1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: It's now time for Cannabis Talk one oh one with Blue, 2 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: Joe Grande, and Mark and Craig Wasserman, the pot Brothers 3 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: at Law. We're the world's number one podcast for everything cannabis. 4 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 1: Hello and welcome to Cannabis Talk one on one. My 5 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: name is Blue. Alongside of me is the world famous 6 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:21,240 Speaker 1: pop brothers at Law. Mark and Greig Wasserman are joining us. 7 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:24,760 Speaker 1: We also got Joe Grande and let me tell you 8 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 1: and Mr Christopher Right you're here as well. We are 9 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: the will number one source for everything cannabis, and thank 10 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:32,159 Speaker 1: you for joining us. Joe. Let us know what's going 11 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: down on this Well, I want everybody to know about 12 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:37,559 Speaker 1: the Canter Culture Convention in Houston, Texas. You guys, we're 13 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 1: gonna be there October ninth and tenth. It's called C three. 14 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: It's gonna be great. It's at the George Brown Convention Center. 15 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:46,839 Speaker 1: So if you're out in Houston, Texas, come out there 16 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 1: and say hello to us. We're gonna be waiting to 17 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 1: give you all a big hug. Yes we are, Yes 18 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 1: we are. Viscus Base will be there Turpeene Warehouse. I 19 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: hope we're gonna be there. Think Bill are gonna be there. Oh, 20 00:00:57,520 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: they're gonna be there. Oh, that's gonna be good. They 21 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 1: will be there, guys and man ste should be there 22 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: for sure. You know what, I'll tell you what. It 23 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:06,680 Speaker 1: ain't real, broke, it ain't real. But we'll be wearing 24 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:09,119 Speaker 1: our necklaces. I'm be wearing my little cuff links. I'm 25 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:12,039 Speaker 1: already actually just put together my whole little cuff link, 26 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: my pennant, and my necklace. Have it all in one spot. 27 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:17,400 Speaker 1: I literally did that over the weekend. Callie Effects Feel 28 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: the Effects will definitely be there as well as Connector 29 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 1: and Joe. What time is that? You know it's dimetime, folks. 30 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: You gotta do it, boys and girls, make sure you 31 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 1: show up to the Callie. I'm sorry to connect Oh 32 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 1: my gosh, this is you know what, because I was 33 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 1: gonna say Cali culture because that's the that's the thing, 34 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: the counter culture conventions just power through its great. Yeah. 35 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: Hey hey how about this Mark? What are you got 36 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 1: going on over there? When cannabis goes bad? Yeah, save them? 37 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: Save them always a pleasure to do when cannabis goes bad, 38 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 1: because it never ends. In this headline says bad. He 39 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 1: said I was good when we started. I don't know you. 40 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 1: Now it's gone bad. When Mike washing this is Mike Washingman. 41 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 1: Cops are dressing up like FedEx guys and arresting people 42 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 1: for cannabis and other drugs. Did he just slide down 43 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: right now? A federal court has ruled that evidence of 44 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 1: drugs obtained by police from a package at a FedEx 45 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 1: sorting center was not seized unconstitutionally, rejecting the defendants argument 46 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: that the seizure violated the pop rights. At the center 47 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: of this decision is a little known agreement allowing law 48 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 1: enforcement agencies to seize parcels at shipping sorting centers. Police 49 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 1: are permitted to take packages only if a drug dog 50 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: indicates there might be contrabands. So individual cops, however, determine 51 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: which packages merit attention are not. We see this with 52 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 1: cops sitting on different post office people go in and 53 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 1: ship packages, and they determine who they're gonna stop going 54 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: in and out. So this allows them to zero in 55 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:12,919 Speaker 1: on people's property. They dress up by FedEx delivery men 56 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:18,359 Speaker 1: and proceed with the rest if those drug dogs alert appropriately. 57 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: And this was the case with a fellow named Herbert 58 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 1: Greene who had his package signaled out at a FedEx 59 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 1: sorting center in Kansas City, who Police Department detective Antonio 60 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 1: Garcia noticed the return label from Brownsville, Texas by way 61 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 1: of California. That's a source of city that's known for 62 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 1: illegal are narcotics, the officer said, and further interested by 63 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 1: the partials glued scenes and the fact that it was 64 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 1: a moving box. Those get his attention right away. So 65 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 1: these cops are looking for the way that people are thinking. 66 00:03:56,360 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 1: They're ingeniously packaging and making its smell all proof and 67 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: all of that, but it ain't working. And upon removing 68 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 1: Green's package from the conveyor belt, Garcia had his canine 69 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 1: inspect the box. The dog indicated that drugs were present. 70 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 1: Garcia then took the package from the FedEx center and 71 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 1: another detective dressed as a fed Ex employee, brought it 72 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: to Green to the guy's home, where officers monitored the premise. 73 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 1: After Green returned to his apartment, he placed the box 74 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: inside and was arrested by the office. There's in a 75 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: nearby parking lot shortly thereafter. So we're seeing a lot 76 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: of these things ourselves, and we're getting calls. In fact, 77 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:43,800 Speaker 1: earlier today I had to jump off because we got 78 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:48,039 Speaker 1: to call somebody who was shipping cannabis and they get 79 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 1: a letter in the mail. Either the receiving party or 80 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 1: the shipping party gets a letter and it's either from 81 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:59,280 Speaker 1: federal authorities or the postal authorities. And it's gonna say 82 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:03,040 Speaker 1: a pack it has been seized and no flagged as 83 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 1: illegal contrabanded? Is this yours? You know, claim it as yours? 84 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:09,159 Speaker 1: What do you want to do? And of course you 85 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 1: know something well, And the silly thing about the guy 86 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 1: I talked to today, because I'm like, well, how much 87 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 1: was it? You know, I'm waiting for twelve pounds, a 88 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:23,839 Speaker 1: hundred pounds one ounce, all that trouble for one ounce 89 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 1: one ounce, and he was sending it from within California 90 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:37,280 Speaker 1: even somewhere else. Well, listen to this. He did it 91 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:44,040 Speaker 1: because his friend who's very sick and can't leave the house, 92 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 1: and he was how but his friend he thought it 93 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 1: was okay. And so the friend gets the letter that 94 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,799 Speaker 1: it's been seized, and I tell him, you know, don't 95 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:57,920 Speaker 1: don't call. It's probably not gonna gonna amount to anything. 96 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:00,839 Speaker 1: I can't imagine they're gonna they're gonna follow up on 97 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:04,159 Speaker 1: an ounce. You know they're probably smoking it right now. 98 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 1: But the fact that you know they're seizing these small amounts, 99 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 1: so it's happening. Did they did they actually did they 100 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: actually arrest anybody on that one ounce? No, they just 101 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:19,479 Speaker 1: because if you if you don't claim it, then it 102 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 1: just goes away and they keep it right right, you 103 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:24,360 Speaker 1: know what. A lot of times, a lot of times 104 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 1: unless it's a large amount, that they're gonna start tailing 105 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 1: your ass. So you know, yeah, what is crazy is 106 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:31,280 Speaker 1: I want to tell you is that guys, listen, if 107 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:34,720 Speaker 1: you are trapping, you know what I'm talking about. If 108 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 1: you don't know what trapping means, don't, don't, don't look 109 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:41,280 Speaker 1: into it, don't don't start learning how. But guys, if 110 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 1: you're out there trapping and you're still using the home 111 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: Depot boxes or the lows boxes, guys, you're tripping, find 112 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: a better way. I mean you guys are still buying 113 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: the and then gluing all the seals. Those are all 114 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 1: the tell tales. Guys, you're giving it away, you're making 115 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:02,719 Speaker 1: you know, you tape. Everything's gotta do legally. Not only 116 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 1: but the thing that gets me about this story and 117 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 1: other stories in general, that I personally have had experiences 118 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:13,200 Speaker 1: with is the ignorance And and I don't say it 119 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 1: in a way of your ignorance and your stupid for 120 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 1: not knowing. There's a lot of people out there, like 121 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 1: I really truly believe in this situation the person was 122 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 1: sending announced to somebody that couldn't leave their house and 123 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 1: meaning I've had somebody asked me that lives in the bear, hey, 124 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 1: can you mail me some stuff? And I'm like, no, 125 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 1: you I can't, Like it's illegal, what do you mean it? Is? 126 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 1: My point to the to the story that you're saying, Mark, 127 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 1: is I truly, in my heart believe that people's ignorance, 128 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 1: even though it's not legally justified. But there's a big 129 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 1: ignorance of people not even understanding it's illegal folks to 130 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 1: send it. What do you mean I can't leave my house? 131 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 1: What do you mean I can't whatever the excuses. Maybe, 132 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 1: and I think we're onto something right there where we 133 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 1: may need to do some public service announcements because there's 134 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 1: truly p pool that just have no clue that they're 135 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 1: not stupid. They're not they think it's fucking legal. What 136 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: do you mean I can go buy it? Down the streets. 137 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 1: Why can't you mail it to my house? Like if 138 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 1: you talk about it like that, it makes it makes it. 139 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 1: It sounds like it's common sense, Like I can go 140 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: buy it here, there, there, and there, but you can't 141 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 1: mail it to me? Why not? Because it's illegal. I 142 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: get that. I get that, Craig, and I understand that, right. 143 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 1: But my point is, I believe there's a huge population 144 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 1: out there that probably don't even understand that, like they 145 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 1: have no comprehension. And like I said, I say this 146 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:38,200 Speaker 1: from first hand experience. I've had people that I've grown 147 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 1: up with going, Joe, Joe, you're doing this cannabis show now? Right? Yeah? 148 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:43,719 Speaker 1: He can you mail me? And no clue. And I'm 149 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 1: talking older women. Actually it's been an older woman to 150 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:48,080 Speaker 1: be honest. And when I say, oh, they're fifty two, right, 151 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:50,959 Speaker 1: three years old? It doesn't even matter. It doesn't even 152 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,079 Speaker 1: matter how many cases we get from people who come 153 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 1: here legally buy it maybe an ounce or two, try 154 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:02,439 Speaker 1: to fount is and they bring it back and they 155 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 1: get pop for exportation. You know they did. They thought 156 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:08,440 Speaker 1: it was legal. And whether you fly with it or 157 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:11,199 Speaker 1: you mail it, it is illegal and you can't do it. 158 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 1: You know you shouldn't do it. Speaking of that, I 159 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 1: gotta I got a short, short story here. Um, that's 160 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 1: making waves, guys. You know, record breaking one point four 161 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 1: million dollars of cocaine and cannabis seized in Florida. Guys. 162 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:31,440 Speaker 1: The US Coastguard just offloaded a record breaking amount of 163 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 1: cocaine and cannabis. Made it estimated worth of one point 164 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 1: four billion dollars with a B with the B the 165 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:47,199 Speaker 1: coastcaine coo. Yeah. The Coastguard cutter James Boat okay, brought 166 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:51,959 Speaker 1: in more than sixty one thousand pounds of seized illegal drugs, 167 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 1: which is your cocaine or I'm sorry, sixty one thousand 168 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:59,679 Speaker 1: pounds of sas illegal drugs, fifty nine thousand, seven hundred 169 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:04,200 Speaker 1: pounds cocaine and one thousand, four hundred pounds of cannabis 170 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: into the port of Florida Fort Lauderdale, guys. Uh. Substances 171 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 1: were found and picked up across Eastern Pacific and Caribbean. 172 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 1: It's a good bus. It's a good amount. Yeah, I mean, dude, 173 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:21,319 Speaker 1: it's a lot. And and you know, I'll tell you 174 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:24,840 Speaker 1: the funny thing is is is like you know, a 175 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:27,600 Speaker 1: lot of people don't know that. They're like, hey, you're 176 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:33,160 Speaker 1: shipping you know. No, no, they knew. But but I'll 177 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 1: tell you what I think the boat they did. And 178 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 1: again is there you don't think the people on the 179 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 1: boat there pushing I think they might have knew they 180 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 1: were moving the cannabis. And then the cannabis there was 181 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 1: a thousand pounds around compressed. I'm telling you, guys, this 182 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 1: is the lick. But how about this, so you still 183 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 1: can't push cannabis like that though that's still illegal. Here's 184 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 1: no I know, but but here's the deal. You know, 185 00:10:57,559 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 1: you get a thousand pounds around, you know, keys of cokes, 186 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 1: right and so, and someone gives you this load and goes, 187 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 1: here's the load. You just think you're doing weed and 188 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:09,440 Speaker 1: some weed, and you're like, I think I'll take that risk, 189 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:11,959 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. But inside of that thousand, 190 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:16,680 Speaker 1: four hundred pounds is sixty three fucking key loads of coke. 191 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, fifty thousand pounds of cocaine. And you think 192 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:24,680 Speaker 1: you're moving the weed and you might be like, I'll 193 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: take that risk, and then finding out that you're really 194 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 1: dealing all that cocaine. To just imagine that cocaine. It's 195 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 1: so order. God, I looked at you right now and 196 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:38,640 Speaker 1: you couldn't see me because you're on zooing. I'm looking 197 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 1: at you, and in my head, I'm going, dude, what 198 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 1: would we do if we see fifty nine thousand pounds 199 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:46,200 Speaker 1: of cocaine? I mean, dude, the stream back in the eighties, 200 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:49,079 Speaker 1: that's an easy question. Well, yeah, exactly, But I mean 201 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:51,160 Speaker 1: I'm just thinking now, I was literally thinking what some 202 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 1: just said. Are people thinking that that is ridiculous amounts cocaine? 203 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 1: What are you gonna say? Twenty seven thousand kilos? That's 204 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:07,080 Speaker 1: twenty seven thousand kilos, which is two point two pounds 205 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:11,680 Speaker 1: of of cocaine that was found there, guys, I mean 206 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:15,200 Speaker 1: seven thousand you guys. You know, it's just funny because 207 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:18,120 Speaker 1: then you say that, Craig. In my head sometimes I think, right, 208 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 1: sometimes in my gut, and I feel the cocaine games 209 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 1: died down a little bit. You know, I was when 210 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:25,840 Speaker 1: I was here for you, and well that's what I'm saying. 211 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 1: I guess they're bringing in that punt. I guess and 212 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:32,719 Speaker 1: I were having a ball last night. We had you 213 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 1: get it had. But my point is the game ain't 214 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:40,400 Speaker 1: got nowhere, man. I mean, why were my gut and 215 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 1: my heart and my soul and going, wow, our country 216 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 1: is cleaning the drug game up a little bit. No, 217 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:49,680 Speaker 1: you know, you know what I've realized is and and 218 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 1: honestly this goes with like there's so many you know, 219 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 1: vertical paradigms going on at the same time, right, So 220 00:12:57,559 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 1: you know, you're not involved in the drug game, so 221 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:01,680 Speaker 1: you're not seeing it like he used to. You know, 222 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 1: you're not involved in the in the street activities, so 223 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 1: you're not seeing it. You're not you know what I mean. 224 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:09,840 Speaker 1: Or maybe you are because your child's there, but I'm not. 225 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:14,079 Speaker 1: So you know, you're like me, like I think it 226 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 1: for baseball, Like I'm not big on baseball. I feel like, oh, 227 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 1: baseball has died down. You know, baseball didn't die down. 228 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:22,959 Speaker 1: There's still huge athletes out there that everybody's in the 229 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 1: baseball scene. You're just not into baseball like he used to. Either. 230 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 1: Cannabis Talk one oh When we come back, we've got 231 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 1: Craig Boss Washerman with some cannabis news. Welcome back to 232 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 1: Cannabis Talk one oh one with Blue Joe Grande Marking, 233 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:48,560 Speaker 1: Craig Washerman, the pop Brothers at law. And now it's 234 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 1: time for Craig Washerman with your cannabis news. So rico lawsuits, 235 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:59,520 Speaker 1: you know what those are, right, explain a little more. 236 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:02,200 Speaker 1: It's explain it for those who have no idea. Craig, 237 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:06,600 Speaker 1: please give me the dumb version. It's Organized Crime Act 238 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:10,720 Speaker 1: that allows you to put away people who engage in 239 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 1: a pattern of criminal conduct and criminal enterprise. The res 240 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 1: got to be done between more than one person, and 241 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 1: it was the way for the federal government to actually 242 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 1: go after the mob, and that's how they got him 243 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 1: on the text. So what's interesting is cannabis businesses are 244 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 1: starting to use rico lawsuits. What do you mean against 245 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 1: each other? Nope, against the illegal market. So these guys 246 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 1: are filing you can file a private reco action, doesn't 247 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 1: have to come from the federal prosecutors. You can file 248 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 1: your own reco action. And they're actually filing these reco 249 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 1: actions against the entire supply chain in the illegal market. 250 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:57,520 Speaker 1: So if there's a storefront, then the storefront is gonna 251 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 1: get sued. Whoever owns the storefront. The landlords are getting sued, 252 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 1: the A T M machine inside is getting sued. They're 253 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: all getting sued because it's basically one big money laundering 254 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 1: operation when the money once it leaves the hands of 255 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:15,520 Speaker 1: the illegal operator in the cannabis space. You just mentioned 256 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 1: the A t M. I mean, you're just throwing something 257 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 1: else in the mix there that I can see being 258 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 1: a key part of it. But are you saying, now 259 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 1: if I owned an A t M there, I was 260 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 1: renting an A t M and the company didn't know 261 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 1: and tried to act like they had no part of 262 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 1: the A t M. Yeah, but most companies would know. 263 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 1: There's no way you would not have an A t 264 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 1: M company. And now about this, you ready for this. 265 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:40,760 Speaker 1: I used that A t M and I'm renting it 266 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 1: from you. Are I bought the A t M and 267 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:45,760 Speaker 1: now I said it was at my tire shop, but 268 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:49,040 Speaker 1: now I'm reloading it at my dispensary. Well, I guess 269 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 1: you're gonna have to be involved in the RICO suit 270 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 1: and then try to get your ass out of it. Well, 271 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 1: you know, speaking of RICO suits, I mean, is this 272 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:57,080 Speaker 1: is this one of the clients that you guys had 273 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 1: that just watched the guy walk in and and went 274 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 1: in there and goes, hey, that's my A t M. 275 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:06,200 Speaker 1: And then they arrested him. That was you guys, right, Yeah, 276 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 1: we had I did a when Cannabis Goes Bad story 277 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 1: about somebody who came to us, and yep, he came 278 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 1: up as the raid was trying to go in, and 279 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 1: we we've advised them that it could end in the RICO, 280 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 1: which is Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and the 281 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 1: ongoing Criminal Enterprise because it's still federally illegal. Craig, are 282 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 1: you saying so, Craig, are you saying? In other words, 283 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 1: if I own a dispensary on you know, Flower Street, 284 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 1: that's legal, and there's another dispensary on Flower Street three 285 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 1: blocks down from me, I can do the reco act 286 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 1: on that other dispensary. And is that what's going down? 287 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 1: Is that how I'm understanding the story? Yeah? Yeah, And 288 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 1: and you're not only going after that store storefront, You're 289 00:16:56,800 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 1: going after any business that deals at that storefront. They're 290 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:05,240 Speaker 1: also suing the there's an all weekly newspaper, the San 291 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:10,800 Speaker 1: Diego Reader, which still advertises unlicensed mari one? What about 292 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:13,200 Speaker 1: how about this? And they're gonna go after the landlord? 293 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:16,480 Speaker 1: Can they can they also go after the police department. 294 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 1: That's not shutting them down. No, no, But but what's 295 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:27,159 Speaker 1: interesting is there's another reco lawsuit that's actually was filed 296 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:31,359 Speaker 1: August nine in Mendocino County. This is really interesting. The 297 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:35,399 Speaker 1: suit targets to law enforcement officials, a former Mendocino County 298 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:38,480 Speaker 1: Sheriff's deputy and a former official with the State Department 299 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 1: of Fishing Wild Wildlife, and there's implications that the local 300 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 1: district attorney and the county Sheriff's office was involved. The 301 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 1: pseudo alleges that a ring of corrupt authorities have conspired 302 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:54,160 Speaker 1: against legal cannabis operators for years, stealing from marijuana farmers 303 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:58,479 Speaker 1: and then covering up their thefts. Quote, certain corrupt law 304 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 1: enforcement officers are above the law because the Sheriff's office 305 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:04,440 Speaker 1: in the d a's office have given officers the green 306 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:07,680 Speaker 1: light to steal marijuana, guns, cash under color of law. 307 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 1: The suit alleges at least some of the local judges 308 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 1: have been willfully blind to unlawful conduct by law enforcement 309 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:17,879 Speaker 1: officials local law enforcement that it is common knowledge and 310 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:21,880 Speaker 1: mean money and amongst many in the communities, like everybody 311 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:25,160 Speaker 1: knows this is going on. This case is actually scheduled 312 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:28,359 Speaker 1: for hearing on February four of next year. It's gonna 313 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:31,120 Speaker 1: be really interesting to see what the court does. These 314 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:34,399 Speaker 1: RICO cases are really hard, even at the when the 315 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 1: government brings them. Uh, there was a stat in here 316 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:41,199 Speaker 1: that eddy five percentities suits are usually dismissed. But and 317 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:44,040 Speaker 1: it's not. These people aren't even doing it. These are 318 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:47,879 Speaker 1: these are almost your your dream clients, because they're all 319 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:50,199 Speaker 1: going after it for money. They know they're probably not 320 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:52,760 Speaker 1: gonna get any money from anybody. But it's a statement. 321 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:56,440 Speaker 1: You stay in this illegal market and you're hurt because 322 00:18:56,440 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 1: the illegal market is crushing the regulated market, rushing, isn't it? Though? 323 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 1: Almost ready for this, and I'm playing devil's advocate. I'm 324 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:06,879 Speaker 1: not saying this is what it is, but almost is 325 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 1: like and I know it's not almost so funny saying 326 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:11,840 Speaker 1: it because I don't agree with that. No, no, no, 327 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:15,159 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say this as once you go legal, you 328 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:18,040 Speaker 1: almost got to be a sellout to the legacy market. Like, Okay, 329 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:21,320 Speaker 1: now that I'm legal, you can't that's not true, Well, 330 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 1: that's not true. If these RICO acts are doing exactly that, 331 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:25,960 Speaker 1: I'm turning out. But you're doing what I was doing. 332 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,920 Speaker 1: Three months ago. But now i'm legal, I'm just using 333 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:32,160 Speaker 1: to turn like that. You're adapting with the change. Yeah, 334 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 1: now that i'm legal. Now that i'm legal, i am 335 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 1: before when I was with the change. I agree with you, Craik, 336 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:41,800 Speaker 1: But is it is it like a cat? There's no 337 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 1: catch twenty two before regulations, there weren't any regulations. So 338 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:52,080 Speaker 1: you opened up your shop, you did your grow, and 339 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 1: you did it on the laws as they existed back then. 340 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:57,879 Speaker 1: That's how it was now the laws. Not that I 341 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 1: agree with all the laws, but now the laws changed 342 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:02,199 Speaker 1: and now I'm trying to catch up to the law 343 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 1: and you have to do it this way if you 344 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:07,880 Speaker 1: now want to do it, it's clear this is how 345 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:09,680 Speaker 1: you do it legal. And how hard is it by 346 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 1: these people that can't fully get question you're asking. I 347 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:15,080 Speaker 1: know I'm not I'm not asking you a question I'm 348 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 1: making and I'm talking in snitching how you put it, Craig. 349 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:25,640 Speaker 1: Not for doing it legally. There's dry snitching one. But 350 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:29,159 Speaker 1: but here's the thing. Even worse than that is realistically 351 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 1: a lot of those guys are still operating on the 352 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:34,280 Speaker 1: in the gray area to their tiptoe on both sides 353 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:40,320 Speaker 1: and so and so you know, I'm not saying that. Yeah, yeah, 354 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 1: well but we know it's but we know amongst us 355 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:47,360 Speaker 1: that it happens that way, and that's funny. Companies, some 356 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:51,160 Speaker 1: legal companies might do both sides and that eventually that's 357 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:53,920 Speaker 1: it's gonna they're gonna go down and eventually they're gonna 358 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:57,040 Speaker 1: lose their license. And don't get me wrong, everything you're saying, Craig, 359 00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 1: I agree with you. Everything should be ago, it should 360 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 1: be the right way. I fully support and everything that 361 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:06,440 Speaker 1: you're saying the RICO act. I even support those that 362 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 1: are calling on the RECO act. I support that because 363 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 1: you're doing a legal, right business. I agree with that. 364 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:13,359 Speaker 1: Like I said, I'm just putting on my other side 365 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:16,120 Speaker 1: street hat, going where were you four years ago trying 366 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 1: to do that hustle like that guy that you're ratting on. No, 367 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:20,639 Speaker 1: And I get but I get what they're saying though, 368 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:22,639 Speaker 1: especially if you're selling right down the street from me, 369 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:25,520 Speaker 1: but not selling out. No, they're not selling out. But 370 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:27,600 Speaker 1: but if they are calling out, and they're and they're 371 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:30,359 Speaker 1: calling out and and so you know, sometimes when you 372 00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:32,680 Speaker 1: point that finger at somebody, five more fingers or four 373 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 1: more fingers playing. You know what, it's just it's watch 374 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:38,920 Speaker 1: what you wish for. Yeah, it happens. Well, here's the 375 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 1: other thing, too wish for and our and our stupid 376 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 1: government set it up so poorly that it's causing these problems. 377 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:49,679 Speaker 1: And I don't I don't blame the legal companies for 378 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:52,920 Speaker 1: going after the illegal company. And I don't either. Don't 379 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:54,439 Speaker 1: get me wrong, I'm not trying to state that I 380 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:56,240 Speaker 1: feel that way, but I don't know. And on the 381 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:58,240 Speaker 1: other hand, Blue, like I think, just like what you're 382 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:01,920 Speaker 1: trying to say is we don't judge. No, we don't judge. 383 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:05,440 Speaker 1: Someone doesn't want to get legal, then that's a choice. Yeah, 384 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:07,919 Speaker 1: they can continue to be criminals. But but again we 385 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:09,840 Speaker 1: kind of do judge because at the same time, we 386 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:12,920 Speaker 1: don't let illegal companies on here. So you know what 387 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,000 Speaker 1: I mean, judge there were a time where where it 388 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:18,400 Speaker 1: was just crossing over and we were kind of letting both. 389 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 1: We like to promote clearly legal cannabistlely. Yeah, that's what 390 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 1: we do. We don't actually allow because I mean, we 391 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 1: get people contacting us and saying, hey, you know, I 392 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 1: got a dispensary over here in whatever city, can we 393 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:31,439 Speaker 1: come on your show, and we look them up and 394 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:33,440 Speaker 1: we go. Now, man, I'm sorry. You know, we don't 395 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:35,600 Speaker 1: see your license. If you show us proof of your license, 396 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 1: will let you on the show. Um, you know, because 397 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 1: it's just doing the right thing for the industry. No, exactly, no, no, 398 00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 1: but you know we don't. I agree with you. Mark. 399 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 1: Let's do something with a couple of leeters. I actually 400 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:54,080 Speaker 1: ironically you say that, Mark, I just asked somebody the 401 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:56,359 Speaker 1: other day. Oh no, he was illegal. Wait a minute, 402 00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:58,200 Speaker 1: what if we take money from them? Because they want 403 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:00,840 Speaker 1: to give us money to and we don't take their money. 404 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:03,040 Speaker 1: But what if we decided to take we take their money. 405 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:04,840 Speaker 1: We could be part of that reco act. Yeah, that's 406 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:06,520 Speaker 1: why we don't take their money. So I want to 407 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:09,159 Speaker 1: make a statement and say this though comes in listen 408 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:12,439 Speaker 1: to listen to this scenarios as lawyers are ready. Guys, 409 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 1: Mark and Craig. I owned Joe Grande's dispensary, it's legal, 410 00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:19,120 Speaker 1: and Blues dispensary down the street is illegal. I'm doing 411 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:23,560 Speaker 1: I'm just using this as an analogy. Okay, okay, let's 412 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:26,439 Speaker 1: find reverse it my illegal one. And you know what 413 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 1: Blues called the cops on me ten times. Right, it's 414 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:34,040 Speaker 1: made all these complaints, which what do you want to 415 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 1: be your asshole, I'm trying to let it be me 416 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 1: that called the cops on you. I called the cops 417 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:44,479 Speaker 1: on blues right, okay, once again using my Flower Street analogy. 418 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 1: But I had better just listen, Okay, okay, whatever. But 419 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:51,119 Speaker 1: my point is, why couldn't I with the RICO acts 420 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 1: to the police because of gross negligence of how many 421 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 1: times as a police car driven up and down the street. 422 00:23:57,960 --> 00:23:59,520 Speaker 1: I'm gonna cut you off. I'm gonna cut you off 423 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:04,440 Speaker 1: because your there's no reco act is organized crime organization 424 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:07,560 Speaker 1: not negligence. Well, you have to show the police you've 425 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 1: been you've been uh told, identified, and you can fucking 426 00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:13,200 Speaker 1: see the door and you can walk inside and see 427 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 1: the cannabis inside that's illegally being sold. And they shut 428 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 1: it down every other day, and it pops back up 429 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:19,520 Speaker 1: and they shut it down. They pop up and they 430 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:21,200 Speaker 1: shut it down. They do everything they can do what 431 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 1: they don't have the resources to keep hitting that illegal story? 432 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:28,880 Speaker 1: Can state then for not supplying the resources for my business? 433 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 1: And I'm running state, Joe? You know what? You know what? 434 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 1: You know what a client like you. You know what 435 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:37,800 Speaker 1: we do this, it's great take money and everybody, no, no, 436 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:39,919 Speaker 1: I gotta know you probably have no chance. But if 437 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 1: you're really that gung ho, you have no chance in 438 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:46,720 Speaker 1: hell hundred thousand dollars retaining. Let's go. That's what I 439 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 1: like to hear about you guys. You know what, There 440 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,200 Speaker 1: is a chance because what I'm saying is wrong. There 441 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:54,080 Speaker 1: is no chance, and I'd make you sign something saying that. 442 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:56,080 Speaker 1: But if you really want to be stupid, I'll take 443 00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:58,919 Speaker 1: your money. But why is there no chance? Because what 444 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 1: I'm saying is you're gonna be able to as soon 445 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:03,880 Speaker 1: the state what the cops that's on the take. Yeah, 446 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 1: we go deep undercover with this ship and figure out 447 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:11,640 Speaker 1: what's going on. Well yeah, now you're adding, of course, 448 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:14,960 Speaker 1: you guys gotta dig deeper, you fucking lazy lawyers. Dig 449 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:16,879 Speaker 1: do you let it come up with some facts? First, 450 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:20,280 Speaker 1: we don't manufacture the fact. I have the answer, Joe. 451 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:25,720 Speaker 1: Please the cops. You're referring to the whole station. They're 452 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 1: in on it with the dispensaries. And that's how the 453 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:32,960 Speaker 1: RICO Act applies to the cops as well. It's one 454 00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 1: huge criminal organization. Cops dispensaries. They're all in it together. 455 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:39,680 Speaker 1: It's the cops boy who owns it, you know what 456 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:41,920 Speaker 1: I mean. So they let it go and they overlook it. Oh, 457 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:44,040 Speaker 1: now you're really throwing In fact, I'm just saying, ship 458 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:46,640 Speaker 1: like this happens all day, every day, happens all the time, 459 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,399 Speaker 1: and that's really a two dollar bill that happens. So 460 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:53,160 Speaker 1: my point is a mayor's sons, right, it's a mayor's sons, buddy. 461 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:55,880 Speaker 1: I'm just saying, don't turn down the money, Craig before 462 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 1: it comes, because you can, you know, be on the 463 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:03,320 Speaker 1: next dateline solving big crimes because of your work and 464 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:05,159 Speaker 1: what that said. It's Cannabis Talk one on one and 465 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 1: we're right back after this break. Let's do that again. 466 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:33,040 Speaker 1: Start off mark three too. Take a hit, hit motherfucker's 467 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 1: how are you doing. I'm starting your segment with you. 468 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:45,680 Speaker 1: He's ruining it. That's brother, way right there, messing up segment. 469 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:48,200 Speaker 1: Let it roll, you know what? Either way, you guys 470 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:51,399 Speaker 1: all all bottom bottom line is you know what I 471 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:55,320 Speaker 1: just want to tell everybody out there. The Counterculture Convention 472 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:59,440 Speaker 1: C three in Houston, Texas at the George Brown Convention 473 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:02,399 Speaker 1: Center of tober ninth and tenth Cannabis Talk one oh 474 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 1: one is gonna be there and Mark and Craig. I 475 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:07,399 Speaker 1: got a good girl Green segment for you guys, for 476 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 1: those who don't know from the for them too. I 477 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:15,480 Speaker 1: don't know why I didn't say here that was sorry. Yeah, 478 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 1: I mean no, no, no, Blue. This is a good 479 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:20,639 Speaker 1: story for you. It's it's a good story for you. 480 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:21,919 Speaker 1: I don't know why I was looking this way, and 481 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:25,040 Speaker 1: I don't know as it wasn't good. Let's talk about 482 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:27,760 Speaker 1: whether it's a good story for an hour. Okay, check 483 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,600 Speaker 1: this out, you guys. I'm Joe. Here's your Green segment. 484 00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:32,919 Speaker 1: No here, I'm from the Bay and this story just 485 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,680 Speaker 1: grabbing when I've seen this from the Bay. I don't 486 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:37,240 Speaker 1: know if you know this, Craig, I'm from the Bay area, 487 00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 1: did you know? Yeah? Yeah, San Jose dog born and raise. Hello. 488 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:43,920 Speaker 1: People think I'm sound what you guys say out there? Dog? 489 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 1: What's up? Doc? Doc? That's actually a dog? Did you 490 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 1: do radio in San Jose? You know? Dog? Sometimes it 491 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:51,120 Speaker 1: was called the doghouse. I don't know if you heard 492 00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 1: about it, but in the East Bay, the East Bay, 493 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:56,240 Speaker 1: you guys know where the East Bay is. Let's let's 494 00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:59,879 Speaker 1: quiz him on the East mark name one city that 495 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 1: would be in the East Bay Area East Oakland, East Oakland, 496 00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 1: East oak pleasant Pleasantville is not a city in the 497 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,439 Speaker 1: Bay area. Pleasant Tin is a city in the Bay Area. 498 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:18,080 Speaker 1: Trying to And San Jose is not the East Bay 499 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:23,480 Speaker 1: by the way, Craig Washerman. But that would be the 500 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:27,720 Speaker 1: South Bay. Is San Jose because it's south of the Bay. 501 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:29,200 Speaker 1: So the Bay is in the middle of the water 502 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:32,600 Speaker 1: right in San Francisco, is there Oakland? South of the 503 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:35,199 Speaker 1: water is San Jose on the bottom of it, so 504 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:37,240 Speaker 1: to speak, and the water goes up like that like 505 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:40,280 Speaker 1: the bottom of the whole Bay area. San Jose is 506 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 1: the South Bay Area, correct, That's where And then of 507 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:44,400 Speaker 1: course even more south is your Gilroy and then the 508 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:47,040 Speaker 1: Salinas areas and all that. Yeah, and are they part 509 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:49,120 Speaker 1: of the Bay area too, Yeah, actually they are. They're 510 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 1: they're deeper south of the Bay area, but they're considered 511 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:56,960 Speaker 1: the Bay area. It goes in the population from the Bay. 512 00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 1: Bay Area is the number four market in the country. 513 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:02,040 Speaker 1: There's a lot out of people in that Bay Area region. 514 00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:04,680 Speaker 1: So San Jose is what makes the Bay area one 515 00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:06,960 Speaker 1: of the largest areas because San Jose is actually the 516 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:11,440 Speaker 1: eleventh largest city in the nation, so no fourth largest market. 517 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:14,560 Speaker 1: San Jose is the eleventh largest city in the country. 518 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:17,720 Speaker 1: So these are just some interesting stats and facts about 519 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:19,920 Speaker 1: the Bay Area in the market, in the geographic area. 520 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:23,080 Speaker 1: That all being said, cannabis has always been huge in 521 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:25,560 Speaker 1: that area. So your go green segment is about the 522 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:28,880 Speaker 1: old kmart store in Antioch, which is also in the 523 00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:31,760 Speaker 1: East Bay area that will soon become the hub of 524 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:38,760 Speaker 1: the large scale cannabis business that offers indoor cultivation, distribution, manufacturing, 525 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:43,560 Speaker 1: and a dispensary. Now, the city council unanimously approved a 526 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:47,480 Speaker 1: San Francisco based company's application to set up an operation 527 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:51,680 Speaker 1: inside the former ninety four thousand, three hundred and thirty 528 00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:55,040 Speaker 1: eight square foot Kmarts at three six to five East 529 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:58,560 Speaker 1: eighteen Streets in northeastern antiochs So this spot in Antioch, 530 00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:00,360 Speaker 1: you guys used to have a bunch of big raising 531 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:02,360 Speaker 1: parties out there too, so it was it was a 532 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:05,280 Speaker 1: known spot, right, so one of the city's two distinguished 533 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:09,280 Speaker 1: overlay districts where cannabis business are allowed. So they actually 534 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:13,800 Speaker 1: allowed this cannabis in this area of Antioch and Antioch's 535 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:18,280 Speaker 1: Community Development director said that the company, Radics Growth, is 536 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 1: expected to generate needed sales tax revenue for the city. 537 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:27,120 Speaker 1: This fully project is vertically integrated, cannabis operated and will 538 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:30,840 Speaker 1: be a great opportunity for the community. The community plans 539 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:36,600 Speaker 1: to conduct cultivation operations entirely indoors inside this huge like 540 00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:40,160 Speaker 1: I said, basically square foot. The little guy can't get 541 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:41,680 Speaker 1: a store front, you know what I'm saying. I mean, 542 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:43,560 Speaker 1: there's always that too, but this at least they got 543 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:47,360 Speaker 1: ah a store from excuse me, not a store, a 544 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:51,360 Speaker 1: company from San Francisco to do this in the East Bay, right, So, 545 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:54,760 Speaker 1: and it's saying indoors. It's gonna have eighty seven flower 546 00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:58,800 Speaker 1: rooms a company a total of ninety four square feet 547 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:07,600 Speaker 1: on two feet sweet feet. It's in the skinny of Antioch. Uh, 548 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:11,800 Speaker 1: it's it's it's gonna be amazing you guys. Bottom line, Um, 549 00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:15,520 Speaker 1: all the parking, everything else, and what it's going to generate. 550 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,080 Speaker 1: About a hundred employees are expected to work at this 551 00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:22,040 Speaker 1: new facility, which will operate seven days a week. And 552 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:24,960 Speaker 1: when you have something like this, look at some of 553 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:28,080 Speaker 1: the other jobs. Ready, and what's gonna benefit the seven 554 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:31,480 Speaker 1: days a week of working. You have security. Okay, not 555 00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:34,400 Speaker 1: only security is probably in a in a in a 556 00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:38,800 Speaker 1: deprived town or well, I wouldn't say Antioch is is 557 00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:44,040 Speaker 1: um it's Antioch. It's East Bay. It's it's not you 558 00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:47,400 Speaker 1: know the best. It's not Danville. No, it's not like 559 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:52,240 Speaker 1: Danville Sandramon. You go Danville, sant Ramon. Gilroy's more south. 560 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:55,560 Speaker 1: That's way, that's far away. Actually it's capital it is. 561 00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:58,479 Speaker 1: And and garlic art and garlic there you go, not 562 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:01,360 Speaker 1: not artichokes, but it's garlic. But my point behind their stories, 563 00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:04,240 Speaker 1: big places like this, they're gonna have to dispense, You're 564 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:05,920 Speaker 1: gonna have to grow. They're gonna have all this insight 565 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,240 Speaker 1: to see everything. And you have some of the bigger 566 00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:10,400 Speaker 1: companies from the Bay Area, like you know, Cookies is 567 00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:14,360 Speaker 1: out from out there, Serbinski's from out there, and a 568 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:16,640 Speaker 1: lot of these companies have just been such a powerhouse. 569 00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:19,000 Speaker 1: As we talked to some cats from the Bay Area 570 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:22,760 Speaker 1: on another podcast that have been given away cannabis away 571 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:24,200 Speaker 1: for a long time and a big company like this 572 00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:26,840 Speaker 1: comes around, I can see them just doing good, not 573 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:29,840 Speaker 1: only good, because they're creating hundreds of jobs for that 574 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:32,440 Speaker 1: once again, hundreds of people working at a big facility 575 00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:34,239 Speaker 1: like that, they got to eat around that area, you know, 576 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:37,280 Speaker 1: So Antioch's gonna make money on the ancillary just random 577 00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:40,080 Speaker 1: businesses that are around this area. Because if you have 578 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:43,600 Speaker 1: a burger shop or whatever, they're gonna go buy lunches there, 579 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:45,880 Speaker 1: they're gonna buy dinners. It's seven days a week. Well, 580 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:48,440 Speaker 1: the cold part of it is it's a vertically vertically 581 00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:51,640 Speaker 1: integrated license, meaning that it has almost all facets. Right, 582 00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:54,280 Speaker 1: You've got to grow, you've got the extractions, you've got 583 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:57,160 Speaker 1: the distribution, you've got the dispensery. You have everything within 584 00:32:57,320 --> 00:33:01,040 Speaker 1: one facility, which makes it for good uh you know, 585 00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:04,640 Speaker 1: recipe for something very special in the cannabis industry. You know, 586 00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:08,320 Speaker 1: a lot of operators didn't think to um, you know, 587 00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:11,520 Speaker 1: far ahead, and they just opened to grow, or they 588 00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:14,000 Speaker 1: just opened a dispensary, but they didn't open the destro 589 00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:15,680 Speaker 1: and they didn't have this, so they've got to rely 590 00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:18,800 Speaker 1: on other companies. It's not that simple, though, Blue, No, 591 00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:22,560 Speaker 1: it definitely isn't. I'm just it was just some of 592 00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:26,720 Speaker 1: the cities that allow dispensaries or actually we should retail 593 00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:32,240 Speaker 1: storefronts what they're called retail storefronts. They don't allow micropation 594 00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:35,720 Speaker 1: in the same zone as they have their storefronts. Well, 595 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:37,840 Speaker 1: the city though, they went to the city, and I 596 00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:41,120 Speaker 1: don't think the City of East Oakland had that in 597 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:43,440 Speaker 1: place either. I think that they went and lobbied it 598 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:46,080 Speaker 1: and made it happen. Well, this is Antioch right now, 599 00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:49,160 Speaker 1: but it's Antioch, and Antioch probably figured out, like a 600 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:52,160 Speaker 1: lot of other cities are doing right now, that they're 601 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:56,880 Speaker 1: finally slowly, slowly, slowly, but more and more cities are 602 00:33:56,960 --> 00:34:01,520 Speaker 1: jumping on board and opening up cannabis, allowing cannabis businesses 603 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:03,760 Speaker 1: within their boarders. But one thing they didn't think about, 604 00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:05,720 Speaker 1: though Craig, And it gets a little dicey right here. 605 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:08,000 Speaker 1: And this is a funny little paragraph in there that 606 00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:10,359 Speaker 1: they're gonna make work because they gave this the green light. 607 00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:12,920 Speaker 1: They say, although the property line is only three hundred 608 00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:17,400 Speaker 1: and sixty feet from the residential units, that proposed project 609 00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:20,319 Speaker 1: sites in the back of a large parking lot is 610 00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:23,839 Speaker 1: more than seven feet from where the cannabis operations will 611 00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:26,960 Speaker 1: be conducted. So you know they're using that parking lot 612 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:29,960 Speaker 1: in the line. It's what they're doing on the probably 613 00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:32,120 Speaker 1: in the front door. You know what, what you know, 614 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:36,200 Speaker 1: what they're doing is getting the variants because the property 615 00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:39,279 Speaker 1: line literally I've had that we have to figure out 616 00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:44,279 Speaker 1: whether uh, people looking for properties whether there within the 617 00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:47,000 Speaker 1: buffer zone or the setback that you have to have 618 00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:50,360 Speaker 1: for sensitive uses, and it's from the fucking boundary of 619 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:53,239 Speaker 1: the property. And so for them to go in and 620 00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:55,640 Speaker 1: be able to get a variance, for the city to say, yeah, 621 00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:58,360 Speaker 1: it's really we're really gonna go with the whole parking 622 00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:01,200 Speaker 1: lot thing, and you're are gonna make it, make the 623 00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:04,719 Speaker 1: yard so that you'll be able to do it. And 624 00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:06,759 Speaker 1: I'm sure the people around them don't give a ship 625 00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:09,799 Speaker 1: is my guess as well. And I know that it's 626 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:11,239 Speaker 1: going to create a lot of money and a lot 627 00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:13,160 Speaker 1: of jobs out there. I'm Joe Grande. That's your go 628 00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:15,239 Speaker 1: Green segment. 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