1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: It's now time for Cannabis Talk one on one with Blue, 2 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:09,680 Speaker 1: Joe Grande and Mark and Craig Wasserman the Pot Brothers 3 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: at Law. We're the world's number one podcast for everything cannabis. Hello, 4 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:16,279 Speaker 1: welcome to Cannabis Talk one on one. My day is Blue. 5 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:18,760 Speaker 1: Alongside of me is the world famous Pot Brothers at 6 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:24,599 Speaker 1: Law otherwise known as Hot Lips at Law Marketman, and 7 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: it's Mr Joe Grande and you are now tuned into 8 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 1: like an awkward show. Let me tell you what. It's 9 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:34,160 Speaker 1: just funny that Marcu has his filter on that every 10 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:36,559 Speaker 1: time the camera goes on him, his lipsticks are his 11 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,239 Speaker 1: lips are red and with his I don't know what 12 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 1: it is. He basically looks like either the Jokers you 13 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 1: know Grandfather from Batman, or he is fires tweaks out 14 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:52,519 Speaker 1: cousin Joe Joe, tell us what we got going on 15 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 1: the show today. Thank you, Greig Washerman. It's always good 16 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 1: to have you all with us today. Thank you guys 17 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 1: aller us here to the podcast as Cannabis Talk one 18 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: oh one all around the world. Make sure you check 19 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: our Instagram pages for daily news. Learned the script so 20 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: much more at Cannabis Talk one oh one is the 21 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 1: I G website, All the good Stuff at Pot Underscore, 22 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: Brothers Underscore at Underscore Law of course as the Pot 23 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: Brothers at Law, Mark is at Lost Law, Craigs at 24 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: wast Law, Dog Blue is at one Christopher Right, and 25 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:23,680 Speaker 1: I am at Joe G two. And today on the show, 26 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:26,040 Speaker 1: we have a woman that doesn't wear as much lipstick 27 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 1: as Mark, but she's doing some big pigs out in Canada, 28 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: Ashley from Queen of Bud. She has three stores in Canada. 29 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Pot Empire is what I read on 30 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 1: the website Queen of Bud dot c A. And I 31 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:41,480 Speaker 1: love what I read on there because they say we 32 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 1: are committed to providing safe access to cannabis of the 33 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 1: highest quality while allowing you to be your most authentic selves. 34 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: We strive to create positive relationships. Our main objective is 35 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 1: to make sure you're happy. Life is all about bringing 36 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 1: joy to others and fostering a positive environment is key 37 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 1: and it's very much what Mark Washerman is doing on 38 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 1: our video for us today. So thank you Mark for 39 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 1: bringing that and thank you for joining us, Ashley, thank 40 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,640 Speaker 1: you for coming on the show. Thank you so much. 41 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 1: And it's it's nice to have you and to get 42 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 1: all into this Canada what's going on there. We want 43 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: you to be a part of the shows and jump 44 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:19,839 Speaker 1: and elaborate as Craig's gonna give us some news real quick. 45 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: Blues got something that's making waves and we want your 46 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 1: take on all these things that are happening with the 47 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 1: Canadian perspective. Hey, perfect, yes, yes, so, Craig, I believe 48 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 1: you've got some cannabis news to start off with, and 49 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 1: hopefully you can ask you can chime in on it. 50 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 1: And I can't wait to get into ask how much 51 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 1: they pay for taxes and all that other stuff out there, 52 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 1: because I don't know what what Canada has to do. 53 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 1: I remember hearing some stuff from people. But Craig, please 54 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:45,919 Speaker 1: start off with cannabis news. You know, I found a 55 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:49,240 Speaker 1: study out of the Society for the Study of Addiction 56 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: that studied the effects of cannabis use on alcohol consumption 57 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 1: in a sample of treatment engage heavy drinkers. And actually 58 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker 1: this is out of Colorado, so this was a sample 59 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: of tovy drinkers. The bottom line is this heavy drinkers 60 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:13,399 Speaker 1: who use cannabis reduced their overall consumption of alcohol. That's 61 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: the long on the short of the story. What happened 62 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 1: to you? Say that again? You think about that the 63 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 1: more you smoke, the less you drink. And this is 64 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 1: from raging drinkers, not just everyday drinkers or you have 65 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:29,519 Speaker 1: a few drinks tonight, but people who are alcoholics the more. 66 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: And we can ask my brother that. I mean, it 67 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 1: helps with your brother. Your brother stopped for sure. I'm wondering, 68 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 1: actually you noticed that out there in Canada. But I mean, yes, 69 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 1: we've seen a massive decrease in alcohol sales and an 70 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: increasing cannabis sales. Yeah, I mean we've been saying that 71 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: for years. My brother is a testament to that. The 72 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: more he smoked, the less he drinks. What about you, 73 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 1: You're a night I don't know about night. Fact like 74 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 1: the fact that my brother drank an awful lot. That's 75 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: why I think he smokes an awful lot. Your brother 76 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: smokes more than you, but you're not shy with it 77 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: by no means. And you're not shy to have a 78 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 1: cocktail every so often. I don't know how much you 79 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 1: do if it's every night. But would you say you 80 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: smoke less or would you say you increase yours drinking? 81 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: As well since the COVID hit, I wouldn't call myself 82 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: a heavy drinker, so it doesn't apply. So nightly drinking 83 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:20,839 Speaker 1: every time you call me drunk and call Blue drunk 84 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: every day, Thursday, Wednesday, any day that end. When you're 85 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:26,479 Speaker 1: drunk at night, it's just not a heavy direct because 86 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 1: I do that and I smoke at the same time 87 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:31,039 Speaker 1: as the sun amount of cocktails every time. I have 88 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:34,159 Speaker 1: like three or four cocktails at night and uh, and 89 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:38,039 Speaker 1: smoked the same every night. So and this is talking 90 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 1: about people who are heavy drinkers who are drinking all day, 91 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: alcoholics who can't stop drinking. Um, as a way of treatment. 92 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:49,600 Speaker 1: From the study that came out of Colorado, I think 93 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 1: it's fair to say. And I'm just wondering, actually, did 94 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 1: you see that in any of your dispensaries as far 95 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 1: as going to the extreme of saying these people like 96 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: for instance, Mark Washerman was an alcoholic, is an alcoholic 97 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:03,040 Speaker 1: and it can stopped drinking for about a year and 98 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 1: a half, but who's counting maybe a little less. But um, 99 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 1: the point is, do you have clients out there that 100 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 1: come in there that completely stopped drinking and they're just 101 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:14,840 Speaker 1: using cannabis Yes. Absolutely. That was part of the reason 102 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 1: I got into the cannabis industry is because I I 103 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: did see the destruction alcohol can have on families and 104 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: on lives, and cannabis, I feel it kind of brings 105 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 1: out the most beautiful side of you, So I can 106 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:33,720 Speaker 1: see why people are enjoying it more than alcohol. And 107 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 1: in your experience in your stores, have you had people 108 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: come in literally getting off the opiates and and hard 109 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 1: drugs as well, um, and switching over to cannabis. Yes? Absolutely, 110 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 1: what what types of drugs you know? Opiates? Have you 111 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 1: heard from a customer who says, you know, I'm not 112 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:52,479 Speaker 1: doing that anymore and I, you know, I'm not doing 113 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 1: this type of drug. I'm smoking work and I'm using cannabis. Yeah, 114 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 1: we've We've seen a few cuss commers that have come 115 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 1: in uh and kind of chatted with us about their stories. 116 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 1: And I'm honored that they would share their stories with 117 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 1: us and felt comfortable to do so. Um. It's a 118 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 1: variety of people can be addicted to a variety of 119 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 1: different things. Um. I think that cannabis Um. As I said, 120 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 1: it's it kind of forces you to be real and 121 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:28,160 Speaker 1: to be your authentic self and once you become your 122 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:30,559 Speaker 1: authentic self and you see a glimpse of the person 123 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 1: that you can be, or you perhaps see a glimpse 124 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 1: of your soul. Uh, it kind of that alone becomes addicting. 125 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:39,600 Speaker 1: You don't want to play this fictitious character that um, 126 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 1: you've kind of built up with other people's opinions over 127 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 1: the years, and and you can be yourself. And I 128 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: think that that's why a lot of people get addicted 129 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:52,600 Speaker 1: to uh, drugs and alcohol in the first place, is 130 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: because they're trying to mask something. They're trying to they 131 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:59,359 Speaker 1: they're putting a band aid on. And I think cannabis 132 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 1: makes you dig deep and figure out what the real 133 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:08,160 Speaker 1: issues are. So what if you just do both and 134 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 1: something something like me not someone who wear alcohols literally 135 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 1: destroying their body because of the heavy drinking, the amounts 136 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 1: that they drink. I think that's that's a different story. 137 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 1: It's helping them not drink as much. We got one 138 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 1: other story here real quick before Blue gives us a 139 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:31,320 Speaker 1: making waves. This is just outrageous. In Mississippi, elected officials 140 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 1: are seeking to have the passage of a medical marijuana 141 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 1: legalization ballot initiative Measure sixt thrown out by the courts. 142 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 1: This is also going on in Montana where in Montana 143 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 1: they they agreed or they voted to have adult use 144 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 1: of medical marijuana and now the UH and now the 145 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:57,680 Speaker 1: government is trying to strike down the voter approved initiative 146 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: in Montana as well in Mississippi, where I mean, that's 147 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 1: just ridiculous. They're trying to overcome the will of the 148 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: people and then they vote on this as well in Mississippi. 149 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 1: Mississippi it's recreationally is it legal there? For just no, no, no. Mississippi, 150 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 1: they just passed a medical marijuana legalization ballot initiative. They 151 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 1: just passed that. And also in Montana, they actually passed 152 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 1: by seven percent of the voters legalize the adult use 153 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 1: of marijuana, and now they're trying to take it away 154 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:34,680 Speaker 1: from them. Yep, that's ridiculous. The voters spoke. I mean, 155 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 1: that's the way it goes down. You speak up, you 156 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 1: make a vote, that's where it goes. I can understand 157 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 1: why the government is UM is trying to push cannabis 158 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 1: out of the picture, because I think cannabis does open 159 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 1: up people's minds to UM asking questions that they probably 160 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:55,200 Speaker 1: wouldn't normally ask, and we're kind of a slave to 161 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:58,199 Speaker 1: the system, and when we don't have opinions, and the 162 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:03,440 Speaker 1: society kind of suppresses what makes us unique, and it 163 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 1: kind of it enslaves us through our desires. So we 164 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 1: are much less easier to control if we don't have 165 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:19,160 Speaker 1: these funny ideas that cannabis gives us. I love that response, 166 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 1: I really do. I think it's very uh poignant and 167 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 1: on point. But also I think one of the reasons 168 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 1: why the government does this is when it's a people's initiative. 169 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 1: That means the people wrote it, put it on the ballot, 170 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:34,600 Speaker 1: and the people voted for it. It doesn't have the 171 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 1: same regulatory system and taxes that is set up when 172 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 1: it's government initiated and the government just says, hey, we're 173 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:45,480 Speaker 1: gonna pass this bill, like California did with the passage 174 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 1: of after the patches of Prop. Sixty four, they engaged 175 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:53,200 Speaker 1: in the Adult Use Medical Marijuana Medical Cannabis Safety Regulatory Act, 176 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 1: And that's what the government does. They want to get 177 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 1: their partnered as well. But I think your point is 178 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:00,560 Speaker 1: very well taken, and I've never we thought of that 179 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:04,720 Speaker 1: trying to trying to suppress us and knowing that cannabis 180 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 1: opens up our minds and let's us think and be creative. 181 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 1: I like it. It's like mushrooms. It's like mushrooms. Mushrooms 182 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:18,640 Speaker 1: do that to you, right, psychedelics. I haven't done that, 183 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 1: and I haven't done that in quite a while, so 184 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 1: I got see when they start. But I don't think 185 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 1: I ever micro dosed. I think I I dosed and 186 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 1: dosed when you're at U C L A and there, 187 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:33,680 Speaker 1: and then they're never micro dose. I'm I'm curious to 188 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 1: see how that goes. And apparently from all the research 189 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:39,319 Speaker 1: I'm looking at and articles that it's the next wave 190 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:43,319 Speaker 1: is micro docin u psilocybin, which is the active ingredient 191 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:46,440 Speaker 1: in in mushrooms and it's and it works to heal 192 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:49,079 Speaker 1: a lot of things as cannabis does. And with that 193 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:51,080 Speaker 1: blue what do we got and making ways? So if 194 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 1: you're looking to find out who's making ways in cannabis, 195 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 1: cannabistock one on one is the place to be. So 196 00:10:56,160 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 1: last Thursday, guys, California legal marijuana industry regulated say some 197 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 1: highway billboards must go. The State Bureau of Cannabis Control 198 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 1: on Thursday ordered billboards companies to stop selling space for 199 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 1: cannabis marketing and taking borders. So what's happening is inside 200 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 1: borders like before, the borders are after the border of 201 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:20,199 Speaker 1: a different state. We're putting up these billboards are different companies, 202 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:21,959 Speaker 1: aren't And of course our sons in l A. There's 203 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 1: sons on the tin when you're going towards Palm Springs 204 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 1: and all this right before you're about to leave the 205 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 1: state and right before you're about to come in. They've 206 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:31,560 Speaker 1: got let me. Actually, I was waiting for that go 207 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 1: ahead please because I knew you can read the whole 208 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 1: law so you can help you. Yeah, let me, let me, 209 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 1: let me clarify. Previous to this lawsuit brought by a 210 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:41,960 Speaker 1: father up in Santa Rosa, I believe, who saw some 211 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:45,680 Speaker 1: on the five Freeway, saw some billboards and his kid 212 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 1: glanced at um challenge the Bureau of Cannabis Control, which 213 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:54,440 Speaker 1: is the state agency who rules over the cannabis in California. 214 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:59,479 Speaker 1: The the interpretation by the Bureau from what the regulation 215 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:05,319 Speaker 1: said was that you cannot advertise on an interstate highway 216 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 1: within fifteen miles of the border. So you couldn't go 217 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 1: within fifteen miles from going down to ten. When you 218 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 1: get fifteen miles next to Arizona, you can't have billboards 219 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:21,320 Speaker 1: within that fifteen miles and you could have it everywhere else. 220 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 1: So this guy challenged that and said, no, the regulations 221 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 1: read you can't have it on interstate highways period. So 222 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:31,040 Speaker 1: now they're getting taken off of the ten the five. 223 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 1: But it's also a schools feet from schools if I'm 224 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:41,280 Speaker 1: not mistaken, or is it a thousand? Yeah, Well that's 225 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 1: not really that much in play because we're talking about 226 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:46,840 Speaker 1: billboards on the case was strictly about the billboards on 227 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:49,640 Speaker 1: the highways. But let me ask you this craig our cigarettes, 228 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:56,360 Speaker 1: Okay can they didn't you guys? Don't you follow upupp 229 00:12:56,440 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 1: or there's a law post just asked know, I just 230 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 1: posted this the other day, should I questioning with what 231 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 1: the fuck? We can put Hennessy up there all day, 232 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 1: but we can't put a cannabis ad. And if you 233 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:17,439 Speaker 1: look at most of the of the billboards, they're very classy. 234 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:20,360 Speaker 1: They're very classy. Doesn't other thing we didn't coming out 235 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 1: of it? It doesn't you know, they're they're very classy billboards. 236 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:26,199 Speaker 1: Um from the companies that and you know, not only 237 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 1: is this hurting cannabis businesses such a delivery services, It's 238 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 1: hurting the billboard business. You know what, Craig, when we 239 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 1: come back, we're gonna have Ashley from Queen of Buds. 240 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:37,679 Speaker 1: She has three stores in Canada, and I want to 241 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 1: find out what actually two stores in Canada? Right? Yes, 242 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 1: so we have one in Calgary, one in Toronto, and 243 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:48,720 Speaker 1: then we just actually let go of our Saskatchewan location. 244 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:51,960 Speaker 1: And we're actually a licensed producer. So even though the 245 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:55,680 Speaker 1: retail stores are kind of um my little works of 246 00:13:55,880 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 1: art and I love building them, are true um passions 247 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:03,080 Speaker 1: and lie on the on the growing side. So we 248 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:07,680 Speaker 1: actually have a um about a hundred thousand square feet 249 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 1: of canopy. Uh and uh we have our own Queen 250 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 1: of Bud products out on the market as well, so 251 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 1: when we come back, when we come back, I also 252 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 1: want to see what your your actual marketing billboards are 253 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 1: like out there. So it's kindab as Talk one one. 254 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:30,920 Speaker 1: We'll be right back after this break. Welcome back to 255 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 1: Cannabis Talk one on one. Jill. It's it's great that 256 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 1: you mentioned that because I'm I'm wondering before we jump 257 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 1: into the grow, actually, do you guys have billboards out 258 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 1: in Canada that you guys can advertise on or how 259 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:45,600 Speaker 1: does that work for you guys out there. It's funny 260 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 1: that you guys are talking about this because no, we're 261 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 1: not allowed. The restrictions are absolutely insane in Canada. We're 262 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 1: not allowed to advertise pretty well anywhere, let alone a billboard. 263 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 1: Everything that we advertise must be age gated. Um. And 264 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 1: so this is totally normal. We've we've had to find 265 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 1: ways of marketing our company, uh that we could not 266 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 1: do with any other business prior. And how are you 267 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 1: doing what you do instead of traditional ads and things 268 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 1: like that that you can't do? What have you done 269 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:25,240 Speaker 1: outside the box? Social media? Yeah? So the Queen of 270 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 1: Food stores are very unique in how they're designed. They 271 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 1: have a big flower wall, so I thought that would 272 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,000 Speaker 1: be great if people came in then they could take 273 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 1: a selfie and uh and take us in it. The 274 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 1: aesthetic of the store is, as I said, very unique. 275 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 1: They're chandeliers. It's very beautiful and classy. So I think 276 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 1: that alone drew quite a bit of attention to the stores. Um. 277 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 1: Social media as has also been great. So LinkedIn is 278 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 1: awesome for advertising with cannabis. Instagram is not so great. 279 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 1: We in Canada, a lot of the licensed producers and 280 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 1: retailers here have lost our cannabis pages. So for instance, 281 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 1: we had seven thousand followers and the page got disabled 282 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 1: and we were never able to get it back because 283 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:15,000 Speaker 1: Instagram is a US company, So even though weed or 284 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 1: cannabis is legal here in Canada, it's not on a 285 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 1: federal level in the States, and so they still see 286 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:27,600 Speaker 1: us as no. Instagram is horrible. I mean, we got 287 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 1: our page taken down twice, but got actually, actually I 288 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 1: want to I wanna, you know, ask you a question 289 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 1: that that that I kind of understand but don't. Maybe 290 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 1: you can give more um information to the listeners. Is 291 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 1: when somebody from Canada is coming into the US, they're 292 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 1: not legally able or or physically able to be involved 293 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 1: in the cannabis industry in the U. S. If I'm 294 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 1: not mistaken, Is that correct, because I mean there's no 295 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 1: law we can't and I don't understand that law. But 296 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 1: if you can kind of give me that rundown, because 297 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:00,800 Speaker 1: I'm sure you know she's looking to open a store 298 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:05,439 Speaker 1: in California. Are you are you pardon are you opening 299 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:09,160 Speaker 1: the store here? Uh? We are looking at opening one 300 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:12,920 Speaker 1: in California, potentially one in New York. So, as I said, 301 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:16,479 Speaker 1: we just like kind of special flagship locations that I 302 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:19,720 Speaker 1: build out and design and put them together myself, and 303 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 1: then that way it stays unique and special. Um, but 304 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:26,840 Speaker 1: as far or sorry, what was your what was the 305 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:29,639 Speaker 1: question before that? Past that, let's just move past that. 306 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 1: Oh no, it's a good question, because I'm curious about 307 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:34,240 Speaker 1: that too. He's he's asking because I've heard that as well. 308 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:37,480 Speaker 1: If you come into California, are in the United States 309 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:41,200 Speaker 1: a Canadian? If you're if you're a native Canadian citizen, 310 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 1: you cannot do cannabis business in the States. I've heard that. 311 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:47,000 Speaker 1: Is that true? And they'll take your work visa from 312 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 1: if you do do it forever? Yes, so that is true. Um. 313 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:54,640 Speaker 1: When I first opened up the so we had retail first. 314 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:57,160 Speaker 1: So we opened up the first retail store and there 315 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 1: was a massive scare where customers were scared to purchase 316 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:05,200 Speaker 1: anything with their debit and credit cards. People didn't want 317 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 1: to work for us because they were so scared that 318 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: they wouldn't be able to get into the US. I 319 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 1: myself have traveled back and forth to the US numerous 320 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:16,040 Speaker 1: times since opening, and I've just been very honest and 321 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:19,120 Speaker 1: open with them about what I do. I don't lie. Um. 322 00:18:19,119 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 1: But as far as conducting business in the US, yes, 323 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 1: you have to be very cautious on how how that's done, 324 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:28,120 Speaker 1: pull your team up with and and how it's how 325 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:31,119 Speaker 1: it's actually written in the in the world of the business. 326 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:34,440 Speaker 1: So it does make sense going back to your stores, Ashley, 327 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:36,920 Speaker 1: Queen of Bud, how did you start the first one? 328 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:38,600 Speaker 1: Walk us through how you did this. I know I 329 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 1: overheard you saying you wanted to help others, but what 330 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 1: led you into this dispensary? I mean, you look like 331 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 1: you're twenty one years old for got six I know, 332 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 1: so thank you, um so I it kind of I'm 333 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:53,159 Speaker 1: going to give you the full, the full rundown. But 334 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 1: I was a single mother. We couldn't make ends meet. 335 00:18:57,119 --> 00:18:59,119 Speaker 1: We were kind of going from house to house and 336 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 1: it was a very tough situation. I didn't eat so 337 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 1: my kids could. And when you're forced into that kind 338 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:11,920 Speaker 1: of um corner, or you're that desperate, then you would 339 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:15,680 Speaker 1: be amazed at what you can accomplish. And so I 340 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:20,240 Speaker 1: heard that the legalization was happening in Canada. I love cannabis. 341 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 1: I was a user myself, and I couldn't think of 342 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:25,960 Speaker 1: another industry to get into to spread more love and 343 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:28,760 Speaker 1: to kind of make the world a better place. And 344 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 1: it was very difficult because, um, there was like two 345 00:19:35,119 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 1: hundred people UH that we're all fighting to be one 346 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:42,920 Speaker 1: of the first stores open, and they had fancy lawyers 347 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 1: and consultants. Literally I had to figure everything out myself, 348 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:49,639 Speaker 1: so it was a difficult process to get open. We 349 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 1: were the third store in UH in Canada to open, 350 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 1: which was amazing for for us in general, just to 351 00:19:57,320 --> 00:19:59,879 Speaker 1: be able to build up that customer base before so 352 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 1: many open, because now it's quite saturated. In Alberta alone, 353 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 1: we have six hundred plus stores UM. And the I 354 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 1: wanted I wanted to kind of give people a safe 355 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:18,480 Speaker 1: haven from society. I was always I always felt odd 356 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:21,040 Speaker 1: and weird and like I never really fit in anywhere, 357 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:24,119 Speaker 1: And now I realized that what made me odd was 358 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 1: my most beautiful part. And UM, I wanted to create 359 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:36,159 Speaker 1: a beautiful place that was affordable, that was accepting to all, 360 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:41,879 Speaker 1: that really allowed people to embrace who they are and 361 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 1: they're authentic selves. And that's kind of how we got 362 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:49,320 Speaker 1: the first door open. As I said, we had, I 363 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 1: had to apply with the e j l C. It 364 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 1: was difficult. I think I locked up the leases in 365 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:58,160 Speaker 1: February two thousand eighteen and we didn't get to open 366 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:02,879 Speaker 1: until October twenty fourth, two thousand eighteen. So it was 367 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:07,879 Speaker 1: quite a long process to get approved. That you have 368 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:13,240 Speaker 1: to engage lawyers. UM. So I didn't use any lawyers 369 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:20,080 Speaker 1: until after the store was open um and then everything 370 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 1: kind of grew. Then we were expanding, opening up another 371 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:27,439 Speaker 1: store across Canada. We were building the facility, bringing in 372 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:31,159 Speaker 1: various partnerships and so at that point then obviously the 373 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 1: lawyer bills got are very expensive. How many different barristers 374 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:38,000 Speaker 1: or solicitors did you need, you know, because in Canada 375 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 1: they're not called lawyers, they're called barristers or solicitors. Yeah, 376 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:44,440 Speaker 1: we just hired one firm and then they have a 377 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:47,400 Speaker 1: variety of different people within that firm that are experts 378 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:51,360 Speaker 1: in different categories. Nice and as you did this, I mean, 379 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:54,719 Speaker 1: congratulations being a single mother and doing what you had 380 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:56,760 Speaker 1: to do for your children. Did you have to partner 381 00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 1: up with that? I mean, how did you become and 382 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:01,320 Speaker 1: get the equity to start one let alone have three 383 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:03,240 Speaker 1: and a big old grow and all this other stuff. 384 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:09,280 Speaker 1: How did it grow for you? Don't worry about that. 385 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 1: Definitely didn't happen overnight. It was what happened is I 386 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:18,399 Speaker 1: had a partner that was willing to partner with me 387 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:21,920 Speaker 1: when I first locked up the leases and with the 388 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:25,119 Speaker 1: A g l C. Who's the first the government entity 389 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:29,640 Speaker 1: that approves these stores. Uh, you cannot have claimed bankruptcy. 390 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 1: It's they check your credit. Uh, it's you can't have 391 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 1: a criminal record. They're very strict on who they were 392 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 1: going to approve for these stores. And so we locked 393 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 1: up everything. It was good. We applied and then so 394 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:45,720 Speaker 1: we applied in March, and then by May he came 395 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:47,800 Speaker 1: to me and he said that he didn't actually have 396 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:51,400 Speaker 1: the money, and so the A g l C kind 397 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:53,720 Speaker 1: of gave me a few weeks and a few weeks 398 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:56,800 Speaker 1: had passed and they phoned me and they said, Ashley, 399 00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:59,200 Speaker 1: if you can't find the money by Friday, you're out 400 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:03,119 Speaker 1: like other people that want to open up a store. 401 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:05,879 Speaker 1: And um, you know, we love your story and we 402 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:13,320 Speaker 1: love you as a person. But number at that point, 403 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 1: like you know, so what happened? What was the magic 404 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:18,680 Speaker 1: number at that point that you need it in order 405 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 1: for them to give you the green light. Yeah, so 406 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:23,879 Speaker 1: to open up one store it costs about half a 407 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:27,960 Speaker 1: million dollars with you need about a hundred thousand dollars 408 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 1: of inventory, um, and then to build out the store 409 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:34,960 Speaker 1: and to get the approvals, et cetera. And so I 410 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 1: kind of late there for a minute after that phone 411 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:41,159 Speaker 1: call and felt sorry for myself. And then it was 412 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:44,720 Speaker 1: really weird. On the computer a video of Richard Branson 413 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:48,200 Speaker 1: popped up where he had to find fifty million dollars 414 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:51,439 Speaker 1: over the weekend in order to save Virgin Mobile. And 415 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:53,720 Speaker 1: I didn't even click that video. It's just odd that 416 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:55,960 Speaker 1: it popped up. And I thought, if this guy can 417 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 1: find fifty million dollars over the weekend, I can find 418 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:02,640 Speaker 1: happen in dollars like I figured that that and uh, 419 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,240 Speaker 1: and I did and it worked out great. So that 420 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 1: was my my first partner on the Calgary store. And 421 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:13,359 Speaker 1: I kind of I wanted to establish a brand and 422 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:16,360 Speaker 1: a name first, because then I knew I could then 423 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 1: attract some larger investors to move forward my kind of 424 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 1: uh future vision And that's exactly what happened. And so 425 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:29,480 Speaker 1: a few large license producers offered to buy me out. 426 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:32,919 Speaker 1: It would have been like winning the lottery um, but 427 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:38,159 Speaker 1: I decided not to sell because at the time, a 428 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:40,639 Speaker 1: lot of these companies were publicly traded, and they were 429 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:43,600 Speaker 1: trading a thirty six time multiple, and they're telling me, 430 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:46,320 Speaker 1: you know, this evaluation is great, and I said, well, 431 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:49,119 Speaker 1: it's great right now, but what happens when that bubble pops? 432 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 1: And then my I just sold for next to nothing. 433 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 1: And I also was concerned that they would use my 434 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:59,920 Speaker 1: brand um too. There was such a lack of quality 435 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 1: product on the market around the time of legalization, and 436 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:09,440 Speaker 1: so I didn't want to just brand kind of or 437 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:12,760 Speaker 1: quality cannabis as my own. I just didn't feel good 438 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 1: about that because I didn't start this company to make money. Obviously, 439 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 1: you want to please your your partners, but I got 440 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:23,119 Speaker 1: into it because I want to change the way that 441 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:27,200 Speaker 1: people think. Because once I changed the way that I thought, 442 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:30,639 Speaker 1: my entire life changed and what I attracted into my 443 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 1: life completely changed. And so in order to kind of 444 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:39,480 Speaker 1: continue and do that, I decided not to sell and 445 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:42,320 Speaker 1: to try and do it on my own. And so 446 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 1: I went into a board meeting I was nominated vice 447 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:51,119 Speaker 1: chair of the Alberta Cannabis Council UM and fought the 448 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:55,800 Speaker 1: politicians and would lobby the government around what they were 449 00:25:55,840 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 1: doing with cannabis. And my fellow board member just he 450 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:03,919 Speaker 1: came in and he was kind of like, well, we 451 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:07,679 Speaker 1: haven't fully built the facility yet and but we have 452 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,359 Speaker 1: no idea about branding. I have no idea how to 453 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:12,879 Speaker 1: kind of take it to the next step. And he 454 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:15,880 Speaker 1: had another partner with him that helped kind of get 455 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 1: things going, and they asked me to be their third partner. 456 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:21,919 Speaker 1: And even though it was such a risk at the time, 457 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:24,840 Speaker 1: because you have these massive companies that I could brand 458 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:30,040 Speaker 1: my the cannabis my own right away, I decided not 459 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 1: to kind of go that route, to take the more 460 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:36,960 Speaker 1: risky UH route going with someone that didn't have anything. 461 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:40,520 Speaker 1: It was it was all hopeful you're starting your own 462 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:42,159 Speaker 1: though you're starting your own with them. And let me 463 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:47,720 Speaker 1: ask you this. In the applications you you submitted, was 464 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 1: that retail and cultivation at the same time. No, So 465 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:55,479 Speaker 1: there are two totally separate things. So each retail store 466 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:59,479 Speaker 1: is different depending on the province that you're applying in, 467 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:04,440 Speaker 1: and then the LP side UH is a completely different 468 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:10,280 Speaker 1: application and very very difficult. Getting your cultivation license is 469 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:13,639 Speaker 1: one thing. Getting a sales license to actually sell to 470 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:18,680 Speaker 1: the various problems, it's very very difficult, and so I 471 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:20,919 Speaker 1: I learned a lot to kind of get to the 472 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 1: point where we have our products on the market. But 473 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:28,000 Speaker 1: now we've been kind of I'm happy I went that 474 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:33,200 Speaker 1: route because the quality is there and you can I've 475 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:35,800 Speaker 1: I've made so many friends in this industry, and I 476 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:38,960 Speaker 1: think being a woman, um, we have a lot of 477 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:42,960 Speaker 1: compassion and we don't have a big ego, and so 478 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:45,639 Speaker 1: I asked for help when I needed it, and I 479 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 1: made strategic friendships and partnerships, and so that allowed us 480 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 1: to get distribution. But if your products aren't good qualities, 481 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:57,879 Speaker 1: then no one's going to reorder, right. So I'm happy 482 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:01,080 Speaker 1: that we decided to go the route where I had 483 00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 1: more control over what we were doing. You know, if 484 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:06,119 Speaker 1: I know that, that's that's great that you want to 485 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:09,000 Speaker 1: keep the quality control. So many people are gonna lose that. Hey, 486 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:12,600 Speaker 1: just questions from Mrs delfire Mark Washington in the corner 487 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:14,760 Speaker 1: over there. Did you do your hair today or didn't? 488 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:16,639 Speaker 1: I mean, because it just looks fake to me. I 489 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:19,520 Speaker 1: don't know. Did you ask get a haircut tomorrow. It's hard. 490 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:21,399 Speaker 1: It's hard to look at her. I only have to 491 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:24,440 Speaker 1: stare at actually, just let you know he's still look 492 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:26,119 Speaker 1: at him right now. It's Cannabis Talk one on one. 493 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:36,040 Speaker 1: We'll be right back after this break. Take a hit, 494 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:40,680 Speaker 1: getting lit and sit back and enjoyed Cannabis one O one, 495 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:42,880 Speaker 1: Mark and Craig, the pop brothers, that a low Big 496 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:46,280 Speaker 1: Joe Grande and the man who created it all. Blue. 497 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:49,440 Speaker 1: We want to give a big thank you to pick Peanut, 498 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:54,240 Speaker 1: Jennifer and Elvis were always making us look and sound great. Blue. 499 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:56,760 Speaker 1: You had a few more questions, you know, I think 500 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:58,920 Speaker 1: we did. So we're going back and sit. So what 501 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:02,600 Speaker 1: happened exactly? A Mark? When everything well, No, I want 502 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:06,440 Speaker 1: to talk to when you're talking about the product and 503 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:09,000 Speaker 1: growing the flower and all that you're talking about Queen 504 00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:11,240 Speaker 1: of Bud. Is that is that your brand as well? 505 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:13,600 Speaker 1: Queen of But I know that's the name of your dispensary, 506 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:15,200 Speaker 1: But is that the name of your product, the flower 507 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:17,320 Speaker 1: that you push you out as well? Yes, it is. 508 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:20,000 Speaker 1: So we have two different lines. So we have Queen 509 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:24,720 Speaker 1: of Bud that is our ultra premium line, and then 510 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 1: we have q O bu in Canada, it's it's kind 511 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:31,520 Speaker 1: of funny. Uh, well it's not funny, but um, we 512 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 1: the customers solely based of purchase on th HC levels 513 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:40,040 Speaker 1: and price because here everything is packaged. You're not allowed 514 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:43,920 Speaker 1: to show them anything, so the customer doesn't have the 515 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:47,320 Speaker 1: opportunity to notice quality. So they do base it a 516 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:50,800 Speaker 1: lot on th HC levels, um and price. And so 517 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:56,240 Speaker 1: the Queen of bud has you know, th HC and up, 518 00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:59,480 Speaker 1: while q ob focus is more on that quality but 519 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:03,400 Speaker 1: isn't as high end tees, more of the you're looking too, 520 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:05,760 Speaker 1: you're looking for better? Well, no, I think a lot 521 00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:08,920 Speaker 1: of the industry heads understand the chirps and the and 522 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:13,120 Speaker 1: the versus the um the consumer, the consumer, right, the 523 00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:15,320 Speaker 1: consumers just going there, how much is the hottest stuff? 524 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:18,120 Speaker 1: What's the most TC? I want to get stoned, But 525 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:21,480 Speaker 1: they don't realize the experience of getting stoned has a 526 00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:24,080 Speaker 1: lot to do with all the other facets to the 527 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:27,160 Speaker 1: cannabis industry, which is a whole another show. But at 528 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:28,920 Speaker 1: the end of the day, it's not you know, it's 529 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 1: not just the th HC levels that that make that. 530 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:34,720 Speaker 1: So I guess that's to your point correct. Yeah. Actually, 531 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:38,080 Speaker 1: something that's a little bit unique about our brand is 532 00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:41,360 Speaker 1: each retail store is named after a crystal. So I'm 533 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:43,040 Speaker 1: sure you guys aren't. I don't know if you guys 534 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:47,400 Speaker 1: are into crystals or energy, but um, each one is 535 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:51,400 Speaker 1: different and looks different and is designed around the crystal 536 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:54,200 Speaker 1: that I can emotionally relate to at the time of 537 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:58,680 Speaker 1: designing it, energy stones. Yeah. So white Jade was our 538 00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:01,200 Speaker 1: Calgary store, and that was around the time where I 539 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:03,640 Speaker 1: was trying to connect with a higher power and trying 540 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:06,520 Speaker 1: to find the light. And around the time of building 541 00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:10,640 Speaker 1: out our Toronto store, that's our black Obsidian store. You know, 542 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:13,880 Speaker 1: it was all about facing my fears and almost revealing 543 00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:16,760 Speaker 1: the darkest parts of me so that I could uh 544 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:19,800 Speaker 1: kind of move forward in a more loving way. And 545 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:23,479 Speaker 1: each of our strains are so in Canada, you're not 546 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:27,400 Speaker 1: allowed to make claims about how a strain makes you feel, 547 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:31,480 Speaker 1: and so I always like to kind of find ways 548 00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:34,360 Speaker 1: around all of these rules. And so you can name 549 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:38,560 Speaker 1: it after a crystal that has a certain experience attached 550 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:42,000 Speaker 1: to it, and so we have blue Topaz and then 551 00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:44,560 Speaker 1: I connect. So when I go to the facility, I 552 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:47,200 Speaker 1: actually talked to the plants and tell them that they're 553 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:51,960 Speaker 1: going to help people. And our California strain is all 554 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:57,280 Speaker 1: about um. So blue topaz is for wisdom, and rose 555 00:31:57,360 --> 00:32:00,960 Speaker 1: courts is for love and shung gay is for gratitude, 556 00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:05,760 Speaker 1: and we have creativity and authenticity and passion. And when 557 00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:09,160 Speaker 1: you combine all the energies, it really shows you how 558 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:13,880 Speaker 1: to fully be present and enjoy this life. We're program 559 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:18,800 Speaker 1: to value and idolize things that never actually really contribute 560 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:22,920 Speaker 1: to our happiness. And I kind of, um, yeah, it 561 00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:28,240 Speaker 1: was a unique way of um people connecting to the 562 00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:31,520 Speaker 1: spiritual side of cannabis. Because as much as cannabis helped 563 00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:36,280 Speaker 1: me physically with my endometriosis, uh, it changed me as 564 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:40,880 Speaker 1: a person. It changed helped you with that what what 565 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:44,560 Speaker 1: was that that you had? What was that? Oh, endometriosis? 566 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:48,760 Speaker 1: So it's very painful, um. And I had five different 567 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:51,560 Speaker 1: surgeries and I needed another surgery and I went to 568 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:53,800 Speaker 1: the doctor and I said, you know, can I try 569 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:57,720 Speaker 1: CBD or cannabis? Can you give me a medical prescription 570 00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:00,680 Speaker 1: for it? And she said absolutely not, but I'll prescribe 571 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:08,040 Speaker 1: you some oxy cotton. Are you another doctor? And they 572 00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:11,240 Speaker 1: gave me my medical card and then I started to 573 00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:16,000 Speaker 1: use CBD and I noticed a massive decrease in my pain, 574 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:20,240 Speaker 1: my inflammation. Uh. And then I started introducing th HC 575 00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:25,240 Speaker 1: and that just made me ask questions that I wasn't 576 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:28,480 Speaker 1: asking before and want to know answers, and I guess 577 00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:31,560 Speaker 1: find more meaning to life. And that's what I kind 578 00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:34,520 Speaker 1: of wanted to spread through Queen of Bud and through 579 00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:37,920 Speaker 1: our our cannabis and through our stores. Was just before 580 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:40,560 Speaker 1: you open your dispensary, Ashley? Or was this after that 581 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:42,400 Speaker 1: you found all your elements that you were helping you 582 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:46,160 Speaker 1: working with TC on. Yeah, so I got my medical 583 00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:50,640 Speaker 1: card about four years before the legalization. Oh nice. So 584 00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:52,320 Speaker 1: you've been doing this and you know what actually from 585 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:57,280 Speaker 1: Queen of Bud, everything you're saying, your spirituality, everything about 586 00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:00,000 Speaker 1: how you're doing Queen of Bud, it's just awesome. We're 587 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:02,360 Speaker 1: all sitting here with this aw feeling of that's the 588 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:05,200 Speaker 1: way it should be. Loves in the back like she's awesome, 589 00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:11,320 Speaker 1: unbelievable story. Not only that your spirituality of everything is 590 00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:13,360 Speaker 1: just on point. It actually reminds me of my daughter 591 00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:16,200 Speaker 1: who is twenty years old and really into crystals, and 592 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:19,160 Speaker 1: that there's a whole dynamic of people. I mean, unfortunately 593 00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:21,399 Speaker 1: or for whatever, I'm not that into him. I don't 594 00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:23,640 Speaker 1: know what my month is with my year is. And 595 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:26,000 Speaker 1: you know, there's all these things that and it's and 596 00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:27,560 Speaker 1: I every time I hear it, I'm into it. It's 597 00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:29,560 Speaker 1: not like I go, oh, those are stupid. I'm like, no, 598 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:31,480 Speaker 1: but tell me more, tell me more. It's the way, 599 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:35,200 Speaker 1: the way I've seen the value and what Ashley's theory 600 00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:38,799 Speaker 1: and thoughts are is that she's using the wisdom one 601 00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:42,800 Speaker 1: for the product line instead of because because of the marketing, 602 00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:44,480 Speaker 1: you can't say, hey, this one makes me feel like 603 00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:46,480 Speaker 1: I'm a little smarter one when I'm on it. It's 604 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:51,000 Speaker 1: really using the blue sapphire and using the different ones. 605 00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:52,520 Speaker 1: And this one, hey, this one may make you a 606 00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:55,440 Speaker 1: little tired because it's it's it represents the moon and 607 00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:59,799 Speaker 1: so on and so forth to represents the night time 608 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:02,799 Speaker 1: and water and energy, and so I love those things. 609 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:05,319 Speaker 1: And now it's time for the high five. Before we 610 00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:07,480 Speaker 1: get to the high five, I want to touch on 611 00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:10,799 Speaker 1: in Canada, how is it because over here, you know 612 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:14,799 Speaker 1: you've heard Craig mentioned the Bureau of Cannabis Control, who 613 00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:17,960 Speaker 1: was overseeing everything there and how do they tax it? 614 00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:20,400 Speaker 1: How does it go from it growing and I know 615 00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:23,520 Speaker 1: you say you have a growth facility into the dispensary 616 00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:26,439 Speaker 1: to the consumer's hand. Walk us through how it goes 617 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:30,439 Speaker 1: down in Canada. Yeah, so Health Canada is the one 618 00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:33,400 Speaker 1: that's in charge of all of the license producers, So 619 00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:35,319 Speaker 1: when you want to open up a growth facility, you 620 00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:39,320 Speaker 1: have to go through Health Canada. After that, it depends 621 00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:43,520 Speaker 1: on the province that you're in. So in Saskatchewan it's 622 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:46,239 Speaker 1: very different. You can just ship your products straight from 623 00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:50,560 Speaker 1: the facility to your dispensary and sell it. In Alberta, 624 00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:53,879 Speaker 1: there's something called the a g l C and so 625 00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:58,200 Speaker 1: the a g l C purchases it from the LPs, 626 00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:02,239 Speaker 1: they charge about stick team point five percent tax on 627 00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:06,760 Speaker 1: it and then they sell it back to the dispensaries 628 00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:11,319 Speaker 1: um and then same in Ontario, it's the same way 629 00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:15,320 Speaker 1: that the o CS purchases the cannabis and then sells 630 00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:18,800 Speaker 1: it back to the different retailers. So it just depends 631 00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:22,600 Speaker 1: on the province. So the OCS basically manages everything because 632 00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:25,319 Speaker 1: they pull it all in first. Do they inspect it 633 00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:28,719 Speaker 1: there as well or are they just buying it? They're 634 00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:31,400 Speaker 1: just they're just buying it, they can inspect it. Because 635 00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:33,880 Speaker 1: you can't open anything or take a look at anything. 636 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:40,240 Speaker 1: It has to be sealed the LP so the license 637 00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:44,239 Speaker 1: producer is in charge of testing it. So after we 638 00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:46,439 Speaker 1: harvest it, we have to send it into a lab. 639 00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:49,600 Speaker 1: We get a c O A back on that and 640 00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:53,239 Speaker 1: then that's what goes on our labels UM and then 641 00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:56,560 Speaker 1: we would send it to the various government entities that 642 00:36:56,560 --> 00:37:00,600 Speaker 1: would purchase the product. We have distributors out here, cultivators, 643 00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:04,440 Speaker 1: manufacturers of concentrates and distillates has to go through a 644 00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:07,920 Speaker 1: distributor to go to retail. There's nowhere in the state 645 00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:10,759 Speaker 1: where you can, like in your one province like good 646 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:12,520 Speaker 1: old days, you grow it, you can sell it to 647 00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:15,160 Speaker 1: the store, and that's really how it should be. But 648 00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:17,760 Speaker 1: you know, the government's making people get in the middle 649 00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:20,600 Speaker 1: of that, being a middleman so they can take their chunk. 650 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,799 Speaker 1: Where are you actually are they taxing the stores as 651 00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:26,239 Speaker 1: well like does Queen and but also get tax on 652 00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:29,719 Speaker 1: the sale depending on the providence. That doesn't change. No, 653 00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:33,640 Speaker 1: just g S T which is standard UM which is 654 00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:38,719 Speaker 1: five percent in Alberta. But um. The what's interesting about 655 00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:43,320 Speaker 1: Alberta is the h l C is our whole saler. 656 00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:47,120 Speaker 1: But in Alberta, the dispensaries are not allowed to do 657 00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:51,960 Speaker 1: deliveries or have any kind of online sales. Only the 658 00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:54,799 Speaker 1: a g l C is allowed to. So not only 659 00:37:54,840 --> 00:37:59,959 Speaker 1: are they our wholesaler, they're also our biggest competitor enity. 660 00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:03,799 Speaker 1: That's a racket, that's a governmental entity. Yes it is 661 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:07,839 Speaker 1: the WOW. So the government can deliver the weed. They 662 00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:10,239 Speaker 1: can deliver cannabis, but you can't get it from Queen 663 00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:13,640 Speaker 1: of b on a delivery service. But the order online, 664 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:15,800 Speaker 1: you know what, you can. Gotta give it to the Canadians. 665 00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:17,360 Speaker 1: They came up with a good one right there. I 666 00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:20,480 Speaker 1: didn't know that there came up. We're gonna make it 667 00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:26,279 Speaker 1: legal here. But guess who's gonna deliver? We are you 668 00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:29,160 Speaker 1: can deliver. So right now because of COVID you weren't 669 00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:32,239 Speaker 1: allowed to. But because of COVID and the restrictions, now 670 00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:36,960 Speaker 1: you are allowed to do um uh except online payments 671 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:42,080 Speaker 1: and do deliveries. So it's very complicated because each province, 672 00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:45,240 Speaker 1: as I said, is different and you have to learn 673 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:49,320 Speaker 1: all of the rules depending on which province you're selling 674 00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:52,240 Speaker 1: to or which province you're opening up a store, and sure, 675 00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:54,160 Speaker 1: that's kind of the same out here with the states. 676 00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:55,759 Speaker 1: All the states are going to do it a little 677 00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:59,560 Speaker 1: differently as well. Do they also manage the liquor like 678 00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:02,759 Speaker 1: that as well? Or the tobacco in Canada's correct, they 679 00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:05,719 Speaker 1: do as well too, So it's not it's not abnormal 680 00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:07,879 Speaker 1: out there for that. I think I've heard I've heard 681 00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:10,439 Speaker 1: that before. Is that they also, um, the government also 682 00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:13,759 Speaker 1: controls their their liquor, their tobacco, and if I'm not 683 00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:18,360 Speaker 1: even mistaken, I think grocery groceries as well. Right, Um, 684 00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:21,160 Speaker 1: I don't know about groceries, but they do with tobacco 685 00:39:21,239 --> 00:39:24,920 Speaker 1: and liquor and casino. Yes, you gotta think Canada has 686 00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:26,239 Speaker 1: to do something like that. I mean, they're paying for 687 00:39:26,239 --> 00:39:30,759 Speaker 1: everybody's healthcare. They gotta make some money, hey, I mean, 688 00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:32,440 Speaker 1: I mean if you look at it and you think 689 00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:34,799 Speaker 1: about the government needs a pool and paper because they're 690 00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:36,600 Speaker 1: paying for your health a yare That's why her teeth 691 00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:40,000 Speaker 1: looks so good, I mean her hair too. These compliments, 692 00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:41,960 Speaker 1: I'm loving it. I'm ready to go to Canada and 693 00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:44,799 Speaker 1: hang out. Yeah, let's go on a flight or you 694 00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:47,000 Speaker 1: come out. Asked you from Queen of Bud is now 695 00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:49,600 Speaker 1: time for our High five. We're gonna ask you five questions. 696 00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:52,680 Speaker 1: Just answer them as honestly as you can. Question number one, 697 00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:55,000 Speaker 1: how old are you the first time you smoke cannabis? 698 00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:58,160 Speaker 1: And where did you get it from? I was fourteen 699 00:39:58,200 --> 00:39:59,919 Speaker 1: and I got it from a friend of a friend. 700 00:40:00,719 --> 00:40:06,480 Speaker 1: Where were you? Where were you at? Where were you at? Uh? 701 00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:09,200 Speaker 1: Just here in Calgary. I think I was at a 702 00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:12,120 Speaker 1: house party or out with friends. That's always a good time. 703 00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:16,400 Speaker 1: Question number two the high five, what is your favorite 704 00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:21,520 Speaker 1: way to use cannabis? Joint? Uh? And then I also like, 705 00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:27,480 Speaker 1: um uh, Well, I have been enjoying edibles lately here 706 00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:31,160 Speaker 1: in Canada. Um. When they first legalized edibles, it was 707 00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:36,600 Speaker 1: so strict. You're only allowed ten milligrams per pack, so 708 00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:38,759 Speaker 1: I mean ten milligrams on me, I'm gonna have to 709 00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:43,560 Speaker 1: eat like three thousand calories for the chocolate. So I 710 00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:46,160 Speaker 1: didn't really like edibles, But then I started making my 711 00:40:46,239 --> 00:40:48,759 Speaker 1: own and then now there's been a few really good 712 00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:51,360 Speaker 1: brands that have come out, so I've I've been enjoying 713 00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:54,640 Speaker 1: edibles lately as well. Fantastic question number three of the 714 00:40:54,719 --> 00:41:00,480 Speaker 1: High five, craziest place you've ever used or smoked cannabis. Okay, 715 00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:05,040 Speaker 1: so in Canada you're allowed to travel on an airplane 716 00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:08,359 Speaker 1: with up to thirty grams of cannabis. And then at 717 00:41:08,360 --> 00:41:16,080 Speaker 1: the airports there's actually a designated cannabis smoking area. So um, yes, yeah, 718 00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:20,719 Speaker 1: it's it's amazing. I love flying now. It's so I 719 00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:25,560 Speaker 1: bunch of edibles, smoke a joint and then just like 720 00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:29,040 Speaker 1: trip out on the plane, watch movies and eat as 721 00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:31,319 Speaker 1: much food as I can. It's it's now. Do they 722 00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:36,640 Speaker 1: actually have like a dispense like a vending machine inside 723 00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:40,640 Speaker 1: the airport the airport where they can purchase as well? No, 724 00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:44,840 Speaker 1: So vending machines are not allowed here, um, and there's 725 00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:48,480 Speaker 1: no one in the airport currently. I'm working on it. 726 00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:52,319 Speaker 1: We've been chatting a few airports around that, um, but 727 00:41:52,719 --> 00:41:56,399 Speaker 1: there's nothing right now. You kind of have to plan 728 00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:59,360 Speaker 1: ahead and shoulder like, hey man, you gotta can I 729 00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:01,799 Speaker 1: hit that? Actually, what I would suggest you doing is 730 00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:04,120 Speaker 1: is you know there's technology out here, there's are they 731 00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:07,319 Speaker 1: have We have the vending machines available, right and if 732 00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:08,960 Speaker 1: you don't know, you can contact us. I'll help you 733 00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:11,560 Speaker 1: get involved or get with someone who does. But get 734 00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:14,520 Speaker 1: with the government. See if they're willing to monetize it 735 00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:16,960 Speaker 1: through that vending machine. You'll be the one to service 736 00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:19,359 Speaker 1: it and you know, make it to where they're they're 737 00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:22,879 Speaker 1: actually product. Because because it's it's it's inevitable, it's gonna happen. 738 00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:24,680 Speaker 1: It's and and if it's like they have bars at 739 00:42:24,719 --> 00:42:27,440 Speaker 1: the at the airports, yeah, it's it should be the 740 00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:31,200 Speaker 1: How do you make sure that the person that's using 741 00:42:31,280 --> 00:42:33,040 Speaker 1: the vending machine, you have to put your I D 742 00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:38,080 Speaker 1: in first, slide your no. No, it's vending machines that 743 00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:41,359 Speaker 1: are allowed here. It's only allowed in a licensed dispensary, 744 00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:44,880 Speaker 1: licensed storefront. But no, you have to get carter to 745 00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:47,319 Speaker 1: go into that storefront. They have one that they have 746 00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:50,520 Speaker 1: faced cognition cannabis ones in the malls. No, not in 747 00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:52,799 Speaker 1: the malls there there's actually there's a few that have 748 00:42:52,880 --> 00:42:54,880 Speaker 1: them been smoke shops and malls and stuff like that. 749 00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:58,239 Speaker 1: But there's a face recognition um one that's out right 750 00:42:58,239 --> 00:43:01,239 Speaker 1: now and you put your you put your idea in 751 00:43:01,280 --> 00:43:03,279 Speaker 1: there and your face recognition and will let you know. 752 00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:05,239 Speaker 1: Good luck with Mark, because if he showed up looking 753 00:43:05,239 --> 00:43:09,120 Speaker 1: like you did today, I wouldn't recognize him. Alright, Alright, 754 00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:11,800 Speaker 1: let's get the question number four of the Cannadas to 755 00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:15,120 Speaker 1: one on one Hi five with Ashley from Queen of 756 00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:19,759 Speaker 1: two Stores in Canada A Cultivation Ashley, what is your 757 00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:24,439 Speaker 1: go to munchies after you get hot? Oh? So, I 758 00:43:24,520 --> 00:43:30,360 Speaker 1: love carms, So I like burrito's, pasta parog Ease do 759 00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:34,160 Speaker 1: anything that will actually fill up my kids fun. I 760 00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:35,600 Speaker 1: feel like you're talking to me right now. You just 761 00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:38,879 Speaker 1: said everything. What do you say? Burritos? I lost, lost, 762 00:43:39,120 --> 00:43:42,560 Speaker 1: lost burritos. Yeah, Barritos are my favorite thing in the world. 763 00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:44,600 Speaker 1: My kids actually make fun of me all the time. 764 00:43:44,600 --> 00:43:46,680 Speaker 1: I'm like, let's go to Moucho a burrito. They're like, Mom, 765 00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:51,840 Speaker 1: I hate Barrita. Not again. I could do a burrito 766 00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:54,439 Speaker 1: and a taco every day, Mexican all day. Everything tastes 767 00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:56,440 Speaker 1: better with a cornship, is what I always say. And 768 00:43:56,520 --> 00:44:01,200 Speaker 1: just my body and beans and rice today and some courtships. 769 00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:04,520 Speaker 1: Question number five with the Queen Bee herself Queen A 770 00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:07,200 Speaker 1: bud Ashy out there and good old Canada. If you 771 00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:11,279 Speaker 1: could smoke cannabis with anyone dead or alive, who would 772 00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:16,759 Speaker 1: it be and why? Bob Marley Buffalo Sodia I love 773 00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:22,799 Speaker 1: I love his philosophy on You know, I think that 774 00:44:22,840 --> 00:44:28,680 Speaker 1: this world has become so self serving and egotistical, and 775 00:44:28,719 --> 00:44:33,160 Speaker 1: if we just embraced, embraced the true language of this universe, 776 00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:37,279 Speaker 1: which is love, I think wonderful things would happen. And 777 00:44:37,680 --> 00:44:41,439 Speaker 1: I loved his take on that. I love your take 778 00:44:41,520 --> 00:44:43,840 Speaker 1: on him. I love your take on your dispensary and 779 00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:46,000 Speaker 1: everything you're doing. You have a great spirit, you have 780 00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:49,520 Speaker 1: a beautiful outlook on everything, and you're beautiful. It's great 781 00:44:49,560 --> 00:44:51,160 Speaker 1: to have you on this shows or anything else that 782 00:44:51,160 --> 00:44:53,239 Speaker 1: you'd like to promote before we let you go. But 783 00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:59,319 Speaker 1: it's been a real pleasure having you on. Um, we 784 00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:01,239 Speaker 1: can't hear you. I don't know if we hit something 785 00:45:01,360 --> 00:45:03,279 Speaker 1: or you hit something. But hold on second, Hold on 786 00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:07,080 Speaker 1: a second. Can you still hear us? Actually, yeah, sorry, 787 00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:09,799 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna fit my AirPods. Then they keep connecting. 788 00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:13,040 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, that was what happened. Can you hear me? Now? 789 00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:16,320 Speaker 1: Oh my god, now we're in the mix. It's hash you. 790 00:45:18,640 --> 00:45:22,400 Speaker 1: Welcome to the show, Ashley. Well, thank you guys so 791 00:45:22,520 --> 00:45:24,719 Speaker 1: much for having me on. It was an honor and 792 00:45:26,600 --> 00:45:29,480 Speaker 1: no thank you. We appreciate your story, guys, and remember 793 00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:31,880 Speaker 1: this it's Cannabis Talk on a one. If no one 794 00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:35,120 Speaker 1: else loves you, we do. Thank you for listening to 795 00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:37,719 Speaker 1: Cannabis Talk one on one on the I Heart Radio app, 796 00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:40,879 Speaker 1: Apple podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts.