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

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Speaker 1: Joe Grande and Marking, Craig Wasserman, the Pot Brothers at Law.

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

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Speaker 1: welcome to Cannabis Talk one on one. My name is Blue.

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Speaker 1: Alongside of me is the world famous Pot Brothers at Law, Marking,

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Speaker 1: Craig Wasserman and Joe Grande the Great. Also with us

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Speaker 1: today is the Ladies of Cannabis Talk one on one,

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Speaker 1: E s F I R E Christine's. It's always good

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Speaker 1: to have the ladies with cannabis talk one. I want

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Speaker 1: to join us because this is a big deal that

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Speaker 1: we have right now, and I don't know if the

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Speaker 1: women's perspective is gonna matter as much, but I love

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Speaker 1: your perspective anyways in general, but I love that's a given.

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Speaker 1: But I also want your take on this because breaking

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Speaker 1: news New York lawmakers reach a deal to legalize recreational cannabis,

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Speaker 1: sources say, and last night I get extremely paranoid call

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Speaker 1: from Mr Mark Washerman. I just talked to Blue. I

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Speaker 1: did that that that. I've talked to Leo Bridgewater, the

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Speaker 1: director of Veterans Outreaching and for MM and the CEO

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Speaker 1: of bridge H two Consultants, and Vladimir Bautista, the CEO

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Speaker 1: of Happy Monkeys. I G. You can look them up

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Speaker 1: Joe and Happy Monkeys. For twenty New York lawmakers are

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Speaker 1: reaching this deal and it's going crazy on cubouts. I'm like, Mark,

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Speaker 1: why don't you just do it now. Doug Fire calling me,

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Speaker 1: He's like, no, Joe, you don't understand. I'm talking to Leo.

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Speaker 1: I'm talking to Lad. These guys are the best day.

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Speaker 1: They They're doing so many things. They're changing ship in

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Speaker 1: New York right now. He's literally so passionate about it.

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Speaker 1: I met my daughter swim meet and I'm like, dude,

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Speaker 1: let's just doom it now. All pumped up. So today

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Speaker 1: on the show, we have all everything I just said

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Speaker 1: is true. We have Leo and Lad on with us.

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Speaker 1: Thank you guys for coming here and please take the floor.

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Speaker 1: And I don't know which one's gonna start at Leo

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Speaker 1: or Vlad of what exactly is going on the changes,

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Speaker 1: because from what I understand from Marcus, we need action

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Speaker 1: from people. They need to call this number, they need

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Speaker 1: to send an email or something. But what's going on

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Speaker 1: in New York? Leo and Vlad, thank you guys for

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Speaker 1: having me kind of a talk one on one. But

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Speaker 1: is that law? You know, it's the honor to be here.

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Speaker 1: So what's going on is that they just finally came

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Speaker 1: to an agreement. Yesterday. Um, there were two bills on

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Speaker 1: my team and a few organizations we launched a campaign

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Speaker 1: and no auction, uh petition because the first bill, they

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Speaker 1: got almost a thousand signatures, people from all over the country,

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Speaker 1: change this the whole move. And now from what we hear,

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Speaker 1: Originally the first bill had had very little social equity,

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Speaker 1: bill that they just ain't. But we all know how

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Speaker 1: Part six works. Until the ink isn't dry, we can't

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Speaker 1: that's what's going on right now in New York. But

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Speaker 1: call flood the phone lines because if you don't, what's

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Speaker 1: gonna happen is exactly what that first bill was all about.

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Speaker 1: Now out here, It's not auctions, it's do you have

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Speaker 1: that some cities are And this has into it as well. Um,

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Speaker 1: you're funny, Blue. I did not, I said city. You

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Speaker 1: important point that people have to stand up, let their

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Speaker 1: The social equity programs that I've been involved in, and

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Speaker 1: They want to tell them in that message we support?

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Speaker 1: What So if if home grow is something that is important,

431
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Speaker 1: what it is important to you, to me, to all

432
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Speaker 1: of us? You you want to you want to tell

433
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Speaker 1: your representatives that you want home growth in there. You

434
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Speaker 1: want to tell you representatives that you want specific car

435
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Speaker 1: vouts for minorities, women, veterans, and formally incarcerated. You know,

436
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Speaker 1: these are things that in New Jersey. We're fixing right now.

437
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Speaker 1: In fact, we're working on legislative language as a fix

438
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Speaker 1: to UH to make it so that there is UH

439
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Speaker 1: an amnesty period for those who are part of legacy

440
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Speaker 1: market to be able to come to the regulated market,

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Speaker 1: no questions. Eyes. Well, there's there's to be done on

442
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Speaker 1: that to try to make that happen. But the fact

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Speaker 1: of the matter is is that those conversations are now

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Speaker 1: being had. And we also are gonna have home grow

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Speaker 1: in New Jersey for medical marijuana patients as well. You know,

446
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Speaker 1: it's the best we could do with this particular body freshout.

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Speaker 1: But who're working on it, you know, Okay, let me

448
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Speaker 1: just let me, let me wrap that up. You need

449
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Speaker 1: to get them to ask that they need to add

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Speaker 1: in there no matter what, as well as all the

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Speaker 1: other good stuff. They need to keep the taxes low

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Speaker 1: and the taxes go away on medical go away on

453
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Speaker 1: medical forever, and UH state taxes six point two five

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Speaker 1: UH and UH municipalities get to add another two percent

455
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Speaker 1: size tacks. And there's the taxes on cultivation as well.

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Speaker 1: We're trying to get rid of our cultivation tax. Greg.

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Speaker 1: I think that's I think It's very important to mention

458
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Speaker 1: because as you say, you know, the United States is

459
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Speaker 1: like states and like small different countries. Every landscape is

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Speaker 1: well we pushed forward. That's very important in New York

461
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Speaker 1: is social consumption. Why is that New York City is

462
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Speaker 1: one of those populated cities in the world. So what

463
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Speaker 1: happens We've seen it happen other places like Las Vegas. Yeah,

464
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Speaker 1: you legalize it, it's all cool. You can't smoke anywhere,

465
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Speaker 1: or will you put you in there? You do that,

466
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Speaker 1: and something like New York City, what happens pe who

467
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Speaker 1: have nowhere to smoke. We have one of the biggest

468
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Speaker 1: nights housing population in the world. So now somebody gets

469
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Speaker 1: caught smoking inside their apartment, they lose their apartment. Are

470
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Speaker 1: of all property owned in Manhattan it's co ops, not condo?

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Speaker 1: What happened? You don't have social consumption, they will take

472
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Speaker 1: your apartment that you played one to put them in

473
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Speaker 1: the dotted store because it's not releasing. So social consumption

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Speaker 1: is important everywhere, so very important here because like I

475
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Speaker 1: told you before we came out on the podcast with

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Speaker 1: correct we have a lot of things. Space is not

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Speaker 1: one of them. So social consumption to really like they

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Speaker 1: don't do it correctly, can really be very devastating for

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Speaker 1: the you know, housing community and just for the community.

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Speaker 1: And Denim very well said Wladimir. It's Cannabistark one on one.

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Speaker 1: When we come back the High five with Vladimir and Leo,

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Speaker 1: it's Cannabis Talk one on one. Take a hit, get

483
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Speaker 1: lit and sit back and enjoy Cannabis Talk one oh

484
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Speaker 1: one with Mark and Craig, the Pop brothers at Law,

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Speaker 1: Big Blue and Joe Grande. And if my big brother

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Speaker 1: would shut up so I can get through this. We

487
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Speaker 1: can hear him talking to his wife. Thanks for interrupting,

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Speaker 1: big brother. What what we heard yet? So actually, before

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Speaker 1: we get to the High Five, I do want to

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Speaker 1: reiterate what we just talked about after the last break

491
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Speaker 1: so people can help. That's the point of the show.

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Speaker 1: We're rushing it out. We're gonna get it out there

493
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Speaker 1: on the airwaves so people can help. Before April one

494
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Speaker 1: in New York, go to the Instagram Happy Monkey. That's

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Speaker 1: h A p P Y m U n k E

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Speaker 1: underscore and the link is in there by y underscore

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Speaker 1: after wa E Y underscore and the link is in

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Speaker 1: their bio. You can also go to normal dot org.

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Speaker 1: Put in you the zip code one zero zero three one.

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Speaker 1: It will come up with the information you need to

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Speaker 1: make a phone call, send a message. And these are

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Speaker 1: the points you want to hit when you leave a message,

503
00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:38,760
Speaker 1: whether it's oral or written. We want no taxes on

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00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:44,640
Speaker 1: medical we want formally incarcerated people released. We want home grow,

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00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:49,760
Speaker 1: we want social consumption. We want social equity for women

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Speaker 1: and minorities and those harmed by the war on cannabis.

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Speaker 1: Say all those things, tell him cannabis talk one on

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Speaker 1: one and pop brothers at los Centia, and let's flow

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Speaker 1: those messages and we can possibly make something happen. Very

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Speaker 1: well said yeah, just for clarification, is it the state

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Speaker 1: that's looking at it or is it New York City?

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Speaker 1: No state? Okay, that's what I thought. I just wanted

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Speaker 1: to make sure. I just wanted to make sure New

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Speaker 1: York State and go ahead. A very important to point

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Speaker 1: out here why we're here today and why now we

516
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Speaker 1: have the opportunity to mobilize and do things better than

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Speaker 1: have been done the past. We have information that we

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Speaker 1: can use in real time. Last night we were on

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Speaker 1: on club House in the Monkey Lounge in our room

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Speaker 1: and look, this is how it's all happened now in

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Speaker 1: real time. We get the information, we mobilized the people,

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Speaker 1: we can't get each other routed up, make sure that

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Speaker 1: things are done correctly in real time. And I think

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Speaker 1: that's why now we have to use these platforms for

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Speaker 1: positive things like we're doing right now, not just the

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Speaker 1: post itself and all this stuff. This is real power

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Speaker 1: that we can use in real time. And I think

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Speaker 1: this is an example of what you guys are showing

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Speaker 1: you of how this new technology, if you use it

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Speaker 1: for the right reasons, the right purposes, can change the lives,

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Speaker 1: communities and industries. Well that's what we're doing, taking action

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00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:22,120
Speaker 1: right now, taking action. And now we're gonna get to

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Speaker 1: my favorite part of the show. I can't wait to

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Speaker 1: do this with you too, guys. HiT's the Cannabis Talk

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Speaker 1: one on one, Hi five Joe. All right, you guys,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna ask you a question. It's gonna go light now.

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00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:34,000
Speaker 1: We already got the facts and stats out of what

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Speaker 1: folks gotta do. Thank you too, though, so much for

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Speaker 1: doing what you do out in the East Coast. For

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Speaker 1: Mark and Blue to be raving about you cats, that's

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Speaker 1: so dope. I just really take my hat off to

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Speaker 1: you guys, and most people probably don't patch you on

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00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:49,800
Speaker 1: the back and give you that data, boy that you deserve.

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00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:52,120
Speaker 1: Good job, you guys from what you're doing out there.

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Speaker 1: So we're gonna start these questions. Question number one, Leo,

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Speaker 1: you'll answer first, and then Glad you'll answer right aswer

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Speaker 1: right after. And it's the same exact question. Question number one, Leo,

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Speaker 1: how are you the first time you smoked cannabis and

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Speaker 1: where'd you get it from? My smoke cannabis? I was twenty.

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00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:11,120
Speaker 1: I was twenty years old, and I was with my

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Speaker 1: Cousintol and one of my best friends Racial Point, and

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00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:18,960
Speaker 1: we were at my aunt's house and came home from college.

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Speaker 1: And that was the first time I spoke who had it?

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Speaker 1: Was it your aunties? Oh? It was my cousin Mike

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Speaker 1: and Michael had it? Okay, there we guys, Yeah, what

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Speaker 1: about you? I don't even know what it was that

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Speaker 1: we were. Could have been a regular who knows? Number two?

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Speaker 1: Oh wait, we get both of you. No good blood,

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Speaker 1: h My first time I was twelve years old. I

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Speaker 1: was hanging out with the older kids. They were like

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Speaker 1: fourteen fifteen. Well, one of them, you know, their parents

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Speaker 1: who out of town. We played Hookeey cut School in

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Speaker 1: his house and he said, let's smoke and uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: back then all we had was the back yard pull

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Speaker 1: the shwag with the sticks in the sea and man

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Speaker 1: that hit harder than the Cannabis Cup Award winning Yeah, alright.

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Speaker 1: Question number two, what is your favorite way to use cannabis? Who? Uh,

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Speaker 1: you know what I like? I like? I actually like

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Speaker 1: burned right there. I like burning flower and relaxing. You know,

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Speaker 1: I'm at that age now where I reflective mode from

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Speaker 1: all the things that I've done and to be able

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Speaker 1: to sit there and take a nice little toke and

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Speaker 1: maybe even do a session with somebody, it is. I

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Speaker 1: appreciate it now. I appreciate the the camaraderie that you

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Speaker 1: get to do when you're when you're burning flower. So

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Speaker 1: that's my favorite way to come glad. My favorite way

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Speaker 1: to consume guys, I want to say first, it's not

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Speaker 1: the healthiest way, but it is what it is. You know,

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Speaker 1: being born is in New York. You know, we always

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Speaker 1: do the tobacco things. So rolling the touch and you know,

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Speaker 1: really zoning now and smoking. That's the way you know

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Speaker 1: I've always smoked, you know, we still smoked every other way,

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Speaker 1: but that you don't have to justify that. Dutch masturbate

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Speaker 1: exactly passed the duchy to the left hand side. Question

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Speaker 1: number three, Question number three of the high five craziest

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Speaker 1: place You've ever used or smoked cannabis? Uh, it's a

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Speaker 1: it's enough time, enough enough times, so I can actually

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Speaker 1: admit to this. But the crazy place I smoked cannabis

589
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Speaker 1: was a joint based ballade. And more than that, watching

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Speaker 1: a bunch of um u nfil watching a whole bunch

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Speaker 1: of drones coming in after doing a strike on somebody. Wow, yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's crazy. Yeah, yeah, that was Yeah, I got I

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Speaker 1: got some I got some wall the stories, but I'll

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Speaker 1: go with that one first. Yeah, but it that Bill,

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Speaker 1: all right, lad Wow, one of the one of the

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Speaker 1: wildest places I smoked And it was actually what was

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Speaker 1: somebody you know Mark and correct, I believe it was

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Speaker 1: with Jason Beck Washington, d C. Smoked literally like almost

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Speaker 1: on the White House lawn. Nice like Jason, He's done

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Speaker 1: that many and that sounds crazy and a little nerve

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Speaker 1: bracket like, Okay, the first time, how about the first

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Speaker 1: time you met. Jason was with my son and him

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Speaker 1: and Jason were smoking in the room that the Dana

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Speaker 1: Roarbocker was talking bro Cannabi. Other political people were there too.

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't doubt it if Jason smoked in the in

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Speaker 1: the Oval office. Somehow we're gonna get it out. We'll

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Speaker 1: get it out of him, all right. Question Someday we're

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Speaker 1: gonna have a president that just smokes the noble office

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Speaker 1: because it's all good. I'm right here here he is,

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Speaker 1: Washerman Marshall President. Alright. Question number four The Cannabis Talk

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Speaker 1: one on one High five with Leo Bridgewater and vlad

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Speaker 1: Mere Bautista making it happen for New York and cannabis.

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Speaker 1: What is your go to munchies Leo? When you get high?

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Speaker 1: Oh man, I go to Munthys Damn so uh. I

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Speaker 1: actually like tomatoes and avocado with alive olive oil. One nice.

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Speaker 1: That's okay, that's healthy. That's a good that's a good one.

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Speaker 1: It does it for me though I know it sounds crazy,

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Speaker 1: but it does it for me. You don't have to

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Speaker 1: justify your favorite alright, gladder on that too. There you go.

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Speaker 1: That'll do it, all right, Glad. What's your go to

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Speaker 1: munchies after you get HI. My my favorite munchy right

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Speaker 1: now is these uh chips. They sell that whole foods

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Speaker 1: that I like that that's my goal comedy and I

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Speaker 1: eat those pedals. Do that with some cream cheese, I

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Speaker 1: free base. What is that hoepenial chips? Coming down? Question

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Speaker 1: number five with the high five. If you could smoke

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Speaker 1: cannabis with anyone dead or alive, who would it be?

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Speaker 1: And why? H Barackue Obama? Barackue Obama? And you know

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Speaker 1: he smokes. I mean, why is that? Give us? Why? Uh?

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Speaker 1: You know what? Then I got a lot of questions

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Speaker 1: about the things that happened while I was in the

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Speaker 1: Iraq on his watch. Who and I really like some

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Speaker 1: closure enough and I think I think the joint actually

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Speaker 1: bring that out, you know what I'm saying. And I

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Speaker 1: would need to smoke something just to be able to

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Speaker 1: I would really need to smoke something just to be

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Speaker 1: able to handle whatever. The answers Obama answers, We're working.

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Speaker 1: We're on top of it. Hold On Brocks coming in

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Speaker 1: right now. Uh me, gentlemen, it would be zecka Va

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Speaker 1: because you know, to me, he is like one of

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Speaker 1: the most intriguing revolutionaries, even though he was the political revolutionary.

642
00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:28,560
Speaker 1: I'm a cannabis revolutionary, and I would just like to

643
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:32,120
Speaker 1: see what possesses, you know, just to pick his brain,

644
00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:36,880
Speaker 1: what possesses you to go from country to country liberating people,

645
00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:39,480
Speaker 1: and you know, and once you liberate them, instead of

646
00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:41,320
Speaker 1: trying to take all the gold and all the glory,

647
00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:43,799
Speaker 1: going to the next place and continue to do that

648
00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:47,080
Speaker 1: your whole life. That amazes me that why somebody have

649
00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:50,759
Speaker 1: that type of you know, passion and ambition and not

650
00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:54,080
Speaker 1: necessarily only be in it for the goals. And then

651
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:57,279
Speaker 1: you know, that's a great one. I got another question though,

652
00:38:57,280 --> 00:38:59,160
Speaker 1: for you guys, going back to a little bit about

653
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Speaker 1: what you guys are doing in out there Leo and

654
00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:02,759
Speaker 1: Vlad and you're doing so much. And for those who

655
00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:05,000
Speaker 1: have been listening to the podcast, once again, go to

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Speaker 1: the i G which is at Happy Monkey Underscore, which

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Speaker 1: is h A P P Y m U n k

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Speaker 1: e Y Underscore, and then you're gonna see a link.

659
00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:15,000
Speaker 1: You're gonna be able to click on it. I've actually

660
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:16,800
Speaker 1: clicked on the link and then it goes to a

661
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:19,560
Speaker 1: page Riot has a video and it says click our

662
00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:23,040
Speaker 1: our petition here with illegal New York cannabis, all kinds

663
00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:25,200
Speaker 1: of things to click and follow, So go there. You

664
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:27,359
Speaker 1: guys are definitely right. That's the easiest place to go

665
00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:29,160
Speaker 1: to to get a click, to get right where you

666
00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:31,440
Speaker 1: need to go to, which is very self explanatory, So

667
00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:35,160
Speaker 1: go to the i G. But I'm curious have you

668
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:37,480
Speaker 1: guys or anybody from your camp to reach out to

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00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:40,640
Speaker 1: jay Z and his camp, being that y'all from New

670
00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:43,480
Speaker 1: York and doing your thing, and of course jay Z

671
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:46,279
Speaker 1: is collaborating so much with his brands that he's doing

672
00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:48,560
Speaker 1: on the cannabis side, Monarch and he hooked up thank

673
00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:52,720
Speaker 1: you Monarch with Khaliva out here in California. I'm just wondering,

674
00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:54,920
Speaker 1: has anybody reached out to jay Z from your guys

675
00:39:54,960 --> 00:40:02,000
Speaker 1: camp regarding all this? Uh good blad um uh. We

676
00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:07,240
Speaker 1: haven't spoken specifically, like directly, but we're in touch because

677
00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:10,080
Speaker 1: we have a lot of true friends. So like you

678
00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:12,719
Speaker 1: know that one of his right hand partners, his name

679
00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:16,080
Speaker 1: is Oji Juan, is from that neighborhood, so he definitely

680
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:19,400
Speaker 1: knows what's going on. Alex Todd, which is you know,

681
00:40:19,719 --> 00:40:23,040
Speaker 1: part of that saucy good friend of our saucy so

682
00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:25,839
Speaker 1: it's like we haven't spoke specifically, but we know that

683
00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:29,000
Speaker 1: of course, you know, he rightfully so will be in

684
00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:33,239
Speaker 1: the New York kindabis marketing, will do his best to

685
00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:35,520
Speaker 1: make sure it's afortable and character just like we are.

686
00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:38,200
Speaker 1: You know, well, I think you can get the hand out.

687
00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:40,759
Speaker 1: Go ahead, Leo. Yeah, And from from my part, I

688
00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:42,680
Speaker 1: was just gonna say the same thing. We actually know

689
00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:46,399
Speaker 1: a lot of the same people that Jay knows, and

690
00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:49,840
Speaker 1: so what I will say is is, uh, the eventuality

691
00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:54,279
Speaker 1: of there being a conversation between us, and a conversation

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00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:57,799
Speaker 1: between us and jay Z will be an eventuality just

693
00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:00,400
Speaker 1: giving the way that we've been working. We just haven't

694
00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:01,840
Speaker 1: had it yet, but we know a lot of the

695
00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:06,120
Speaker 1: same people. In the meantime, what's most important is that

696
00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:09,879
Speaker 1: we get to work. We're working, and I think that

697
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:12,960
Speaker 1: it's through that work is where Jay is going to

698
00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:16,400
Speaker 1: you know, where you're gonna see them where Jake comes

699
00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:19,560
Speaker 1: from at well, hopefully you guys crossed from doing the work,

700
00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:22,080
Speaker 1: because y'all in the cannabis game. He's in the cannabis game.

701
00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:25,360
Speaker 1: He's definitely got a lot of power and you know,

702
00:41:25,719 --> 00:41:29,200
Speaker 1: definitely gonna take is what it's gonna take is jay

703
00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:31,799
Speaker 1: Z to get out there. I mean he must have

704
00:41:31,840 --> 00:41:36,080
Speaker 1: what a million followers? How many million followers does jay

705
00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:39,160
Speaker 1: Z have? He needs to go on his social media

706
00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:45,479
Speaker 1: and say we have social media. How hey, he don't

707
00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:48,520
Speaker 1: even need it. He's got to go on TMZ or

708
00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:50,239
Speaker 1: something and say, hey, this is what you gotta do.

709
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:53,040
Speaker 1: Get up there. And you know, you know right, your right,

710
00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:56,960
Speaker 1: your congressman, representative, right, your local city leader, and you know,

711
00:41:57,400 --> 00:41:58,880
Speaker 1: it's just got to get out there. The more people

712
00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:01,719
Speaker 1: that if you actually do of this it works. Oh well,

713
00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:04,440
Speaker 1: he's he's I know, he's on the board of the

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Speaker 1: of d P a UM and and and so you

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00:42:08,520 --> 00:42:11,279
Speaker 1: know like he does he he does have uh, he

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00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:14,160
Speaker 1: has his ear you know to the ground and and

717
00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:17,719
Speaker 1: a and a meaningful in the right way. But when

718
00:42:17,719 --> 00:42:21,800
Speaker 1: it comes to you know, like I tell us to

719
00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:24,520
Speaker 1: people all the time, when it comes to the this industry,

720
00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:28,120
Speaker 1: to see, y'all, people gotta understand this new group of people,

721
00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:31,680
Speaker 1: this new audience that people need to understand. This industry

722
00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:36,560
Speaker 1: is very incestrous. It's tribal saying, and and it has

723
00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:40,520
Speaker 1: this this industry is trying to have chieftains. They have

724
00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:45,399
Speaker 1: Shanon they have warriors, you know, all all of this,

725
00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:48,520
Speaker 1: and we all know each other, you see what I'm saying,

726
00:42:48,560 --> 00:42:52,279
Speaker 1: And so those of us who are really doing it,

727
00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:54,880
Speaker 1: we know who each other is, you know what I'm saying.

728
00:42:55,239 --> 00:42:58,799
Speaker 1: And to be quite honest with you, you know, jay Z,

729
00:42:59,239 --> 00:43:02,440
Speaker 1: Michael George and Oprah Winfree are not jay Z, Michael

730
00:43:02,480 --> 00:43:05,359
Speaker 1: Jordan's open Winfrey in the cannabis and right, I mean

731
00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:10,359
Speaker 1: you know who they are. But then that right, and

732
00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:12,480
Speaker 1: I try to tell people, you know, hey, jay Z

733
00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:14,360
Speaker 1: is not the king to the black, so please stop

734
00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:22,799
Speaker 1: doing that. I'm just keeping it quite warm right all

735
00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:28,440
Speaker 1: the way. Yeah, you know, like I'm just saying, you know,

736
00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:30,640
Speaker 1: I don't like cause like because right now, you know,

737
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:33,240
Speaker 1: we're not built for that, for that, for that action.

738
00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:35,239
Speaker 1: We got work to do. We can't be talking and

739
00:43:35,320 --> 00:43:38,560
Speaker 1: e pothetical and in theory and all that stuff. Nah,

740
00:43:38,680 --> 00:43:40,680
Speaker 1: because when I'm out here on the side talks to

741
00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:44,000
Speaker 1: these politicians and everything like that, I gotta be pointing

742
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:47,640
Speaker 1: that was working at the same time saying that that's

743
00:43:47,640 --> 00:43:51,600
Speaker 1: how that's how this works. You know. It's so us

744
00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:54,200
Speaker 1: you know, to your to the earlier point about you know,

745
00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:56,879
Speaker 1: social equity for brands and stuff like that. I mean,

746
00:43:56,960 --> 00:43:59,880
Speaker 1: I can't make the sweeping indicting about the New Jersey

747
00:44:00,080 --> 00:44:02,800
Speaker 1: or New York cannabis industry because right now we only

748
00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:06,759
Speaker 1: got ten twelve licenses. Now New York we got like ten,

749
00:44:07,120 --> 00:44:11,239
Speaker 1: you know, we we we were just getting started. You

750
00:44:11,239 --> 00:44:13,920
Speaker 1: know right now that you're not. The United States cannabis

751
00:44:14,040 --> 00:44:17,279
Speaker 1: industry has been less handed. Umb it y'are ruling out

752
00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:21,560
Speaker 1: there from California, y'all got that, oh West Coast. What

753
00:44:21,719 --> 00:44:24,359
Speaker 1: just happened is that New York, New Jersey we just

754
00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:26,720
Speaker 1: got our cast took off. And you know what happens

755
00:44:26,719 --> 00:44:30,520
Speaker 1: when you get your task absolutely and you're doing the

756
00:44:30,640 --> 00:44:34,359
Speaker 1: right thing. Hey, so Leo, we're gonna make it a trip.

757
00:44:34,520 --> 00:44:37,560
Speaker 1: So here we come, Leo. I just want to tell

758
00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:41,239
Speaker 1: you this, man, Um. I remember when you when you

759
00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:43,279
Speaker 1: came into this game, you know what I mean, And

760
00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:45,680
Speaker 1: and I really you know what I mean. You and

761
00:44:45,719 --> 00:44:48,879
Speaker 1: I had some some conversations, and my man, you've came

762
00:44:48,920 --> 00:44:51,600
Speaker 1: a long way, brother, and I'm so proud of you, dog,

763
00:44:51,680 --> 00:44:54,239
Speaker 1: and you're doing the right thing. And thank you for

764
00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:56,759
Speaker 1: what you're doing because you know I know where you

765
00:44:56,800 --> 00:45:00,480
Speaker 1: know what I mean? Stop thank you because I already

766
00:45:00,520 --> 00:45:02,960
Speaker 1: said that before, and I'm gonna keep saying it. I'm

767
00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:05,960
Speaker 1: talking this way because first of all, when you'll snatched

768
00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:07,560
Speaker 1: my ass up, y'all told me I had to have

769
00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:11,320
Speaker 1: my stuff together and you and you put a serious

770
00:45:11,360 --> 00:45:15,319
Speaker 1: responsibility on me. And so what you are hearing this

771
00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:18,960
Speaker 1: isn't arrogance. So please, you know, for your listeners and

772
00:45:18,960 --> 00:45:21,799
Speaker 1: and everything, please do not take what you're hearing from

773
00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:25,319
Speaker 1: me is as arrogance. Please take what you're hearing from

774
00:45:25,360 --> 00:45:28,120
Speaker 1: me is urgency. And this is the type of stuff.

775
00:45:28,120 --> 00:45:30,439
Speaker 1: This is what y'all was tossing on my ass when

776
00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:32,840
Speaker 1: you snatched from nothing, told me what I had to do.

777
00:45:33,480 --> 00:45:35,920
Speaker 1: And so what I hope you hear is whenever you

778
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:38,400
Speaker 1: hear me on the podium or on the stage or

779
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:40,680
Speaker 1: whatever or whatever, I hope you hear a little bit

780
00:45:40,760 --> 00:45:43,719
Speaker 1: of yourself because you dance, just tell me this is

781
00:45:43,760 --> 00:45:45,800
Speaker 1: what I had to do, and you was gonna hold

782
00:45:45,800 --> 00:45:49,600
Speaker 1: me responsible to We did every time we saw you.

783
00:45:49,920 --> 00:45:51,920
Speaker 1: Every time every time we saw you at an event,

784
00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:53,680
Speaker 1: we were like, what are you doing now, Leo? And

785
00:45:53,719 --> 00:45:57,279
Speaker 1: you are always had something new here for it. It

786
00:45:57,320 --> 00:46:00,440
Speaker 1: was it was awesome. Actually what Blue said, just just

787
00:46:00,520 --> 00:46:04,439
Speaker 1: love it. Leo, and we're behind you, guys, one and glad,

788
00:46:04,520 --> 00:46:07,160
Speaker 1: thank you. And you said fell on deaf ears here

789
00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:09,240
Speaker 1: we know. So the best play that I can repay

790
00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:12,160
Speaker 1: you was by showing you the results that you demanded

791
00:46:12,239 --> 00:46:17,040
Speaker 1: up me. It's clear, I'm telling you, I'm I'm having

792
00:46:17,080 --> 00:46:19,200
Speaker 1: a flashback to It must have been New York and

793
00:46:19,600 --> 00:46:21,799
Speaker 1: when we were in New York. Yeah, we were doing

794
00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:25,720
Speaker 1: those stuffs. Yes, we're back now now it's I'm flashing

795
00:46:25,760 --> 00:46:28,560
Speaker 1: back to that moment when we met you. Yeah, I

796
00:46:28,600 --> 00:46:31,880
Speaker 1: remember being on the streets of New York smoking a joint,

797
00:46:31,920 --> 00:46:34,919
Speaker 1: going I'm committing a Class B misdemeanor, but I don't care. Yeah,

798
00:46:35,080 --> 00:46:40,719
Speaker 1: I think we're all doing that. Hey guys, Yes, hey guys,

799
00:46:40,719 --> 00:46:42,359
Speaker 1: it's time for us to get up. Proud of us too.

800
00:46:42,400 --> 00:46:43,759
Speaker 1: It's time for us to get on out of here

801
00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:47,640
Speaker 1: real quick. The next one is November four six, so

802
00:46:47,680 --> 00:46:49,880
Speaker 1: you're gonna have to come back, and I think I

803
00:46:49,880 --> 00:46:51,719
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be big those you know what I'm saying.

804
00:46:51,719 --> 00:46:54,839
Speaker 1: With the way things are going, yeah, you know we'll

805
00:46:54,840 --> 00:46:57,799
Speaker 1: be there, you know. So listen, guys, we gotta get

806
00:46:57,800 --> 00:46:59,880
Speaker 1: on out of here. But before we do it is

807
00:47:00,080 --> 00:47:02,120
Speaker 1: anything else you want to tell to the listeners out

808
00:47:02,120 --> 00:47:05,360
Speaker 1: there about what's going down. Hey, listen, yeah, you know

809
00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:08,520
Speaker 1: what's happening with New York. Call your state representatives and

810
00:47:08,560 --> 00:47:10,880
Speaker 1: if you want to go to uh C C B

811
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Speaker 1: XPO dot com. Used to cold Leaf launch and I

812
00:47:14,160 --> 00:47:16,040
Speaker 1: hook you what a good ticket, But get your asses

813
00:47:16,040 --> 00:47:18,759
Speaker 1: out here in November four six. It's going down. We

814
00:47:18,800 --> 00:47:21,880
Speaker 1: need to talk about this fantastic flat angel. And I

815
00:47:21,920 --> 00:47:25,160
Speaker 1: think and I think everybody if you want to stay soon,

816
00:47:25,280 --> 00:47:28,720
Speaker 1: you know my brand, Happy Monkey. We are the hardened

817
00:47:28,840 --> 00:47:31,600
Speaker 1: voice of cannabis in New York City. We have our

818
00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:34,360
Speaker 1: own podcast that comes out on every Monday. We have

819
00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:38,080
Speaker 1: a magazine that comes out once a month, and we

820
00:47:38,200 --> 00:47:40,560
Speaker 1: do events and advocate and a bunch of stuff. So

821
00:47:40,600 --> 00:47:43,600
Speaker 1: if you really want to stay a float of what's

822
00:47:43,640 --> 00:47:46,400
Speaker 1: happening in New York, not just on the corporate the

823
00:47:46,480 --> 00:47:49,239
Speaker 1: group of also on the coaches side tapping with us.

824
00:47:49,480 --> 00:47:51,920
Speaker 1: We're always cutting age of all these things. And I

825
00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:54,840
Speaker 1: want to thank you guys, but let him be on

826
00:47:55,080 --> 00:47:58,160
Speaker 1: here and used to go words to the cannabis tribe.

827
00:47:58,239 --> 00:48:01,520
Speaker 1: And you know, for everybody out to remember how a

828
00:48:01,560 --> 00:48:03,279
Speaker 1: monkey we don't do it for the cloud to do

829
00:48:03,320 --> 00:48:05,840
Speaker 1: it for the culture man and got going down it

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Speaker 1: for first dog. So we got six days or five

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Speaker 1: days now take access now, yeah, this is the bio

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Speaker 1: phone calls now five days. Well, there it is work.

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Speaker 1: We want to thank you guys for joining the show.

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00:48:17,400 --> 00:48:20,239
Speaker 1: You guys are always welcome back. It's Cannabis Talk one

835
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Speaker 1: on one. Remember this. If no one else loves you,

836
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Speaker 1: will you? Hey? I love you guys. Thank you for

837
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Speaker 1: listening to Cannabis Talk one on one on the I

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