1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 1: It's now time for Cannabis Talk one oh one with Blue, 2 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:09,680 Speaker 1: Joe Grande and Mark and Craig Wasserman the Pot Brothers 3 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 1: at Law. We're the world's number one podcast for everything cannabis. Hi, 4 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:17,160 Speaker 1: it's an H, I G H. It's Cannabis Talk one 5 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: oh one, Marc Crothers at Law, Blue and Joe Grande. 6 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 1: We want to thank you for listening to our podcast. 7 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: Call us anytime eight hundred nineteen eighty eight hundred four 8 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,599 Speaker 1: nineteen eighty and leave us a little message. 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Today, 23 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: I'm filling in for everybody, So I'm gonna take all 24 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: the segments and I'm gonna go green right now with 25 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: Joe Grande's Go Green segment. And today we're gonna talk 26 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 1: about jay Z's cannabis company which buys Coastal Dispensary for 27 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 1: up to sixty five million dollars sixty five million. We 28 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 1: are hearing enormous numbers coming out of the cannabis industry 29 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: all all across the globe. Jay Z continues to make 30 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: huge moves in the cannabis market, this time the recent 31 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: acquisition of Coastal Dispensary. Now back in June, h Ov's 32 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 1: holding company in the cannabis space bought eighty five of Kalma, 33 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 1: a West Hollywood dispensary. The deal is for a hundred 34 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: percent of the equity in dispensary and delivery company Coastal 35 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: Holding Company LLC, for sixteen point two million in cash 36 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:37,800 Speaker 1: and forty million dollars in shares. It includes four dispensary 37 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 1: locations across California, with a fifth currently under construction. The 38 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 1: five stores will be visited by about a thousand people 39 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: a day. Thousand people a day. That that is just 40 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 1: mind boggling, and it really bothers me that it's taken 41 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 1: us so long to get here because there's so much 42 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: money to be made, so many people to put to work. 43 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 1: Let's end unemployment and just legalize cannabis everywhere now. With 44 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 1: regards to this deal, a further nine million could be 45 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:15,520 Speaker 1: added with an addition of equity in other stores as 46 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:19,119 Speaker 1: well as the rapid expansion of his cannabis company. Jay 47 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 1: Z is also continuing his work in social justice reform, 48 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:27,359 Speaker 1: currently advocating on behalf of one of his fans who 49 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 1: is in prison serving twenty years on a non violent 50 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 1: cannabis charge. Valen Valleys reached out to h OV via 51 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 1: letter pleading for help with the intent to campaign for 52 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 1: my clemency, he said, highlighting the hypocrisy of the system 53 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: under which he is currently imprisoned. As he wrote, thirteen 54 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 1: and a half years is a long time to be 55 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: still incarcerated over a substance that has become the ultimate 56 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 1: green rush. The cases ongoing with Jay Z's monogram continuing 57 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 1: their efforts. And you know, this is just one one 58 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 1: story of one person who is in jail and or 59 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 1: prison for a non violent cannabis crime. And as we 60 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 1: sit here and speak right now, and as we listen 61 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 1: to these shows, people are being arrested every day for 62 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 1: non violent cannabis crimes. And it has got to end. 63 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 1: Now further with Jay Z. In two thousand nineteen, Rock 64 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:40,359 Speaker 1: Nations own Jim Jones linked up with celebrity jeweler Alex 65 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:45,159 Speaker 1: Todd to form cannabis brand Saucy Farms and Extracts. Now, 66 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 1: I know Alex and Jim and I've had these extracts 67 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 1: and they are awesome, delicious, smooth, fine product that's been made. 68 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 1: In May, they signed a distribution partnership deal with the 69 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: Pair Company, allowing them to expand their brand and many 70 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 1: more dispensaries. Speaking last month about Rock Nations label, it 71 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 1: was referred to as the Big Big Homie. Jay is 72 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:16,280 Speaker 1: a smart individual. I mean, whenever he steps into something, 73 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:18,719 Speaker 1: we all know it's going to be at the top 74 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: tier of what can be done, Jim Jones said. And 75 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 1: as far as the power of his structure, He's created 76 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:30,360 Speaker 1: like an Amazon inside of the cannabis business, especially for 77 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 1: people like ourselves. Jim Jones continues to say, who've come 78 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 1: up under the culture now pushing cannabis as a business. 79 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:44,159 Speaker 1: I mean, that's just you know, hearing these stories and 80 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 1: all of these great artists come together two further destigmatize 81 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:57,600 Speaker 1: the use of cannabis, the business of cannabis. It is 82 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:02,039 Speaker 1: just wonderful to see all these different companies going green. 83 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 1: And we've got one more. We've got one more. I 84 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 1: know Joe would want to do it, and I'm gonna 85 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:10,160 Speaker 1: I'm gonna spit it out right now. Gal pals Minis 86 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 1: cannabis pre roles for women sell out in Michigan debut. 87 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 1: Now there's a new woman focused cannabis brand in Michigan 88 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: and its success could spark a change and how the 89 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:30,599 Speaker 1: industry views the value of female consumers. Gal pals minis 90 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 1: five flower only many cannabis pre rolls housed in a 91 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 1: hot pink tin. They sold out within hours of its 92 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 1: Michigan debut. To make the product even more fun, each 93 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:48,279 Speaker 1: ten includes one of ten activity cards designed to spark 94 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 1: social engagement. What a great idea. I mean, you spark 95 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:55,039 Speaker 1: up and you have a Little Fun. The pesticide free, 96 00:06:55,320 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 1: sustainably produced flower is tailored to the female social smoking experience. 97 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 1: They say there was a massive hole in the Michigan 98 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 1: market that could only be filled with an authentic, relevant 99 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 1: women's brand. Women represent the majority of market share, and 100 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: we want to be seen, said Sarah O'Leary, the gal 101 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 1: behind gal Pal's Mini. According to a Leary, research conducted 102 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: over the past fifteen months found that women want a 103 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 1: smaller pre role experience. This trend, in fact, has been 104 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 1: reinforced by the COVID nineteen pandemic and concerns around sharing joints. 105 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 1: You don't let me stop right there, because the sharing 106 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: of joints such such a communal activity. I mean, cannabis 107 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 1: in and of itself is communal in nature. Cannabis community, 108 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 1: the community of people who smoke and use and consume cannabis, 109 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 1: is so friendly, and we are just used to sitting 110 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 1: in circles and passing that joint around. In fact, that 111 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: I always loved sitting in circles, whether whether it's two, three, 112 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 1: twenty thirty people and that joint or joints go around 113 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 1: the circle. And I'll tell you, typically I was the 114 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 1: one holding the joint at the end of all those circles. 115 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 1: And I missed those days. But we gotta be safe, 116 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 1: we gotta be careful. No more sharing joints, at least 117 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 1: for the time being. The majority of female social consumers 118 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: expressed a desire for so called giggle weed. Giggle weed 119 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:40,560 Speaker 1: they call it. Now, let's call it giggle cannabis. You 120 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 1: don't like that word weed or sativa leaning strains and 121 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 1: activating strange strains when spending time with friends. So gal 122 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:55,240 Speaker 1: pals Mini features cultivars like for women who want to 123 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 1: get together. Instead of drinking that glass of wine or 124 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:03,040 Speaker 1: maybe some champagne and that nasty alcohol, you have some 125 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:07,400 Speaker 1: minis and there's enough for each of you, so you're 126 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 1: not passing it around and you are sharing the minis. 127 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:16,160 Speaker 1: Gal pau Minis is produced and distributed exclusively in Michigan 128 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 1: by Freedom Green Farms. For every tin sold, Freedom Green 129 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:25,960 Speaker 1: Farms will donate to Michigan based Shades of Pink Foundation. 130 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 1: This commitment is not for a month, but for the 131 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:33,080 Speaker 1: life of the brand. And I like when cannabis businesses 132 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:36,440 Speaker 1: do this and they give back. They give back because 133 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 1: there's a lot of money to be made in this 134 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:41,560 Speaker 1: cannabis space, and there's a lot of good can be 135 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 1: done with that money, and a lot of good can 136 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:45,720 Speaker 1: come out of it. Gal pau Minis can be found 137 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:51,679 Speaker 1: at Loom Cannabis stores and wherever fine cannabis is sold 138 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 1: in the state. H And Mark Wasserman filling in for 139 00:09:55,960 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: Joe Grande. That was your go green moment. And when 140 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 1: we come back, I'm gonna be stepping into blues shoes 141 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:08,840 Speaker 1: and let you know who's making ways right here on 142 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 1: Cannabis Talk one oh one. We'll be right there. Welcome 143 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:22,680 Speaker 1: back to Cannabis Talk one oh one. I am Mark 144 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 1: Wasserman filling in for the whole crew, and right now 145 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:31,319 Speaker 1: we're getting into who's making waves. NBA legends Alan Iverson 146 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 1: Al Harrington release their new cannabis strain and merch NBA 147 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:41,599 Speaker 1: stars Alan Everson and Al Harrington have partnered up to 148 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:45,319 Speaker 1: launch a line of cannabis products and merchandise via Harrington's company, 149 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 1: Viola Brands. The first cannabis product in the line for 150 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 1: Iverson's collections, dropping on Saturday, is an Indica dominant flower dubbed. 151 00:10:56,920 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 1: The name references the year Iverson, all so known as 152 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 1: the Answer was drafted into the NBA. The strain as 153 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 1: a result of a cross between Secret cush Mints and 154 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:16,559 Speaker 1: grape Stomper. The complex flavor profile combines a robust, grape 155 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 1: candy like a roma coupled with notes of pine and mint. 156 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:26,840 Speaker 1: As Harrington explains, is coated in crystal tri combs and 157 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 1: displays a variety of color pulling from Secret cush Mints, 158 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 1: vivid greens, and grape Stompers signature purples. I've had a 159 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 1: lot of people approached me with business opportunities, but this 160 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:43,320 Speaker 1: one with Al was different, said Iverson. After seeing how 161 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 1: devoted he is to this business and how he educated 162 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:50,560 Speaker 1: me on how beneficial the plant is, it just felt right. 163 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:53,320 Speaker 1: Iverson went on to say that he's excited to be 164 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 1: a part of it and together they're going to change 165 00:11:56,480 --> 00:12:01,600 Speaker 1: the game. The Iverson collection also features non cannabis products. 166 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 1: The initial merchant includes T shirts, hoodies, grinders, lighters, basketball 167 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 1: and more. And I can't wait to smoke on some 168 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 1: of that product. And I believe you're gonna have Out 169 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:19,320 Speaker 1: and Alan into the studio so we can review those 170 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 1: strains and talk to them about their business and who 171 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:26,720 Speaker 1: else is making waves? Can I get a drum? Roll 172 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:32,200 Speaker 1: from somebody in. Oh my god, Justin Bieber breaks into 173 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 1: the cannabis market with peaches. Peaches, Justin Bieber and peaches. Okay, well, 174 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:48,400 Speaker 1: let's see. Justin Bieber announced earlier Monday morning, October four 175 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:53,079 Speaker 1: that he has joined forces with Los Angeles based company Palms. 176 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 1: The megastar has collaborated with the brand to launch his 177 00:12:56,640 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 1: first ever cannabis product. Bieber has created a pack of 178 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:05,320 Speaker 1: pre rolled joints, which she is calling Peaches. The simple 179 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:09,760 Speaker 1: yet witty name comes from the top charting song which 180 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:13,280 Speaker 1: he released off his record Justice. Fans can expect the 181 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 1: collect The collection to feature seven half grand pre rolls 182 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 1: consisting of premium indoor flowers. The specific strains include Indica 183 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:29,080 Speaker 1: sativa and Citrus turpenes. Along with the joints, each pack 184 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:34,960 Speaker 1: consists of a lighter emblazoned with the word Peaches. You know, 185 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 1: I gotta I gotta say, as we talk about all 186 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:46,360 Speaker 1: these celebrities coming into the cannabis market, likely a lot 187 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:48,960 Speaker 1: of them, I don't know for sure, and I you know, 188 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,679 Speaker 1: I don't have any inside information. I'd like to know, 189 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:58,640 Speaker 1: and I'm sure we can find out, but I feel 190 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 1: like a lot of these celebrities. All they're doing is 191 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:08,240 Speaker 1: taking their intellectual property that they've created around their names, 192 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 1: their songs, their brands that they've created through their fantastic artistry, 193 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 1: whether singing, rapping, writing, whatever it is, whatever it is 194 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:26,960 Speaker 1: that made them famous and made them become celebrities, rather 195 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:31,640 Speaker 1: than really digging in, like I believe Al Harrington is, 196 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 1: you know, and some of these celebrities are, but I 197 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 1: know a lot of them are not. And they're not 198 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:42,800 Speaker 1: doing any R and D themselves. They're not testing things. 199 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 1: They're just slapping their name on ship getting a paycheck. 200 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 1: And I'm not gonna begrudge anybody for getting a paycheck. 201 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 1: But when the consumers go out and they start using 202 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 1: these products that their favorite entertainer actor, singer that they're 203 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 1: using it just because that famous person is using it, 204 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 1: and then they become disappointed, it just leaves a bad 205 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 1: taste in everybody's mouth for cannabis. So I just hope 206 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 1: that every time we hear a new celebrity coming out 207 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 1: with a cannabis brand or a cannabis strain, that their 208 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 1: hearts really in it and they believe in the power 209 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 1: of this plant and they're not just jumping on a 210 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 1: band way. So to all those celebrities out there who 211 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 1: are thinking of putting their name on a cannabis brand, 212 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 1: You've got a lot of avenues to make money. This one. 213 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 1: Consumers are relying on you with something they're going to 214 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 1: be ingesting, consuming and putting into their body. You should 215 00:15:56,920 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 1: do the right thing and try it out, research it, 216 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 1: get into it, and make sure that what you're putting 217 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 1: your name on is something that you truly believe in. Now, 218 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:14,479 Speaker 1: for Pop Brothers a law we consume a lot of cannabis, 219 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 1: and if you follow our social media, you know that 220 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 1: one of the main things we consume is West Coast 221 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:26,640 Speaker 1: Cure Hardcore o G. West Coast Cure is a brand 222 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 1: that is in our family, my nephew, my brother's son, 223 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 1: and it's a brand that that we believe it. I'll 224 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 1: try other products and I'm happy to, but when we 225 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 1: shout out a product, it is because we really really 226 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:45,640 Speaker 1: like it, we believe in it. It works for us, 227 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 1: and you've got to remember, folks, cannabis does not work 228 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 1: the same for everybody. And unfortunately, because the lack of 229 00:16:56,680 --> 00:17:03,800 Speaker 1: legal research that's allowed, we still are in the early 230 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 1: phases of trying to get to a place where you 231 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:11,480 Speaker 1: can walk in and buy cannabis. And I love the 232 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:15,880 Speaker 1: analogy that Joe Grande always makes. You know, he can 233 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:21,880 Speaker 1: go get a couple of advils or tiling all and 234 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 1: other types of medication like that. Even over the counter, 235 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:26,920 Speaker 1: it'll tell you if you weigh this much, you're gonna 236 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:29,640 Speaker 1: take two of these, and you know they're gonna tell 237 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:33,200 Speaker 1: you how much you can take based on your body composition. 238 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:37,760 Speaker 1: But that just ain't so with cannabis. Cannabis is something 239 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:39,960 Speaker 1: where you've got to figure it out for yourself right now, 240 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 1: until everything catches up. You've got to figure it out. 241 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 1: And we say start slow dose slow, small dose up. 242 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:53,080 Speaker 1: You cannot take it back. For those of you who 243 00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:55,640 Speaker 1: are trying edibles for the first time, you know, take 244 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 1: a half of a half and if it doesn't do 245 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 1: anything for you after an hour, I mean take another 246 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:04,400 Speaker 1: half of the half and starts slow. You consume too 247 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:08,160 Speaker 1: much too fast, you might feel like you're gonna die, 248 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 1: and you're not. Believe me, you will not die. It 249 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 1: might feel like it. Don't rush yourself to the hospital 250 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:17,879 Speaker 1: and go crazy like a lot of people do. Just 251 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:22,399 Speaker 1: lay down and sleep it off because it will go away. 252 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 1: But you cannot dose down. That's why we're always saying 253 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 1: small doses. When you're just starting, you hear about myself 254 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:37,800 Speaker 1: and my massive consumption of cannabis. For me consuming ten 255 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:41,800 Speaker 1: to fift milligrams a day, because that's what I need 256 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 1: as an alcoholic who doesn't drink anymore, somebody who used 257 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:49,640 Speaker 1: to do a lot of different drugs and a lot 258 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:54,480 Speaker 1: of different things. Cannabis works for me, keeps me sharp, 259 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:59,000 Speaker 1: keeps me focused eventually at night when I consume a 260 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:01,960 Speaker 1: whole bunch, and how helps me sleep, takes away pain, 261 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 1: does a lot of different things for me throughout the day. 262 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:08,159 Speaker 1: My brother uses not as much as me, but he 263 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:12,880 Speaker 1: also consumes quite a bit. And so to each his own. 264 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:16,120 Speaker 1: And when it comes to cannabis, you can figure it out. 265 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:19,119 Speaker 1: Went off on a little tangent there, But just to 266 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:23,119 Speaker 1: remind you, we got Justin Bieber making waves. We got 267 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:27,240 Speaker 1: Al Harrington and Alan Iverson making waves all with their 268 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:31,920 Speaker 1: new cannabis brands. Go try them out, start slow, goes 269 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:36,040 Speaker 1: up and be very very careful. Mark Wasserman pop Brothers. 270 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:40,360 Speaker 1: That law Hill here filling in for everybody. And right 271 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:42,679 Speaker 1: now I'm gonna give you that great cannabis news that 272 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:46,640 Speaker 1: my big brother usually handles and right here. New York 273 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: cannabis regulators approved patient access to flower cannabis. New York's 274 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:59,400 Speaker 1: Cannabis Control Board, known as the c CB, held its 275 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:04,399 Speaker 1: first meeting on Tuesday, a key step forward towards implementing 276 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:07,840 Speaker 1: the state's adult use cannabis program. We've been waiting a 277 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:10,359 Speaker 1: long time for this to roll out since it was 278 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 1: voted on and regulator. Regulators announced that some changes to 279 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:18,399 Speaker 1: the state's existing medical cannabis program that we're included in 280 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:22,200 Speaker 1: the adult use legalization law and acted earlier this year 281 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:27,159 Speaker 1: will take effect immediately. Dispensaries will now be allowed to 282 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:32,880 Speaker 1: sell flower cannabis products to qualified patients, but home cultivation 283 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:37,760 Speaker 1: for patient remains prohibited for the time being because officials 284 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 1: have failed to meet a deadline to develop rules for 285 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:45,359 Speaker 1: such activity. This is bullshit. This is bullshit. This is 286 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:50,080 Speaker 1: just bullshit. It's unclear when home girl regulations will be 287 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:55,160 Speaker 1: put into place, but former New York Assemblywoman Tremon Wright, 288 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:58,679 Speaker 1: who chairs CCB, said the body is very committed to 289 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:04,879 Speaker 1: drafting these regulations and issuing them for public comments, and 290 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,199 Speaker 1: expected to be an agenda item on one of the 291 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:11,400 Speaker 1: upcoming board meetings. She did not provide specifics on when 292 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:15,400 Speaker 1: to expect that to happen. More dragging of the heels. 293 00:21:16,119 --> 00:21:19,560 Speaker 1: I mean, this is ridiculous. We called this out too. 294 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:22,440 Speaker 1: We knew this was gonna happen once it passed. We 295 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:26,480 Speaker 1: said that, Look, after the law passes and it's voted 296 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:29,879 Speaker 1: on in passes, then the regulators got to step in 297 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:32,680 Speaker 1: and make the regulations and write it all up. And 298 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:35,400 Speaker 1: this is where the bullshit starts. Members of the Board 299 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 1: who were recently appointed by the governor and legislative leaders 300 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:45,399 Speaker 1: also discussed ethical considerations for regulators, approved key staff hires, 301 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 1: and talked about next steps for the panel. Blah blah, 302 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 1: talk talk talk. This is all just conjecture and talk. 303 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:54,040 Speaker 1: When are we gonna see some action. While the conversation 304 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 1: was largely preliminary and lasted just over a half hour, 305 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:02,680 Speaker 1: while they spent the whole power on this, the board 306 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:07,800 Speaker 1: signed off of some regulatory positions, such as Chief Equity Officer. 307 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 1: Now Jason Starr, who served as assistant council to former 308 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: Governor Andrew Cuomo and also worked with New York Ciity 309 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:22,120 Speaker 1: Liberators Union, will assume that role. Jason Starwell The panel 310 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:25,959 Speaker 1: also announced that the state's medical cannabis program would be 311 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 1: immediately effective. Patients will be able to access flower cannabis 312 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:35,040 Speaker 1: products at existing dispensaries, and the fifty dollar registration feed 313 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:40,320 Speaker 1: for patients and caregivers is being permanently waived. That's nice, 314 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:42,119 Speaker 1: I mean it should it shouldn't have been there to 315 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 1: begin with. So what do is that they put ship 316 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 1: in there and then they take it out to make 317 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:49,320 Speaker 1: themselves look good. You're gonna make patients pay fifty dollar 318 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:52,920 Speaker 1: registration fee and now you're taking it out so you 319 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:57,160 Speaker 1: look good. I don't know. Lawmakers who sponsored the legalization 320 00:22:57,240 --> 00:23:00,879 Speaker 1: bill had argued that those changes to the law could 321 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:05,399 Speaker 1: be self executing and did not require the regulatory body 322 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:08,959 Speaker 1: to be seated to be enacted. A Cuomo's administration had 323 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:12,119 Speaker 1: a different view. We heard this was gonna happen, like 324 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:18,479 Speaker 1: I said, Like I said, And as the activists argued, 325 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:23,720 Speaker 1: they didn't need to do this. They could have done that. 326 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 1: They didn't need to wait to do this. It could 327 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 1: have an already been already been done. Now. Governor Kathy Hotel, 328 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:34,560 Speaker 1: who replaced Cuomo after he reside under that sexual harassment scandal, 329 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 1: has repeatedly emphasized her interest in efficiently implementing the legalization 330 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:43,760 Speaker 1: law that was signed in March. Let's see March April, May, 331 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:49,200 Speaker 1: June to August, September, October. Seven freaking months? Is that efficient? 332 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 1: Governor Hochel, is that efficient? The hell's your definition of efficient? 333 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:00,280 Speaker 1: Seven months? Ain't mine. At a recent of and she 334 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:04,360 Speaker 1: touted the fact that she had quickly made regulatory appointments 335 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,239 Speaker 1: that had been delayed under her predecessor. All right, so 336 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:10,920 Speaker 1: she's blaming Clomo, she's stepping in. She stepped into a mess. 337 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:13,400 Speaker 1: All right, Maybe we'll give her a chance. We'll see 338 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:17,399 Speaker 1: what she's gonna do. She says she believes there's thousands 339 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:19,679 Speaker 1: and thousands of jobs that could be created in the 340 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:27,360 Speaker 1: new industry. The really, I think we know that thousands 341 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:31,240 Speaker 1: and thousands, I mean tens of thousands of jobs. Let's 342 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 1: think about this. Let's end unemployment. Cannabis and its business 343 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:42,400 Speaker 1: and the ancillary businesses that have to be created around 344 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:46,880 Speaker 1: keeping the cannabis business running, all the nuts and bolts 345 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:53,400 Speaker 1: come on. That ends unemployment right there, at least that's 346 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:57,119 Speaker 1: what I think. In more news, the d e A 347 00:24:57,359 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 1: still insists that can't of this has no accepted medical use. 348 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:13,560 Speaker 1: D e A dumb. I don't know. I'm trying to 349 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 1: think of another accurate acronym for these d e A 350 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 1: assholes who say there's no accepted medical use. This spring, 351 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:29,520 Speaker 1: nearly five years after the Obama administration promised to end 352 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:35,440 Speaker 1: the federal government's longstanding monopoly on cannabis for medical research, 353 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 1: the d e A tentatively approved applications by several independent suppliers. But, 354 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 1: and that's a heavy butt, the d e A still 355 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:51,840 Speaker 1: maintains that the plant belongs in Schedule one of the 356 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:58,200 Speaker 1: Controlled Substances Act, a category supposedly reserved for especially dangerous 357 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:02,439 Speaker 1: drugs with no ex apted medical use. At the center 358 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:07,359 Speaker 1: of both disputes is the Arizona based Scottsdale Research Institute, 359 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 1: one of the organizations that received preliminary d e A 360 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:16,480 Speaker 1: approval to grow cannabis. S r I president Suzanne Sizzley, 361 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 1: a psychiatrist who has studied marijuana's youthfulness as a treatment 362 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:24,320 Speaker 1: for post traumatic stress disorder, is asking the U. S. 363 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:27,840 Speaker 1: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to reject the 364 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:31,520 Speaker 1: d e as rationale for keeping cannabis on the Schedule 365 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 1: one Cicily says the agency is wrong to ignore state 366 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:42,200 Speaker 1: recognition of cannabis medical utility. How can the d A 367 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:46,720 Speaker 1: say this with a straight face when cannabis has been 368 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:51,879 Speaker 1: deemed an essential business during the pandemic. I want to 369 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,160 Speaker 1: rip my hair out and start. I'm ripping it out 370 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 1: right now. I mean the balls on the d A 371 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:02,800 Speaker 1: to can tinue to do this. The c s A 372 00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:07,560 Speaker 1: gives the d A authority to reschedule drugs and consultation 373 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:11,320 Speaker 1: with the Department of Health and Human Services. The National 374 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:16,040 Speaker 1: Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws Normal we talked about 375 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:19,560 Speaker 1: n O r mL dot org all the time, filed 376 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 1: the first petition asking the d e A to reclassify 377 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:32,000 Speaker 1: cannabis a half a century ago. Fifty years ago, they 378 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:37,960 Speaker 1: filed the petition to have it reclassified, but neither that 379 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:44,440 Speaker 1: case nor subsequent challenges made any headway because the federal 380 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:48,159 Speaker 1: courts have deferred to the agency's interpretation of the c 381 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:53,000 Speaker 1: s A scheduling criteria. According to the d A, cannabis 382 00:27:53,119 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 1: has no currently accepted medical use. Let me fucking repeat 383 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:08,160 Speaker 1: eat that. According to the d e A, cannabis has 384 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:20,400 Speaker 1: no currently accepted medical use. God the ignorance, the hypocrisy 385 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 1: m they say, because it does not satisfy a five 386 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:31,639 Speaker 1: part test that the d e A agency invented themselves. 387 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 1: They invented a test to determine if it's medically acceptable. 388 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:40,640 Speaker 1: I didn't know the DA was full of scientists and 389 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:44,040 Speaker 1: doctors more than the Department of Health and Human Services 390 00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:48,200 Speaker 1: and their little five part tests, which demands a sort 391 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:51,520 Speaker 1: of evidence that would be required to win approval of 392 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:54,640 Speaker 1: a new medicine by the f d A. So, in 393 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:57,840 Speaker 1: the d e a's view, the fact that most states 394 00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:04,400 Speaker 1: allow patients to use cannabis is irrelevant. And most states, 395 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:07,960 Speaker 1: I mean, we've talked about this, almost everyone is the 396 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:11,240 Speaker 1: forty seven states have some form of cannabis use, whether 397 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:18,240 Speaker 1: it's medicinal, adult used, just CBD, like ridiculous Texas. But 398 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:24,160 Speaker 1: the DA says it's irrelevant. The reasons why I guess 399 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:37,560 Speaker 1: it's irrelevant that it's on and been considered. It makes 400 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:43,680 Speaker 1: me feel like I'm going crazy? Am I going crazy? 401 00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:49,680 Speaker 1: Cannabis is an essential business was deemed such, But the 402 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:58,040 Speaker 1: d e A says that's irrelevant based on the statutory text, structure, history, purpose, 403 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:05,000 Speaker 1: and the original understanding of the statute currently accepted medical 404 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:11,840 Speaker 1: use means legitimate or lawful purpose, says the Petition for 405 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:16,160 Speaker 1: Review in Sicily versus d e A. This is the 406 00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:21,600 Speaker 1: only interpretation that captures the cooperative federalism vision of the 407 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:26,280 Speaker 1: c s A and respects state sovereignty in determining whether 408 00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:30,520 Speaker 1: medical use of cannabis is legitimate. Sicily says the drugs 409 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:37,360 Speaker 1: legal treatment by thirty six states sure should count for something. 410 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:48,600 Speaker 1: Thirty six states use cannabis or legal treatment. Can the 411 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:53,040 Speaker 1: d e A deny that cannabis has a currently accepted 412 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:56,840 Speaker 1: medical use in treatment in the United States when more 413 00:30:56,920 --> 00:31:01,600 Speaker 1: than two thirds of the states have enacted legislation green 414 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:06,480 Speaker 1: lighting cannabis use as medicine. This is what Cecily's grief 415 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:12,600 Speaker 1: asks the Ninth Circuit. The unambiguous text of the statute, 416 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:16,960 Speaker 1: cannons of construction, the c s as, history and purpose, 417 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:21,920 Speaker 1: and common sense all converge on a single resounding answer. 418 00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:29,640 Speaker 1: Sicily says that answer is no. No. The d e 419 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:34,920 Speaker 1: A cannot deny that cannabis has a currently accepted medical 420 00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:39,080 Speaker 1: use and treatment in the United States of more than 421 00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:46,080 Speaker 1: two thirds of the states. So there shove that in 422 00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:51,000 Speaker 1: your bond and smoking. I'm Mark Wasserman with your cannabis 423 00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:55,960 Speaker 1: news and we will be right back with when Cannabis 424 00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:59,560 Speaker 1: Goes Back. It's Cannabis Talk one oh one. 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And 435 00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:59,400 Speaker 1: here we have out of California. The headline reads OUs 436 00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:06,480 Speaker 1: did Men med executives file suit against their own company? 437 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:09,200 Speaker 1: We did a story about this over the last couple 438 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:11,560 Speaker 1: of years. We've been following Medmen and everything that's been 439 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:15,160 Speaker 1: going on. And this company run by the Austin co 440 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:20,440 Speaker 1: founders of Cannabis, the cannabis Giant Medman, Adam Bierman and 441 00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:25,320 Speaker 1: Andrew Modlin are suing Coastal Holding Company, a company that 442 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:28,800 Speaker 1: holds several cannabis licenses back we talked about them at 443 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:32,680 Speaker 1: the beginning of the show in multiple cities. Oh and 444 00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:35,320 Speaker 1: they're planning to sell the company for fifty six point 445 00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:40,000 Speaker 1: to million dollars. The complaint was filed by an empty 446 00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:43,880 Speaker 1: called l M a J l l C, whose officers 447 00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:48,120 Speaker 1: include Adam Bierman and Andrew Maudlin, who both resigned for 448 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:52,760 Speaker 1: Medmen last year. Bierman and Marvin claimed that as partial 449 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:56,200 Speaker 1: owners of Coastal, they have the right to approve the 450 00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:59,640 Speaker 1: sale or not. How looks like they're gonna try to 451 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:05,880 Speaker 1: block the parent company. Aneo Graham You, a leading vertical 452 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:10,239 Speaker 1: integrated California cannabis company, announced on Monday that it had 453 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:15,960 Speaker 1: signed definitive agreements to acquire one of the equity of 454 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:22,640 Speaker 1: Coastal Holding Company LLC for sixteen point two million in cash, 455 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:27,120 Speaker 1: with a contingent consideration of up to forty million in equity. However, 456 00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:31,640 Speaker 1: according to the complaint, the principles of the Canvas Dispensary 457 00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:36,040 Speaker 1: Chain are selling off the company without consulting the shareholders, 458 00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:39,120 Speaker 1: whom they say should have a say in the matter. 459 00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:43,239 Speaker 1: Coastal responded in a court filing saying that it was 460 00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:48,719 Speaker 1: actually the plaintiff, not the defendants, who recommended, found and 461 00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:53,080 Speaker 1: negotiated the sale of Coastal for fifty six point two 462 00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:57,759 Speaker 1: million dollars. In the meantime, Berman and Modlin revealed their 463 00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:02,200 Speaker 1: participation in Coastal. They became involved in Coastal in August 464 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:07,279 Speaker 1: through a three point seven million dollar investment made by 465 00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:11,640 Speaker 1: a corporation they registered in Delaware. This would be a 466 00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:16,120 Speaker 1: dead bang hit for violations of failure to disclose owners 467 00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:20,320 Speaker 1: and financial interest holders. Hillary Brick and a Los Angeles 468 00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:24,680 Speaker 1: based cannabis attorney, Gold m J. Bis Daily. According to 469 00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:28,080 Speaker 1: the disciplinary guidelines of the Bureau of Cannabis Control, the 470 00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:32,440 Speaker 1: maximum penalty for Coastal in such a situation could be 471 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:35,520 Speaker 1: the revocation of at least one of an eight permits, 472 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:39,800 Speaker 1: and even a minimal penalty would result in a forty 473 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:44,640 Speaker 1: five day license suspension. So we're gonna have to follow 474 00:35:44,719 --> 00:35:50,480 Speaker 1: this lawsuit and we will see how exactly bad this 475 00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:57,000 Speaker 1: cannabis situation will go. And moving on to another when 476 00:35:57,000 --> 00:36:00,359 Speaker 1: cannabis goes bad story, The headline reads out of Los 477 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:03,960 Speaker 1: Angeles County l A. S. D share get five million 478 00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:08,879 Speaker 1: dollars to shut down illegal grows. Wow, what a wonderful, 479 00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:14,000 Speaker 1: wonderful way for l A to spend five million dollars. 480 00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:19,360 Speaker 1: Let me see, maybe we could spend it cleaning up 481 00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:27,279 Speaker 1: the homeless encampments. M Maybe we could spend it helping veterans. Huh. 482 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:31,279 Speaker 1: Maybe we could spend it with those needing childcare or 483 00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:35,960 Speaker 1: medical care. But no, let's get five million dollars to 484 00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:41,120 Speaker 1: the cops to go shut down illegal cannabis grows. Los 485 00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:46,800 Speaker 1: Angeles County officials agreed Tuesday to spend five million dollars 486 00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:50,080 Speaker 1: to crack down on our legal illegal cannabis grow operations 487 00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:56,319 Speaker 1: in Antelope Valley and dispensaries and unincorporated areas countywide as 488 00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:59,960 Speaker 1: part of a thirty nine point three billion dollar budget 489 00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:06,680 Speaker 1: it for fiscal Here Jesus Christ, this pisces me off 490 00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:13,640 Speaker 1: five million dollars to go take down cannabis grows. Supervisor 491 00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:17,680 Speaker 1: Katherine Barger had pushed hard for the funding, even as 492 00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:20,680 Speaker 1: a community advocates sought to shut down any new funds 493 00:37:20,719 --> 00:37:24,920 Speaker 1: going to the Sheriff's office. She said illegal cannabis operations 494 00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:28,280 Speaker 1: continue to threaten the well being of our residents, water supply, 495 00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:32,680 Speaker 1: and environment. By empowering and equipping our law enforcement partners 496 00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:35,800 Speaker 1: with the resources they need, we can better protect our community. 497 00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:38,080 Speaker 1: So okay, so go and give the cops more money 498 00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:42,759 Speaker 1: so they can do more of their bullshit. Now, I 499 00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:48,560 Speaker 1: certainly understand that there are large illegal cannabis grows that 500 00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:54,560 Speaker 1: are wrongfully using water and messing up the environment. We 501 00:37:54,600 --> 00:38:01,040 Speaker 1: don't support that. There are plenty of cannabis grows that 502 00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:06,399 Speaker 1: aren't doing that. There are plenty of cannabis grows being 503 00:38:06,440 --> 00:38:10,360 Speaker 1: done by just patients themselves that need to consume a lot, 504 00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:15,240 Speaker 1: and they get wrapped up in all these raids because 505 00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:17,759 Speaker 1: the cops don't care. One grow you've seen one, You've 506 00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:20,839 Speaker 1: seen them all. You've seen one cannabis grower. They're all 507 00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:26,560 Speaker 1: lumped together. It's horrible. And they say roughly half of 508 00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:29,960 Speaker 1: the five million will go to bolster sheriff Department's efforts 509 00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:33,960 Speaker 1: to shut down grow operations that steal the water and 510 00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:38,120 Speaker 1: damage the environment. That includes ten trucks needed to investigate 511 00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:43,000 Speaker 1: on rough rural terrain. Another unit within the department will 512 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:47,879 Speaker 1: target illegal illegal dispensaries and unincorporated areas, including Antelope Valley. 513 00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:51,440 Speaker 1: Now we've We've said this. You know, when counties and 514 00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:56,360 Speaker 1: cities move towards legalization and permitting, they go in and 515 00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:59,600 Speaker 1: they sweep. They go in andto a big clean sweep. 516 00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:03,120 Speaker 1: Sheriff also has five dred thousand dollar grant that can 517 00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:06,960 Speaker 1: be used to fund all efforts. So that's just almost 518 00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:11,160 Speaker 1: another half a million dollars that I just see as 519 00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:18,040 Speaker 1: a waste, a waste. This war against cannabis has failed miserably, 520 00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:23,040 Speaker 1: and the cops keep getting more money to fight it. 521 00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:27,200 Speaker 1: It doesn't make any sense. It just doesn't make any sense. 522 00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:31,320 Speaker 1: Barger said that during a ten day operation this summer, 523 00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:34,160 Speaker 1: the l s a D worked in partnership. Now listen 524 00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:39,360 Speaker 1: to this. The Los Angeles Sheriff Department partnered up with local, state, 525 00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:45,520 Speaker 1: and federal partners who sees sixteen tons of illegal cannabis 526 00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:50,120 Speaker 1: plants worth one point one nine billion dollars in Antelope 527 00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:58,000 Speaker 1: Valley one arrests. We're made. You know, when we talk 528 00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:02,640 Speaker 1: about sixteen tons of illegal cannabis is being destroyed because 529 00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:06,319 Speaker 1: that's what they do with it. You know, let's not 530 00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:10,040 Speaker 1: even think about giving it to cancer patients and again vets, 531 00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:13,120 Speaker 1: and hell, maybe even giving it to the to the 532 00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:17,440 Speaker 1: Army and the armed forces, so our soldiers can use 533 00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:23,080 Speaker 1: it when they're out there under stress, taking fire, laying 534 00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:26,560 Speaker 1: their lives on the line. I think smoking a joint 535 00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:30,120 Speaker 1: would be good, taking an edible would be good, But no, 536 00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:35,440 Speaker 1: they want to tear it down and destroy it. Why 537 00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:42,240 Speaker 1: not give these illegal cannabis businesses a chance, a chance 538 00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:46,040 Speaker 1: to come into the legal market, a chance to do 539 00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:51,320 Speaker 1: things right. Why why does it have to be cut 540 00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:56,120 Speaker 1: it down? There's one point one nine billion dollars cut down. 541 00:40:57,400 --> 00:41:03,440 Speaker 1: What a waste? End homelessness, Let's end unemployment. Am I 542 00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:09,160 Speaker 1: a broken record? I can't help it. I cannot help it. 543 00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:15,040 Speaker 1: I keep seeing these figures. We at the pop Brothers 544 00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:19,239 Speaker 1: that log it calls every single day from people who 545 00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:23,799 Speaker 1: we believe should not be dealing with cannabis crimes. You know, 546 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:27,040 Speaker 1: growing in their backyard. Maybe they have ninety plants, a 547 00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:31,200 Speaker 1: hundred plants, but a lot of people need that much 548 00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:35,640 Speaker 1: because after it breaks down and they make their medicine 549 00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:43,360 Speaker 1: with you know, tease, rubs, edibles, flowers, concentrates, tinsters, oils. 550 00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:48,480 Speaker 1: That nine to a hundred plants might last that one 551 00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:52,040 Speaker 1: person a good six to eight months. But these people 552 00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:56,360 Speaker 1: are getting arrested and looking at jail time. It's awful. 553 00:41:56,480 --> 00:42:02,960 Speaker 1: It's horrible, and that's why I don't know when the 554 00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:05,680 Speaker 1: end is inside. I guess I get asked all the time, 555 00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:09,960 Speaker 1: when is it going to be federal illegal? Do we 556 00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:15,759 Speaker 1: have this debate? And unfortunately I don't think it's gonna 557 00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:18,520 Speaker 1: happen in my lifetime. I want somebody to tell me 558 00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:23,959 Speaker 1: and argue to me and convince me why it will 559 00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:27,320 Speaker 1: in the next two years, three years, five years, whatever. 560 00:42:28,080 --> 00:42:31,759 Speaker 1: I've been waiting twenty five years, fifty years. You heard 561 00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:36,759 Speaker 1: it earlier in the show Normal filed a petition fifty 562 00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:43,720 Speaker 1: years ago to deem it medicinal for the medicinal value 563 00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:47,360 Speaker 1: that it is in Fifty years later, still no nothing, 564 00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:53,840 Speaker 1: We're closer, bullshit. McConnell has stopped it. Jesus Christ, he 565 00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:58,080 Speaker 1: might become majority leader again. We're never gonna see it happen. 566 00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:04,719 Speaker 1: Go ahead, call us tell me why you think cannabis 567 00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:08,120 Speaker 1: is really gonna one day be federally legal, because I 568 00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:13,440 Speaker 1: think it ain't. And that is when cannabis goes really, 569 00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:18,160 Speaker 1: really bad. I'm Mark Washerman of the Pop Brothers at Law. 570 00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:22,960 Speaker 1: This is Cannabis Talk one oh one. The world's number 571 00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:27,560 Speaker 1: one source for everything cannabis, and remember this, no one 572 00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:31,120 Speaker 1: else loves you. We do. Thank you for listening to 573 00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:33,719 Speaker 1: Cannabis Talk one oh one on the I Heart Radio app, 574 00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:36,879 Speaker 1: Apple podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts.