

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Speaker 1: who's the older one? Misca? Slava? I'm the older one? Really, wow, Slava,

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Speaker 1: that's bad because Miska looks older than you. Yeah, exactly,

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Speaker 1: like has more gray in his beard? Is that the problem?

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Speaker 1: I looked over here, I'm like, who's the older one?

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Speaker 1: Misca ruined ruins his day? Way to go, wait to

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Speaker 1: funk it all up, Joe, you fat bastard, Joe, you

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Speaker 1: nashole right now exactly. Oh, it's like we're brothers up here?

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Speaker 1: Are you guys? Are you guys from first off? Belarus? Russia? Okay,

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Speaker 1: so bootsted Off? First off, you know Belarus of former

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Speaker 1: So we came here in eighty nine. You know, Misco

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Speaker 1: And uh we literally to school. Yeah, we just went

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Speaker 1: you're well exactly okay, well you're fresh off the boat. Yeah, sorry,

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Speaker 1: York and Pops comes to l A. Where did you

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Speaker 1: You guys don't live together no more. You guys finally separated.

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Speaker 1: My big brothers in the garage and the little brothers.

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Speaker 1: Just believe right, he's just sitting there smoking bonglo. Come

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Speaker 1: what point does cannabis come in to the Miska and

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Speaker 1: so um when uh talking to your big Yes, that's

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Speaker 1: everybody asked me, Uh, you know, it was my birthday

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Speaker 1: I said, it's pretty simple. I just want money. Uh,

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Speaker 1: So everybody gave me money. I got like two hundred bucks.

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Speaker 1: I got my friend to drive me down to Venice Beach.

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Speaker 1: I bought a scale, I bought a little baggies and

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Speaker 1: my career got started. A little brother started. It was

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Speaker 1: the first time MD. No, I'm just kidding, but well,

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Speaker 1: you're not, but kind of uh, what do you call it?

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Speaker 1: In theory, and allegedly, allegedly my career got started. And

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Speaker 1: there before you're in the clear that way. So at

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Speaker 1: twelve years old, cannabis gets introduced to you, and then

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Speaker 1: did he introduce it to you? Then? No? No, No,

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Speaker 1: he totally tried to get me in trouble. Yes, son

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Speaker 1: your big brothers fucking ratting that little brother from doing good? Motherfuckers.

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Speaker 1: How about this, what's the first time, what's the what's

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Speaker 1: the first one you remember going? I don't remember is

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Speaker 1: I found out later I was making money. Some of

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Speaker 1: I was taking girls to olive garden. I was golfing

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Speaker 1: You could equate it to like crack in their minds.

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Speaker 1: So many that the whole we for madness. Yeah, so

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Speaker 1: let's get there real quick. What did your parents say

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Speaker 1: when they finally figured out when Slava rots out on

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Speaker 1: Miska going he's showing weed. Mom? Uh, you know, they

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Speaker 1: got extremely mad. You're going to hell the devils to

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Speaker 1: Don't tell your big brother stuff. Let me tell you before,

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Speaker 1: before our dad threatened him all that stuff, he actually

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Speaker 1: You know, I wouldn't mind. I mean, they're still twisted,

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Speaker 1: ariolas looked like? Are they inverted? Experted? Nipples get skinny?

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Speaker 1: And all of a sudden there was a few pounds

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Speaker 1: with three fifty pounds and now I'm mr let me

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Speaker 1: check out your nipples. So, Slava, when you've seen Mishka

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Speaker 1: getting tortured for that, did you feel a no? He laughed,

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Speaker 1: He pointed, I know he didn't. I did. It wasn't

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Speaker 1: It wasn't like. It wasn't like a rat out rat out.

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Speaker 1: It was it was basically months of fleeting with him

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Speaker 1: to do better in school with me and our older brother.

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Speaker 1: And you know, he was basically telling us to go

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Speaker 1: age difference right here? So Miska's seven years difference, You're

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Speaker 1: seven years older than your brother. Here. Damn, you look great,

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Speaker 1: but I'm gonna give you that. That's good. You look

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Speaker 1: In two thousand six, it's Cannabis Talk one on one

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Speaker 1: How hard has that been for you guys to consistently,

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Speaker 1: especially yourself, Slava with that medical background, figuring out more

423
00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:50,160
Speaker 1: about what the Better Business Bureau was trying to put

424
00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:52,440
Speaker 1: out there for everybody to be compliant? How hard is

425
00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:55,080
Speaker 1: it to stay compliant? And on top of it, it's

426
00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:58,440
Speaker 1: it's it's extremely difficult. I mean, we're we're thankful for

427
00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:00,879
Speaker 1: the regulations because the regulation since allows us to do

428
00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:03,520
Speaker 1: what we do and allow us to you know, to

429
00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:06,360
Speaker 1: be open and to actually do business and and plan

430
00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:10,160
Speaker 1: a you know, level playing field with other businesses somewhat.

431
00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:13,320
Speaker 1: But the regulations are crazy, you know. I mean they're

432
00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:17,520
Speaker 1: they're tough, they're tough, and you just the mindset has

433
00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:21,240
Speaker 1: to be uh, the mindset has to be right to

434
00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:24,240
Speaker 1: actually follow the regulations, read into him and and and

435
00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,159
Speaker 1: and just do business like it should be done. You know.

436
00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:29,680
Speaker 1: It's it's very difficult for a lot of operators from

437
00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:31,600
Speaker 1: back in a day to to be able to adjust

438
00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:35,000
Speaker 1: to that type of regulation. I mean, I don't think

439
00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:38,480
Speaker 1: it's a secret that we're in an overregulated over time.

440
00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:40,600
Speaker 1: We talked about that, Mark and Craig. We all sit

441
00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:43,600
Speaker 1: there and they get so piste off. I mean, including

442
00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:45,919
Speaker 1: myself saying, treat it like it's alcohol. Treat it like

443
00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:48,000
Speaker 1: it's let us treat it like it's a plant. You know,

444
00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,160
Speaker 1: we've had people running for sheriff. It's a fucking weed.

445
00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:52,600
Speaker 1: Treat it like it's a weed. For God's sakes, Treat

446
00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:55,720
Speaker 1: these stores like it's a liquor store. So, I mean,

447
00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:58,159
Speaker 1: I think you nailed it right there when I you

448
00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:00,919
Speaker 1: said it's the mindset. As an owner, you have to

449
00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,199
Speaker 1: be like, this is a different market. It's not a

450
00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:07,880
Speaker 1: fucking liquor store. It's not a you know, dry cleaning shop,

451
00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,160
Speaker 1: so you need to take it on the chain, like, okay,

452
00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:12,280
Speaker 1: here we go. Look, look, I came from the medical

453
00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:16,159
Speaker 1: the medical field, medical business, you know, particularly dealing with

454
00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:19,840
Speaker 1: elderly people and adult day healthcare centers and and and

455
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:23,040
Speaker 1: physical therapy centers and things like that, and and the

456
00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:25,560
Speaker 1: regulations that they go through is enormous and they get

457
00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:28,000
Speaker 1: audited three times a year, four times a year. So

458
00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:30,639
Speaker 1: when you're coming to this industry with that mindset, knowing

459
00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:33,159
Speaker 1: you're gonna get audited, you're you know, you have to

460
00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:35,760
Speaker 1: follow the rules and regulations. Things are going to change,

461
00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:37,560
Speaker 1: and things are going to change, and keeping keeping in

462
00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,840
Speaker 1: mind that this is a new industry that the BCC

463
00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:44,680
Speaker 1: still doesn't have everything figured out yet, so you are

464
00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:48,879
Speaker 1: growing with a new industry, so you know, keeping that mindset,

465
00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:53,480
Speaker 1: you're able to adjust. And understanding that regulators and operators

466
00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:58,119
Speaker 1: are two completely different uh people. You know, the people

467
00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:02,879
Speaker 1: putting together these regulations don't necessarily understand the hurdles that

468
00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:05,040
Speaker 1: the operators have to go through. And because they're not

469
00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:08,040
Speaker 1: even the cannabis king and vice versa. So you know,

470
00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:10,080
Speaker 1: you're come in with an open mind and you roll

471
00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:12,199
Speaker 1: up your sleeves and you're ready to work. Yeah, it's

472
00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:14,440
Speaker 1: not gonna be easy. It's gonna be hard as fun,

473
00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:17,760
Speaker 1: But anybody can make it. If two immigrants from Russia

474
00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:19,600
Speaker 1: that came here with three dollars in their pocket can

475
00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:21,439
Speaker 1: make it like you can make it, That's what I

476
00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:23,440
Speaker 1: love right now about your guy's a story. It makes

477
00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:26,040
Speaker 1: me so internally proud for you guys and your family

478
00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:28,800
Speaker 1: to think like that. And I mean, is that the

479
00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:31,160
Speaker 1: kind of advice you'd give Miska as you just kind

480
00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:33,400
Speaker 1: of felt like you told everyone, dude, if we can

481
00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:35,280
Speaker 1: do it, so can you just have a smarter brother

482
00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:37,720
Speaker 1: who's a lot smarter than you, but be the hustler

483
00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:40,320
Speaker 1: that's gonna read the ship for you and make sure

484
00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:42,200
Speaker 1: you do it all right, a little smarter younger brother,

485
00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:46,000
Speaker 1: you know what I mean? The most important thing you

486
00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:48,800
Speaker 1: could now, Yeah, I think you know we're very pro

487
00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:51,159
Speaker 1: business and and and we love this industry. You know,

488
00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:55,280
Speaker 1: we wake up excited to go to work, although you

489
00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:57,960
Speaker 1: know every morning could be different than the day before,

490
00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:01,440
Speaker 1: and sometimes you uh, you want to kick and scream

491
00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:03,200
Speaker 1: at the end of the day. But then sometimes it's

492
00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:06,520
Speaker 1: it's very rewarding. Um, i'd say, just don't give up.

493
00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:08,760
Speaker 1: What are some of the things that you guys would

494
00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:11,359
Speaker 1: say that they can change for the industry to make

495
00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:15,600
Speaker 1: it better, Like if you had your hand over the

496
00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:18,959
Speaker 1: b c C are the governor let alone the presidents,

497
00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:21,800
Speaker 1: you know, Congress can change things. What are some advice

498
00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:24,159
Speaker 1: that you say we can start here because God William,

499
00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:26,359
Speaker 1: we all know, make it federally legal. There's like big

500
00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:29,360
Speaker 1: statements that we can say. They are just big and grand,

501
00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:31,840
Speaker 1: and of course that will make everything great, but it

502
00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:34,880
Speaker 1: all needs to happen so small. You're not gonna turn

503
00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:37,199
Speaker 1: a light switch on, right. I think, I think, and

504
00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:39,440
Speaker 1: I'm gonna let Slav take this because he's gonna he's

505
00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:42,080
Speaker 1: gonna have better opinions than me. But I think, uh,

506
00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:46,760
Speaker 1: I think we're over taxed, which uh creates a big

507
00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:50,439
Speaker 1: opportunity for the black market, which is still booming like crazy.

508
00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:54,280
Speaker 1: You see these numbers out there. Yeah if if they

509
00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:56,880
Speaker 1: you know, they still taxted because everybody, you know, they

510
00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:59,359
Speaker 1: want to make revenue from it, but taxed enough to

511
00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:02,960
Speaker 1: where we can uh compete with the with the illicit

512
00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:05,560
Speaker 1: markets because nobody wants to go meet that corner in

513
00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:08,000
Speaker 1: the in the fucking shady alley. You know, everybody likes

514
00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:10,960
Speaker 1: going to a nice retail store, having options and having

515
00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:15,280
Speaker 1: people with opinion, having your product tested and regulated and

516
00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:19,199
Speaker 1: giving good advice for what they think is exactly educated

517
00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,080
Speaker 1: bud tenders and know what they're talking about. Nobody wants

518
00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:22,760
Speaker 1: to go to a back alley and buy their genes

519
00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:24,879
Speaker 1: at a back alley like people like going to the

520
00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:28,520
Speaker 1: retail environment, unless they have to pay more for it,

521
00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:30,920
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So I think that's one

522
00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:34,720
Speaker 1: thing that we could start working on. But I mean, yeah,

523
00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:36,560
Speaker 1: I mean, my opinion is a lot of people like

524
00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:39,520
Speaker 1: to scream legalize it, legalize it, But legalizing it means

525
00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:44,400
Speaker 1: taxing it, and it's already being taxing California, so even

526
00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,280
Speaker 1: on a federal level. So now you're looking at taxation

527
00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:51,240
Speaker 1: on local city level, state level, and then federal level.

528
00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:54,520
Speaker 1: So when you're screaming legalize it, you have to you know,

529
00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:58,439
Speaker 1: you have to keep legal though they have to lower

530
00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:01,359
Speaker 1: the other states and city in taxas. I mean, that

531
00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:04,600
Speaker 1: would be nicer for the states that are already legal

532
00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:07,040
Speaker 1: of course, to answer your question, I think two things,

533
00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:11,760
Speaker 1: uh to make this industry actually, you know, show the

534
00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:15,240
Speaker 1: fruits of its of its labor. Is like like mis

535
00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:18,679
Speaker 1: Casette is taxation and the other one is banking. The

536
00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:20,720
Speaker 1: funny thing is and it's funny you said that, Slava

537
00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:23,360
Speaker 1: because in my opinion, as I see the cannabis game,

538
00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:26,600
Speaker 1: I think banking is even the most important from a

539
00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:30,399
Speaker 1: starting standpoint, because now mis Slava can have proof on

540
00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:33,040
Speaker 1: a you know, federally approved banking system and what are

541
00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:35,800
Speaker 1: companies worth what we made this year, what we made

542
00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:38,080
Speaker 1: that month, rather than we've got that bag, that bag,

543
00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:41,040
Speaker 1: in that bag, there's twenty grand in each bag right there,

544
00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:44,080
Speaker 1: we're doing well, but you know, you may be doing well,

545
00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:46,720
Speaker 1: but you could show proof and now you're buying another boat,

546
00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:49,080
Speaker 1: another house, because that's where that real money comes from,

547
00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:52,040
Speaker 1: the or or expanding the business and being able to

548
00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:55,240
Speaker 1: shop real estate assets behind it, and and you know

549
00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:58,080
Speaker 1: what I mean, and actually being able to like work

550
00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:01,120
Speaker 1: with the regular creditor, you know, just just being able

551
00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:04,000
Speaker 1: to do business like you know you would if you

552
00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:08,360
Speaker 1: opened a liquor store exactly, or dry cleaners or any

553
00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:11,239
Speaker 1: any other type of business that that's scalable. You know,

554
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:15,720
Speaker 1: it's just funny to think how we mostly Oh, it's legal, right,

555
00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:17,800
Speaker 1: it's legal. It's like, yeah, but it's not. And these

556
00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:19,960
Speaker 1: people who own shops, so I want to get We're

557
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:21,560
Speaker 1: gonna take a break real quick as we're talking to

558
00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:23,560
Speaker 1: Miska and Slava from M m D Shops. I've got

559
00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:26,040
Speaker 1: four dispensaries. I want to get to the first one

560
00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:28,960
Speaker 1: North Hollywood. How you go to the second, third, and fourth.

561
00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:30,520
Speaker 1: We're gonna hear that story when we come back. It's

562
00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:40,080
Speaker 1: Cannabis Talk one on one. All right, it's the Miska

563
00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:42,640
Speaker 1: and Slava show from M m D Shops. They are here.

564
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:44,520
Speaker 1: They're about to beat box and sing for us on

565
00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:51,840
Speaker 1: Cannabis Talk one on one. Taking away Misca. I came

566
00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:59,160
Speaker 1: to play have fun in the club. So you guys,

567
00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:06,840
Speaker 1: uh walk take me down the lane of oh six

568
00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:10,960
Speaker 1: North Hollywood opened. What's the next location? How hard? What

569
00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:13,440
Speaker 1: are the struggles? Educate the people out there that are

570
00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:15,480
Speaker 1: sitting there going? But I really want to get in

571
00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:18,360
Speaker 1: the cannabis game. I mean, these two fucking dudes from

572
00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:21,520
Speaker 1: Russia came with three bucks one fifty pop in their pocket.

573
00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:24,600
Speaker 1: One changes his name to Steve, one changes his the Michael,

574
00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:27,440
Speaker 1: and now they got sucking four dispensaries. How does that

575
00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:29,720
Speaker 1: ship happen? I've been born and raised here in the

576
00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:33,960
Speaker 1: United States, educating me fellas walk me down that well,

577
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:36,960
Speaker 1: I think I think before in North Hollywood was a

578
00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:39,280
Speaker 1: very different situation. Before you just went down to the

579
00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:43,040
Speaker 1: Office of Finance, got a business license, and if you

580
00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:44,720
Speaker 1: were smart enough to tell him that it was for

581
00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:48,840
Speaker 1: cannabis sales, you probably would have ended up. So at

582
00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:54,000
Speaker 1: this point our first dispensary, the license cost us. Oh,

583
00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:59,240
Speaker 1: how nice was that? It was nice? The first How

584
00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:01,640
Speaker 1: about the c four dollars and a lot of balls

585
00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:04,920
Speaker 1: because John Smith was going around rating people. What was

586
00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:08,520
Speaker 1: your last license? Cars? A little more a little more

587
00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:12,120
Speaker 1: than four bucks, a lot more zeros than that, and

588
00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:15,560
Speaker 1: a lot more numbers. So North Hollywood was the fourth,

589
00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,480
Speaker 1: first one. What's the second location? So how many years after?

590
00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:19,840
Speaker 1: Let me just tay, I'll just take you through a

591
00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:22,120
Speaker 1: little bit of history. At least, how we do MMD

592
00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:24,680
Speaker 1: shops are growing and slave you can tell me to

593
00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:28,200
Speaker 1: shut the funk up? If yeah, I don't, don't allegedly

594
00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:35,520
Speaker 1: too much. Well that was fun. So that's how they

595
00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:40,280
Speaker 1: all got going going. And now now so in two

596
00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:42,680
Speaker 1: thousand six, we uh, you know us and a and

597
00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:46,760
Speaker 1: a partner and some help, uh you know, opened our

598
00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:50,560
Speaker 1: very first store. By the time two thousand nine came around,

599
00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:55,120
Speaker 1: we decided that it's time to to expand, expand our

600
00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:58,800
Speaker 1: foot print a little more. Again. We've gotten some partnerships,

601
00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:02,320
Speaker 1: we would help consults and projects, and we opened uh

602
00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:05,479
Speaker 1: two back to back stores, UM one I believe in

603
00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:09,160
Speaker 1: like April, and then one the month right after that

604
00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:12,800
Speaker 1: in two thousand nine. Uh, A couple of years goes by,

605
00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:17,800
Speaker 1: we start working and then between two thousand twelve and

606
00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:22,440
Speaker 1: like two thousand eighteen, with with all the movement, you know,

607
00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:27,200
Speaker 1: between so much regulations because they told you you're okay

608
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:29,360
Speaker 1: in this location, you're not okay in this location. So

609
00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:32,840
Speaker 1: you know, between two thousand and twelve and two thousand

610
00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:35,560
Speaker 1: and eighteen, we'd you know, we'd open a footprint of

611
00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:38,000
Speaker 1: I don't know, it was a lot. It was probably

612
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,960
Speaker 1: over twenty retail doors. Really, yeah. We we we also

613
00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:43,240
Speaker 1: did a lot of consulting for for people that wanted

614
00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:45,680
Speaker 1: to be in the business, and we we taught a

615
00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:48,560
Speaker 1: lot of people how to run a retail store. But

616
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:51,440
Speaker 1: because by that time we got really really good at it,

617
00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:55,200
Speaker 1: we need the market. We knew you know, we need

618
00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:58,200
Speaker 1: the ins and outs of of regulation, of how to

619
00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:00,400
Speaker 1: get the customer and all of that. So a lot

620
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:02,400
Speaker 1: of people came to us and as to listen, guys,

621
00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:04,520
Speaker 1: you know a lot of big operators in today's space

622
00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:07,080
Speaker 1: came to us and said, yeah, can can you guys

623
00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:10,959
Speaker 1: show us the light? And of course in this space, um,

624
00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:13,160
Speaker 1: you know, we're all just kind of learning as we go,

625
00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:15,600
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, so literally, because then things

626
00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:18,160
Speaker 1: change right away. Things change, so as you go, you

627
00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:20,000
Speaker 1: try to help each other. You know. It's not like

628
00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:24,080
Speaker 1: one of these spaces where you hoard all your information

629
00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:27,080
Speaker 1: because you want to talk to people because they can

630
00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:29,040
Speaker 1: give you some One of the partners in this like,

631
00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:31,640
Speaker 1: when we're in this game together, I'm never We're never

632
00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:34,280
Speaker 1: gonna be able to do it alone. So so we

633
00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:37,800
Speaker 1: started helping people and uh, and that's how that number

634
00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:42,960
Speaker 1: twenty came to fruition inevitably. Now, we never had twenty dispensaries.

635
00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:45,360
Speaker 1: Of course, you know, there's a lot of moving parts,

636
00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:47,520
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. But but we've you have

637
00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:49,960
Speaker 1: four with licenses and all this good stuff. There's four

638
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:52,880
Speaker 1: good solid ones exactly, and so it takes a long

639
00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:54,520
Speaker 1: time to get four of them because you had to

640
00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:57,120
Speaker 1: open some close some get the light, get this, get

641
00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:00,360
Speaker 1: to move them to compliant locations. But you know, there's

642
00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:03,440
Speaker 1: there's a you know, particularly in the city of l A.

643
00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:06,440
Speaker 1: You in two thousand thirteen, you had to move to

644
00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:09,160
Speaker 1: you had about a you know, less than a year

645
00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:14,799
Speaker 1: to move your existing license to a compliant location. And

646
00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:17,120
Speaker 1: we've had we we had to move all the people

647
00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:19,840
Speaker 1: that we consulted with you know that we consulted and

648
00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:23,719
Speaker 1: our dispensary to a completely different location. We lost all

649
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:26,520
Speaker 1: of our customer base. Um, you know, it was like

650
00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:28,520
Speaker 1: finding a needle in the haystack to try to find

651
00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:31,839
Speaker 1: the location wasn't around back then, so it's not like, hey,

652
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:36,600
Speaker 1: just find us on maps exactly right. So so now

653
00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:38,840
Speaker 1: you guys have your shops, what are some of the

654
00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:41,279
Speaker 1: big selling items in your stores right now? What are

655
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:43,919
Speaker 1: the big like, oh my god, mmd pops with what

656
00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:48,720
Speaker 1: uh I mean? Honestly, we have anywhere between eight hundred

657
00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:50,919
Speaker 1: and thirteen hundred different products on the board at any

658
00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:55,160
Speaker 1: given time. So anything that's new and relevant and hot

659
00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:58,040
Speaker 1: and exciting in the market we try to carry. You know,

660
00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:00,319
Speaker 1: right now, one of the things that I'm really in

661
00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:03,160
Speaker 1: love with is our drinkable section. You know, we've got

662
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:05,120
Speaker 1: what you guys brought here one of these drinks, so yeah,

663
00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:08,000
Speaker 1: one of those drinkables there, you know, uh, we got

664
00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:11,480
Speaker 1: uh you know, I think the drink of tea lemonade. Wow,

665
00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:13,880
Speaker 1: what a good flavor to Arnold Palmer. And then we

666
00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:18,560
Speaker 1: have non infused liqueurs, so they'll take the liqueur, they'll

667
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:22,239
Speaker 1: take out the alcohol, they'll infuse it with cannabis. Uh.

668
00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:24,120
Speaker 1: I love that sector because it does a couple of

669
00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:26,759
Speaker 1: things that brings people kind of back to the market, uh,

670
00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:30,319
Speaker 1: back into the drinkable market when necessarily they can't be

671
00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:33,000
Speaker 1: drinking anymore. So it brings people back to the party.

672
00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:36,480
Speaker 1: And also it's just something new and cool and relevant,

673
00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:40,000
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. We carry some of the best,

674
00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:43,640
Speaker 1: if not the best flour brands in the market. Um,

675
00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:47,640
Speaker 1: concentrate edibles, tinctures, topical screams, I meant, anything you can.

676
00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:50,279
Speaker 1: I know, you guys just got Marking Craigson Brandon their

677
00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:53,160
Speaker 1: West Coast cur Yeah, we've had West Coast Cure a

678
00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:55,880
Speaker 1: couple of times over the years, and uh, we just

679
00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:59,080
Speaker 1: brought him back really uh really hard and he's kicking

680
00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:01,600
Speaker 1: ass man. He's they've got a great brand. They've got

681
00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:06,279
Speaker 1: they've got some great celebrity counterparts that work with them,

682
00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:10,600
Speaker 1: and and people really, uh, they love that brand. I

683
00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:13,799
Speaker 1: I my hats off to us Coast. We're actually, you know,

684
00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:17,640
Speaker 1: we're we try to be very customer conscious. We we

685
00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:20,600
Speaker 1: don't you know, we don't like our buttenders to to

686
00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:24,000
Speaker 1: push a certain product. We we want the customer to decide.

687
00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:25,640
Speaker 1: We try to have all all the brands that we

688
00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:27,840
Speaker 1: have in there, all the products that we have in there,

689
00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:31,920
Speaker 1: are really curated for the customer. We're not you know,

690
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:35,480
Speaker 1: we don't take you know, fees from the from the

691
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:37,640
Speaker 1: brands to put their products up on our shelves. You

692
00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:39,760
Speaker 1: guys are shelving them yet like like the grocery stores.

693
00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:42,040
Speaker 1: We're just not doing that. Yeah, we we we really

694
00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:44,759
Speaker 1: want the customer to be happy, to be happy in it.

695
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:47,120
Speaker 1: And I look at that and I think sometimes back

696
00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:49,400
Speaker 1: in the radio days, when I first started in radio

697
00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:52,360
Speaker 1: and doing FM radio, I think of the you know,

698
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:54,680
Speaker 1: the propaganda and the way that a lot of these

699
00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:57,359
Speaker 1: are should we Payola is the correct term that used

700
00:36:57,400 --> 00:36:59,120
Speaker 1: to be used when a record label would come in

701
00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:02,480
Speaker 1: give you money play that record. I would almost imagine

702
00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:07,319
Speaker 1: it's is it tough to stop these brands to go

703
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:10,680
Speaker 1: to your bud tenders and being like, hey, you can

704
00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:13,640
Speaker 1: chop them, you know what I mean, chop them in

705
00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:15,839
Speaker 1: a second. But it's got to be I mean, I mean,

706
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:18,319
Speaker 1: I know it is, but I mean it's part of life, right.

707
00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:20,600
Speaker 1: It's like, how did music get on the radio so quickly?

708
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:23,480
Speaker 1: How do I mean? It's like something that you guys,

709
00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:25,040
Speaker 1: like you just said, you answer in a way that

710
00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:26,680
Speaker 1: makes you go, yes, you're gonna be all over that,

711
00:37:26,719 --> 00:37:28,920
Speaker 1: but it's almost like how do you prevent it? Almost?

712
00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:31,120
Speaker 1: I mean they probably come in on Tuesdays and Thursdays

713
00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:32,960
Speaker 1: to meet with the sales people and they're like, hey,

714
00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:37,239
Speaker 1: first things first is our Although our bud tenders are great,

715
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:39,960
Speaker 1: they have nothing to do with the purchasing aspect of

716
00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:43,880
Speaker 1: the business. And when we're you know, our purchasing department

717
00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:47,640
Speaker 1: is curating product that is really kind of customer driven,

718
00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:50,440
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So, uh, you know, we

719
00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:54,640
Speaker 1: don't go after necessarily the just the stuff that has

720
00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:58,040
Speaker 1: a celebrity push or or if it's good quality and

721
00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:01,040
Speaker 1: people are mentioning, it has to be good quality. It

722
00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:04,879
Speaker 1: has to look good, smell good, test well, it has

723
00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:07,839
Speaker 1: to have good packaging like that. So are you are

724
00:38:07,840 --> 00:38:09,360
Speaker 1: you putting your own weed that you guys you should

725
00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:11,440
Speaker 1: grow back out on your Absolutely, it is the only

726
00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:14,720
Speaker 1: way I'm able to sell it. Ummm, you're like, okay,

727
00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:16,799
Speaker 1: you buy that eighth I'm gonna give you this one. No,

728
00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:18,319
Speaker 1: thank you, we don't want that one that You've give

729
00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:21,800
Speaker 1: him this now we do we We do have some

730
00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:24,719
Speaker 1: product in m M d jars. We also have a

731
00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:28,520
Speaker 1: Mishka brand. So you started growing again. Then you got

732
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:30,520
Speaker 1: better at it. We we've partnered up with people who

733
00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:32,839
Speaker 1: are better at it. I would say, so you've got

734
00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:36,160
Speaker 1: the brand, and he just left you out slave and

735
00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:40,400
Speaker 1: said I actually made him. Um, I don't care. So

736
00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:42,920
Speaker 1: I got busted first, not you. It's my brand. He

737
00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:44,920
Speaker 1: was fighting it. I was like, no, bro, I was like,

738
00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:48,200
Speaker 1: mis Miska is the fucking name of the brand. He's like,

739
00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:50,000
Speaker 1: I'm not putting my name on the brand. I'm like,

740
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:52,040
Speaker 1: shut the funk ups. Is going to be the brand.

741
00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:56,560
Speaker 1: It looks it actually sounds cool, it sounds great, it

742
00:38:56,600 --> 00:39:07,680
Speaker 1: sounds cute. Thank I think misca weed sounds very cute.

743
00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:12,720
Speaker 1: Sounds go to get you really high. Yeah. So, um,

744
00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:15,600
Speaker 1: you know, anything that's in the Miska jars or or

745
00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:19,440
Speaker 1: in the MMD jars will personally do the quality assurance

746
00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:22,719
Speaker 1: on uh, you know, just because we can't grow you say,

747
00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:26,160
Speaker 1: we can't pick. When you say quality assurance, what is

748
00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:28,680
Speaker 1: it like if you don't like to bring it back? No? No,

749
00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:31,239
Speaker 1: like I check it myself and if I don't like it,

750
00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:34,040
Speaker 1: I'm not putting it in those jars. Oh nice, this

751
00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:38,839
Speaker 1: is like approved. Nice the stamp of approved. That's right.

752
00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:41,359
Speaker 1: So what's in the future now? Is it like, uh,

753
00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:44,799
Speaker 1: four more shops, new location Arizona, this and that? What?

754
00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:47,959
Speaker 1: What's what's what's the big goal for you guys? Uh? Yeah,

755
00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:52,319
Speaker 1: we're going into a hyperdrive expansion as we speak. We're

756
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:55,080
Speaker 1: going into a multi state platform probably in the next

757
00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:57,840
Speaker 1: couple of years, Thank you so much. We got a

758
00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:02,520
Speaker 1: couple of couple projects were working on all over California.

759
00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:06,120
Speaker 1: We're gonna have probably a footprint up North inevitably, We've

760
00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:10,960
Speaker 1: got some stuff in Middle America. And what's the next

761
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:12,879
Speaker 1: what's the first one that should be popping for you guys?

762
00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:16,920
Speaker 1: Um to be determined to like whatever where however falls right.

763
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:20,720
Speaker 1: It's so exactly, especially with COVID. A lot of states,

764
00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:23,480
Speaker 1: a lot of municipalities, you know, they've they've put their

765
00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:27,200
Speaker 1: legislation on hold. Or you know, if if we applied

766
00:40:27,239 --> 00:40:29,560
Speaker 1: for a license at a certain legislation, you know, in

767
00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:32,839
Speaker 1: a certain state or a city, now they've they were

768
00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:34,920
Speaker 1: supposed to give us an answer, but now that's on

769
00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:38,120
Speaker 1: hold because of COVID. So which number one pops off? First?

770
00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:40,800
Speaker 1: You know, Slava, as you mentioned COVID. How did COVID

771
00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:45,759
Speaker 1: affect mm D shops? Oh? Boy, I mean COVID is

772
00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:50,160
Speaker 1: very interesting because, um, you know, like one of our

773
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:52,080
Speaker 1: main brick and mortars is Hollywood, and as you know,

774
00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:56,440
Speaker 1: Hollywood is nothing but tourism. So when COVID hit the

775
00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:59,279
Speaker 1: tourists of market and Hollywood, I mean died out comes

776
00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:02,760
Speaker 1: from that shop. So that shop was affected the most.

777
00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:09,000
Speaker 1: It it uh yeah, I got hit probably by about Yeah,

778
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:10,799
Speaker 1: which is which is a lot because it's a really

779
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:13,759
Speaker 1: busy shop. Now, the other stores that are kind of

780
00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:17,680
Speaker 1: in the in the suburban neighborhoods, um like kind of

781
00:41:17,719 --> 00:41:19,560
Speaker 1: lifted up a little bit, so it started picking up

782
00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:23,360
Speaker 1: a little bit of the slack. But eventually we we

783
00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:25,400
Speaker 1: we got our head above water. It was it was

784
00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:30,720
Speaker 1: a couple of months of real difficult a real difficult

785
00:41:30,719 --> 00:41:32,960
Speaker 1: struggles that we had to go through, but we made it.

786
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:35,600
Speaker 1: And thank God. I mean, being essential is just like

787
00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:38,000
Speaker 1: a blessing from God. Like, didn't that crazy to think

788
00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:41,120
Speaker 1: that we became essential cannabis. I can't tell you how

789
00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:43,839
Speaker 1: weird it is because like two of our dispensaries our

790
00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:48,240
Speaker 1: next door to beauty salons, you know, and it's it's

791
00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:52,080
Speaker 1: it's so ironic to see a line of people outside

792
00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:54,640
Speaker 1: of the cannabis store while these people are like giving

793
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:57,280
Speaker 1: people haircuts on the down low in the beauty salons,

794
00:41:57,280 --> 00:41:58,880
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, like kind of like a

795
00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:01,719
Speaker 1: switch right, It's like, you know what I was, like,

796
00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:04,799
Speaker 1: what fucking bizarre land are we living in? Right? That

797
00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:07,120
Speaker 1: it's next to a hair salon and misca can't get

798
00:42:07,120 --> 00:42:09,040
Speaker 1: that fucking gray out of his hair. I mean here

799
00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:11,799
Speaker 1: next to a bucket salon and he can't just go

800
00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:13,520
Speaker 1: in there and say, hey, guys, can we cut it

801
00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:18,120
Speaker 1: me a deal? They can. That's a girl. They're putting

802
00:42:18,120 --> 00:42:20,319
Speaker 1: the gray in the hair. He's doing that to look older,

803
00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:24,040
Speaker 1: because yeah, he wants to look I wanna you know,

804
00:42:24,120 --> 00:42:27,680
Speaker 1: I want to be prophisticated. It's really great to have

805
00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:29,759
Speaker 1: you guys. For those who don't know, it's Misca and

806
00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:32,279
Speaker 1: Slava from M M D Shops. Now it's time for

807
00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:33,960
Speaker 1: our high five. We'd like to do the high five

808
00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:36,279
Speaker 1: with everybody that comes in. We'll start with little brother,

809
00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:38,920
Speaker 1: Misca and then Slava. You can do the questions at

810
00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:41,640
Speaker 1: the second after your brother. Okay, So question number one,

811
00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:43,919
Speaker 1: how old are you the first time he smoked weed?

812
00:42:43,920 --> 00:42:47,280
Speaker 1: And where did you get it? From? Twelve years old? Um?

813
00:42:48,080 --> 00:42:53,920
Speaker 1: From my friend Rex Rex Rex. Next and you Slava

814
00:42:54,239 --> 00:42:56,440
Speaker 1: nineteen years old? With my friends that have been spokens

815
00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:58,920
Speaker 1: is fourteen. So your brother didn't give it to you

816
00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:01,680
Speaker 1: for who was it? Just? Your other other friends have

817
00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:04,160
Speaker 1: been smoking longer than him. But for some reason I

818
00:43:04,239 --> 00:43:07,759
Speaker 1: kept you know, I did acid before I did smoking weed.

819
00:43:08,080 --> 00:43:12,120
Speaker 1: That's a long Hi. I just found this out right now.

820
00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:19,880
Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell mom allegedly he did all right. That

821
00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:21,960
Speaker 1: is such a long one. Okay. Question number two with

822
00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:25,040
Speaker 1: Miska and Slapper from M m D Shops, what is

823
00:43:25,080 --> 00:43:29,719
Speaker 1: your favorite way to use cannabis? Um? So that to

824
00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:32,840
Speaker 1: me it changes kind of often. Uh, I used to

825
00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:36,080
Speaker 1: love flower. Then I got really into the dabs, and now,

826
00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:40,000
Speaker 1: in like a post COVID world, I've been really diving

827
00:43:40,080 --> 00:43:43,800
Speaker 1: into micro dosed edibles. Really really, I'm not fresh with

828
00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:45,359
Speaker 1: the edibles that we have back there in the back. Pa,

829
00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:47,080
Speaker 1: you gotta let you see these. I gotta try it,

830
00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:50,920
Speaker 1: and so edibles for you then right now, micro dosing

831
00:43:51,040 --> 00:43:54,759
Speaker 1: edibles is kind of my, uh my flavor. But I mean,

832
00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:57,279
Speaker 1: you know, listen, a good a good quality flower, you

833
00:43:57,320 --> 00:44:00,160
Speaker 1: can't we're going to join with it joint or a

834
00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:03,040
Speaker 1: bong or like if it's a nice water pipe or something.

835
00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:05,320
Speaker 1: You know. I mean, here's these buttable edible buds. You

836
00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:09,160
Speaker 1: gotta try these. They're like a rice crispy treat, cereal flavor,

837
00:44:10,560 --> 00:44:13,680
Speaker 1: that's what they say. But and for and for you, Slava,

838
00:44:13,719 --> 00:44:16,040
Speaker 1: what is yours? I just love a hybrid joint. A

839
00:44:16,160 --> 00:44:23,080
Speaker 1: hybrid joint, I don't really it's candy. It's candy right there?

840
00:44:23,120 --> 00:44:26,200
Speaker 1: What do you now? Now you're acting like Slava, Slava,

841
00:44:26,239 --> 00:44:29,560
Speaker 1: I want to meet your brother over here. Old guy. Yeah,

842
00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:31,600
Speaker 1: the old guy who can bring up to say, try

843
00:44:31,640 --> 00:44:35,480
Speaker 1: the candy over here? Question number three? Yeah, hold on,

844
00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:44,480
Speaker 1: what's that? Slava's head. What's the craziest place you ever

845
00:44:44,560 --> 00:44:49,640
Speaker 1: used cannabis? I don't. I've never not used cannabis anywhere.

846
00:44:50,040 --> 00:44:52,040
Speaker 1: So do you ever go back home to Russia or

847
00:44:52,080 --> 00:44:55,479
Speaker 1: like Ukraine or something. I mean, that's that'd be crazy. Okay.

848
00:44:55,520 --> 00:44:59,120
Speaker 1: Allegedly I might have accidentally taken cannabis to Japan with

849
00:44:59,160 --> 00:45:01,560
Speaker 1: me once, but we've heard some stories like that are

850
00:45:01,840 --> 00:45:06,360
Speaker 1: but totally accidental. And you know now, I swear to

851
00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:09,279
Speaker 1: God total accidental and uh and I threw I threw

852
00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:11,719
Speaker 1: it away on the plane because I just like, I'm

853
00:45:11,760 --> 00:45:14,920
Speaker 1: not going through going to fucking jail because I accidentally

854
00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:17,320
Speaker 1: forgot a graham of weed in my bag. And completely

855
00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:19,759
Speaker 1: I would never because it's like a life sentence over there.

856
00:45:20,640 --> 00:45:23,399
Speaker 1: So I have no interest in that. Um. So, yeah,

857
00:45:23,440 --> 00:45:25,719
Speaker 1: that that might have been the craziest place you took it?

858
00:45:26,080 --> 00:45:28,719
Speaker 1: Is there like another crazy the top of a building,

859
00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:33,200
Speaker 1: something random crazy that you smoked at or didn't edible at.

860
00:45:33,560 --> 00:45:37,480
Speaker 1: Um gosh, man, I kind of smoke cannabis everywhere I go,

861
00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:40,879
Speaker 1: So it's hard to say the craziest place. I mean, yeah,

862
00:45:40,960 --> 00:45:42,880
Speaker 1: I mean I guess, I guess a couple of foreign countries,

863
00:45:43,120 --> 00:45:46,000
Speaker 1: A couple of foreign countries, and you, Slava. I smoked

864
00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:50,080
Speaker 1: of ganny hash in Moscow at a club at the

865
00:45:50,120 --> 00:45:53,239
Speaker 1: club in Moscow, off of a hot knife, right in

866
00:45:53,280 --> 00:46:00,880
Speaker 1: the cloud, right in the club. Yeah, mom, Mom, I

867
00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:03,080
Speaker 1: got a story. We're on Cannabis Talk Wanner and listen

868
00:46:03,080 --> 00:46:06,520
Speaker 1: to the podcast. What is your go to munchies after

869
00:46:06,600 --> 00:46:10,200
Speaker 1: you get high? Misca? My go to munches after I

870
00:46:10,239 --> 00:46:12,600
Speaker 1: get high? You know what, I'm sucking totally down with

871
00:46:12,600 --> 00:46:14,920
Speaker 1: some toaster shirtle really you know what I mean with

872
00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:17,600
Speaker 1: the fucking thing and oh my god, one one right now?

873
00:46:17,800 --> 00:46:21,880
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, you me both and you Slava, You go

874
00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:31,440
Speaker 1: to munchies, might go to munchies, pancakes, bacon, eggs, breakfast, breakfast.

875
00:46:31,560 --> 00:46:36,480
Speaker 1: You just like breakfast, like breakfast. I love that kid.

876
00:46:36,520 --> 00:46:40,040
Speaker 1: Oh dude, I was three fifty pounds. Come on, hold on,

877
00:46:40,080 --> 00:46:42,160
Speaker 1: let me pick up my lip right now as we

878
00:46:42,160 --> 00:46:44,399
Speaker 1: are doing the High five with Miska and Slava from

879
00:46:44,480 --> 00:46:47,279
Speaker 1: M M D Shops. They have four locations, Hollywood, Long Beach,

880
00:46:47,320 --> 00:46:49,520
Speaker 1: Marina del Rey in North Hollywood, if you're ever in

881
00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:51,880
Speaker 1: Good o'cally. If not, they might be coming to a

882
00:46:51,960 --> 00:46:55,800
Speaker 1: city near you. Question number five of the High five.

883
00:46:55,920 --> 00:46:59,040
Speaker 1: If you could smoke weed with anyone dead or alive.

884
00:46:59,560 --> 00:47:05,960
Speaker 1: Who would be Um, probably, uh, probably Bob Marley. Wow,

885
00:47:05,960 --> 00:47:07,560
Speaker 1: it's funny. I was thinking Bob. When I was looking

886
00:47:07,600 --> 00:47:09,160
Speaker 1: at your brother shirt as he has the Bob shirt,

887
00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:12,040
Speaker 1: I would say, probably Bob Marley. Um, you know, I

888
00:47:12,280 --> 00:47:13,960
Speaker 1: know who my brother is gonna say, and I just

889
00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:16,080
Speaker 1: didn't wanna. You don't want to take his I don't

890
00:47:16,120 --> 00:47:18,040
Speaker 1: want to take his. But and you really know your

891
00:47:18,080 --> 00:47:19,879
Speaker 1: brother that well, that you know what he's gonna say.

892
00:47:20,040 --> 00:47:22,080
Speaker 1: Let me write it down, write it down right there.

893
00:47:22,080 --> 00:47:23,880
Speaker 1: I want to see if you're gonna be right, because

894
00:47:23,920 --> 00:47:26,400
Speaker 1: if you already know what he's gonna say when you

895
00:47:26,440 --> 00:47:30,279
Speaker 1: said Bob Marley, that's gonna be awesome. Okay, And now

896
00:47:30,400 --> 00:47:33,240
Speaker 1: you Slava, if you could smoke with anyone dead or alive,

897
00:47:33,280 --> 00:47:35,680
Speaker 1: I'm blinking right now, but I would smoke with I

898
00:47:35,719 --> 00:47:40,319
Speaker 1: would love to smoke with so many people. Um, I'm

899
00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:47,120
Speaker 1: never gonna forgive you. No, I realized Miska said he knows,

900
00:47:47,160 --> 00:47:49,239
Speaker 1: and I have a name written down right here. No

901
00:47:49,320 --> 00:47:51,759
Speaker 1: idea what the is talking about? But he says he

902
00:47:51,800 --> 00:47:53,799
Speaker 1: knows his big brother that well. He knew you read

903
00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:56,400
Speaker 1: it on him. So now he knows who you would

904
00:47:56,480 --> 00:47:59,880
Speaker 1: choose to smoke with. If there was one person slab

905
00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:03,520
Speaker 1: one that you like, Oh god, I want to smoke

906
00:48:03,560 --> 00:48:05,719
Speaker 1: a joint with this cat and just talking bullshit and

907
00:48:05,760 --> 00:48:11,239
Speaker 1: hang out. Who would it be? Willie? Willie Nelson? Well,

908
00:48:11,320 --> 00:48:13,600
Speaker 1: I guess your little little brother doesn't know you that well,

909
00:48:14,239 --> 00:48:24,239
Speaker 1: Miska wrote Howard Stern. Yes, I didn't say Howard Stern

910
00:48:24,320 --> 00:48:25,799
Speaker 1: because I was afraid I was going to take the

911
00:48:25,800 --> 00:48:28,359
Speaker 1: steam right out of my brothers. Well, I would you right,

912
00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:30,799
Speaker 1: I would love to, you know, smoke with Howard Stern,

913
00:48:30,840 --> 00:48:32,560
Speaker 1: But I know he'd never smoke. You know, I've been

914
00:48:32,560 --> 00:48:35,040
Speaker 1: listening to the show long enough. He's never gonna. Well,

915
00:48:35,080 --> 00:48:37,520
Speaker 1: you never know. People have said, Jesus, you know who

916
00:48:37,520 --> 00:48:41,280
Speaker 1: knows Howard Stern. Yeah, now you change it for Willie Nelson.

917
00:48:41,640 --> 00:48:44,920
Speaker 1: I am. I love Willie, but Howard sterns. Either one

918
00:48:44,960 --> 00:48:46,640
Speaker 1: of those guys would be great. I mean, Willie has

919
00:48:46,680 --> 00:48:49,200
Speaker 1: just been around forever doing it. And you know, I

920
00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:53,759
Speaker 1: mean Howard Stern, God forgot. I love the guy. You know,

921
00:48:53,800 --> 00:48:56,960
Speaker 1: everything he's done, he's just amazing, his stories, movie, everything.

922
00:48:57,120 --> 00:48:58,680
Speaker 1: It's great about Howard Stern. Matter of fact, no one

923
00:48:58,719 --> 00:49:01,239
Speaker 1: has said Howard Stern yet on this show, which is funny,

924
00:49:01,239 --> 00:49:03,720
Speaker 1: and I think Howard would be awesome. I mean, Howard

925
00:49:03,760 --> 00:49:07,239
Speaker 1: would definitely be by like for sure the first go

926
00:49:07,360 --> 00:49:09,400
Speaker 1: to Like if you got the chance to pick right now?

927
00:49:09,480 --> 00:49:11,600
Speaker 1: Can you smoking with Howard Stern? Is you know, just

928
00:49:11,640 --> 00:49:16,359
Speaker 1: to have a conversation with. Yeah, it's almost as good

929
00:49:16,360 --> 00:49:18,520
Speaker 1: as hanging out with Jones. I mean that's pretty good too.

930
00:49:18,760 --> 00:49:20,120
Speaker 1: I would agree with you a matter of fact, let's

931
00:49:20,120 --> 00:49:22,279
Speaker 1: go smoke right after this. But anything else you guys

932
00:49:22,280 --> 00:49:24,239
Speaker 1: want to tell everybody out there, of course you can

933
00:49:24,280 --> 00:49:28,400
Speaker 1: follow them on Facebook, Twitter, mm D Hollywood on Instagram,

934
00:49:28,520 --> 00:49:31,919
Speaker 1: m m D Shops, the website mm D shops dot com,

935
00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:35,120
Speaker 1: anything else, miscan slava that you want to educate the

936
00:49:35,200 --> 00:49:38,000
Speaker 1: world out there. I mean, honestly, just just want to

937
00:49:38,080 --> 00:49:40,480
Speaker 1: want to invite everybody to come check us out, come

938
00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:43,120
Speaker 1: check out the shop. We you know, our shops are

939
00:49:43,120 --> 00:49:46,680
Speaker 1: way cooler than our website or Twitter or Instagram. I

940
00:49:46,719 --> 00:49:48,920
Speaker 1: think you know. The type of vibe that we have

941
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:52,880
Speaker 1: there is family. You know, it's it's customer oriented. You know,

942
00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:55,120
Speaker 1: we love our people, we love our customers, and well

943
00:49:55,160 --> 00:49:57,040
Speaker 1: you know you'll get treated like a keen keen or

944
00:49:57,040 --> 00:50:02,560
Speaker 1: a queen there where everybody knows your nice And are

945
00:50:02,600 --> 00:50:09,400
Speaker 1: they sell shirts there? No, yeah, it's a Miska shirt. Um. First,

946
00:50:09,760 --> 00:50:11,920
Speaker 1: I'd like to thank you Joe for having us on

947
00:50:11,960 --> 00:50:14,399
Speaker 1: the show. This has been a really fun experience. Uh

948
00:50:14,719 --> 00:50:17,320
Speaker 1: we uh, we got really excited when when you guys

949
00:50:17,640 --> 00:50:20,920
Speaker 1: reached out. You guys are doing the damn thing. There's this,

950
00:50:21,120 --> 00:50:26,520
Speaker 1: It's clear why you are the dominant uh cannabis. Uh

951
00:50:26,680 --> 00:50:30,319
Speaker 1: what does podcast show radio show? I mean there's I

952
00:50:30,320 --> 00:50:32,839
Speaker 1: don't think there's anybody else doing it quite like you guys.

953
00:50:32,840 --> 00:50:34,840
Speaker 1: So hats off to you. Thank you so much for

954
00:50:34,920 --> 00:50:37,120
Speaker 1: letting us come on the show to our pleasure. Thank

955
00:50:37,160 --> 00:50:39,640
Speaker 1: you for coming. Yeah. If if I was to promote anything,

956
00:50:39,640 --> 00:50:41,040
Speaker 1: I would say just come out check out at m

957
00:50:41,120 --> 00:50:43,719
Speaker 1: D shops dot com. Please come to any one of

958
00:50:43,760 --> 00:50:47,759
Speaker 1: the stores you're liable to see, uh me or this

959
00:50:47,800 --> 00:50:51,320
Speaker 1: other crazy guy here anytime. You know I mentioned cannabis

960
00:50:51,360 --> 00:50:53,239
Speaker 1: one on one. We'll hook you guys up. And is

961
00:50:53,239 --> 00:50:54,680
Speaker 1: there a is there a store that you're at more

962
00:50:54,719 --> 00:50:57,880
Speaker 1: than the other? You know what? We bounced around very frequently.

963
00:50:57,960 --> 00:51:01,120
Speaker 1: We're we're at North Hollywood often, We're at Hollywood often

964
00:51:01,200 --> 00:51:04,600
Speaker 1: we're kind of wherever the wind takes us that day. Um,

965
00:51:04,640 --> 00:51:07,120
Speaker 1: but you know, we we got action happening every day

966
00:51:07,120 --> 00:51:10,359
Speaker 1: over there. It's it's it's a really fun environment. I'm

967
00:51:10,360 --> 00:51:12,680
Speaker 1: looking forward to having to come by one day. I

968
00:51:12,719 --> 00:51:14,640
Speaker 1: can't wait to come by you guys. Thank you so much.

969
00:51:14,640 --> 00:51:16,920
Speaker 1: It's Cannabis Talk one on one. Thank you for listening

970
00:51:16,920 --> 00:51:18,440
Speaker 1: to the podcast. If you ever want to be a

971
00:51:18,440 --> 00:51:20,160
Speaker 1: part of it, make sure you call us up eight

972
00:51:21,680 --> 00:51:23,520
Speaker 1: eight a matter of fact, Niche, I would love for

973
00:51:23,560 --> 00:51:25,279
Speaker 1: you just to call and leave a stupid message eight

974
00:51:25,320 --> 00:51:28,600
Speaker 1: hundred eighty. Remember that phone never because it's our phone,

975
00:51:28,640 --> 00:51:32,480
Speaker 1: and we played voicemails, Hey Joe, you fat pastored, and

976
00:51:32,520 --> 00:51:35,080
Speaker 1: then just hang up on me. I'll do that every

977
00:51:35,120 --> 00:51:37,160
Speaker 1: day from now. It's Cannabis Talk one on one. If

978
00:51:37,200 --> 00:51:39,640
Speaker 1: nobody else loves you, we do have a good one.

979
00:51:40,160 --> 00:51:42,560
Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to Cannabis Talk one oh one

980
00:51:42,600 --> 00:51:45,760
Speaker 1: on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast or wherever

981
00:51:45,880 --> 00:51:47,040
Speaker 1: you get your podcasts.