1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: It's now time for Cannabis Talk one oh one with Blue, 2 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: Joe Grande, and Mark and Craig Wasserman the Pot Brothers 3 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: at Law. We're the world's number one podcast for everything cannabis. Blue, 4 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: Welcome to Cannabis Talk one oh one. How are you 5 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:18,760 Speaker 1: feeling today? Well, I'm doing good, Joe, and I'll tell 6 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:23,119 Speaker 1: you what. I am excited to know that it is 7 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: time for dime time. Dime time it is. Let me 8 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: grab my pen and let's get it in. Yeah, man, 9 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 1: check out Turpin Warehouse, Dope Minerals guys, and CC Solutions. 10 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: Is gonna be amazing. 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But before I do, 17 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: I just want to say you all out there that 18 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: listened to us, seriously, get your hand and patch yourself 19 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 1: on the knee, thank you inappropriately, and that's from me. 20 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: And then pat yourself on the back and that's from blue, 21 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:13,319 Speaker 1: but inappropriately go back to either way. We just want 22 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 1: to thank you guys for listening to us. For those 23 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: who don't know, we're just all around the world, a 24 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: hundred two countries and we just so greatly appreciate you 25 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:26,320 Speaker 1: all the number to leave us a voice smail that's eight. 26 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: Make sure you check on our Instagram pages for daily news, 27 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 1: learned the script and so much more at Cannabis Talk 28 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 1: one on one at pot Underscore Brothers Underscore at Underscore. 29 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: Law Mark is that wast law Craig is that wast 30 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:40,399 Speaker 1: law dog. Blue is that one? Christopher writes, and I 31 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 1: am at Joe Grande fifty two now Blue, I'm about 32 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 1: to go green, and I mean real green because this 33 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: story right here, boy, True Leave Cannabis Corp. Acquires Harvest 34 00:01:54,880 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 1: Health and Recreation, Inc. In a two billion dollar deal. Yeah, 35 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: the b folks, the two billion now Florida based True 36 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:11,640 Speaker 1: Belief Cannabis Corps announced that it has reached an agreement 37 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: to acquire Harvest Health and Recreational, Inc. Of Arizona in 38 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 1: an all stock deal valued at approximately two point one 39 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 1: billion dollars. Now, I don't care if it's stock. I 40 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:26,640 Speaker 1: don't care if it's a pigeon food for two point 41 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:29,079 Speaker 1: one billion dollars worth of it's still two point one 42 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:32,239 Speaker 1: billion dollars worth something stock, and it's still good. I'll 43 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: tell you what I'll take. You gave me two point 44 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: one billion stock. That means I can go right now 45 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: and sell for two point one billion. Could it go up, yes? 46 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 1: Could it go down? Yes? That's the game. Guess what 47 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:48,079 Speaker 1: it's worth two point one now. So that's why it's 48 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: so good. And that's why when folks think, oh my god, 49 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 1: is there money in this game? Two point one billion 50 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: dollars that got bought out. The transaction creates a company 51 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: with a combined print in eleven States with what True 52 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 1: Belief CEO Kim Rivers characterized as the largest and most 53 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:13,079 Speaker 1: exciting acquisitions so far in our industry, creating the most 54 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 1: profitable public multi state operator. This is huge, you guys. 55 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 1: Eleven states now is what True Leave will be in. 56 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:28,399 Speaker 1: This combination offers us the opportunity to leverage our respective 57 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 1: strong foundations and propel us forward with an unparalleled platform 58 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 1: for future growth. As the CEO Kim Rivers said in 59 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: a statement from True Leave, Harvest provides us with an 60 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: immediate and significant presence and a new and established markets 61 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 1: and accelerates our entry into the adult use space in Arizona. 62 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 1: True leave and harvests our leaders in our markets, recognizing 63 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 1: for our innovation, brands and operational expertise with true depth 64 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 1: and scale in our business. Dude, I just think it's 65 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:12,119 Speaker 1: dope when you see big, big moves going down like this, 66 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:16,279 Speaker 1: It's incredible. I mean, you know, it just shows you 67 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,919 Speaker 1: how long awaiting our industry has been waiting to pop 68 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 1: because you know, you don't start doing, you know, two 69 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 1: billion dollar deals for a company that people don't for 70 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 1: an industry that people don't believe in. And you know, 71 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 1: you're talking about the industry that is been built on 72 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 1: the backs of lots of different minorities. Um, you know, immigrants, UM, 73 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 1: you know Americans, Uh, you know worldwide people, people all 74 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:49,039 Speaker 1: over the world that have built in you know, facilities 75 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 1: to process this cannabis while it was illegal, and then 76 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 1: here it is now in one and we're sitting here going, gosh, 77 00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 1: it's it's being it's getting closer to legalization, not all closer, 78 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:03,920 Speaker 1: but you're you're selling companies for billions of dollars, you guys, 79 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: I mean truly buys us right and truly it is 80 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: a cannabis multi state operator with operations in the northeast 81 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 1: and the southeast of the United States where Harvest business 82 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 1: is focused in the southwest, West coast, and Northeast. We're 83 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 1: talking basically all over the United States. The combined company 84 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: will have licensed cannabis operations, like I said, in the 85 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:30,839 Speaker 1: eleven States, including twenty two cultivations, okay, and our processing 86 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:37,040 Speaker 1: facility with a total capacity of three point one million 87 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 1: square feet. Did you just hear me? Right now? A 88 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: total capacity of three point one million square feet, as 89 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:51,280 Speaker 1: well as a hundred and twenty six dispensaries retailing cannabis 90 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: for medical and recreational use. Harvest is also a shareholder 91 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 1: in High Times Holding Corps, the parent cup many of 92 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 1: High Times. Now, when I see this blue, it makes 93 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 1: me think, Amendment. I'm not gonna lie a med men 94 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:11,840 Speaker 1: took big chunks like this and did a lot. They're 95 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 1: still strong. We're in Vegas to have a beautiful location 96 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 1: in Vegas, the beautiful location in West Hollywood. Right, strong company, 97 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:21,599 Speaker 1: I believe, though, when I look at big companies like 98 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:25,040 Speaker 1: this doing big moves like this, a little smarter than 99 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 1: the big CEOs amendment. They were smart and they're still 100 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:29,480 Speaker 1: doing good. They're not you know, dead by no means 101 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 1: they're not going anywhere. They're not going anywhere either up, 102 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 1: but they're not as big as they were. Like a 103 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 1: big deal like this happens. I would only hope and 104 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 1: roll the dice that these guys learned from the pattern 105 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 1: of what med men did. Meaning, don't go out and 106 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:47,039 Speaker 1: start buying private jets five Lamborghinis, don't go by the 107 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 1: extra big house by the beach just to have this. 108 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:53,159 Speaker 1: Spend the money like you're doing on the flame. You 109 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 1: have three point one million square feet of operational dude, 110 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: that's that's not one or two costco. We're talking about 111 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:03,720 Speaker 1: thousands of you know, and you know what I mean, Like, 112 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: let me say this, let me say this. You know, 113 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 1: it's funny because I listened to the guys and and 114 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 1: you know, this isn't a shot to anybody. But there's 115 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 1: a lot of folks that don't like truly, right because 116 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 1: they're like, oh, it's institution money and this and that 117 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 1: and blah blah blah. And then there's other people that 118 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: do like it, and there's other people that just don't care. 119 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 1: They just want their product right. And then there's people 120 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 1: that just don't know about them. So the thought process 121 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 1: for me is that this is a growth for the 122 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 1: whole industry. I personally think that these big hitters like this, 123 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 1: they only bring value to all of us. And and 124 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 1: here's what I mean by it is oftentimes you'll see 125 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 1: a McDonald's and a Jack in the box across the street, 126 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 1: or a burger King or something subway right across the street. 127 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 1: Why it's because there's another food place there. They know 128 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 1: that people. They're creating a more environment for McDonald's. Jacket 129 00:07:57,680 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 1: a box right next to each other, right and so 130 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 1: and so some days boil local and right next to 131 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 1: each other. We went today, and there's also and this 132 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 1: is where I want to be beat drive. My point 133 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 1: home is that you guys, all it does is really 134 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 1: strengthens our industry for these players to come in. It 135 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: doesn't weaken us, it doesn't take from us, it doesn't 136 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 1: do anything. All it does is makes your value go up. 137 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: I want people to really think I agree with you, Blue, 138 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 1: because some people get all nervous taking oh the big 139 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 1: companies coming in. I mean this deal supporters, true believers 140 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 1: expansion and core markets like Florida, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and established 141 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 1: a Southwest hub to service key markets including Arizona where 142 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 1: voters just legalize it out there. But not only that. 143 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 1: What I want to put into people's head is realized this. 144 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:48,200 Speaker 1: If you start in the cannabis game, say you start 145 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: with an edible company, right, then a company like this 146 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: comes out wants to buy you. Now, whether you want 147 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 1: to stay in there making your monthly, I don't care 148 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 1: what it is X amount of dollars, whether it's ten 149 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 1: thousand a month, you're a hundred thousand dollars a month. 150 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 1: But say you get bought out and you no longer 151 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:06,199 Speaker 1: have to put in those hours weekly and it's hundred 152 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:08,319 Speaker 1: thousand dollars a month that you're making in then your 153 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 1: value for your companies is a multimillion dollar game. Maybe 154 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 1: close to Bees, who knows. But if you can cash 155 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: out when these bigger companies are starting to buy these 156 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 1: smaller companies like this, and so as you say it's 157 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 1: a gain for the industry when the big companies come 158 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 1: in and they want to buy you out, I don't 159 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: look at it as a loss or take my diaby 160 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: no hit him hard sell for a high amount. If 161 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:33,760 Speaker 1: you've got a product that you can make your money on, 162 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 1: you don't take your money and run or stay in 163 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 1: the game and keep going, because then you're not to 164 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 1: compete with the lower prices. Because with companies like this, 165 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 1: and they have that much land, they got that much facilities, 166 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:48,559 Speaker 1: the product price is probably gonna go down without a doubt. 167 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 1: So now the eighth is now going to be you know, 168 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 1: and that's at the store maybe right. So if you're 169 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:58,640 Speaker 1: buying eight, that's great. Can you compete selling that at 170 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 1: your store or selling your product that or if it's 171 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:04,080 Speaker 1: it's flower. But my point is, like you said, it's 172 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:06,559 Speaker 1: great for the industry. Big business has to come in. 173 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: It's inevitable, it's gonna go down. Look again, embrace, embrace 174 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 1: these massive companies. If you know and and and and 175 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 1: use your mind and imagination to have your own ability 176 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 1: to think that you can be just as big. Because 177 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 1: not every single wealthy person has got it handed down 178 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 1: to home. A lot of these entrepreneurs have made it 179 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:34,319 Speaker 1: all themselves. Look at the dot com s, blue look 180 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 1: at the industry when it happened when somebody started a 181 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 1: little fucking company that Google says I want to buy that. 182 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:44,199 Speaker 1: Are then Facebook, it all happened. It happened in that industry. 183 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:47,319 Speaker 1: I mean, folks are point. I can't believe Oracle came 184 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:50,560 Speaker 1: in and bought this. I can't believe. You know, Twitter 185 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 1: is doing this and they buy these even gamers in 186 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 1: the gaming world, you know, the little gaming company made 187 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 1: another video game. In the bigger game me company bars 188 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 1: a little gaming company happen, and sometimes it's just a 189 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:07,520 Speaker 1: great name or a great picture or a logo. Yeah, 190 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 1: all that being said, I want to hear from the 191 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:12,040 Speaker 1: women of Cannabis Talk one oh one, Christine and Jennet. 192 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 1: I heard you guys. Just walk in. Why don't you 193 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:15,680 Speaker 1: guys step on the mix will be right back after 194 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 1: this with the women. Welcome back to Cannabis Talk one 195 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:32,240 Speaker 1: oh one. Now it's time for the Women of Cannabis 196 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 1: Talk one oh one with the Skinny Queen Jane Alt 197 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:38,079 Speaker 1: and Playboy playmate Christine Smith. Hi, welcome to the Women 198 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:40,559 Speaker 1: of Cannabis Talk one oh one. I'm Jane Alt. You 199 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:43,440 Speaker 1: can follow me at Skinny Queen Janet. I know I 200 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 1: love following you. And I'm Christine Smith and you can 201 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:50,440 Speaker 1: follow me on Christine's Fire and you are the vib 202 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 1: the women of Cannabis talking one oh one. The skinny 203 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,480 Speaker 1: on the Skinny today is where do we go from here? Women? 204 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:00,840 Speaker 1: I just love hearing that this guinea on the skinny? 205 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 1: Where do we go? Jenna? We fight the fight, but 206 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:06,320 Speaker 1: sometimes we are left alone with our thoughts. But not anymore. 207 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 1: I found a group of people that are holding town 208 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:11,960 Speaker 1: meetings and getting the message out. Oh I would love 209 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,040 Speaker 1: to go to town meetings and have someone here in 210 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 1: my cannabis thoughts. Well, we all love, We all love 211 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 1: California and Long Beach. It's been rapped about by Snoop 212 00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 1: Dogg and traveled to for its beaches and sunshine. But 213 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 1: recreational cannabis has been legal in Long Beach since two 214 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:31,440 Speaker 1: thousand and eighteen. Since then, there's been twenty dispensaries that 215 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:34,840 Speaker 1: have opened their doors in the city and welcome to 216 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:40,160 Speaker 1: the wind when he opened in LBC. The Women of 217 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:42,080 Speaker 1: Cannabis Doc one oh one are gonna come to you. 218 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:46,319 Speaker 1: And what's exciting is there's a group of individual boss 219 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: women and they're starting a Women in Cannabis town hall 220 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:55,479 Speaker 1: and monthly meetings based in a Long Beach addresses minorities 221 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:59,000 Speaker 1: and women in cannabis. Christine, where do you go for 222 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:03,440 Speaker 1: support when it comes to cannabis related in the community, 223 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 1: support like women's groups or like friends or any kind 224 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 1: of support. See, I've been loving the women's meetings, not 225 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:13,600 Speaker 1: not women's meetings, but like little women's parties you and 226 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 1: I have been going to lately where it's just like 227 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 1: all the ladies gather and dress up and trying new products. 228 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:21,560 Speaker 1: But there really isn't a ton of support when it 229 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 1: comes to it. It's COVID. So there used to be 230 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker 1: a lot more women's events at like all the dispensaries 231 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 1: that we could go to at night. But yes, since COVID, 232 00:13:29,679 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 1: I mean everything's been online. Yeah, So if you think 233 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,720 Speaker 1: about it, like, you know, what do we like to 234 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 1: you know, where do we want to go and what 235 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:38,959 Speaker 1: can we do to to get together and find support 236 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 1: between women and minorities. Well, there's uh, there's a girl 237 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:46,200 Speaker 1: that is doing it and she's killing it. And you know, 238 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:49,080 Speaker 1: she said, the industry is really growing and it continues 239 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 1: to grow. And the chief marketing officer at the dispensary 240 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 1: chain of sweet Flower says, what we need to continue 241 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 1: to do her. We love that we've been there high. 242 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 1: What we need to continue to do is make sure 243 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 1: the industry remains a safe place for all members, whether 244 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 1: you're a buyer or a business owner. Sweet Flower is 245 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:11,680 Speaker 1: a woman owned dispensary chain in Los Angeles area. Since 246 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 1: the company's grant opening in two thousand and eighteen, the 247 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 1: company's leadership has been focused on assessing nonprofit organizations monetary donations, 248 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 1: and hosting neighborhood clean up and help pass out food 249 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 1: to food drive. Okay, this is so awesome. I didn't 250 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 1: realize this is to the article is the listeners? Janee 251 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 1: and I have frequented this place often. Their staff is 252 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 1: so intelligent and knowledgeable, and this is an awesome story. 253 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 1: Check them out sweet Flower. Yeah, so, if you go 254 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 1: to the dispensary, the part of it is called the 255 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 1: Thrive Society. It's an organization that is a collaboration between 256 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:50,960 Speaker 1: women and people of color owned businesses in the industry, 257 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 1: which I find this is such a great thing. Listen. 258 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 1: I love women groups. I love you know, people of 259 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:01,160 Speaker 1: color coming together, and why shouldn't we have a town meeting? Okay, 260 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 1: this is probably why you and I were energetically connected 261 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 1: to this dispensary. Think about it. This is the only 262 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 1: one we went to for so long, all the dispensaries 263 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 1: we went to, like we're energetically connected to show them love. 264 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 1: And this is why I love hearing this. We're gonna 265 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:17,360 Speaker 1: be there, yeah, And it's just think about like throughout 266 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 1: the pandemic, a lot of the places that we would 267 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 1: go our clothes, like, yeah, are theyd a lot like 268 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 1: three people in it at a time. It's like, really 269 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 1: like let's just you know, destroy all businesses. It was 270 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:29,840 Speaker 1: so sad trying to get into all these dispensaries during 271 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:32,280 Speaker 1: the pandemic. They're allowing literally listeners if you guys don't know, 272 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:35,840 Speaker 1: three listeners sometimes are three listeners three customers at a time, 273 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 1: these poor dispensaries. And how to try and stay open. Well, 274 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 1: if you think about it with all of the things 275 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:44,880 Speaker 1: closing and now that we're slowly opening up, that having 276 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: a town hall meeting and it's a virtual meeting that 277 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 1: they're having, but eventually it's gonna be where they open 278 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: it back up. But a place for people to go 279 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,920 Speaker 1: and worship the weed, talk about it, be a part 280 00:15:56,960 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 1: of it, build a community, talk about all of the things, 281 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 1: and be around your fellow women. No, I love this. 282 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:06,200 Speaker 1: I love this so much, and I love that a 283 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 1: lot of dispensaries are doing this, and especially I love 284 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 1: that this one's women owned, but even the men owned 285 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 1: are understanding how important it is for the women, like 286 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 1: you were saying, Jennie, in the community to have a 287 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 1: place to go to for support and to help each 288 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:22,120 Speaker 1: other and go like, you know, especially with people that 289 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 1: have kids that are artistic or autistic that are using 290 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 1: you know, strains to to help them, to have a 291 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 1: community go hey, you know these strains worked for my child. 292 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 1: You know these strains didn't or you know, so I 293 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:34,600 Speaker 1: love this. Gene like you had a very good point 294 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 1: that it is hard to find places to go to 295 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 1: for support and listeners. If you guys have places you'd 296 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 1: like to tell that you go to support, call one 297 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:49,360 Speaker 1: eight hundred four twenty ninety. Yes. And it's a wonderful, 298 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:52,200 Speaker 1: wonderful time to be alive, because if you think about it, 299 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 1: you know, we're moving out of a pandemic and we 300 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 1: do need to have support groups. And I was thinking 301 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:01,880 Speaker 1: about like support groups versus is you know, I hate 302 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 1: to make the comparison to alcohol, but alcohol has been 303 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:09,560 Speaker 1: around for a very long time, and you know they're 304 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:12,639 Speaker 1: the support groups for alcohol is really kind of a 305 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:16,480 Speaker 1: A and a A is for the people that have 306 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:20,040 Speaker 1: a problem with it. And so I love that support 307 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 1: groups are happening in cannabis and a welcoming, positive way 308 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:29,400 Speaker 1: where people can come and do better and and give 309 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:32,199 Speaker 1: out and give back to the community. It's like a 310 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:36,719 Speaker 1: completely flip of the of sides and bringing people together 311 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:39,160 Speaker 1: for the better good into help the community. And I 312 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:41,680 Speaker 1: love that, you know. And it's really important to especially 313 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 1: for business owners starting up um to reach out with 314 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:47,280 Speaker 1: other business owners so we can all learn from from 315 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:49,360 Speaker 1: their mistakes. Like everyone I know when we're starting out. 316 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:51,439 Speaker 1: And I know I've mentioned you know boxes before, but 317 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:53,680 Speaker 1: people don't understand when they vote for all of these 318 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:56,439 Speaker 1: laws that when the laws change, it's wiping out a 319 00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 1: lot of these smaller companies. Like every time it says okay, 320 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:00,440 Speaker 1: now you have to have this leave a on the box, 321 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:02,160 Speaker 1: shift of this on a box, everyone has to bring 322 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:05,040 Speaker 1: everything back. So women need to stand together and go, hey, 323 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:07,360 Speaker 1: this is what happened in our city. You know, this 324 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 1: is we saw these companies get wiped out from these 325 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 1: little changes that people didn't realize we're gonna do make 326 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 1: sure and go vote, make sure and get these laws change, 327 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:17,400 Speaker 1: make sure what happens in our cities doesn't happen in yours. 328 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:19,439 Speaker 1: And we have to have places like this for us 329 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:21,639 Speaker 1: to get together and talk to in person. So I 330 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:23,679 Speaker 1: just want to take a little, like, you know, have 331 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:26,560 Speaker 1: fun with this and think about what would the skinny 332 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:30,199 Speaker 1: Queen's town hall meeting be Like, Well, I'll tell you this. 333 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 1: There be a lot of cannabis be smoking there, right, 334 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:37,160 Speaker 1: and we would all have leather, plush green chairs. Well, 335 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 1: we're all smoking cannabis, and fear would be squashed, so 336 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:42,040 Speaker 1: we'd all be speaking from our souls instead of our 337 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:44,680 Speaker 1: ego and fears. We'd probably get a lot of important 338 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:47,640 Speaker 1: stuff changed. I'm sure that's not like mine. I like 339 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:49,560 Speaker 1: the my magical one that I would have. But I'm 340 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:51,360 Speaker 1: super excited and I really want to be a part 341 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:55,040 Speaker 1: of this, and they're having another meeting. It's happened on Friday, 342 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:58,160 Speaker 1: June eleven. The meeting is free and open to the public. 343 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 1: For for more information, go to Thrive dash society dot com. 344 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 1: That's Thrive th h R I V E. Dash society 345 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:10,920 Speaker 1: dot com. If you could have your own town meeting 346 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:15,159 Speaker 1: right now, Christine, what would you talk about? I think seriously, 347 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:18,640 Speaker 1: just um getting laws changed about public smoking. I talked 348 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:20,920 Speaker 1: to so many people. Everywhere you go, it's like vaping 349 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:23,160 Speaker 1: not allowed, vaping not allowed out. So it's like vaping 350 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:26,200 Speaker 1: should be allowed everywhere. We are allowed to have a drink. Obviously, 351 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 1: if someone's being obnoxious blowing big snow clouds, then go 352 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 1: hey guy, you know you're in public, like keep it 353 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:35,680 Speaker 1: to yourself. But everywhere that alcohol should be consumed, vapins 354 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:39,640 Speaker 1: should be allowed to Yeah, I think, um, I'm gonna 355 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:42,399 Speaker 1: admit this. I'm gonna admit this. I can't believe it. 356 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 1: So six Flags, I'm a season pass holder, right and 357 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 1: you know I know they have one little, tiny little 358 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 1: smoking section, right and it's for all their cigarettes cancer 359 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:58,440 Speaker 1: six smokers, and like, I have my THC. I'm going over. 360 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:01,400 Speaker 1: So you into the smoking section Insects Flags to smoke 361 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:03,640 Speaker 1: your pen, yeah, and the listeners in case you didn't 362 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:06,200 Speaker 1: catch us. So Janet's in six Flags and she's going 363 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:09,160 Speaker 1: to the smoker section with her pen. Yes. And now 364 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 1: there's a there's a th C VP prin and there's 365 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:16,159 Speaker 1: there's a CBD hen and this time I'm hitting my 366 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 1: CBD pen so you know those are legal, like, you know, 367 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 1: not even a big deal. And I got told I 368 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 1: couldn't do it, and they said no in the smoking section. 369 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:28,160 Speaker 1: In the smoking section. So I wanted to be if 370 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:30,159 Speaker 1: I was having a town meeting with you, Christine, and 371 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 1: our first subject was, I feel like anywhere that you 372 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:36,119 Speaker 1: can smoke cigarettes, I think that you should be able to. 373 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 1: That's completely ridiculous that they would say that, Like I'm 374 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 1: gonna go to six Flags literally now just to boycott them, 375 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:41,879 Speaker 1: and I'm just gonna go walk down the middle of 376 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 1: the street with my vapin or the middle of like 377 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:45,960 Speaker 1: six Flags just everywhere. Well, you know, I do respect 378 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:49,040 Speaker 1: the system and I do respect the process. I am 379 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:52,800 Speaker 1: a season the whole pass holders, so I'm going to 380 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:55,480 Speaker 1: follow the rules. But it's just the reason why I 381 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:57,879 Speaker 1: even brought that up is because I didn't know. I 382 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:00,040 Speaker 1: thought it was a smoking section, so I figured that 383 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 1: it was smoking section, it should be Okay, that's completely ridiculous. 384 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 1: That's like completely ridiculous, like tell go to like six 385 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 1: Flags to the point just to prove them wrong. Well, 386 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:10,120 Speaker 1: completely wrong if you think about it too, I don't 387 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 1: have a season holder passing. It does nothing you can 388 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 1: need me guys. Well, I respected them and I didn't 389 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:15,800 Speaker 1: do it, and after that I was fine. But it 390 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 1: was really it opened up my eyes because as we 391 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:22,240 Speaker 1: see these laws change and things, you know, move and 392 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 1: open up. You know, sometimes we really don't know. I 393 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:28,800 Speaker 1: really don't know if if there's certain places that you 394 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 1: can smoke or that you can smoke, Like is it 395 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 1: legal to smoke in bars? Yes, I go everywhere until 396 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 1: someone stops me because I'm never disrespectful about it. I 397 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:39,640 Speaker 1: try and hide, but I'm like at the table, I'm 398 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:42,440 Speaker 1: at the bar, literally everywhere you go, the vpen, well 399 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:45,240 Speaker 1: you're with Musy, I justnw it everywhere. Yeah, it kind 400 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:47,120 Speaker 1: of is the thing too. So I'm thinking that it's legal, 401 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:49,679 Speaker 1: and like if we had like think about some of 402 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:52,639 Speaker 1: these things that these women could have, like with these taught, 403 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:56,400 Speaker 1: these you know, these town hall meetings, like the outreach, 404 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:59,400 Speaker 1: that they could have the support because that's why our 405 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,400 Speaker 1: power is and that's why they say it's so hard 406 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:03,760 Speaker 1: for women in the community to get a leg up 407 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 1: because they don't have as many uh connections to get money. 408 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:08,800 Speaker 1: But we do have our network of women and that's 409 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:11,720 Speaker 1: our value. And because women are boss women, they're talking about, 410 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:14,639 Speaker 1: you know, the laws that we can change. You know, 411 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:21,160 Speaker 1: you can talk about events, moral support, finances, abuse, all 412 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:24,080 Speaker 1: of it. And I really honestly wish I would have 413 00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 1: had a support group a lot earlier in the game. 414 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 1: And UM, I don't know you about you, Christine, but 415 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 1: do you have any shout outs? Um, I know we 416 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:36,919 Speaker 1: we have. Let's see, we have our sponsors. We've got Califex, 417 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:40,639 Speaker 1: we have Dime, we have future beans. Yeah, and also 418 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:43,680 Speaker 1: don't always don't forget to take your skinny weed. You've 419 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:47,560 Speaker 1: got that quarantine fifteen coming on. But yeah, where are 420 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 1: the boys, Christine? And they are looking really fired about 421 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:53,399 Speaker 1: something Joe has to say, So let's hear what it is. 422 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 1: Back to your boys, Back to you. Thank you for 423 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 1: listening to the Women of Cannabis Talk one oh one 424 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:02,199 Speaker 1: with the Skinny Queen Judy All and Playboy playmate Christine Smith. 425 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:22,000 Speaker 1: Take a hit, get lit, sit back and enjoy Cannabis 426 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 1: Talk one on one with Joe Grande and myself Christopher Wright, 427 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:28,199 Speaker 1: also known as Blue. We want to give us special 428 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:35,359 Speaker 1: thanks to Terpene Warehouse. 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I would 436 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:00,439 Speaker 1: like to thank Mark and Craig for not showing up 437 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:03,120 Speaker 1: so much, because you guys really bring the show down 438 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 1: when you're here and you tell me for a loop, 439 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:07,920 Speaker 1: especially with Craig's receding heroin and to die Craig, remember 440 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:10,119 Speaker 1: the guy face was die when his hair was dying 441 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 1: and going into his face. And look at the Borak movie. 442 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:17,080 Speaker 1: I got a couple of good stories for you, Blue. 443 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:18,480 Speaker 1: I think I'm gonna try to get to both of them. 444 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:23,560 Speaker 1: But West Virginia Office of Medical Cannabis the o MC 445 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:30,160 Speaker 1: announced eligible West Virginians with serious medical conditions can now 446 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:34,879 Speaker 1: register for a medical Cannabis Patient card online. Now a 447 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 1: list of physicians registered two certify patients as eligible for 448 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:43,879 Speaker 1: the use of medical cannabis and also available on the website. 449 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:48,399 Speaker 1: Though the registration physicians will verify that the patient is eligible. 450 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:53,280 Speaker 1: The patient must apply for a patient identification card on 451 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:58,600 Speaker 1: the website. The West Virginia Medical Cannabis Act permits now 452 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:02,960 Speaker 1: West Virginia residents will with serious excuse me medical conditions 453 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:08,560 Speaker 1: to pro sure medical cannabis for certified medical use in 454 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 1: the following forms. They can only get pill oil tropical 455 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:20,879 Speaker 1: forms including gels, creams, are ointments, a form medically approved 456 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:28,560 Speaker 1: for administrative by vaporizations, our nebulisations, dry leaf, our plant form, 457 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:36,919 Speaker 1: tinkster lick liquid are dermal patch physicians. Physicians that are 458 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:42,120 Speaker 1: interested in obtaining authorizations to verify medical cannabis patients must 459 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:48,400 Speaker 1: complete an approved four hour course along with registration applications, 460 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:55,480 Speaker 1: which all could be found at www medican w v 461 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:59,479 Speaker 1: dot org. So that's medican w v dot org if 462 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:02,720 Speaker 1: you're out there in West Virginia. But you know, it's 463 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:05,639 Speaker 1: just these patient cards are valid only in West Virginia. 464 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:11,040 Speaker 1: Registration does not mean medical cannabis products can immediately be obtained, 465 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:14,280 Speaker 1: but they're moving in the right direction. There are many 466 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:17,679 Speaker 1: West Virginians who are experienced chronic pain and due to 467 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:22,239 Speaker 1: serious medical conditions, they can't get help. And it's just 468 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:25,600 Speaker 1: a shame that people have these conditions and have these 469 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:29,760 Speaker 1: uh you know, arrangements with themselves, like I can't go 470 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:31,399 Speaker 1: get a cream. I can't go get a fucking thing 471 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 1: with some te seeing it to help me with my body. 472 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:38,399 Speaker 1: It's sad. Well, listen, dude, you know, they're just behind 473 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:41,600 Speaker 1: the times in some of these states, you know, and 474 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:44,360 Speaker 1: they'll be coming around because look at when we used 475 00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:48,080 Speaker 1: to have the medical marijuana. We had to go get 476 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 1: a card I remember, you know, Yeah it was California. 477 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,080 Speaker 1: It was yeah, it was. But before that, there wasn't 478 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:55,600 Speaker 1: anywhere to get them. And then all of a sudden, 479 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:58,120 Speaker 1: they started popping up everywhere. And then we started doing 480 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:00,280 Speaker 1: them online. And then they were like busting people before 481 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 1: doing them online because they're saying, no, that's not the 482 00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:04,040 Speaker 1: way you're supposed to do it. Then they were doing this, 483 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:05,760 Speaker 1: and they were doing that. I mean, it just has 484 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:08,040 Speaker 1: to evolve, and a lot of people don't understand that 485 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:11,880 Speaker 1: patience is a virtue and sometimes these dates are very 486 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,760 Speaker 1: very far behind. But a four hour course for a 487 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:16,960 Speaker 1: doctor I don't know. I's find out. Just to see 488 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,320 Speaker 1: the doctor. We'll know the doctors have to take a 489 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:23,000 Speaker 1: four hour course to be able to prescribe prescribe it. Well, 490 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:25,480 Speaker 1: so I guess. I mean, let me ask you this though, 491 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 1: this is probably protecting their butt, Don't get me wrong, 492 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:35,480 Speaker 1: it does. But I feel like the cannabinoid degree, so 493 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 1: to speak, the cannabinoid which I don't have the degree, 494 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,880 Speaker 1: and I don't have the knowledge that I wish I did, 495 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:45,000 Speaker 1: but if I did, I think it would take a course, 496 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:48,920 Speaker 1: not a fucking four hour class. You know what I'm saying. 497 00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 1: I think it's a little My point behind that is 498 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:55,639 Speaker 1: four hour course and now you're a certified doctor to 499 00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:58,560 Speaker 1: tell you everything you need to know. Canabis is a 500 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:00,879 Speaker 1: little fast, that's my point. I mean, because you go 501 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 1: to med school for four or eight years, you know 502 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,320 Speaker 1: what I'm saying, Like, it's just I'm happy for it. 503 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:07,239 Speaker 1: Don't get me wrong. Start giving out these you know, 504 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:10,200 Speaker 1: medical conditions and cards and whatnot. But I just find 505 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:12,120 Speaker 1: it to be a little quick. Well, let's be honest, 506 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 1: four hours is enough time to do anything. I mean, 507 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:16,359 Speaker 1: you know, as far as to have an education. We 508 00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:18,080 Speaker 1: can have a dinner in four hours for yeah, we 509 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:20,600 Speaker 1: and we we have I mean so, I mean, but 510 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 1: the thought is, the thought is is at least they're 511 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:25,720 Speaker 1: doing something to cover their butts saying, well, we gave 512 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:28,960 Speaker 1: them some kind of training, you know. But ultimately it 513 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:32,160 Speaker 1: almost seems like it's a joke because it's only four hours. Yeah, 514 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 1: so it's going green and West Virginia because they're making 515 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,159 Speaker 1: money out there. I also got another one where I 516 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:38,520 Speaker 1: want to jump in because that one I just kind 517 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:41,200 Speaker 1: of wanted to throw out there is you know, once again, 518 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:45,120 Speaker 1: Medican w V dot org is the website m E. 519 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:49,040 Speaker 1: D c A n w V dot org. If you're 520 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:50,520 Speaker 1: out in West Virginia and you want to get a 521 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:53,120 Speaker 1: medical carter, you know somebody out there, uh in there. 522 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:56,560 Speaker 1: But another thing that's going green blue, And I get 523 00:28:57,280 --> 00:28:59,440 Speaker 1: mixed feelings about this for some weird reason, and I 524 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:01,040 Speaker 1: don't know why. Kind of want to talk this out 525 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:03,160 Speaker 1: with you and and see where I go, because as 526 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 1: I think about it, it it makes me and I don't 527 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:10,880 Speaker 1: know why, I feel like I'm the hypocrites about it. 528 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:12,719 Speaker 1: So let me get to it. And it goes down 529 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:15,920 Speaker 1: to psychedelics could be the next cannabis like boom, it's 530 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:17,719 Speaker 1: going to be and it's going to be. But for 531 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:21,120 Speaker 1: some weird, stupid reason, when I think of these psychedelics, 532 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:24,480 Speaker 1: I get this weird stomach ache because I think I 533 00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:27,240 Speaker 1: just ate eighth the mushrooms or I took a hit 534 00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:31,000 Speaker 1: a tab of of acid and it just makes you 535 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:34,480 Speaker 1: go oh. And it's at the infant industry stages, right. 536 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:38,600 Speaker 1: But this potential market opportunity for psychedelics as much as 537 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:43,640 Speaker 1: one hundred billion dollars globally according to this Vancouver, British 538 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:47,800 Speaker 1: Columbian based investment banking firm that did this uh study. 539 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:53,400 Speaker 1: And scientists believe that psychedelics could help treat a range 540 00:29:53,400 --> 00:30:00,760 Speaker 1: of medical health and behavior issues, including depression, anxiety, post 541 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:09,520 Speaker 1: traumatic stress disorders PTSD, right addiction, and attention deficient hyperactive disorders, 542 00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:11,840 Speaker 1: the main ingredients that I mean. So my point is 543 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:15,400 Speaker 1: just that alone, let's just stay there, right, So scientists 544 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:18,920 Speaker 1: believe This is where I get mad at myself, going, 545 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:23,080 Speaker 1: why do you feel this way, Joe When scientists who 546 00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:25,880 Speaker 1: are a lot smarter than your fat ass are telling 547 00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:30,040 Speaker 1: you that they could help with the range of mental 548 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:34,080 Speaker 1: health and behavior issues depression, anxiety, post Now and now 549 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:37,360 Speaker 1: I go from reading this blue to thinking we have 550 00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:43,000 Speaker 1: such a homeless crisis, that is these issues part of 551 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:46,280 Speaker 1: this homeless problem we have. Are these homeless people dealing 552 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:48,920 Speaker 1: with more mental health than we realize. Are a lot 553 00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:51,120 Speaker 1: of them choosing to be there, But my gut feels 554 00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:53,800 Speaker 1: like they have a lot of mental issues right They're 555 00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:59,120 Speaker 1: they're dealing with depression, anxiety, post traumatic stress disorders, addictions 556 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:05,480 Speaker 1: to should hyperactive disorders. Maybe they need something like this 557 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:09,920 Speaker 1: they do how to percent Joe. Now there's people now 558 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:12,040 Speaker 1: ready for the asshole in me that goes, well, we 559 00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:13,920 Speaker 1: give it to him and they're a crazier. Well this 560 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:15,920 Speaker 1: is the problem. So so you know why I think 561 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:17,680 Speaker 1: that sometimes you see where I'm going with it. They're 562 00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:20,360 Speaker 1: like you, but think about it like this, ten years 563 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:22,719 Speaker 1: ago when you were completely sober and you still are. 564 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:24,920 Speaker 1: But I'm just saying ten years ago, right, how long 565 00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:28,080 Speaker 1: you been sober? Now? Pleasures? Okay, So ten years ago 566 00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:31,880 Speaker 1: if before when the big cannabis movement was just apparently 567 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:35,360 Speaker 1: launching off, you know, the question is is did you 568 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:37,560 Speaker 1: possibly feel the same way about these things until you 569 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:42,360 Speaker 1: were educated on why they helped? Funny enough, not about 570 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:46,920 Speaker 1: cannabis because cannabis, Like I said, growing up, um, you 571 00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:50,000 Speaker 1: used to the alcohol like you know, we use it 572 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:54,240 Speaker 1: in rubs and stuff. And always felt like cannabis was 573 00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:57,000 Speaker 1: medicine as I'm American Indian as well, you know, win 574 00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:00,200 Speaker 1: a big o Indian out of Nebraska, and looking back 575 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:04,000 Speaker 1: at the culture and the history, the vibe I've always 576 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:07,200 Speaker 1: deeply felt was that, you know, am I sitting here 577 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:12,600 Speaker 1: smoking joint snow? Am I using THC rubs and creams 578 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:15,760 Speaker 1: and tinksters and oils and pin here and there at night? Yes? 579 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:18,600 Speaker 1: But I'm not going to smoke a flower kind of 580 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:23,280 Speaker 1: its joint. But I going into the era of when 581 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:27,920 Speaker 1: it became becoming legal in California, as me being sober 582 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:31,160 Speaker 1: X amount of years at that time, I was like, 583 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:33,720 Speaker 1: teach its own as it should be, right, But it 584 00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:36,600 Speaker 1: doesn't mean I'm gonna go use it. I used. I 585 00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:38,959 Speaker 1: used the products that I never thought i'd use, Like 586 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:42,120 Speaker 1: I never thought, oh, I'm gonna use a t C product? Right? 587 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:46,240 Speaker 1: Have you ever micro dost though? Well, when I've had 588 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:49,000 Speaker 1: the pain, because I mean, I mean, listen, I think 589 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:53,040 Speaker 1: and in a small and a small amount, right, if 590 00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:56,520 Speaker 1: you gave somebody like a very small amount of mushrooms. 591 00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:58,080 Speaker 1: You know, that's what I think, and I think they're right, 592 00:32:58,120 --> 00:32:59,560 Speaker 1: and I think the scientists are. At my point is 593 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:02,280 Speaker 1: like I believe of My question is, and here's why 594 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:04,600 Speaker 1: I think this is going this way. Ready for this, 595 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:11,880 Speaker 1: and I'll tell you where the drawback can be. Opioids, right, 596 00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:17,440 Speaker 1: very addicting, good old white people, baby vic and Viking 597 00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:21,600 Speaker 1: in oxycodons, all this stuff, right, they're very addicting. And 598 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:24,240 Speaker 1: I think that they needed to find something else to 599 00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:28,400 Speaker 1: replace them because the addiction. Absolutely, so you think you 600 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:31,880 Speaker 1: they want the whole conspiracy theories. It's not that it's 601 00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:36,200 Speaker 1: gonna addicted to these to these psychedelics. It's the next 602 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:40,080 Speaker 1: it's the next, take that next stepisode. Let me let 603 00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:43,040 Speaker 1: me talk big money. It's not crazy shit, it is 604 00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:44,920 Speaker 1: big money. I like, you know what, I kind of like, 605 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:48,760 Speaker 1: be honest, it's not crazy. So you're saying to get 606 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:53,320 Speaker 1: this clear, this is the next move to get the 607 00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:57,560 Speaker 1: people on pharmaceutic, pharmaceutic and we and we just realized, 608 00:33:57,600 --> 00:33:59,320 Speaker 1: as I told you, I talk to some pharmaceutical people, 609 00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:01,640 Speaker 1: they're getting in this game. Of course, the judicals aren't't 610 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:03,320 Speaker 1: afraid of it no more. They're like well, we're going 611 00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:05,440 Speaker 1: into this, we're studying this, we're buying this. Why that 612 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:09,000 Speaker 1: because of what baby did you just give me? Children? 613 00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:12,520 Speaker 1: Think about it, you know, because becauld you say, you say, 614 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:14,280 Speaker 1: here's I agree with you. Here I agree with you. Actually, 615 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:17,359 Speaker 1: here's fifty. Here's fifty pills or fifty You don't think 616 00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:21,520 Speaker 1: you don't think scientists can figure out a better way 617 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:23,359 Speaker 1: to get them off those pills. But they now they're 618 00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:26,000 Speaker 1: addicted to say do they get them addicted to another drug? 619 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:29,080 Speaker 1: Psychedelic drug to get you up? So it's not gonna 620 00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:31,879 Speaker 1: get them off. So let's say that you have your 621 00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:35,160 Speaker 1: on riddling, okay, which is highly addictive, big one, okay, 622 00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:38,400 Speaker 1: So instead of giving them riddling, guys like you and 623 00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:40,200 Speaker 1: he should be on it. Probably I bet Marcus and 624 00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:42,960 Speaker 1: he doesn't tell nobody, right, So we're on it, right, 625 00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:44,960 Speaker 1: and it starts to become addicting to us because we 626 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:49,279 Speaker 1: have to rely on it every day or adderall a vary, 627 00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:53,319 Speaker 1: children too, everybody. So they give us small doses, right, 628 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:56,520 Speaker 1: But what happens when the child becomes an adult and goes, 629 00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:58,600 Speaker 1: well I need a little more, and they start to 630 00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:00,360 Speaker 1: sell No longer works the same way. It used to 631 00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:02,680 Speaker 1: because they need a little more and then they little 632 00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:05,560 Speaker 1: So the same thing with psychedelics. So what happens is 633 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:07,160 Speaker 1: is you go, you know what I'm gonna take to today. 634 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:09,000 Speaker 1: I don't feel well. So you take two and you go, wow, 635 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:11,239 Speaker 1: that felt really good. Let me try four. And then 636 00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:13,840 Speaker 1: now you you're full on tripping and you're like, wow, 637 00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:17,400 Speaker 1: these these things are amazing when I take ten of them. 638 00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:21,520 Speaker 1: And so it's the same concept. And the unfortunate side 639 00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:24,080 Speaker 1: is that anything that can be abused will be abused, 640 00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:26,759 Speaker 1: anything that you know. So so you start to think 641 00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:29,960 Speaker 1: about it, are people gonna abuse these? Of course they are? 642 00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:33,719 Speaker 1: And is there money and abuse? Absolutely, And so as 643 00:35:33,719 --> 00:35:37,320 Speaker 1: you start to look into that, it's a sick world 644 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:40,840 Speaker 1: and very much more methodically thought out than most of 645 00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:44,600 Speaker 1: us think. And so when we're sitting here and we're going, yeah, 646 00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:47,160 Speaker 1: we want to prove these marijuana, we want cannabis, we 647 00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:49,239 Speaker 1: want to prove you know, mushrooms, and we want to 648 00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:52,719 Speaker 1: prove lsd well, guess what, guys, people are gonna take 649 00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:56,040 Speaker 1: advantage of that. There's gonna be people on the streets saying, look, 650 00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:58,120 Speaker 1: I don't need this anymore, and they're gonna sell it 651 00:35:58,440 --> 00:36:00,840 Speaker 1: and there goes the game. Well, just to give you 652 00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:05,360 Speaker 1: some more insight, studies done since two thousand sixteen by JOHNS. Hopkins, 653 00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:10,960 Speaker 1: University of Maryland and other researchers show potential for psychedelics 654 00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:15,719 Speaker 1: to treat persistent depression. Depressions real like a two dollar bill. 655 00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:18,840 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, you got folks killing themselves. You got folks 656 00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:21,600 Speaker 1: running in the walls, hitting people who don't know how 657 00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:24,319 Speaker 1: to deal with the depression, acting like a fool. So 658 00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:28,920 Speaker 1: if psychedelics are the way out, well, then let's make 659 00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:33,799 Speaker 1: it happen. Captain hundred billion dollar globally, according to Vancouver, 660 00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:40,200 Speaker 1: British Columbia based investment banking firm can Accord Genity. We'll 661 00:36:40,239 --> 00:36:42,919 Speaker 1: find out. But thank you for listening to Cannabis Talk 662 00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:45,560 Speaker 1: one on one. If no one else loves you, we do. 663 00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:48,279 Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to Cannabis Talk one oh one 664 00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:51,480 Speaker 1: on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever 665 00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:52,759 Speaker 1: you get your podcasts