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 --> 00:00:14,080 Speaker 1: at Law. We're the world's number one podcast for everything cannabis. Hello, 4 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: welcome to Cannabis Talk one on one. My name is Blue. 5 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 1: Alongside of me is Janey Christine and Joe Grande, and 6 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:22,119 Speaker 1: you are now tuned in to the greatest cannabis show 7 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 1: for smoking cannabis period giving all kinds of great information, 8 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: all kinds of good things. Thank you guys for listening 9 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 1: all around the world a hundred and sixteen different countries. 10 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:34,879 Speaker 1: We greatly appreciate you guys. If you ever want to 11 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: call in and say hello, maybe even leave a message 12 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 1: for the ladies of Cannabis Talk one oh one, as 13 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:42,199 Speaker 1: they've been doing so good. I love the story you 14 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 1: guys did on the celebrities and all their different cannabis 15 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:48,919 Speaker 1: companies and what you guys didn't know. It's just the 16 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 1: the information that you're bringing you guys is awesome. So 17 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: Jane and Christine thank you guys so much for doing 18 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 1: what you do. We appreciate you. But on this show 19 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 1: we're gonna do skins and shirts, so Blue, and I 20 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: will keep the shirts on just because the old school basketball, 21 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, like you know, like a game. 22 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:11,319 Speaker 1: Are you guys down? Down, guys, it's a triangle offense. 23 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: Hold on, I'm gonna set a screen. Here we go. 24 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 1: That's a trap. It's the tire we go. But thank 25 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: you guys all for listening to give us a call 26 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:22,400 Speaker 1: eight and say hello to the lovely ladies once again. 27 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: It's Christine. What's that number? Wow? Picked up on? You 28 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 1: get she realized I better pay attention. I can't believe that. 29 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:37,960 Speaker 1: And of course follow us on line everywhere at Cannabis 30 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 1: talk one on one and we want to think. Of course, Erica, Priscilla, 31 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 1: Able and Brandon are great in turns out there Blue, 32 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 1: I have some big information though. This is Going Green 33 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: for those who don't know, Joe Grande has a Go 34 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: Green segment and this right here is some breaking news. 35 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: Let's go the London. Hold on, let me beat box 36 00:01:56,240 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 1: at the kind of talk police. Jeez, that got me good. 37 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 1: I love now right London, But folks, that was so awesome. 38 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 1: I love what I do that. I made fun of 39 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 1: you the other day for doing it, and now I'm 40 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 1: just ripping myself and I won't stop anyhow, I'm an idiot, 41 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 1: but let me get you the story. The London Stock 42 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 1: Exchange opens for business with the cannabis industry, folks, is 43 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 1: breaking news in London. They're now allowing cannabis firms to 44 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 1: trade on the exchange. It will impact, of course the UK, 45 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: if not beyond that. Now the newly London broadening it's 46 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,799 Speaker 1: reached to allow cannabis firms to list on the LSC. 47 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 1: Now this development is absolutely because the European divorce. Alright, 48 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: so they broke up. They're saying, now we can do 49 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: these things on our own. Of course politics and all that, 50 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:55,119 Speaker 1: but also a sign of the potential, if not appetite 51 00:02:55,320 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 1: for further sector developments domestically meaning domestically cannabis so opening 52 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:04,679 Speaker 1: up around the world. We have a London office that 53 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: Cali fakes London optics, so meaning road trip. First time 54 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: to London, I was seventeen and I loved it and 55 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:15,359 Speaker 1: I met Prince out there at concert. It was dope. Anyhow, 56 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: long side story, cannabis reform of course making its way. 57 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 1: UK has been on it since two thousand seventeen, trying 58 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 1: to make some moves, but the l s U L 59 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: S E. Opening this up is big blue. We've talked 60 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 1: about this and and watch when I mentioned this, you're 61 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 1: gonna be like, oh my god. We mentioned David Beckham 62 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: whenever he gets his hands on it's gonna be big. 63 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: A while back when I said, even Beacon, he's gonna 64 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 1: be on the trade. Right, So peep this first off, 65 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 1: it's israel medical vape maker uh Cannaboo is the first 66 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 1: firm to hold its I p O on the exchange. Right. So, folks, 67 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 1: when I say these things, I'm not a stock investor. 68 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 1: I'm not you know, telling you where to put your money. 69 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: But when these are the first big companies are doing that, 70 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: Like I said earlier with David Beckham, Patty, you're you're 71 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 1: gonna sucking. They're probably gonna do some big things, you 72 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: know what I mean. So I p O. That's the 73 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: first one holding that. It's cannaboom. And then Australians m 74 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 1: g C Pharmaceuticals was the first to actually list its 75 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 1: shares last week, which is big. Australia's m g C Pharmaceuticals, 76 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:18,719 Speaker 1: a skin care company backed by no other than we've 77 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:22,039 Speaker 1: talked about him, kick him like Beckham. David Beckham is 78 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:26,160 Speaker 1: also planning its debut, although they use a synthetic form 79 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:29,279 Speaker 1: of CBD. But bottom line, folks, like I said, David Beckham, 80 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:31,239 Speaker 1: when he gets his hand on something, it's gonna be big. 81 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 1: And you know there's this German company jumping in there, 82 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 1: it's huge. Why are they doing synthetically? I don't have 83 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 1: that answer and know that, but that's the way the 84 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 1: company wants to do that, and that's what the story 85 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:43,479 Speaker 1: had to say there, and I thought it was kind 86 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 1: of strange as well. Although they use a synthetic form 87 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 1: of CBD, I do have a feeling that David Beckham 88 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: and his line of engineers, scientists, doctors that he's using 89 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:58,479 Speaker 1: there's got to be a methodical reason for it. Yeah, 90 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:00,599 Speaker 1: that's I was really curious because know he's got a 91 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:03,840 Speaker 1: huge scene behind that company exactly, and because he's one 92 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: of the best stronger athletes to ever play any game 93 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 1: and definitely play at a highest level for so long 94 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 1: that I actually want to look at interesting. Yeah, so 95 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,279 Speaker 1: looking at David beck and skincare company which they're coming 96 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: out with, but now it's going to be traded over 97 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 1: there in London and it's just It doesn't get any 98 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 1: bigger and better than that, Folks, when it starts trading 99 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 1: like that, When you see things like this happening across 100 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:29,840 Speaker 1: the pond, it's that you know, it's recreational legal here 101 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 1: in America. Guess what now, I'm thinking universally legal everywhere? 102 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: Well again, so which is a quick sign of federally legalization, 103 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: right and stuffing. This just rolls back into saying, how 104 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 1: are they going to allow everybody else around us to 105 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: go federal except the United States. It's impossible because you 106 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 1: know why because then you know what happens is is 107 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 1: that what do they say you have to fly? Okay, 108 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:55,359 Speaker 1: so you want to transport cannabis from Canada to Mexico. 109 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:57,479 Speaker 1: What do you have to do? Well, you gotta go 110 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:00,080 Speaker 1: to the United States. You can't, it's federally illegal. So 111 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,160 Speaker 1: you're gonna go around? How do you go around? Well, 112 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:05,159 Speaker 1: you know it's too far. So there's no way that 113 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:07,600 Speaker 1: they're gonna do it, because then then then you're forcing 114 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,919 Speaker 1: other states, i mean other um, you know, governments to 115 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 1: transport and then there's all kinds of problems and it's 116 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 1: just happening. This is the administration that's gonna let it in. 117 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: We believe that, uh, and I think it's it's it's time. 118 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's helped our economy, but most importantly, 119 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 1: it's helped our people. If you go back to why 120 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,719 Speaker 1: people are, um, you know, using cannabis instead of other drugs, 121 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 1: it's because cannabis has been here to hell of a 122 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 1: lot longer and it has a lot more benefits and 123 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:37,479 Speaker 1: it helps a lot more people. And and so there's 124 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,840 Speaker 1: anecdotal evidence that proves that. And now that there's that, 125 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:44,159 Speaker 1: you have other countries getting involved, and it is going 126 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 1: down and the London Stock Exchange is the first to 127 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 1: jump up like this, well not the first, because it's 128 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 1: being traded already on the exchange in Canada, thank you 129 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 1: very much. So Canada is doing it, London is gonna 130 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:59,679 Speaker 1: do it, and all the bridges are gonna be falling down, 131 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 1: fall down. US is coming, dude. And I like the 132 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 1: name to cannon boom cannaboo, you know, speaking of that though, Joe, 133 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 1: you know, kind of going back to Clubhouse and if 134 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 1: you haven't checked out Clubhouse, and you know they're not 135 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 1: paying us to say this, but you know, I thoroughly 136 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 1: believe in the the app. I think it's a great 137 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 1: app to connect with people. And we were on last 138 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 1: night or the night before whatever, and so we're having 139 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 1: these conversations and I'm sitting there about you know, this 140 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 1: social equity guy and he's like, look, dude, I'm not 141 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 1: going to sell out to nobody. And we're like, dude, 142 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 1: great for you. You know, you got to have some 143 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 1: paper to compete with them. Well, and he's like, I 144 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 1: don't have any paper. I just got my license. But 145 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 1: you know, I'm from the old school dog And I'm like, look, bro, 146 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 1: I said, so am I like, I come from that error, 147 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 1: I said, and I and I respect it, I said, 148 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 1: but let me let me share with you, like the 149 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 1: way I envisioned it rolling out. And you know it 150 00:07:57,240 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 1: sucks because when I get on and I start talking 151 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 1: about that and I go, look, you know the you know, 152 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 1: the way I envisioned it happening, people are upset. Matt, 153 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 1: like I'm the one that's you know, doing this, and 154 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 1: I'm like, no, I'm not saying that that I agree 155 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 1: with this. I'm saying I believe this is gonna happen. 156 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 1: And it was. You know, it's coming in, It's coming 157 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: in strong. The states have taken a stance. They did 158 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 1: it without federal permission. The federal governments that have come 159 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 1: in and go, look, this is how we're going to 160 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 1: roll it out. Because now they're going to roll it out, 161 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 1: they have a different plan. Their plan isn't the way 162 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 1: the state did it. The plan they want to you know, implement, 163 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 1: in my opinion, is going to be through your major 164 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 1: distribution hubs. What hubs are those? Well? Costco, Walmart, Amazon, Target, Amazon? Right? 165 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:49,199 Speaker 1: Ever heard of that with Amazon? Well it's just one 166 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 1: little company. But but I'll share with you though, why 167 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: hasn't Amazon allowed anybody to sell CBD until very recently 168 00:08:57,679 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 1: Because they don't have the stamp and are a federal company. 169 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 1: They run on the same rails. They don't want that. 170 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 1: But it's funny because they're doing it, which is crazy, 171 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:08,840 Speaker 1: but they're risking it because they're making so much fucking 172 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:10,959 Speaker 1: money that they can risk it with their portfolio, but 173 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 1: they're doing it with with has to say it has 174 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 1: to be hamp derived. So can't so you can't have 175 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 1: three three seeing it, which is the way that companies 176 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:23,440 Speaker 1: want to operate, so they can have more of an 177 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 1: orchestration effect or the entourage effects or whatever they're trying 178 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 1: to accomplish. So it goes back to though, the moment 179 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:34,199 Speaker 1: that opens up and they're selling th HC on Amazon, guys, 180 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 1: think about it. Why you can buy anything you want. 181 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:40,200 Speaker 1: You can buy food, alcohol, drinks, whatever. When that happens, 182 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 1: it's gonna be crazy because that's when the white I mean, 183 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 1: and as it is, the cannabis has already dropping. You know, 184 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:50,719 Speaker 1: there the pounds October fests and c October and I've 185 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:54,200 Speaker 1: just seen a story in Canada. They have so much 186 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 1: fucking weed out there, bottom line, I mean, I'm let 187 00:09:57,400 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 1: me try to find the story that I've seen because 188 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:02,320 Speaker 1: sumer partways it a uh the pounds wise that they have, 189 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 1: it's just a stupid amount. I read a story anyhow. 190 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:07,240 Speaker 1: The prices are coming down, is the moral of the story, 191 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:10,080 Speaker 1: because there's so much flower that's being produced. Look to 192 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:11,559 Speaker 1: give you the exact numbers, I'll be able to do it. 193 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 1: I want to do the whole story. But there's it's 194 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:15,959 Speaker 1: it's coming down. And to speak of numbers and stories 195 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,000 Speaker 1: like that. Before we break, I gotta tell you, guys 196 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 1: that Americans purchased seventeen point nine billion dollars in cannabis 197 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 1: products over the past calendar year. That's seven point two billion, folks. 198 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 1: That's what the killer beat, more than the ten point 199 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 1: seven billion in sales from two thousand nineteen. Of course, 200 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:35,079 Speaker 1: this pandemic helped tremendously, but the money is just financially growing, growing, growing. 201 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:37,719 Speaker 1: With so many consumers staying at home, of course, and 202 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:41,080 Speaker 1: social distancing, they turned, you know, a new cope, which 203 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:44,480 Speaker 1: is cannabis. As a result of market projections were through 204 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 1: the you know, through the rictors one going crazy. And 205 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 1: I told you guys the other day what they're expecting 206 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 1: it to be in hundred forty one billion dollars that 207 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:54,960 Speaker 1: they're considering it's gonna be looking at because of this 208 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 1: growth that it's continuing to take. That was state though, 209 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 1: that's that's with all the with the five new states 210 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 1: coming in, they're now anticipated to be a hundred But 211 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 1: that's without a federal push. That's that's what it's. Maybe 212 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:10,080 Speaker 1: they're predicting the federal push that they're predicting with the 213 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 1: five new states that just came aboard right now. Right, No, 214 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:16,439 Speaker 1: but I'm saying, but I'm wondering. I'm sure they calculated, 215 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 1: right the federal legalization of within that. I don't think 216 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:22,199 Speaker 1: they did with that because they said in the story 217 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:24,560 Speaker 1: because of the five new states, So I don't think 218 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:26,440 Speaker 1: they were refer to the five years. What they were 219 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:31,840 Speaker 1: saying pretty much big thing. Instead, it gives us of 220 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 1: all of the of the states are legal at that point, 221 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:37,240 Speaker 1: right that leaves like two states or one or two states. Well, 222 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 1: well with that right there, that's still the five and 223 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 1: right now there's only three states that have nothing that 224 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 1: you can sell cannabis in. So it's kind of crazy 225 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 1: they think that that's what they're projecting. And of course 226 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 1: this is according to Leafleet and that they're saying the 227 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 1: nationwide sales of medical and adult use of marijuana is 228 00:11:50,559 --> 00:11:56,000 Speaker 1: increased sixty seven percent over two thousand nineteen. That's sixty 229 00:11:56,480 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: seven percent, and it's continually to grow. There. It is, guys, 230 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:03,320 Speaker 1: Cannabis Talk one on one, and now for the Women 231 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:27,079 Speaker 1: of Cannabis Talk one on one. Right back, Hi, welcome 232 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:29,520 Speaker 1: to Women in Cannabis Talk one on one. I'm Jane 233 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:34,840 Speaker 1: Alt and I'm Christine Smith, and you are Cannabis Talk 234 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 1: one on one. Welcome everybody. Today, we are talking about 235 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:43,600 Speaker 1: an article that really touched my heart Cannabis and jobs 236 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 1: from Leafy dot com. Well, I like getting the munchy, 237 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 1: so I sure love hearing about cannabis and being all 238 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 1: the afford to two Yeah. So it what a what 239 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:55,840 Speaker 1: a traumatic year we had for and moving into twenty 240 00:12:56,760 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 1: one Leafy Job reports issued earlier today, they found three 241 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:05,480 Speaker 1: hundred and twenty one thousand full time jobs supported by 242 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 1: the legal cannabis industry in January, full time people working 243 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:18,440 Speaker 1: in Weed. If you think about how many jobs that is, 244 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 1: and what think about how many jobs we lost, how 245 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 1: many people were out of work, and how many people 246 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 1: were on unemployment or not, and then think about the 247 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:32,640 Speaker 1: cannabis industry and and if you know, uh, federal prohibition 248 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 1: prevents the US Department of Labor from counting state legal 249 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 1: marijuana jobs since two thousand and seventeen. So Leafing News 250 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 1: and the data team filed decided to fill that gap 251 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:49,960 Speaker 1: and team up with Whitley Electronics Economics. Sorry about that 252 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:54,880 Speaker 1: many consultant firm that specializes in the Canada space. Now 253 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:59,080 Speaker 1: think about how beautiful that is Christine having a having 254 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 1: all these people without jobs and then the cannabis industry 255 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 1: coming in and giving everyone a job. Oh, it's so 256 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 1: it's so exciting about these articles. And think about it. 257 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:08,319 Speaker 1: I mean you can have the growers, the trimmers, the 258 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 1: bud tenders, I mean everything. I mean anyone who's interesting cannabis. Uh. 259 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:15,439 Speaker 1: I mean you can you can draw, you can grow. 260 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 1: It's just it's so cool, like anyone can get in 261 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 1: a cannabis right now. And if you think about that too. 262 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 1: We have some friends named Betty Jane and I want 263 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 1: to give a shout out to her because she is 264 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 1: taking bar tenders and making them bud tenders. Betty Janes, 265 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 1: we met her at We'd con love her, love her. 266 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 1: We also bet what Buddy's chocolates through her? You guys 267 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:39,960 Speaker 1: love them? Yes? And Buddy Chocolates And talking about bud 268 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 1: tenders versus bar tenders? Is that the thing of Christine? Well, 269 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 1: that's what the article was saying. I mean, think about it. 270 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 1: Who would you rather be around all of these people 271 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 1: who come to your place of business to get healthy 272 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 1: or people who come didn't get drunk and want to 273 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 1: grope you. I mean it's an easy, easy win. Who 274 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:00,600 Speaker 1: would you rather work with you? I don't a gun bars? 275 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 1: Or would you rather be a bud tender. It's such 276 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 1: an interesting thing thinking about education too, because how long 277 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 1: have we been drinking? And think about how long have 278 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:12,360 Speaker 1: we been smoking. But the fact that we're growing in 279 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 1: this cannabis space some of the stuff that we're learning 280 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 1: as we go, so the education is really important. But 281 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 1: bud tenders are the future. Oh no, they are the 282 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 1: number one complained we heard going around. Uh you know how, 283 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 1: you and I went around for since the last week 284 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 1: on meeting dispensaries, meeting women in cannabis, and everyone was saying, 285 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 1: the number one complaint is they can't find educated bud tenders. 286 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 1: And that's why I love that we have this platform, 287 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 1: and you know, we can give honest shout outs to 288 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 1: the dispensaries that we personally see are wonderful. Wait a minute, though, Christine, 289 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 1: don't you have a history Where have you ever been 290 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:51,720 Speaker 1: a bartender or waitress? I have? At what place? Do 291 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:54,720 Speaker 1: you remember? Uh? Yeah, I worked in a bar um 292 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 1: and yeah, and it was a cocktail server. No, what's funny. 293 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 1: And I cannot tell you how many guys I smacked 294 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 1: for being appropriate trying to grow me and they look shocked. 295 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 1: I'm like, well, what do you think you touched my ass. 296 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 1: My your action is to hit you. And so it's 297 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 1: like I never would have gone into bars if I 298 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 1: if I had the opportunity to work up, you know, 299 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 1: be a bud a bud tender back then. And speaking 300 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 1: of bars and bud tenders and and bar tenders, bud 301 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:20,120 Speaker 1: tenders and cantle lounges, do you think it's going to 302 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:22,440 Speaker 1: be groping and all that stuff in the candle lounges? 303 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 1: You know, I really don't because if you think about it, 304 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 1: like I've never had anyone be super high and being appropriate. 305 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 1: I mean they could be annoying. You gotta be around 306 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 1: me a little longer. Don how much we do I 307 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 1: have to give you until you're inappropriate today? Wait, here's 308 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 1: the hold on. I get a pounded my person. That's 309 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 1: what we always want. We got candle lounges open up 310 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 1: all over in Vegas. We have min l A, we 311 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:47,800 Speaker 1: got all of that Gonda juice, that love juice. And 312 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 1: talking about the gap between alcohol and cannabis, do you 313 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:56,080 Speaker 1: think that is going to be the alcohol and work cannabis? Oh, 314 00:16:56,120 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 1: definitely cannabis. I know on our past few shows we've 315 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 1: talked about this a great length, how much people are 316 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:05,240 Speaker 1: what cannas cells like what double last year? Right? Alcohol 317 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:08,600 Speaker 1: cells is going down? And you know, um, I mean 318 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:11,880 Speaker 1: I know personally, the more, uh, the more I get 319 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:15,159 Speaker 1: into cannabis, the less I drink. We have to We 320 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:21,280 Speaker 1: have in Americans published eighteen point or purchase eighteen point 321 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:24,080 Speaker 1: three billion worth of cannabis products. That's a seventy one 322 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:30,560 Speaker 1: increase since twenty nineteen. Now imagine one sec increase. So 323 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 1: think about that one about what that actually means. Seventy 324 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:36,479 Speaker 1: one percent of these people are getting healthier, They're being 325 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 1: able to sleep, they're gonna be able to move, and 326 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:41,159 Speaker 1: they're able to be an inspiration for all of their 327 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:43,880 Speaker 1: family members that don't have canvas like hey mom, now 328 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:46,359 Speaker 1: I can sleep, Now I'm not in pain. Well, I 329 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:49,919 Speaker 1: would only take that about six because I'm about eleven 330 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 1: percent myself smoking cannabis and Christine probably isn't on that too. 331 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 1: So pray about we all have to talk about that. 332 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 1: And let's talk about the black Americans represent of our 333 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:06,199 Speaker 1: national population, but they only represent one point two to 334 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 1: one point seven percent of the cannabis are cannabis company owners. 335 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:13,679 Speaker 1: That's a gap that's way too far. No it really 336 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:16,640 Speaker 1: really is. And it's disappointing because I would think that 337 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:19,960 Speaker 1: in cannabis and that should be the most equal the 338 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:22,160 Speaker 1: we should be equal in the most in cannabis because 339 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:23,919 Speaker 1: we're all in it for the right reasons, you know, 340 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:26,359 Speaker 1: we all got into it for heart well mostly you know, 341 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 1: not to make money. So yeah, I'm really surprised about 342 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 1: that number. There needs to be something done to help 343 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 1: more funding something. Yeah, and think about too, even with 344 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:37,680 Speaker 1: the Black Lives Matter movement and all of the wonderful 345 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:40,159 Speaker 1: things that they're doing with you know, and there's a 346 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:42,919 Speaker 1: lot of that movement to that has moved over into cannabis, 347 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:45,960 Speaker 1: and I think, you know, cannabis is the forefront for 348 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:49,680 Speaker 1: a lot of cultures and different things to bridge that gap, 349 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:52,080 Speaker 1: don't you think I think it's time to you know, 350 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:55,399 Speaker 1: get out of the stone age and move into the future. Yeah. No, 351 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:57,639 Speaker 1: it's disappointing. So you know, I started, you know, my 352 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:00,399 Speaker 1: company Califex, I think about five years ago. Watches that 353 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 1: one of the people who started it. But and it's 354 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 1: crazy acause we started out and it's like it felt 355 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:06,679 Speaker 1: like a party we're at, you know, we're out, and 356 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 1: you know, everyone is just a huge mix and then 357 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:11,919 Speaker 1: every trade show, every trade show, I'm like, this is 358 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:14,120 Speaker 1: like a corporate meeting. It's like a wonder Bread commercial. 359 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:16,480 Speaker 1: It's like what happened to you know, all all the 360 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:18,800 Speaker 1: all just all the mixed cupes of people. It is 361 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:21,119 Speaker 1: kind of scary just really watching corporate come in and 362 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:25,320 Speaker 1: you know, take out all these smaller companies. It's report 363 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 1: was created by journalists, editlers, and data analysts by Leafy 364 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:33,400 Speaker 1: and partnership with all the labor um that they were 365 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:37,000 Speaker 1: doing that. They did this report that the federal prohibition 366 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 1: prevents the US government labor from counting state legal cannabis jobs. 367 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:45,880 Speaker 1: So you're telling me that, wait, it prevents them from 368 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:50,240 Speaker 1: counting state legal Interesting, so basically the federal government doesn't 369 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:53,439 Speaker 1: count those but Leafy dot com decided to do that, 370 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 1: and thank you, so leave Leaflee. We love your articles. 371 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 1: We stalk you every week and think and think about 372 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:05,080 Speaker 1: like the back community and those that were released from prison, Like, 373 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:07,440 Speaker 1: think about like all of the jobs that were lost 374 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:09,680 Speaker 1: from there, No, think about it. How many not to 375 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 1: cut you off, but how many children. I was on 376 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 1: the phone with a growing yesterday. He is he lost 377 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:17,320 Speaker 1: his children because he was a grower. Yeah, and it's 378 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:20,440 Speaker 1: just it's it's nice now that we're going back and 379 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 1: changing it and making it where some of these people 380 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:26,879 Speaker 1: that get released, no matter who they are, you know, 381 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 1: from whatever culture, are getting another chance to actually be 382 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 1: able to work in the cannabis space. Even if you were, um, 383 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:37,240 Speaker 1: you went to to for to jail for something dealing 384 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:39,919 Speaker 1: in cannabis. Can you believe that? No? I mean I 385 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:42,440 Speaker 1: had my own issues with the police for years. I mean, 386 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:44,400 Speaker 1: it's like, thank god, it's finally legal. And I can't 387 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 1: believe how many times I went to court for a 388 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:48,800 Speaker 1: lot bigger things, but there'd be people literally just like 389 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:51,160 Speaker 1: a roach click, you know, they find a little roach 390 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:52,960 Speaker 1: in the car. Six months in jail, six months in jail, 391 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,960 Speaker 1: six monthshil Like, really, you're taking away this kid's father, 392 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 1: like their parents and your little kids that they're crying 393 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:00,720 Speaker 1: and they and these judges are like, yeah, that sounds fair. 394 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:04,600 Speaker 1: Six months in jail, Like really, it's a it's a big, 395 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:06,960 Speaker 1: like I think, a big turning point for us and 396 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:10,280 Speaker 1: so much in cannabis. And it like touches my heart 397 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:13,200 Speaker 1: because my dad when I was little, did go to jail. 398 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:16,119 Speaker 1: Oh I didn't know that for a cannabis um, I 399 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:18,679 Speaker 1: think so. I know it was drug related, Dad. Sorry, 400 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 1: you're gonna have to tell your story. Sorry. Story. Stories 401 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 1: are meant to be told, and when everyone tells their story, 402 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:27,920 Speaker 1: it helps someone else be brave enough to tell their own. 403 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 1: I'm sure your dad's proud of you. My dad was 404 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:33,879 Speaker 1: the stoner of all stoner's, like I mean, till this day. 405 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:36,720 Speaker 1: If he would have liked been you know, he bless 406 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,960 Speaker 1: his heart. I'm sure he's got a Hemp news hip 407 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:41,920 Speaker 1: that's all. Hey, that'd be cool to came up. Let's 408 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:43,760 Speaker 1: make it. Oh hey, I have friends and you guys 409 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:47,480 Speaker 1: are listening. We need to make hip replacements at Hemp. Anyways, 410 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:49,920 Speaker 1: sorry to Dad had to throw under the bus there. 411 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:52,200 Speaker 1: But you know my dad, till this day, he works 412 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:54,040 Speaker 1: with a lot of people in the cannabis space. And 413 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:56,160 Speaker 1: if I would have thought what I know now, Dad, 414 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:58,040 Speaker 1: I would have think you're a legend. Well, and the 415 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:00,439 Speaker 1: listeners may not know you said the first time you 416 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:02,879 Speaker 1: smoked weed was with your dad, which is pretty awesome. Uh, 417 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:05,320 Speaker 1: talking about you again Dad. Sorry, Dad, I'm wrapping you 418 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:09,199 Speaker 1: out to you now, send me weed. That was that 419 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:11,680 Speaker 1: nasty backwoods weed? Though they call it like the ship 420 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:15,280 Speaker 1: weed or the dogshit weed. My dad was Missouri Missouri weed. 421 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 1: Missouri Missouri weed. Wow, I don't think I've ever had 422 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:22,159 Speaker 1: Missouri weed. Am I missing out? So I want to 423 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 1: give the woman of the Woman of the Day award, Christie, 424 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:28,200 Speaker 1: who does a Woman of the Day award? Go to 425 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:31,920 Speaker 1: enjoy Joy Pants, carry you over there, She's no, you're 426 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 1: sleep It's not you today, Joy, okay Um Whitney Economics 427 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 1: for their amazing work to bridge the gap with jobs 428 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:42,920 Speaker 1: and making data available to everyone in this growing industry. 429 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 1: Thank you. And that's what the old the whole article 430 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:48,960 Speaker 1: was about that we read today. Very exciting, very informative. Yes, 431 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:51,359 Speaker 1: and we want to give some shout outs. I'm super 432 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:54,400 Speaker 1: excited about that, Christie. I think that's me since we 433 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 1: were speaking about personally going to dispensereies and visiting women 434 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:03,119 Speaker 1: who we really believe in, really knowledgeable staff who we 435 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:07,320 Speaker 1: would love to work with again. So our newest list 436 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 1: that you and I went to personally new generation o 437 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 1: ce gratis. I hope I'm saying that right. Urban Culture, 438 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:20,639 Speaker 1: Cannabis Works and Catalyst, Love you ladies, love all you 439 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 1: guys too. And I want to give some shout outs, 440 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:25,119 Speaker 1: and we're gonna wrap this up because this has been 441 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:28,640 Speaker 1: a great segment on Women of Cannabis Talk one on one, 442 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:30,760 Speaker 1: and I want to give some shout outs to dime 443 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:33,880 Speaker 1: dot Industry. You know why, because what time is it, Christine, 444 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 1: I'm looking at something that says candy cane in front 445 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 1: of me. I think it's timetime. It's dimetime. And I 446 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 1: also want to give it out to Weed and dot Social. 447 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:45,160 Speaker 1: We love you ladies over there, just crushing it anthropology. 448 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 1: I see you out there. Everybody else, Hey, Christine Weed call, 449 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:52,680 Speaker 1: I got the skinny Weed. That's rights on the Skinny Queen. 450 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:55,520 Speaker 1: And Christine, where's Joe? I think I just saw him run. 451 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:58,120 Speaker 1: Joe put that burger down. The Skinny Queen is gonna 452 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:23,000 Speaker 1: hit you. Back to you boy, Christine Janet. That was amazing, man, Joe. 453 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:27,200 Speaker 1: I like when they just go and rant. I want 454 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 1: to tell the listeners whistlers, the whistlers seven silver Swan swims. Yes, 455 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 1: follow like me and Christine, we never gave a shout 456 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:43,200 Speaker 1: out to uh, you know, Janey alt At j E 457 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 1: N A E A L T and Christine's fire c 458 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:49,560 Speaker 1: H R I S T I N E S F 459 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 1: I R E. I gotta tell you, guys, I really 460 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:53,840 Speaker 1: like your Instagram pages. You guys have a lot of 461 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:56,879 Speaker 1: great sexy, beautiful fun things and check them. You're a 462 00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:59,120 Speaker 1: little not enough nudes of you though, but thank you. Yeah, 463 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:01,159 Speaker 1: you know, I'll get some there. I gotta know. I 464 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 1: don't even you know, it's funny as I've never even 465 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:05,879 Speaker 1: seen our you know, our handles on their pages. Like 466 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:07,320 Speaker 1: I was like kind of looking through it, and I 467 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:08,960 Speaker 1: was like, yeah, they don't say nothing about us on 468 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:13,040 Speaker 1: their pages. Actually, she's just standing in front of the 469 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 1: whole thing saying, you know, cannabis talk well, but on 470 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:17,520 Speaker 1: the in the in the page, like on the page, 471 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:19,440 Speaker 1: like you know what you read everything. Oh, there's nothing 472 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 1: like how we links, Like when you go to our 473 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:23,560 Speaker 1: page and you see that little link there that they 474 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 1: haven't got the tramp stamped you. Why haven't I haven't 475 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 1: stamped myself. They did a video the other day and 476 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:30,880 Speaker 1: I put photo cred peanut. Yeah, they didn't do nothing. 477 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 1: They didn't do it like nothing. And then and then 478 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:38,120 Speaker 1: you know, it'sunny because I hear the pressure of them 479 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:40,199 Speaker 1: trying to tell us, hey, well you didn't post this 480 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:41,720 Speaker 1: you didn't put my name, and I'm like, so, I 481 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:43,159 Speaker 1: was like, you know, I said, well, you know, you 482 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,440 Speaker 1: get to contact the right people, and it's it's repetition, 483 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 1: it's habits, you know, stuff stuff like that. But I 484 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:49,400 Speaker 1: went to their page and I'm like, dude, they don't 485 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:55,439 Speaker 1: even got it on ours. Where is it in the 486 00:25:55,520 --> 00:26:00,480 Speaker 1: bio of that you're on. There's nothing, and there's not 487 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:04,439 Speaker 1: the part of you guys took out Mark and Craig 488 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:06,240 Speaker 1: and you're they're no longer a part of the show. Now, 489 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 1: you guys are the women sisters. We have them tied 490 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 1: up in the trunk to tell anyone serious, shut then up. Yeah, 491 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:21,040 Speaker 1: I think we're officially the women of Cannabis Tacawa one. 492 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:22,919 Speaker 1: I think I think we need to put it in 493 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,040 Speaker 1: writing and now we finally let people know how to 494 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:28,920 Speaker 1: hold slow your role a little bit. Okay, So and 495 00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:32,800 Speaker 1: six four years yeah, put later, here we go. I 496 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:34,760 Speaker 1: got a good story for you guys. You ready for this? Yes, 497 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 1: I got a good go green one out of Colorado. 498 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 1: I've seen this story and I've seen these numbers, and 499 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:42,000 Speaker 1: I go, I gotta share this with folks, because when 500 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:44,000 Speaker 1: I see these numbers and you know, you hear me 501 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:46,239 Speaker 1: gripe about this all the time. When when everyone's going 502 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:48,119 Speaker 1: to realize it, when I say everyone these other states 503 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:50,399 Speaker 1: and just everyone in general, going how much money is 504 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:54,240 Speaker 1: cannabis really making? Well, Colorado Dispensary sold a hundred and 505 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:59,920 Speaker 1: seventy five million dollars or the product in November alone, exact, 506 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:04,159 Speaker 1: it's a wow, right, pushing the industry annual revenues with 507 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:07,360 Speaker 1: two billion dollars for the first time last year, which 508 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 1: just in Colorado, of the state. Right, So most cannabis 509 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:14,960 Speaker 1: companies in Colorado are banked at this point, but that's 510 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:19,160 Speaker 1: just the basic checking account, right. There's no merchant processing really, 511 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 1: and that's the very difficult part about this. And this 512 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 1: is where I want to get into on this right now. 513 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:27,359 Speaker 1: Money well, you know, so that's a hundred and seventy 514 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 1: five million worth there. I mean, I I gave you 515 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:33,880 Speaker 1: a story earlier, seventeen point nine billion in cannabis products 516 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:36,919 Speaker 1: over the calendar year seven point to These are with 517 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 1: the beast folks, right, So that's a lot of green 518 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:43,359 Speaker 1: dollar bills hanging out somewhere. There's no merchant processing really, 519 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:46,399 Speaker 1: and that's very difficult, And I'm talking debit cards, credit 520 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:49,080 Speaker 1: cards and things like that. And the services that do 521 00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:50,880 Speaker 1: exist is what I'm about to talk about right now, 522 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 1: and that work out there, and if you've been to 523 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:54,919 Speaker 1: a dispenser, you know, but I want to explain a 524 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 1: few things to you people out there so that you 525 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:59,159 Speaker 1: can have some more information and knowledge about this. The 526 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:02,480 Speaker 1: reason why you can't use a credit card at a 527 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:06,240 Speaker 1: dispensery to buy cannabis is because it's federally illegal. So 528 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:08,200 Speaker 1: you're thinking why not? But I use them a card 529 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:10,800 Speaker 1: and I bought a machine and I did use my 530 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:14,239 Speaker 1: credit card on the Links system. Once again, you can 531 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 1: use these fucking systems that I just paid it and 532 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:19,639 Speaker 1: it could on my other Links card. And these are 533 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 1: the workaround bullshit things that they have out there, which 534 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 1: are if you work it and you use it and 535 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:28,560 Speaker 1: it works for you, God bless right if you don't 536 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:33,200 Speaker 1: because you're sick of these over charged things that these 537 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:35,520 Speaker 1: companies got to go through. And it's funny because as 538 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:37,440 Speaker 1: I talked about this to you guys, Christine Jay, this 539 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 1: is how I met Blue. This was my specialty in working. 540 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:43,720 Speaker 1: I helped companies help with processing. I help companies process money. 541 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:45,920 Speaker 1: I know how it works. I know all the workarounds, 542 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 1: and I know the rates and all this fun stuff, 543 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:51,760 Speaker 1: but it's even harder because how these companies have to 544 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:54,200 Speaker 1: set up even their company to even be able to 545 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:57,800 Speaker 1: take end the money is bullshit. There's only a handful 546 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 1: across the whole United States where you can say Joe 547 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:03,320 Speaker 1: Grande's Greenery if that's my dispensary name and I had 548 00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:05,720 Speaker 1: my bank account that says that. If not, I gotta 549 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:11,000 Speaker 1: make up fucking Joe Grande's Entertainments and Company marketing company, 550 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:13,640 Speaker 1: or have this other teacher company that's trying to pull 551 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:16,640 Speaker 1: in my money. Because bottom line, what everybody wants and 552 00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:20,720 Speaker 1: needs is to prove that they have income to substantially 553 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:23,200 Speaker 1: provide these evidence that your company is worth this much, 554 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:25,320 Speaker 1: and it's hard to do that. It's still part of 555 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:28,600 Speaker 1: the and it's gonna be crazy once it goes stead illegal. 556 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:30,840 Speaker 1: But for folks out there to realize when you go 557 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:34,560 Speaker 1: to a dispensary and you're using a credit card, I 558 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:36,480 Speaker 1: don't know if I should really give this information to 559 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:39,280 Speaker 1: let everybody know the game too much. But it's it's suspect. 560 00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:43,000 Speaker 1: It's suspect. It's questionable. And when I say that it's 561 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,920 Speaker 1: suspecting questionable on the way they're doing that. If you're 562 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:49,280 Speaker 1: just buying some cannabis on a straight card and it's 563 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:53,520 Speaker 1: forty six fifty and you're paying forty six fifty, that's 564 00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:56,240 Speaker 1: as loopy and and loopy as it gets. And there's 565 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:58,120 Speaker 1: ways to get around that if if you know, I mean, 566 00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:04,560 Speaker 1: that's informing me, m and leave a message. My point 567 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:07,800 Speaker 1: is it's not legal, so it's not right. But and 568 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 1: I don't want to hurt the businesses by giving the 569 00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:14,160 Speaker 1: merchant the customers what they can do to get over 570 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:15,959 Speaker 1: on that, because it's that will hurt the merchant. Well, 571 00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:17,800 Speaker 1: there's also a problem. I mean, you know, it's it's 572 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:19,880 Speaker 1: almost better right that they're only taking cash for now. 573 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:24,440 Speaker 1: It is. It's the best, the best, even even later on. 574 00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:26,200 Speaker 1: And let me explain why, because I don't know about 575 00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:28,160 Speaker 1: later on. Well, let me let me share with you. 576 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:30,320 Speaker 1: Later on, they're they're gonna want to take it. Don't 577 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:33,520 Speaker 1: get me wrong, but I'm saying there's no chargebacks. There's 578 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:35,760 Speaker 1: no best. Problem the chargebacks are and a lot of 579 00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:37,520 Speaker 1: people don't even know what a chargeback is, so they're 580 00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:39,680 Speaker 1: gonna sit there and go, what's the chargeback. You know 581 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:43,040 Speaker 1: what a chargeback is? Yes, yes, okay, what is it? 582 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:45,920 Speaker 1: It's when you they charge you too much and then 583 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,320 Speaker 1: so they have to put it back on your card. No, 584 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:51,080 Speaker 1: not necessarily. It's more like I went and got high 585 00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:53,240 Speaker 1: that night and I didn't like the weed I got. 586 00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:56,400 Speaker 1: So you know, I'm gonna call my credit card and say, 587 00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:59,040 Speaker 1: I don't like it. I just bought ten ten bags 588 00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:00,920 Speaker 1: of skinny weed and guess it. And I bought some 589 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:04,800 Speaker 1: califfs and then I guess, uh, yeah, you know those charges. Yeah, uh, 590 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:07,920 Speaker 1: that's not I don't that's not really like it. Funk 591 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:09,960 Speaker 1: that and then guess what, that comes straight out of 592 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:12,680 Speaker 1: your account. And that's why that game is not to 593 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:17,120 Speaker 1: That's exactly right. You do when you don't you like it, 594 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:19,719 Speaker 1: because as a consumer you can get over on folks. 595 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:23,120 Speaker 1: But as the merchants, that's your business. It's fucked right 596 00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:27,040 Speaker 1: because it's not good. We can ye don't like it. 597 00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:28,760 Speaker 1: As a business owner, like we're just you know, you 598 00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:31,280 Speaker 1: gotta think about protecting the business. And that's why I'm saying. 599 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:33,480 Speaker 1: I mean, as as Blue said it, that's the game. 600 00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:36,120 Speaker 1: But it's a terrible concept. But and but the best 601 00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:38,320 Speaker 1: part about if you can do it, you get the 602 00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:40,200 Speaker 1: money into your bank account and you can buy things 603 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:43,200 Speaker 1: and do payroll and do things that are for your company. 604 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:45,760 Speaker 1: But it's fun to even get that. And the cannabis 605 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:48,880 Speaker 1: game is so screwed with the charge. Well not only 606 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:51,640 Speaker 1: that though, in order to work with a merchant company, 607 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:54,240 Speaker 1: right and and so you have to build a relationship 608 00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:56,360 Speaker 1: with them, so no matter like you know, a lot 609 00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:57,880 Speaker 1: of people are like, oh, yeah, I've got all this. 610 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,479 Speaker 1: This is not great, but the hardest part about scaling 611 00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:03,240 Speaker 1: the business and growing is bringing in the money. So 612 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:05,280 Speaker 1: a lot of people don't understand that. So you know, 613 00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:08,479 Speaker 1: it's a good problem to have, you think. But at 614 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,800 Speaker 1: the end of the day, you know, if you start 615 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:14,320 Speaker 1: taking in thirty thousand dollars a month, that company goes 616 00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:17,440 Speaker 1: day for these dispensaries, yeah, or a day, it's not 617 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:20,440 Speaker 1: gonna happen because they're gonna go, who who are you? 618 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:23,040 Speaker 1: You're taking thirty thousand a day, So they freeze that money, 619 00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:25,440 Speaker 1: they hold that money on a reserve and they don't 620 00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:28,080 Speaker 1: allow you to take anymore. So now you don't even 621 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:30,160 Speaker 1: have that merchant account. So you're you're saying, okay, so 622 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:32,120 Speaker 1: you get three different merchant accounts, and you have three 623 00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:36,000 Speaker 1: different transaction centers and that you actually slide your card into, 624 00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:39,600 Speaker 1: and so you go slide ten thousand on this one, 625 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:41,239 Speaker 1: and you go, okay, that's as much as we can 626 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:43,880 Speaker 1: use today. Now you gotta do ten thousand on this one. 627 00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:45,760 Speaker 1: And then now you gotta do ten thousand on that one. 628 00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:47,880 Speaker 1: And if you go a dollar over it, they flag 629 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:51,400 Speaker 1: your account. They hold that money for how long six months, 630 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:56,000 Speaker 1: one year, one year, and so, and then you can 631 00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:58,360 Speaker 1: kind of negotiate with them and say, look a little 632 00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:00,400 Speaker 1: bit back here and there, because they gotta the bank 633 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:02,320 Speaker 1: ready for the bank's fault and problem that they look 634 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:04,440 Speaker 1: at the bank goes which I can see their point, 635 00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:09,239 Speaker 1: ready for this, I'm the bank, this this company. They 636 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:11,760 Speaker 1: could if I give them that money, they could just leave. 637 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,800 Speaker 1: But if somebody has six months to charge you back, 638 00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:17,960 Speaker 1: so if you just made a charge and I still 639 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:21,520 Speaker 1: gotta wait to all these time passes by, that that 640 00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:23,880 Speaker 1: that customer doesn't charge you back. If you charge you 641 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:26,000 Speaker 1: back and I gave all the money to the company, 642 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:29,080 Speaker 1: then the bank's fucking losing money. So the bank can't 643 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:32,160 Speaker 1: just give the customers their money or extually the companies 644 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:35,640 Speaker 1: their money the bank has to keep and even on 645 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:38,400 Speaker 1: top of that, they always carry you reserve anyways. Yeah, well, 646 00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:40,720 Speaker 1: once you're dealing, especially with cannabis. So that's why cannabis 647 00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:43,800 Speaker 1: is such a tough entity to look at when you 648 00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:46,080 Speaker 1: think of like Colorado, And they mentioned it in the story, 649 00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:47,640 Speaker 1: which I wanted to explain some of the game to 650 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:50,640 Speaker 1: people out there on how and why credit cards and 651 00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:53,400 Speaker 1: all this processing isn't happening. It's not like you're going 652 00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:56,200 Speaker 1: to the seven eleven, the you know, the the whatever 653 00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:59,040 Speaker 1: liquor store anywhere you go and buy in and out 654 00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:02,000 Speaker 1: right what were boom boom bo cards. That's a quick, 655 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,880 Speaker 1: easy business. Most people aren't doing chargebacks on that. But 656 00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:08,359 Speaker 1: the cannabis industry has been such a fucking people could 657 00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:11,160 Speaker 1: be so shady that it makes it rough. On top 658 00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:13,759 Speaker 1: of it's federally illegal. There was one company that was 659 00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:15,400 Speaker 1: doing it. It It was called pp I and they were 660 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:18,200 Speaker 1: doing it in most dispensaries and it was a pin 661 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:23,920 Speaker 1: debit solution. So the pin debit solution works fine. It 662 00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:27,880 Speaker 1: was because you're taking that money out of your direct 663 00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:31,319 Speaker 1: account the debit card. You're not borrowing money. But the 664 00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:35,800 Speaker 1: problem with that was ready for the inside info. Visa said, uh, 665 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:39,120 Speaker 1: that's still on the rails of Visa and master Card. 666 00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:41,560 Speaker 1: So you're still going on those rails even though you're 667 00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:44,200 Speaker 1: using your debit card. You're still using that Visa rail 668 00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:47,040 Speaker 1: on the tracking of you know, figuring out where that 669 00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:49,760 Speaker 1: even though it comes from your banking account, it's directly 670 00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:51,879 Speaker 1: from my bank account. Yeah, but that's a Visa debit 671 00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:54,800 Speaker 1: card sucker, and Visa is not gonna let that happen anymore. 672 00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:57,840 Speaker 1: So Visa followed along with the rules that said canceled 673 00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:01,520 Speaker 1: those games. So now the game is it's the pre 674 00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:04,480 Speaker 1: a t M at the machine. So if you're buying 675 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:07,160 Speaker 1: cannabis and you're using your debit card only again, but 676 00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:09,640 Speaker 1: I have to charge you up to the nearest five dollars, 677 00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:12,080 Speaker 1: so it's thirty three bucks where you're paying thirty five 678 00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:14,640 Speaker 1: and I'm giving you three de bucks back. Now that works, 679 00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:17,480 Speaker 1: and that's good, and that's great, and that game is 680 00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:20,640 Speaker 1: is the most best one out there for everyone because 681 00:35:21,239 --> 00:35:24,480 Speaker 1: the merchant gets their money in their account, the consumer 682 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:27,160 Speaker 1: gets exactly what they paid for a couple bucks extra 683 00:35:27,239 --> 00:35:29,600 Speaker 1: to get onto to the nearest five dollar marking, and 684 00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:31,479 Speaker 1: everyone's happy. And you're not gonna be able to charge 685 00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:33,040 Speaker 1: that back. I can't do a chargeback on that because 686 00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:37,440 Speaker 1: it's my debit card. Sure, that's it gets really tricky. 687 00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:40,920 Speaker 1: Like I said, you know a lot of entrepreneurs will 688 00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:43,479 Speaker 1: figure this out, you know, when they start to grow 689 00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:46,480 Speaker 1: their businesses and and and grow up into this industry 690 00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:48,839 Speaker 1: or any industry. This is not just cannabis guys. I mean, 691 00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:50,960 Speaker 1: you know, we we were doing it with education and 692 00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:53,040 Speaker 1: I remember we went out into the to the show 693 00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:55,640 Speaker 1: and I think the first you know day, we did 694 00:35:55,719 --> 00:35:58,200 Speaker 1: a hundred and eighty seven thousand dollars in sales, and 695 00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:00,719 Speaker 1: we're like selling, I mean, let's sell it, right, you know, 696 00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:04,080 Speaker 1: let's let's celebrate. And so we go to celebrate, and 697 00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:06,680 Speaker 1: then you know, it's supposed to be there that finally 698 00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:08,919 Speaker 1: by that Monday, and we're like, hey, dude, what's let's 699 00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:10,600 Speaker 1: call them and ask him why the money. We'll wait 700 00:36:10,719 --> 00:36:12,279 Speaker 1: till Tuesday. We don't want to spook him, you know. 701 00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:15,000 Speaker 1: So Tuesday comes, there's no money. You're like, hey, you 702 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:17,120 Speaker 1: know what's going on. Oh yeah, we froze that money. 703 00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:19,600 Speaker 1: Well for how long? Well we don't want to do 704 00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:21,399 Speaker 1: business with you. We'll give it to you next year. 705 00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:24,040 Speaker 1: So you know, it's like we spent money for marketing, 706 00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:26,240 Speaker 1: We spent money for flights, we spent money for hotels, 707 00:36:26,239 --> 00:36:28,880 Speaker 1: we spent money for ballrooms, we spent money for payroll 708 00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:33,279 Speaker 1: and paper and pins and suits, and you know, I'm 709 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:37,200 Speaker 1: still calling companies sides still to collect my money. I mean, 710 00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:39,520 Speaker 1: these people still have our money, you know. And and 711 00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:42,520 Speaker 1: it's like no, we you know, you guys pulled in 712 00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:44,320 Speaker 1: way too much money too fast. We think there's a 713 00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:47,840 Speaker 1: scam involved. So okay, you know, it's like it's a 714 00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:49,719 Speaker 1: great problem to have. So now you're going like, well 715 00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:51,359 Speaker 1: how much can I take? You know, now you know 716 00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:55,080 Speaker 1: and you only learned by you know, well trial and error, 717 00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:56,959 Speaker 1: Like you don't go into it going well, I'm gonna 718 00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:59,200 Speaker 1: have a problem taking in a million dollars. No, you're 719 00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:01,040 Speaker 1: gonna have a problem taken in a million dollars. Why 720 00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:03,879 Speaker 1: because no one has that that that respect for you 721 00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:06,920 Speaker 1: as a merchant. So they're not willing to risk their money. 722 00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:10,359 Speaker 1: Because again, if everybody charges that money back and says, 723 00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:13,359 Speaker 1: hey I'm not happy with so and so service, well 724 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:16,520 Speaker 1: guess what you're screwed. And it's and it's the little 725 00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:18,719 Speaker 1: ones that are easier to do if you have a 726 00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:22,400 Speaker 1: higher Like if people bought say I'm skinny weed, and 727 00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:25,160 Speaker 1: I'm gonna buy fifty tho dollars or a skinny weed, 728 00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:28,040 Speaker 1: that's not good for you. If I buy twenty dollars 729 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:31,240 Speaker 1: or a skinny weed and ten thousand people buy twenty 730 00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:34,080 Speaker 1: dollars or a skinny weed, that's good for you. Right. 731 00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:36,520 Speaker 1: Do you see the difference? How funny that is? How 732 00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:37,879 Speaker 1: it's like, oh my god, if I did a bunch 733 00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:39,560 Speaker 1: of twenties, it's perfect. But if I do a fifty 734 00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:43,799 Speaker 1: hold on, Yeah, you're thinking, no, this is great. No, 735 00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:46,120 Speaker 1: it's not. Actually you're gonna hit you so hard on 736 00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:47,880 Speaker 1: that you're not gonna get your money. Well for like 737 00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:51,279 Speaker 1: a year. Let's just talk this. Let's talk. Well, this 738 00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:53,239 Speaker 1: is also the other protection, and then we'll wrap it up. 739 00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:55,799 Speaker 1: Is that credit card fraud I get, I get my 740 00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:58,239 Speaker 1: credit card and I go, dude, I love skinny weed. 741 00:37:58,280 --> 00:37:59,840 Speaker 1: I could sell it. I'm gonna go buy a FI 742 00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:03,720 Speaker 1: thousands wor b off this John Doe card that I stole. 743 00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:07,319 Speaker 1: So now I go buy that skinny lead from them. Well, 744 00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:10,439 Speaker 1: guess what happens. The credit card company goes this wasn't 745 00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:13,360 Speaker 1: my client. They charge it back. You're out your product. 746 00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:15,560 Speaker 1: The guy that that that sold it to him is 747 00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:18,799 Speaker 1: out his product, his time, his losses, and then they're 748 00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:21,640 Speaker 1: taking that where from that guy? So guess where he 749 00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:26,080 Speaker 1: now goes back to you? I mean, it's a crazy game. 750 00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:27,839 Speaker 1: And that's why I wanted to get into the story 751 00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:29,680 Speaker 1: and explain a little bit. If you don't fall along, 752 00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:32,000 Speaker 1: or or you do fall along and you want some insight, 753 00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:33,840 Speaker 1: give us a call and you're starting a business and 754 00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:35,640 Speaker 1: want to figure out how to do that, I could 755 00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:39,440 Speaker 1: still help people out with that. You know, it's a 756 00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:42,000 Speaker 1: struggle man. So when people think, too, I'm gonna start 757 00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:44,640 Speaker 1: a cannabis business, I'm doing this, they don't even think 758 00:38:44,719 --> 00:38:47,040 Speaker 1: until it's actually too late, Well, how am I going 759 00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:49,200 Speaker 1: to process money? You gotta think of how I'm gonna 760 00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:51,520 Speaker 1: process money the day you start thinking about I'm gonna 761 00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:54,520 Speaker 1: start a business. Because when you call me and say, hey, 762 00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:56,799 Speaker 1: I want to process money, you're ready to take in money. Now, 763 00:38:57,040 --> 00:38:59,160 Speaker 1: it takes a lot fucking longer. And don't get a 764 00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:01,480 Speaker 1: twisted And I think it's gonna happening two days, three days, 765 00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:04,560 Speaker 1: it's it's it's weeks two months to get approved and 766 00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:06,600 Speaker 1: to be okay. So it's you know, it's a game. 767 00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:08,759 Speaker 1: It's cannabis together, guys. I'm tired of bearing all my 768 00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:12,239 Speaker 1: quarters in the backyard. Yeah, it's Kindab's Talk one on one. 769 00:39:12,239 --> 00:39:13,640 Speaker 1: We want to thank you for listening to the show, 770 00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:17,120 Speaker 1: and if no one else loves you, thank you for 771 00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:19,239 Speaker 1: listening to Cannabis Talk one oh one on the I 772 00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:23,359 Speaker 1: Heart Radio app, Apple podcast or wherever you get your podcasts.