1 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 1: It's now time for Cannabis Talk one oh one with Blue, 2 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:09,680 Speaker 1: Joe Grande and Mark and Craig Wasserman The Pot Brothers 3 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 1: at Law. We're the world's number one podcast for everything cannabis. 4 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: Welcome to Cannabis Talk one on one with Blue, Joe 5 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:17,920 Speaker 1: Grande and Market Craig Wasserman The Pot Brothers at Law. 6 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 1: I want to thank you guys for listening to the 7 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:22,440 Speaker 1: podcast all around the world. That is greatly appreciated. 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Dog Blue 17 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 1: is that one, Christopher writes, and I am at Joe 18 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 1: Grande fifty two and I hope you guys are having 19 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: a great holiday season out there, as this is a 20 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 1: show that I'm extreme and be excited about for some 21 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 1: weird reason because I hear this guy and see this 22 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: guy on Clubhouse all the time, as he is definitely 23 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: the most inspirational clubhouse host for Cannabis Talk one oh one. 24 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:19,480 Speaker 1: There is the community outreach on Clubhouse on behalf of 25 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 1: Cannabis Talk one on one of the world's number one 26 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:25,400 Speaker 1: source for everything cannabis. It is Ali Muffins, Ladies and gentlemen. 27 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:28,759 Speaker 1: You can find them all on LinkedIn and everything else. 28 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 1: Ali Muffins, thank you so much for coming on with us. Brother, 29 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:38,040 Speaker 1: It's an honor, Joe. Um, it's for the audience, just 30 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:40,959 Speaker 1: to give you guys a little insight. Joe caught me 31 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:44,040 Speaker 1: by surprise, and I'm super honored to be on the 32 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 1: main show. I've been obviously with Cannabis Talk for a 33 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: few months and uh it's Um. I'm very grateful for 34 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 1: the platform. You know how I feel about about you guys, 35 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 1: But thank you. Appreciate you allowing me the platform. Joe 36 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 1: means a lot. No, well, you know what, like I 37 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: like to tell people and when I think of things 38 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 1: like this, nothing happens on accident. And you know what, 39 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:10,519 Speaker 1: you earn these things, right, Like you're right, you who 40 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: he kidding? You've never been on it yet because and 41 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: it wasn't not to be to think, oh you didn't 42 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:18,080 Speaker 1: earn it. No, definitely you've you you've earned it. But 43 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: even more so now I see what you do and 44 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: you bring the value to our UM format, to our platforms, 45 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 1: and you are a valued person. And for not one second, 46 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 1: I hope you never think that you're not or think 47 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: that we don't look at you that way, because I 48 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 1: know behind your back we talk about how valued you 49 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 1: are and we appreciate you. And that being said, you know, 50 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 1: if those who don't know who he is, you need 51 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 1: to start checking out our clubhouse rooms because he is 52 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:57,080 Speaker 1: the main host on that format and he does I 53 00:02:57,080 --> 00:03:01,800 Speaker 1: believe it's Chirping Tuesday, Yes, sir um. We do five 54 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:06,239 Speaker 1: shows actually in the Cannabis Talk Network. We do Medical 55 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 1: Mondays with myself, now your Decordy and Dr Barry. We 56 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 1: do Turkey Tuesday with experts from the cannabis industry which 57 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:17,800 Speaker 1: we in which we cover growing as well as extraction. 58 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 1: We actually do an intellectual property room on cannabis trademarks. 59 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 1: Two of the best trademarks of which are owned by 60 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 1: Cannabis Talk and the Pop Brothers at Law. So we 61 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: educate the because on Wednesdays, you know that both those 62 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 1: are on Tuesday, so we could we do the Trademark 63 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 1: Room on Tuesday's at one and Turkey Tuesday's on Tuesday's 64 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 1: at two twenty Pacific time. Then we have on Thursdays 65 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 1: and Friday's two rooms that we do in association with 66 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 1: Oaksterdam University. So again thanks to you guys in the platform, 67 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: but we've been able to accomplish just a tremendous amount 68 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 1: of education, which is phenomenal. So there's where you can 69 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: hear Ali speak in a endous length of breaking down 70 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: that knowledge. And Ali, I want to use this platform 71 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 1: to start way back when I want young Ali f 72 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 1: t carry if I pronounced that rights because I'm sure 73 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: you or maybe you were Allie Muffins at a young age. 74 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 1: I don't know, um, but I know that's the stage name. 75 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:22,360 Speaker 1: The real gentleman, just like I am Joseph Lopez. But 76 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:24,920 Speaker 1: Big Joe Joe Grande has always been on the mic 77 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 1: doing ship like you know, always, always, always that being 78 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 1: said if you hear my story, I've been an entertainment 79 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 1: for years, so rocking many mics and many stages and 80 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 1: smoking joints at the age of six has never been 81 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 1: a thing. And we're gonna do the high five with 82 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 1: you as well, Alie in the third segments, so you 83 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 1: don't need to give me those answers right away. But 84 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 1: I do want to go back to hearing your story 85 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 1: of and as I go through. And we're friends on 86 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:48,839 Speaker 1: LinkedIn as well, which is even funnier, folks. Is Ali 87 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 1: and I have had several hand dozens of zoom meetings, 88 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:57,679 Speaker 1: but we've never slapped hands, so you know, it's funny. 89 00:04:58,120 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: And he walks up. But I've seen pictures of him 90 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: where I, damn, you look taller in pictures. I didn't 91 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 1: know this, And on Zoom he still looks, you know, 92 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: just this cute little bald guy. That's a good looking man. 93 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 1: I don't know. So we've never seen each other. He's 94 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 1: never felt my girth next to him, which I can 95 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 1: for him to do. But that all being said, Allie, 96 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 1: I just want to go back to young Alli entrepreneur 97 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:20,359 Speaker 1: high college. Let's let's go back to high school college. 98 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 1: Where did you grow up? Is Canada? Well, yes, I'd 99 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: love to actually give you the genesis of Ally Muffins 100 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 1: if you want, Joe, I want to go back to 101 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: you before Ali, which comes, well, it comes in high school. 102 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 1: That's what comes from him in high school. Where you 103 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 1: go to high school. I went to high school. I 104 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 1: Sentinel Secondary, so I'm not I immigrated to Canada. I'm 105 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 1: in Vancouver, Canada, guys, and I immigrated here when I 106 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: was nine, and I was a smart kid from Iran. 107 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:51,040 Speaker 1: I'm from the Islamic Republic of Irana, and I'm lucky 108 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 1: that my family brought me here. By the way, I 109 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: saw a lake of my brother, a lake, a salon. 110 00:05:56,160 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 1: Although I'm a sweet smoking wine drinking Muslims are my 111 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 1: other Muslim buddies, but I knew I got my boy. 112 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:09,920 Speaker 1: My boy's dad works at the at the mosque here 113 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:12,160 Speaker 1: and Mission v who I've been in the mosque many fridays. 114 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:14,600 Speaker 1: I love it. I love it. It's a vote there 115 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 1: and so UM. When I came to UM Vancouver, I 116 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 1: attended a very good school because I was smart, and 117 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 1: that's set no secondary school. And from there is where 118 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 1: I learned about cannabis. I hung out with a lot 119 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 1: of rich kids that had a lot of money, and 120 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 1: so I could get a taste of them. But what's 121 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:37,480 Speaker 1: going on there. But I myself, of course, was an 122 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 1: immigrant and wasn't exactly in the same position and as them. 123 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 1: So I worked every day after school Joe at a 124 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 1: coffee shop called Marvelous Muffins, And that's where you get 125 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: the name Ali Muffins. But the coffee shop, there's a 126 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 1: little more. One of the one of the things about 127 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: being in high schoo when all the kids are rich 128 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: and you're not. And I think you might know about 129 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 1: this blue nose, about this, we all went through this. 130 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 1: It is that you see the discrepancy with with how 131 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 1: much money you have, and I start using cannabis as 132 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: a way to earn some money so I could be 133 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 1: on equal terms with everyone else in my community and 134 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 1: in my in my high school. This led to me 135 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 1: allegedly selling cannabis out of the muffin shop after school, 136 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 1: and ever since then, Joe, people have called me Ali 137 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 1: muffat Um. Let me ask you this backing up to 138 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 1: to pushing a little you know ounce. I'm sure you 139 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 1: started off with and then it came a pound or 140 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 1: a couple of ounds and a half. I mean, as 141 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 1: we all did at that young age, be from Iran 142 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 1: with an Islamic background. It is quote unquote taboo back then. 143 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 1: Now all day every day there's like a Muslim for 144 00:07:56,040 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 1: cannabis movement, big time, and just recently this Lamic background 145 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 1: just um did which uh named CBD is okay because 146 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 1: it's organic. So now the Muslims, I'm sure you're aware 147 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 1: of that, as I just was put on game a 148 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 1: few months back that oh no, there Islamic back where 149 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 1: they're using tinksters. Now you know it's they said, it's 150 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 1: okay quote unquote from the hierarchy. Right that being said, 151 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 1: as a youngster, were you nervous with the family like 152 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: that family dynamic if your parents, your aunts, your uncle's, 153 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 1: the elders found out young Ali is pushing some weed, 154 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:35,560 Speaker 1: this cannabis equally, that could have been some heavy damage 155 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:38,439 Speaker 1: to you in the family. Well instead of equally, we 156 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 1: say hold hold on. That's what my mother said the 157 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:50,439 Speaker 1: first time she caught Ali bump is smoking. And it's 158 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: been a saga. Yes, absolutely, Joe, I mean to this 159 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 1: day there is a lot of uh um trepidation amongst Muslims. 160 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 1: And at that time, obviously I was scared as funk 161 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:04,719 Speaker 1: as a kid, but even more so, like about the 162 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: community members. Don't let the Muslim parents see you. Don't 163 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 1: let the Muslim parents catch you. Don't let call it auntie. 164 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:16,719 Speaker 1: See who smoking the Canadist. I need you don't do this. 165 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 1: That was the vibe, brother, Not only that, did you 166 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 1: smoke during Ramadan? Again? I must admit I'm a very 167 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:33,079 Speaker 1: poor practitioner of Islam, so yes, I certainly did. I 168 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:34,719 Speaker 1: gotta ask it. Dog, you know what I'm saying. I 169 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 1: can't know about brothers. Back down because I'm very hit. Like, dude, 170 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:40,599 Speaker 1: I eat the Holy soup. You already know what the 171 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:43,839 Speaker 1: Holy soup is. My boys, I get damn with my 172 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 1: Muslim families out here, like I've been part of the 173 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:48,559 Speaker 1: nation hanging out. Like I said, I've been to mam 174 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:51,080 Speaker 1: So for those who don't know Mass that their churches 175 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 1: on Fridays, so i'd be shoulder and shoulder on Friday's. 176 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 1: I love going on. And even after the whole nine 177 00:09:57,400 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 1: eleven thing, I'm like, man, you can't meat just suck 178 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,319 Speaker 1: it in every party under our blanket and say mussin. 179 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:05,520 Speaker 1: They're stupid, idiot people like I just used to get 180 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:08,679 Speaker 1: so mad the media and people like like oh little, 181 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 1: that's like saying Christians are all fucking look, look look 182 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 1: what these Catholics have been doing for years in decades. 183 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 1: Come on, folks, So I pointed, I had even at 184 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:22,080 Speaker 1: that time, I had another tie in because I've grown 185 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 1: up and been around a lot of Muslim brothers and 186 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 1: sisters that it that it's made me. I know these 187 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:28,839 Speaker 1: traditions and I know that. So when I when you 188 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:31,439 Speaker 1: tell me how that you've done that, I'm like, oh, 189 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 1: that must have been tough to get into that cannabis 190 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:37,080 Speaker 1: space being a Muslin brother. That means say, we're gonna 191 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:38,839 Speaker 1: take a break real quick for to come back. We're 192 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 1: gonna hear how he went from working at the coffee 193 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:45,559 Speaker 1: shop to becoming Ali Muffins to now branching off and 194 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:48,439 Speaker 1: becoming this guy on the mic and becoming who he 195 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 1: is today. It's Cannabis Talk one on one. We'll be 196 00:10:51,000 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 1: right back after this. Welcome back to his talk one 197 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 1: on one with Blue Joe Grande and Mark and Craig Wasserman, 198 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 1: the populars at Law very special edirict of Cannabi's top 199 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 1: one on one because we have Allie Muffins on with us. 200 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:13,000 Speaker 1: Allie Muffins, of course, is the hosts of our clubhouse rooms. 201 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 1: If you have not been on our clubhouse rooms, you 202 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 1: gotta go on there and check him out. He does 203 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:19,440 Speaker 1: a great job with Nadia, and Nadia is gonna come 204 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 1: on too, and I'm gonna interview her and another podcast 205 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:24,480 Speaker 1: you can hear all about her story. But before we 206 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:27,079 Speaker 1: get back to Ali, Ali, I don't know if you 207 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 1: know what to say right now, But do you know 208 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:33,719 Speaker 1: what time it is? It's time to mute yourself. I do. 209 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:37,320 Speaker 1: It's time gonna leave my bike. But LEAs time there 210 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:39,640 Speaker 1: he goes. He does. Listen to the show Think Ira 211 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 1: with Dime Industries. Find them in California, Arizona and Oklahoma. 212 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 1: Dime Industries has been a leading trusted source of clean 213 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 1: and potent medicine using state of the yard hardware, including 214 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 1: premium food grade stainless steel, glass, ceramic plates, and enhanced 215 00:11:56,320 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 1: battery life. 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Yes, sir, how 222 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:27,319 Speaker 1: did you get from there to uh jump into the 223 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 1: cannabis are walking with through this whole little thing as 224 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 1: I'm looking at your LinkedIn well, I love that, um 225 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 1: so one of the again for me, Joe, Uh, my 226 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 1: journey with cannabis has been one of cannabis really empowering 227 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 1: me and my family financially. I'm very grateful to cannabis 228 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:49,200 Speaker 1: and the cannabis industry and all the people that come 229 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:52,240 Speaker 1: before us for us to be able to make money 230 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 1: off of this wonderful plan. And for me it was 231 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 1: a liberating force because I couldn't afford to go to 232 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 1: the University of version Columbia. If it wasn't for cannabis 233 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:05,839 Speaker 1: and my cannabis business, I very likely would have never 234 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:10,319 Speaker 1: been able to complete my degree in high school? And 235 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 1: how much were you pushing by the end of high school, Joe? 236 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,320 Speaker 1: We were doing pretty good. We were doing pretty good. Um. 237 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 1: I had a car. I was contributing to my family, 238 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:25,319 Speaker 1: to my mother's needs. That was was most proud of. 239 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 1: I had saved enough money for one year of college 240 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 1: and I had a partial scholarship, and uh really, when 241 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 1: I went to university, I had intended to turn my 242 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:38,319 Speaker 1: left round. I started a painting and construction business to 243 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:40,920 Speaker 1: make sure I paid for university. Well, you know, as 244 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 1: these things go, there were times where I did have 245 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 1: to resort back to cannabis, and it was really one 246 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:48,439 Speaker 1: of the saving graces for me to be able to 247 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:53,680 Speaker 1: complete my education. That's amazing, right when you think about it, like, Okay, 248 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:55,560 Speaker 1: what did you have to do to get in the game? 249 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:59,520 Speaker 1: Sold cannabis, went to college with that University of British Columbia. 250 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:02,560 Speaker 1: First you're paid for helping pay for things around the house, 251 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 1: helping get life going. Then you start with regular jobs, 252 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 1: becoming a project manager for just future livering, developed, just 253 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:12,079 Speaker 1: doing contract work or where do you go from there? 254 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 1: And because if I'm not mistaken, I think I've overheard 255 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:18,199 Speaker 1: you have a some type of cannabis business. Now I'm familiar, 256 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 1: but I'm familiar so well, I have some of the products. 257 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 1: I have some of the products around me too, and 258 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:27,640 Speaker 1: I'll illuminate on that. I didn't want to say. I'm 259 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 1: a big fan of time that you brought up because 260 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:32,560 Speaker 1: their quality of their products. As someone who owns a 261 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 1: cannabis business, I really admire that. But back to our 262 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 1: UM actual topic. My journey UM in construction was kind 263 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 1: of congruent cannabis. I began doing painting in the summer 264 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 1: to pay for my university as alongside cannabis. But I 265 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 1: quickly became a project manager for Future Living development and 266 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 1: that led me down a path of learning how to 267 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 1: build and how to construct, which is exactly the skills 268 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:05,760 Speaker 1: I needed to build a grow up. And since two 269 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 1: thousand nine I was able to get my first license 270 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 1: UM and grow legal medical cannabis. And what I learned 271 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:16,800 Speaker 1: in construction helped me design the right kind of grow 272 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 1: rooms and design facilities where we could grow clean, medical 273 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 1: grade cannabis here in Canada. With two plants, we had 274 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:27,560 Speaker 1: a big limit and that has developed now into a 275 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:31,680 Speaker 1: pretty good, uh pretty good business and a brand that 276 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 1: I'm quite proud of, where a legacy best. I won't 277 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:36,040 Speaker 1: say it on the air, but I'm very proud of 278 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 1: the work we do. Oh see, so now you still 279 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:45,880 Speaker 1: have licensed in Canada? Yes, In our licenses changed and 280 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 1: the license that I had since two thousand and ten 281 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:53,240 Speaker 1: for eight years went out of um sort of compliance, 282 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 1: and we've changed the business model since then. Now we 283 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 1: have a license facility where we just specifically provide medical 284 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 1: cannabists to patients. We don't sell it on the market. 285 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 1: We are just here to help. That's some of the 286 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 1: best ones. So that's why you love Joe so much 287 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 1: from San Francisco. Yes, sir, Yes, sir. That even makes 288 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 1: more sense because I'm wondering why we not we But 289 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 1: I mean, I'll do those type of things too. But 290 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:24,520 Speaker 1: now hearing what you're saying puts everything together. For those 291 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 1: who don't know, please explain what you do and what 292 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 1: we do as cannabis talk one on one and you, 293 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 1: being the community outreach, clubhouse leader and representative of cannabis 294 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 1: talk one on one for us on all that what 295 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 1: we're doing with smoking Joe out there in San Francisco. 296 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 1: Because that's such a great thing, I'll tell you all 297 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:47,800 Speaker 1: about it. So Sweet Leaf Joe came on the podcast 298 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 1: I think in May or June. You guys should go 299 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 1: back and listen to the wonderful episode. And he delivers 300 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 1: and he does what I do. In Canada, my license 301 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 1: allowed me to grow cannabis, give it for free to 302 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,640 Speaker 1: the patient and the ex extra was able to be 303 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:06,440 Speaker 1: sold to fund the business. In their case, businesses and 304 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 1: San Francis b Bad are growing cannabis and making money, 305 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:13,679 Speaker 1: have an opportunity to donate the extra cannabis to medical 306 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 1: patients that I need it and sweet Leave Joe takes 307 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:20,600 Speaker 1: that extra cannabis, that cannabis that would have gone to 308 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 1: waste and isn't being sold on the market and he 309 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:29,200 Speaker 1: gives it determinally ill patients, people that are suffering from cancer, 310 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 1: suffering from a suffering from illness that never will get better, Joe, 311 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 1: and there's a guy out there helping them out. And 312 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:38,760 Speaker 1: it's beautiful to see it is. And you know what 313 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 1: you're doing that part two out there in Canada, So 314 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 1: continue to do that beautiful work that you're doing. What 315 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 1: led you to want to do things like that? But 316 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 1: where does that love to help people come from? I 317 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:53,200 Speaker 1: looked at cannabis when I was growing up like a 318 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:57,440 Speaker 1: little dog. I'll be honest with you. I was a 319 00:17:57,520 --> 00:17:59,239 Speaker 1: businessman about it. I was like, I'm here to make 320 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 1: money for my family. When I got a licensed medical 321 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 1: uh grow and I began to engage with the patients 322 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 1: and have to see these patients that needed it as 323 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:14,920 Speaker 1: medicine day to day. It totally changed my mindset, Joe. 324 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 1: It made me realize that cannabis isn't just a business 325 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:20,119 Speaker 1: and it's not a drug like all the others that 326 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:23,120 Speaker 1: are street drugs for you to hustle and muscle. Cannabis 327 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:26,480 Speaker 1: is a medicine that people rely on for them to 328 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:29,200 Speaker 1: live a better life. And that's why I've made a 329 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:34,040 Speaker 1: shift and go down the medical path. And it's such 330 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 1: a great path because when you hear about stories like this, 331 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:40,440 Speaker 1: the Sweet Leave Joe's, the Ali Muffins, the things that 332 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:43,680 Speaker 1: you're doing, and to start the clubhouse rooms and to 333 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 1: do these things that you mentioned out there that are 334 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 1: so important. I mean, just to give you a couple 335 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:53,400 Speaker 1: medical Mondays, Chirping Tuesday's intellectual property rooms to teach people 336 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 1: what you've learned that's created these um license and this 337 00:18:58,000 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 1: and that and then and then you're getting into the 338 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:02,920 Speaker 1: uh not what is that again that you do for 339 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 1: the other Thursdays or Fridays that if I may, I 340 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 1: want to quickly speak on that you guys, what cannabis 341 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:13,080 Speaker 1: Talkers allowed us to do and an audioce like you said, 342 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:16,639 Speaker 1: we'll come back on UM. We have been able to 343 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:20,960 Speaker 1: community outreach on a new level. As the pandemic hit 344 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 1: a lot of live events the invest We all used 345 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:25,760 Speaker 1: to go and see Joe Grande at and see Blue 346 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:27,480 Speaker 1: at and be able to have so much fun. All 347 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 1: that stuff shut down, guys and Blue. I was so 348 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 1: lucky I met him on Clubhouse. I was there to 349 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:38,200 Speaker 1: talk to Chris Fank he know his wife about about 350 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 1: buying like extraction equipment. But I saw Blue and he 351 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:46,080 Speaker 1: gave me the opportunity to talk to the people that 352 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:49,800 Speaker 1: are members of the community insistent. Every Monday we do 353 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:53,000 Speaker 1: a room called Medical Monday. We talked about medical cannabis 354 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:58,080 Speaker 1: at one pm one pm Pacific time too. We'd like 355 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:01,240 Speaker 1: to joke it's four twenty Eastern to or twenty Pacific baby. 356 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:04,720 Speaker 1: And on Turpy Tuesdays we go from to twenty to 357 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:08,359 Speaker 1: four twenty. On Tuesday's at one we do a room 358 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 1: with lawyers where we educate you about intellectual property. Then 359 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:15,480 Speaker 1: we come back on Thursdays at eleven twenty am and 360 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 1: we do a mentorship room for people that are trying 361 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:20,240 Speaker 1: to get into the business. And on Friday nights at 362 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 1: four Pacific we do plant talk with Oaksterdam University where 363 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 1: we talk about expert advance grower as well as home 364 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:31,720 Speaker 1: grown for the people that need it. And I'm grateful 365 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:34,200 Speaker 1: you guys have given us the platform to be able 366 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:36,880 Speaker 1: to reach people at home that can't leave their house, 367 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:40,480 Speaker 1: that still are under lockdown, that really maybe have a 368 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:43,320 Speaker 1: physical ailment and they're using Canada's every day just to 369 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 1: wake up never mind WAW. And I'm grateful to you. 370 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:49,640 Speaker 1: I'm grateful to Blue and the pothhouses all offer letting 371 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:52,400 Speaker 1: us engage the community like that, as we are grateful 372 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:56,159 Speaker 1: to you for extending the knowledge that you hold and 373 00:20:56,359 --> 00:20:59,920 Speaker 1: have to help these people. In our clubhouse room show, 374 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 1: you know we're talking to Ali Muffins, the community outreach 375 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:05,520 Speaker 1: for Cannabis Talk one on one. He could help cannabis 376 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:10,800 Speaker 1: brands grow and regulated markets, experience and project management, campaigns 377 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 1: and sales working on Cannabis Talk one on one, content 378 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:19,240 Speaker 1: with partnerships, exhibits. He basically serves the cannabis community. He's 379 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 1: a servant of Allah as he does his do as 380 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 1: he smokes his joint, as the interview him and takes 381 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:28,240 Speaker 1: it hits, I love him to death and Cannabis Talk 382 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 1: one oh one will be right back with more Ali Muffins, 383 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,440 Speaker 1: take a hit, get lit, and sit back and relax. 384 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 1: It's Cannabis Talk one oh one. Thank you guys for 385 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 1: listening to the podcasts all around the world. And as 386 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:46,840 Speaker 1: I thank you for listening, I gotta thank our team 387 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:49,600 Speaker 1: for doing so much for us out there. Jan We 388 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:54,439 Speaker 1: appreciate every single one of you, guys. Erica, Daniel cal Ire, Tazar, 389 00:21:54,560 --> 00:22:00,160 Speaker 1: Christian Denny, Kevin Andrew, Zack, Cash Camp, Solar, Nadia own 390 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 1: Nadia Ali who's on the show with us today. He 391 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:05,120 Speaker 1: probably hears us talk about him and thank him every 392 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,439 Speaker 1: time we hear this. And now he's finally a part 393 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:11,359 Speaker 1: of the show like this. Gabrielle, Trey, Ron Pitt, Chris Frankino, 394 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:15,439 Speaker 1: Jennifer and good old Elvis our producer and uh, how 395 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:17,159 Speaker 1: did it? Bill? I like to be a part of 396 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:18,639 Speaker 1: this right now. Just is it? Is it different for 397 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:20,639 Speaker 1: you that can actually be on like this because it 398 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:25,200 Speaker 1: feeling it's completely surreal. Bro. I look up to you guys. 399 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:32,400 Speaker 1: You guys are mentors, college celebrity and UH can't really 400 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 1: believe I'm on this show. That's how I live it. 401 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:37,359 Speaker 1: I just love the fact and I can't wait for 402 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:38,879 Speaker 1: you to send me the video when you're listening to 403 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 1: this show, because one of the my fun memories is 404 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,680 Speaker 1: we're out recording shows. I believe we're on the road 405 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 1: in Texas, and for those who don't know, let me 406 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:50,959 Speaker 1: be just paint a picture of what happens here. As 407 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,360 Speaker 1: you I've mentioned earlier, we've never slapped hands, so we've 408 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 1: never sat down in the same room and go over 409 00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:58,119 Speaker 1: everything that we have. But Ali is very creative and 410 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: very very hand ends on and wants to push the 411 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:04,960 Speaker 1: envelope in the right directions and wants to make things better. 412 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:08,560 Speaker 1: That being said, he'll get a glimpse of something that 413 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:11,359 Speaker 1: we're doing and then he'll want to quote unquote make 414 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:15,119 Speaker 1: it better, not realizing that we already have everything that 415 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:18,639 Speaker 1: he's just suggested, already locked and loaded, even from a 416 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,680 Speaker 1: fucking calendar, Like hey guys, maybe we should do this 417 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:23,960 Speaker 1: to the Google calendar. I'm like, Ali, we have that, 418 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 1: but think, hey guys, maybe we should blah, Ali, we 419 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:30,560 Speaker 1: have that. That all being said, he has given things 420 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:31,959 Speaker 1: that we don't have, So I'm not trying to sit 421 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:33,920 Speaker 1: here and act like he's only given us things we have, 422 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:38,359 Speaker 1: But we so it's it's an asset as I'm busting 423 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:40,640 Speaker 1: his balls right now, and he's giggling off Mike. He's 424 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:42,879 Speaker 1: put on mute, please put yourself on. People want to 425 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:52,040 Speaker 1: because because we've had these conversations. I'm so excited. Look, 426 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:55,280 Speaker 1: I'm so happy to be a part of this beautiful. 427 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:58,119 Speaker 1: So my point is to this to wrap up the story. 428 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 1: When we're at a podcast recording out and it was Texas, right, 429 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:07,359 Speaker 1: and I just got a punchline of somebody, I would 430 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:09,720 Speaker 1: you interview with somebody? Or oh, I'm surprised you don't 431 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:13,879 Speaker 1: know everything like Ali does. Right, So that's Ali with 432 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:17,160 Speaker 1: this comment that only is for him. If you're listening 433 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:21,760 Speaker 1: to the podcast, you ideo of him listening to the podcast, 434 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 1: he had to back it up. I'm sure to listen. 435 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 1: He was like, yeah, Joe, do you like borderline? You 436 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:32,080 Speaker 1: asshole Joe? And it was so great. That means said, Alie, 437 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 1: I love you for it, because if not, I wouldn't 438 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 1: bust your balls like that. Right. It's like I don't 439 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:38,520 Speaker 1: like somebody, I'm not gonna waste my time talking about him. 440 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:41,440 Speaker 1: If I don't appreciate somebody, I'm not gonna waste my 441 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:44,440 Speaker 1: time busting their balls. I'm not gonna. I don't care, 442 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:47,119 Speaker 1: so therefore I don't appreciate you. I don't care, So 443 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:48,840 Speaker 1: you need to know and I think you do know 444 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,320 Speaker 1: that that's my love language as far as oh I'm 445 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:53,760 Speaker 1: a ball busting let's get this right, I'm you know 446 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 1: I and we call direct and I'll be direct. But 447 00:24:56,440 --> 00:24:58,400 Speaker 1: it's just great to have you do so many great 448 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:02,240 Speaker 1: things with us. Um. That being said, you know all 449 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 1: these things that you're doing and all these things, Um, 450 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 1: is there something that we can expect because I don't 451 00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:10,359 Speaker 1: know why and I don't know you know, who can 452 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:12,920 Speaker 1: talk about? Are you gonna ever be able to leave 453 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:15,720 Speaker 1: the country because it seems like every time we're gonna 454 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 1: see you somewhere, you're the only guy that I met 455 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 1: that can't leave Canada. He's like, sorry, guys, they restricted 456 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:26,800 Speaker 1: me from leaving the country again. Sorry guys, they restricted me. 457 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 1: It's like, okay, you're supposed to be this in Vegas, 458 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:32,720 Speaker 1: You're supposed to be some hues California? When and how 459 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:34,560 Speaker 1: are are what are these? Is it because of your 460 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:37,480 Speaker 1: cannabis background or or what is this? Are we not 461 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:40,240 Speaker 1: even allowed to talk about it? No? We can talk 462 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:44,880 Speaker 1: about it one of the look, there's the ugly side. Uh. Again, 463 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 1: Why I am so dedicated to this community and to 464 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:51,440 Speaker 1: the medical communities because when I was coming up, and 465 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:53,760 Speaker 1: when I was a teenager, I saw the ugly side 466 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:56,200 Speaker 1: of cannabis. At that time, cannabis was mixed in with 467 00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:58,320 Speaker 1: all the street drugs. Show you knew how it was. 468 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:04,640 Speaker 1: It was you know, white powder, uh, purple pills and cannabis, 469 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:09,800 Speaker 1: and mistakenly, because cannabis was prohibited, it was criminalized and 470 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:14,480 Speaker 1: it was put into the hands of dealers. And would 471 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:16,960 Speaker 1: that that all has a place in our society. I 472 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:21,920 Speaker 1: understand it. But what happened for me that has affected 473 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,720 Speaker 1: our ability to travel is during an invasion, all of 474 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 1: my documentation was gone, and because I'm not born in Canada, 475 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:31,960 Speaker 1: it was It's been a long roag getting all of 476 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,800 Speaker 1: it back and and kind of proof and making sure 477 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:38,120 Speaker 1: during the pandemic. I've traveled quite a bit, but during 478 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:41,600 Speaker 1: the pandemic, my passport expired and now I'm in like 479 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:45,120 Speaker 1: a bureaucratic freacking loop where i have to reprove who 480 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:48,200 Speaker 1: I am because I wasn't born here, and those documents 481 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:51,880 Speaker 1: for proving it were lost in that unfortunate incident way 482 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,960 Speaker 1: back when deep but it realized that and it's been 483 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 1: a process, brother. But one of the things saving graces 484 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:02,600 Speaker 1: has been that again we're still on partial lockdown here 485 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:05,400 Speaker 1: in Canada. I've had you guys still rely on. I've 486 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:09,400 Speaker 1: had all of the fifteen people you just read off 487 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:14,160 Speaker 1: that are supporting UM, brothers and sisters that Cannabis talked, 488 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:16,119 Speaker 1: that that work with me, and they've all welcomed me. 489 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:19,440 Speaker 1: And the reason I keep sticking to it and make 490 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:21,320 Speaker 1: sure even if you and I don't talk for two 491 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 1: or three weeks and I'm plugging away at Cannabis Talk 492 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 1: is because you guys have given me the opportunity to 493 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:31,320 Speaker 1: engage again in this bigger picture, and you have already 494 00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:33,439 Speaker 1: got to know me enough. You know I'm an entrepreneurial. 495 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:35,200 Speaker 1: I want to take over the whole world, and I 496 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:38,000 Speaker 1: think Cannabis Talk network is gonna be the biggest things 497 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:42,960 Speaker 1: to slight spread. But unfortunately, because I can't travel UM, 498 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:46,280 Speaker 1: I've been a little bit behind. So one of the 499 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:48,680 Speaker 1: things I do is make sure that I put in 500 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:52,000 Speaker 1: the extra effort online and community engage with the online 501 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:54,680 Speaker 1: community because I see that there's a lot of other 502 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,360 Speaker 1: people in my shoes job. There's a lot of other 503 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:00,720 Speaker 1: people that maybe they're not like need I got everything 504 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:03,199 Speaker 1: going on and it's just a bureaucratic mistake. But they 505 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:06,320 Speaker 1: literally can't leave their house. They literally can't afford to travel, 506 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:09,440 Speaker 1: and they're relying on our cannabis community. And you guys 507 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:11,919 Speaker 1: have been amazing and allowing us to engage with them. 508 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:15,120 Speaker 1: I didn't realize you lost your paperwork. Do you find 509 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:17,680 Speaker 1: This is a random question, and I just I'm just 510 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:21,760 Speaker 1: thinking it. I'm wondering is it harder being for my 511 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 1: Ran with the Muslim background? One and ninety million percent? 512 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:29,760 Speaker 1: That's what what I'm saying, Like I just had to ask, 513 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:32,119 Speaker 1: I mean you and I didn't want to put my 514 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:36,040 Speaker 1: government I like that, but yo, because I I I'm 515 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:40,640 Speaker 1: a Muslim of Iranian descent, which I Ran is the 516 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:43,840 Speaker 1: big bad bass there that's still enemies with everybody and 517 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,720 Speaker 1: they don't want to get along at all. Those they're 518 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:50,840 Speaker 1: very trepidacious and like I said that that I mean, 519 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 1: we're all on the large is out now. The citizenship 520 00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:58,360 Speaker 1: document that I lost, that has been my pursuit right 521 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:01,720 Speaker 1: now to prove who I am isn't really replaceable and 522 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:05,360 Speaker 1: it basically is what divides me for them from the 523 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:10,280 Speaker 1: enemy to the friendlies. So you can't prove that you're 524 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:13,320 Speaker 1: the friend is coming and say I'm this and that 525 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:15,479 Speaker 1: and trying to get a Canadian documents so I can 526 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:19,440 Speaker 1: quote to the United States and do so that being said, 527 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:21,920 Speaker 1: do you feel because I haven't heard you bad moutham 528 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:26,640 Speaker 1: ever as you've been uh not showing up at certain 529 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:28,920 Speaker 1: events in certain places that you have been invited to, 530 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:32,320 Speaker 1: and I kind of been quote unquote waiting for it, 531 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:35,080 Speaker 1: like waiting for you to go these fucking people. But 532 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:37,160 Speaker 1: you know, I mean the fucking like, I've never heard 533 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:38,560 Speaker 1: you do that. Maybe you do it on your loan, 534 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:40,280 Speaker 1: but I've never heard you do it on a zoom 535 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:43,200 Speaker 1: conference call with us and everybody together, where I feel 536 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:45,160 Speaker 1: like I would be that guy, but these motherfucker's they 537 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:49,240 Speaker 1: don't got I would go hard, right. Um, Do you 538 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:54,320 Speaker 1: feel like they're mistreating you or do you understand the 539 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:58,240 Speaker 1: thought process behind it? Because the quote unquote good one 540 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:00,520 Speaker 1: are the bad one because you can't prove like your 541 00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:04,640 Speaker 1: theory or your analogy is to prove that you were 542 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:06,800 Speaker 1: a good one. Do you feel like you understand it 543 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:10,680 Speaker 1: or is it bullshit? I feel like every single day 544 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:13,640 Speaker 1: we all have to prove we're the good one. And 545 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:17,520 Speaker 1: my Canadian government, while they have made a mistake in 546 00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:21,600 Speaker 1: that instance, they've been so good with medical cannabis. And 547 00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:25,520 Speaker 1: what medical cannabis has taught me, Joe, is compassion. And 548 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:27,600 Speaker 1: so I sit in the shoes of the guy that's 549 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:31,280 Speaker 1: sitting at his office. We're looking over my paperwork, and 550 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:34,520 Speaker 1: they're thinking about terrorist threats and all the things that 551 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:38,960 Speaker 1: could potentially harm us, and that's their decision making sense. 552 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:42,840 Speaker 1: So I treated with compassion. I do know about mouth anybody. 553 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:46,920 Speaker 1: I think our Canadian government could do better. Uh, don't 554 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:49,440 Speaker 1: ask naughty about the Canadian government because they didn't let 555 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:53,760 Speaker 1: her in here either. And uh during the pandemic they 556 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:58,480 Speaker 1: were very strict about travel. But that's how um, that's 557 00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:00,520 Speaker 1: how we have to look at it. We have to 558 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:03,640 Speaker 1: look at it as a complete society. And those decisions 559 00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:07,320 Speaker 1: that the government make art about alific they're about all 560 00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:10,880 Speaker 1: of us combined. So I have to respect it. He 561 00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:16,480 Speaker 1: or how would your mom say it? Well, not young, 562 00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:22,880 Speaker 1: It was now time for all of our favorite part 563 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:25,600 Speaker 1: of the show, the High five. And before we get 564 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:28,240 Speaker 1: to the High five, If you're looking for high quality seeds, 565 00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:31,480 Speaker 1: head to rocket seeds dot com. Are on Instagram at 566 00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:35,400 Speaker 1: rocket Underscore Seeds for trusted cannabis seeds. Rocket Seed is 567 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:38,479 Speaker 1: a trusted source for thousands of quality cannabis seeds at 568 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:41,160 Speaker 1: a fair price. Head to rocket seeds dot com. And 569 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:43,040 Speaker 1: you know what's great is we can mail these out 570 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,400 Speaker 1: to Canada. So if you want to get some out there, 571 00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:48,200 Speaker 1: you want to do this and do that, you definitely can. 572 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:50,400 Speaker 1: And do you know that they won the award in 573 00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:52,960 Speaker 1: the Canadian Grow Up Competition the best seed bank was 574 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:56,160 Speaker 1: rocket Seed. That's right, I did hear that. That being said, 575 00:31:56,200 --> 00:32:00,320 Speaker 1: it's time for the high five with our clubhouse leader, 576 00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:04,600 Speaker 1: the hostess with the mostness getting that nickname from the 577 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:11,040 Speaker 1: coffee shop in good old Canada, Senior Allie Muffins, Ali, 578 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:13,080 Speaker 1: how old are you the first time you smoked cannabis? 579 00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:16,160 Speaker 1: And where did you get it from? I got it 580 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:19,360 Speaker 1: from my friend Alie Smalls, who isn't with us anymore. 581 00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:22,560 Speaker 1: But the reason I have a nickname was because him 582 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:24,520 Speaker 1: and I were two best friends, were both so cannabis 583 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:27,120 Speaker 1: and we were both called Alex. They had to differentiate 584 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:29,960 Speaker 1: as I was Alie Muffins. He was Alice Moses, no 585 00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:33,400 Speaker 1: longer with us, But the first time I smoked cannabis 586 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:37,760 Speaker 1: was behind the Staples parking lot on Cavalino Road and 587 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:40,720 Speaker 1: Marine Drive. I still remember like it was yesterday, and 588 00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:42,880 Speaker 1: my mom will picked me up after that with red 589 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:45,360 Speaker 1: fucking eyes. Joe and I didn't know about VIZ yet 590 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:48,920 Speaker 1: because I was only thirteen. And that's the first time 591 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:55,000 Speaker 1: I smoked cannabis. I was in a whole lot of 592 00:32:56,880 --> 00:33:00,640 Speaker 1: that night. Wow, so you're high. I went from my 593 00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:06,600 Speaker 1: high to a dry real quick. That poor woman has 594 00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:09,560 Speaker 1: seen a lot well. Question number two of the High Five, 595 00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:15,280 Speaker 1: what is your favorite way to use cannabis? Alle smoking it? Joints, blunts, 596 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:18,760 Speaker 1: what do you guys? Joints? I smoked big fat joints 597 00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:21,680 Speaker 1: with no filter, and I don't smoke anything. I didn't 598 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:24,760 Speaker 1: roll myself. I have tremendous respect for the flower and 599 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:27,600 Speaker 1: the farmer, and then I never smoked pre rolls. I 600 00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:29,880 Speaker 1: like to take a beautiful nut. I like to bust 601 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:33,680 Speaker 1: it down, I like to roll it and smoke it. Well, 602 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:36,320 Speaker 1: there it is. It's the High Five with our clubhouse 603 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:40,240 Speaker 1: host Ali Muffins. Craziest place you ever use cannabis or smoked. 604 00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:46,400 Speaker 1: Oh man, the craziest place I've ever used cannabis or 605 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:53,880 Speaker 1: smoked was in a prison holding cell. What Yeah, One 606 00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:57,480 Speaker 1: time I got busted on a warrant and uh, I 607 00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:00,360 Speaker 1: just was over the weekend and I couldn't get out. 608 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:03,520 Speaker 1: So it took so long. So I ate the two 609 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:06,200 Speaker 1: joints that I had. Um. I had hid in them 610 00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:09,359 Speaker 1: so well that when I was searched, it wasn't found 611 00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:13,160 Speaker 1: on me. And I have consumed cannabis in a holding cell. Yes, sir, 612 00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:16,600 Speaker 1: Holy sh it, you're criminal. You know what you might 613 00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:19,440 Speaker 1: be wanting. Motherfucker. You don't get to just learn these 614 00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:23,960 Speaker 1: tricks like that. I'm honest. I'm sorry. I'm just saying 615 00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:26,320 Speaker 1: you can't pull a trick like that, like I swallowed it, 616 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:29,600 Speaker 1: kept it in my esophagus, pulled it back out, dried 617 00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:32,160 Speaker 1: it out, and smoked it. Come on, dog, you're a 618 00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:38,920 Speaker 1: straight mule. I can't lie. I can't lie. That's a 619 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:41,480 Speaker 1: pretty crazy healty story right there. Question number four, the 620 00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:43,759 Speaker 1: high five, What did your go to munchies after you 621 00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:49,600 Speaker 1: get high? Don't say naughty either, fruit, fruit, I'll tell 622 00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:53,839 Speaker 1: you what I think. Um. Cannabis is actually a very 623 00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:57,719 Speaker 1: beneficial medicine, and it's part and parcel of a healthy lifestyle. 624 00:34:57,880 --> 00:35:01,160 Speaker 1: So those of us who up for health medicine also 625 00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:03,960 Speaker 1: on healthy food. And I have fruit snacks to the 626 00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:09,680 Speaker 1: fucking dome after I consume cannabis. Like you, the best 627 00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:14,239 Speaker 1: fruit salad is blueberry, strawberries and banetas. Taking him up 628 00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:16,200 Speaker 1: in a ball, chop them all and makes them up. 629 00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:20,040 Speaker 1: That's my money, you vegetarian. I was leaking for a while. 630 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:24,040 Speaker 1: Um No, I plant based. Actually on Saturday, we're doing 631 00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:26,920 Speaker 1: a quick plant based room on on clubhouse of pop 632 00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:29,560 Speaker 1: up room. You have to talk about it. Um, but 633 00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:34,720 Speaker 1: that's uh, pretty much my lifestyle. Yeah, herbs medicine, herbs 634 00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:39,279 Speaker 1: for food. No I I eat, No, I'll go out 635 00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:42,200 Speaker 1: of McDonald's. I don't. I'm not like that. Hold on, 636 00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:47,200 Speaker 1: will you eat pork? Yes? Yes, yeah, I told you 637 00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:50,680 Speaker 1: I'm not a practicing Muslim. Guys, we're talking about keeping 638 00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:52,600 Speaker 1: a reel on cannabis, talking one on one, and I 639 00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:56,160 Speaker 1: just keeping on. Hey, I just you know what down 640 00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:59,080 Speaker 1: my boy, like one of my good good friends, like 641 00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:03,040 Speaker 1: I said, uh, he won't even go He did a 642 00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:05,560 Speaker 1: lot of crazy things. I call him raw dog. Willie 643 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:08,600 Speaker 1: the Muslims. We have time for me to address that 644 00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:13,160 Speaker 1: real quick. The pork so again, as we're seeing with 645 00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:17,080 Speaker 1: halal and the products that are coming out that because 646 00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:19,880 Speaker 1: you guys had a princess, I believe on the podcast 647 00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:23,000 Speaker 1: a couple of months ago, and there they talk about 648 00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:28,239 Speaker 1: how some of our Muslim practices are outdated. Pork is 649 00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:32,400 Speaker 1: haram because during the time of Islam, if you had 650 00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:34,520 Speaker 1: pork in the Middle East, it's so hot there there 651 00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:37,480 Speaker 1: was a big virus in the stomach of the porks. 652 00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:41,080 Speaker 1: It was literally bad for people. But now today in society, 653 00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:44,080 Speaker 1: we keep things clean, we have different practices. It's an 654 00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:47,600 Speaker 1: outdated request. It was law because it would have killed you, 655 00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:51,360 Speaker 1: and people were trying to save their citizens. Not because 656 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:53,879 Speaker 1: God doesn't want us to eat pigs, but he wants 657 00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:56,680 Speaker 1: us to eat another That's not how And that's where 658 00:36:56,719 --> 00:36:58,799 Speaker 1: they say from the belly of the beast, probably because 659 00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:01,279 Speaker 1: from the belly of the beast was getting you sick. 660 00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:06,040 Speaker 1: Straight up. Yeah, I like that, you just really I 661 00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:07,920 Speaker 1: can't wait to bring that up. I'm gonna take that 662 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:09,680 Speaker 1: to them to the Mass day it is Friday. I'm 663 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:11,880 Speaker 1: going later. Hey, guys, literally going to send you a 664 00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:14,839 Speaker 1: link I'll tell you, I'm gonna face time you from there. 665 00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:19,839 Speaker 1: Like tell everybody you know who we are. We're gonna 666 00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:22,560 Speaker 1: ruin the master tonight. I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen, going 667 00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:25,959 Speaker 1: to wonder Alright, it's question number five with a high 668 00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:29,560 Speaker 1: five with our Clubhouse host, Ali Muppins. Make sure you 669 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:32,480 Speaker 1: go over there and check them out Monday through Friday. 670 00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:36,240 Speaker 1: You can't miss him. Follow him on Clubhouse, on social media, everywhere, 671 00:37:36,239 --> 00:37:39,400 Speaker 1: Ali Muffins, Ali, if you could smoke cannabis with anyone 672 00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:47,719 Speaker 1: dead are alive, who would it be and why. I've 673 00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:51,080 Speaker 1: heard this question fifty million times and every different every 674 00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:54,200 Speaker 1: time I had a different answer. But if I could 675 00:37:54,400 --> 00:38:00,800 Speaker 1: smoke cannabis with one individual, it would be the President 676 00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:03,400 Speaker 1: of the United States, so that we can get this 677 00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:09,720 Speaker 1: thing be scheduled, as in President Joe Biden, whoever happens 678 00:38:09,719 --> 00:38:11,760 Speaker 1: to be at the time. I am not in favor 679 00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:14,600 Speaker 1: of any one of those guys, but whoever it happens 680 00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:17,560 Speaker 1: to be, when I get the opportunity, I want with 681 00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:21,000 Speaker 1: the President, that the sitting president of the United States, 682 00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:25,200 Speaker 1: because I would like to advocate for cannabis to be 683 00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:28,960 Speaker 1: de scheduled and the US if they were to do so, 684 00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:34,480 Speaker 1: would lead the world in something that is well over two. 685 00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:38,160 Speaker 1: That is a very good answer. Ally, is there anything 686 00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:39,759 Speaker 1: that we left out that you don't want to that 687 00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:41,879 Speaker 1: you'd like to share with the world out there before 688 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:46,200 Speaker 1: I let you go? Yes? Please you guys, Cannabis Talk 689 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:49,480 Speaker 1: have given me a voice, and I've been able to 690 00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:52,279 Speaker 1: use that to give others a voice. And I want 691 00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:54,560 Speaker 1: to read something that was sent to me from a 692 00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:58,280 Speaker 1: cannabis prisoner, Joe, who I came into contact with because 693 00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:01,280 Speaker 1: of you, because of Blue, because of the pop Brothers, 694 00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:03,959 Speaker 1: that law giving us the platform and extending our reach 695 00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:07,120 Speaker 1: not to the millions and millions of people that I 696 00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:12,360 Speaker 1: heart reaches, but down to the individual, the community members. 697 00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:17,120 Speaker 1: This is from Edwin Rubis, a cannabis prisoner that is 698 00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:21,439 Speaker 1: in prison right now, serving over twenty four years. He says, 699 00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:25,440 Speaker 1: don't let your dreams die with you. Hold fast to dreams, 700 00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:28,359 Speaker 1: for if dreams that life is a broken wing bird 701 00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:32,080 Speaker 1: that cannot fly, that's from length to us. And he says, 702 00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:34,480 Speaker 1: as a young boy in my life was full of dreams, 703 00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:37,759 Speaker 1: I would sit there as I believe many young children do, 704 00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:40,080 Speaker 1: and fantasize about the things I wanted to do when 705 00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:42,440 Speaker 1: I grow up. Some of those fantasies were far pressed, 706 00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:44,759 Speaker 1: of course, but regardless, they made me feel good to 707 00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:48,400 Speaker 1: visualize the life of exciting new possibilities. Sadly, as I 708 00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:50,279 Speaker 1: grew into my teams, my life to the urn for 709 00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:52,640 Speaker 1: the worst. I began to experiment with drugs and went 710 00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:55,480 Speaker 1: down the path of crime and self destruction, thereby extinguishing 711 00:39:55,719 --> 00:39:58,799 Speaker 1: the aspirations that had from my future. After going through 712 00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:03,080 Speaker 1: our spiritual transformation by accepting Christ, I picked up a 713 00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:05,560 Speaker 1: guitar and practice it soft for three hours a day 714 00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:08,879 Speaker 1: for thirty days, then played in church. Years later, I'm 715 00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:11,279 Speaker 1: one of the worship leaders in the Christian services here 716 00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:14,400 Speaker 1: in prison. I also wanted to advance my education to 717 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:17,040 Speaker 1: the highest peak possible. At this juncture, I'm on the 718 00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:20,280 Speaker 1: last leg of finishing a doctorate degree in Christian counseling 719 00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:24,800 Speaker 1: and therapist certification. For me, it took time coming to 720 00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:26,960 Speaker 1: a place of darkness forgot to open my eyes and 721 00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:29,960 Speaker 1: show me that my dreams are still possible. For you, 722 00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:33,080 Speaker 1: it may be a different story. You're likely in a 723 00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:36,719 Speaker 1: better position to find greatness for your life. You're likely 724 00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:39,800 Speaker 1: surrounded by more opportunities and resources than anyone in my 725 00:40:39,880 --> 00:40:44,440 Speaker 1: shoes ever would be. Therefore, use whatever is at your disposal. 726 00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:48,280 Speaker 1: Don't let your dreams die with you. That's from cannabis 727 00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:54,120 Speaker 1: prisoner Edwin Ruvers. It's beautiful. Thank you, Joe. That's who 728 00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:56,759 Speaker 1: you guys help us connect with, and that's why we 729 00:40:56,920 --> 00:41:00,040 Speaker 1: have so much respect for you guys. I appreciate you 730 00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:04,520 Speaker 1: more than you know. That's unbelievable, dude. I really when 731 00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:06,880 Speaker 1: you hear things like that, you don't really realize who 732 00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:09,120 Speaker 1: you're touching and then who they're gonna be able to 733 00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:12,680 Speaker 1: touch with their inspirational story, Like, dude, this cat's locked 734 00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:17,520 Speaker 1: up and sharing some why wise words like that. Yes, sir, 735 00:41:18,040 --> 00:41:19,840 Speaker 1: we never know anything else that you want to touch on. 736 00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:22,920 Speaker 1: And I just want to say, aren't you also farm 737 00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:29,359 Speaker 1: Assists underscore i G is that you're Yes. Pharmacists Underscore 738 00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:33,160 Speaker 1: i G is our account that I use basically for 739 00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:36,000 Speaker 1: clubhouse and for the community outreach. So if you guys 740 00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:39,719 Speaker 1: want to message me, um, I'm on there pharmacists at 741 00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:42,440 Speaker 1: Pharmacists Underscore i G. And you guys can reach out. 742 00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:44,840 Speaker 1: You can come onto our clubhouse rooms. We post the 743 00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:47,480 Speaker 1: rooms there that we do for cannabis, our community outreach, 744 00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:50,480 Speaker 1: and I use that account to engage with the community 745 00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:55,240 Speaker 1: and the many charities that you guys work with, like Humanity, Heroes, 746 00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:58,319 Speaker 1: Drive that's happening this Saturday and some of the work 747 00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:03,759 Speaker 1: like that, and also o Ali Muffins as well. Correct, Yeah, 748 00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:05,479 Speaker 1: but that one you don't want to go there. Guys 749 00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:09,200 Speaker 1: stick to pharmacists, understood. I g Alie Muffins is the 750 00:42:09,239 --> 00:42:12,160 Speaker 1: bad one that we talked about earlier. That's the young 751 00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:16,120 Speaker 1: that's the young kids. That's my old Instagram. Yeah, that's 752 00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:18,520 Speaker 1: the old one. Okay, I'm looking at it right now, 753 00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:20,600 Speaker 1: going wait a minute, I remember seeing that picture. But 754 00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:23,279 Speaker 1: oh boy, I've seen some old ones. It's some good. 755 00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:25,799 Speaker 1: That being said, before I talked to Natia, I wanted 756 00:42:25,840 --> 00:42:29,839 Speaker 1: to get your How did you and Nadia actually meet? Oh? 757 00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:32,360 Speaker 1: You wanted this on the podcast. We met in Vancouver. Well, 758 00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:34,839 Speaker 1: I'm gonna you know what I'm saying so much talking 759 00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:38,160 Speaker 1: to her and we Nadia came to Vancouver and we 760 00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:41,360 Speaker 1: met in person, and um her and I since have 761 00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:45,640 Speaker 1: beigne a great working relationship and we're proud to be 762 00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:51,399 Speaker 1: part of the team. So you guys actually met in Vancouver. Yes, 763 00:42:51,480 --> 00:42:54,680 Speaker 1: Sir at A cannabis event or ware. Oh no, she 764 00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:57,839 Speaker 1: flew to meet Okay, so then where did you meet 765 00:42:57,840 --> 00:43:03,960 Speaker 1: her before that? Oh? Thought between us, Joe. Okay, that's fair, 766 00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:06,680 Speaker 1: that's fair. She actually when I asked her, she goes, 767 00:43:06,719 --> 00:43:08,360 Speaker 1: you have to ask Ali, Ali said, he wanted to 768 00:43:08,360 --> 00:43:10,680 Speaker 1: tell you. I figured here's the platform you could get 769 00:43:10,719 --> 00:43:12,840 Speaker 1: the cat out of the bag. I've been waiting to 770 00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:14,759 Speaker 1: hear from her. She's been saying, ask you now, I'm 771 00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:17,680 Speaker 1: asking you now you're saying it between us. I don't 772 00:43:17,719 --> 00:43:19,879 Speaker 1: know what the fun are you guys are doing over there? Yeah, 773 00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:22,319 Speaker 1: I mean trying to get to know your Alie. Sorry. 774 00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:24,560 Speaker 1: I love it. I love it. I want everyone to 775 00:43:24,680 --> 00:43:31,480 Speaker 1: know this are myself and Nadia are here as members. 776 00:43:31,520 --> 00:43:36,920 Speaker 1: Acadamists talk community. But for me personally, I'm a very 777 00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:41,920 Speaker 1: private person, and she's been such a kind woman. Because 778 00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:44,800 Speaker 1: I'm stepping out of his life because of my community, 779 00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:47,800 Speaker 1: and because it there is still a sense of stigma 780 00:43:48,239 --> 00:43:51,760 Speaker 1: and the people around me, I personally keep things quite private. 781 00:43:52,239 --> 00:43:54,360 Speaker 1: So and I really love that you guys have always 782 00:43:54,520 --> 00:43:57,920 Speaker 1: expected that. Well, yeah, I just was wondering how you 783 00:43:57,960 --> 00:44:00,360 Speaker 1: guys met because you guys do a wonderful job on Ubhouse. 784 00:44:00,440 --> 00:44:02,280 Speaker 1: I mean I never said an we have a synergy. 785 00:44:04,360 --> 00:44:11,759 Speaker 1: What you heard, I never said any personal thank you 786 00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:14,719 Speaker 1: for coming on the show. Appreciate you. Break down the 787 00:44:14,840 --> 00:44:17,080 Speaker 1: list Monday to Friday or where people can find you 788 00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:21,440 Speaker 1: on Clubhouse. On Mondays, we're on from four twenty eastern 789 00:44:21,560 --> 00:44:25,319 Speaker 1: to four twenty pacific on Medical Mondays. On Tuesday's we're 790 00:44:25,360 --> 00:44:28,680 Speaker 1: on at one as well as at two twenty pacific, 791 00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:34,200 Speaker 1: and on Thursdays we're on at the Levett twenty Pacific 792 00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:38,080 Speaker 1: and the Mentor ship Room. On Friday's we closed with 793 00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:43,399 Speaker 1: four twenty pacifics in Oaksterdam's Plant Talk with expert from 794 00:44:43,440 --> 00:44:48,160 Speaker 1: Oksdam University. Whether it is you, guys, Ali Muppins. You 795 00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:51,960 Speaker 1: can check them out on Instagram at Pharmacists Underscore, I 796 00:44:52,160 --> 00:44:55,239 Speaker 1: G F A R M A S S I S 797 00:44:55,320 --> 00:44:58,200 Speaker 1: T Underscore I G It's Canada's top one on one. 798 00:44:58,440 --> 00:45:01,400 Speaker 1: If nobody else loves you, we do. Thank you for 799 00:45:01,520 --> 00:45:03,520 Speaker 1: listening to Cannabis Talk one oh one on the I 800 00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:07,640 Speaker 1: Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. 801 00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:09,440 Speaker 1: M