WEBVTT - Your Favorite THC Products Just Got Banned 0:00:02.160 --> 0:00:06.600 Hey, there are folks. It is Saturday, November fifteenth, and 0:00:06.680 --> 0:00:10.760 did you catch it? In that bill that Congress signed 0:00:11.240 --> 0:00:17.440 to reopen the government, they actually closed your favorite weed shop. 0:00:17.520 --> 0:00:19.880 And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ. 0:00:20.160 --> 0:00:20.520 Robes. 0:00:20.600 --> 0:00:25.959 This is a shocker, and folks better stock up right now, 0:00:26.079 --> 0:00:28.800 run out, get all the gummyes you can. 0:00:28.960 --> 0:00:32.280 There are so many of us who have grown accustomed 0:00:32.280 --> 0:00:38.560 now to legalized THHC products, marijuana products that are regulated 0:00:38.960 --> 0:00:42.400 that you know what you're getting and can be, according 0:00:42.440 --> 0:00:46.040 to a lot of doctors, a safer alternative to alcohol 0:00:46.200 --> 0:00:48.600 in many regards, and so a lot of this is 0:00:48.640 --> 0:00:51.559 a booming industry and we've gotten comfortable. 0:00:51.560 --> 0:00:53.240 There's a dispensary. 0:00:53.000 --> 0:00:56.480 Pretty much as many like on every block, as much 0:00:56.520 --> 0:00:58.600 as there are Starbucks now here in New York City, 0:00:59.000 --> 0:01:01.920 and they're beautiful and nice, and you have to go 0:01:02.000 --> 0:01:04.480 through all of the extensive. 0:01:06.280 --> 0:01:08.920 Like moments of you got to hand your idea. It's 0:01:09.000 --> 0:01:10.160 all legal. 0:01:10.280 --> 0:01:13.320 It all feels clean and nice and not dirty and 0:01:13.400 --> 0:01:16.440 gross in backdoor and black market, and that's what it 0:01:16.520 --> 0:01:18.240 used to be like, right when folks are trying to 0:01:18.640 --> 0:01:21.080 get marijuana, and so it's yeah, it's been elevated and 0:01:21.240 --> 0:01:23.679 legalized and actually convenient. 0:01:23.800 --> 0:01:25.840 Okay, well, Congress just shut it all down, folks. This 0:01:25.959 --> 0:01:31.679 is not this is not being alarmist. This is not 0:01:32.240 --> 0:01:36.120 just writing a click baity headline. Yes, when the government, 0:01:37.120 --> 0:01:40.760 when Congress voted to reopen the government, in that bill, 0:01:41.760 --> 0:01:45.160 there was something else in there that effectively eliminates the 0:01:45.160 --> 0:01:48.640 marijuana or the hemp, the THHC, the gummy industry that 0:01:48.680 --> 0:01:52.200 everybody has grown to become accustomed to too that you 0:01:52.440 --> 0:01:57.840 just talked about ropes. This is a bill that was 0:01:57.880 --> 0:02:00.320 supposed like everybody's paying attention to it. We see so 0:02:00.320 --> 0:02:02.400 many times if things get tucked in there, something will 0:02:02.440 --> 0:02:05.000 slid into some bill last minute, and this is one 0:02:05.040 --> 0:02:06.400 of those things. What was the other one we talked 0:02:06.440 --> 0:02:08.919 about that five hundred thousand dollars they could they gave 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:11.480 themselves permission to sue. This is something else now that 0:02:11.680 --> 0:02:14.480 was slid in there. We don't exactly know who, and 0:02:14.480 --> 0:02:17.680 nobody's taking responsibility. But folks, what it does is close 0:02:17.720 --> 0:02:21.239 a loophole in the Farm Bill from twenty eighteen that 0:02:21.400 --> 0:02:27.520 now would make all of your favorite gummies, edibles, baked goods, vapes, 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:33.560 thac infused beverages topical oils creams obsolete. They would be 0:02:33.720 --> 0:02:38.680 illegal if this thing goes into effect. I guess the 0:02:38.720 --> 0:02:42.480 one upside robes is that it's not going into effect immediately. 0:02:43.080 --> 0:02:46.280 Yes, it's supposed to take effect in one year. And 0:02:46.400 --> 0:02:52.160 this hidden provision, yes, criminalizes nearly all consumable. 0:02:51.800 --> 0:02:55.079 Hemp products across this country. Doesn't matter what state you 0:02:55.160 --> 0:02:55.440 live in. 0:02:55.720 --> 0:02:58.280 Doesn't even matter if you live in Colorado, probably the 0:02:58.280 --> 0:03:01.600 most hemp friendly state in this country. 0:03:01.880 --> 0:03:04.360 You are all and we are all under. 0:03:04.120 --> 0:03:07.799 This same ban, this provision, So it prohibits products here's 0:03:07.880 --> 0:03:12.760 the specific language that contain more than point four milligrams 0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:18.040 of THHC per items. To give you an example, most 0:03:18.080 --> 0:03:22.720 products contain fifty to one hundred milligrams per container, so 0:03:22.720 --> 0:03:26.160 a single edible typically is five to ten milligrams. Again, 0:03:26.560 --> 0:03:29.400 this ban, or this the measure that was put in 0:03:29.440 --> 0:03:33.800 the bill, only allows point four milligrams of THHC. That 0:03:33.840 --> 0:03:37.280 pretty much eliminates every single product on the market right 0:03:37.320 --> 0:03:38.920 now that these dispensaries are selling. 0:03:39.720 --> 0:03:43.960 And a question why would they do this? Some wonder, 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:46.600 I don't know what, question why this was the moment 0:03:46.720 --> 0:03:49.800 to do this? But rogues I when we talk about 0:03:49.840 --> 0:03:52.720 the Republicans and Democrats trying to blame each other, trying 0:03:52.720 --> 0:03:55.840 to see who comes out with a political advantage during 0:03:55.840 --> 0:03:59.120 the shutdown. They're worried about who's going to get blamed, 0:04:00.280 --> 0:04:03.600 who's gonna get blamed now for taking away everybody's weed 0:04:03.680 --> 0:04:08.840 tac gummies like this. This was buried, it's coming out now. 0:04:09.120 --> 0:04:11.480 But folks, what we are talking about, these are folks. 0:04:11.480 --> 0:04:15.000 Look people like to get high. We know folks got 0:04:15.000 --> 0:04:18.120 something in to pocket, something in the system all day long. Fine, 0:04:18.200 --> 0:04:20.080 but there are a lot of folks, and older folks 0:04:20.120 --> 0:04:23.640 in particular, this is an alternative, an alternative to a 0:04:23.680 --> 0:04:27.200 lot of medicines. And this is not just about people 0:04:27.240 --> 0:04:28.839 who just want to get high, correct. 0:04:28.880 --> 0:04:31.200 I mean, yes, of course there's the recreational users, but 0:04:31.240 --> 0:04:34.040 there are medicinal users and folks rely on this if 0:04:34.080 --> 0:04:37.000 you have cancer treatments, if you have a lot of issues, 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:39.000 auto immune disorders. 0:04:38.560 --> 0:04:39.640 If you have chronic pain. 0:04:39.960 --> 0:04:43.080 Marijuana and hemp has been a safe alternative to a 0:04:43.120 --> 0:04:47.080 lot of drugs and fewer side effects. Some would argue, 0:04:47.200 --> 0:04:50.480 so this is going to have serious implications for folks 0:04:50.520 --> 0:04:52.839 who just like to have fun and folks who actually 0:04:52.880 --> 0:04:55.920 are trying to take away pain or try to This 0:04:55.960 --> 0:04:58.479 can be an appetite stimulant. There are a lot of 0:04:58.520 --> 0:05:02.160 reasons why it is is something that doctors have prescribed 0:05:02.200 --> 0:05:07.320 and have actually preferred to other traditional medicines, or even 0:05:07.440 --> 0:05:09.520 like I said, people will turn to alcohol. Instead of 0:05:10.040 --> 0:05:13.360 avoiding alcohol, you can turn to marijuana as a safer alternative. 0:05:14.760 --> 0:05:17.359 So I mean, at this point, we really don't know. 0:05:17.440 --> 0:05:20.400 So we got a year. The argument a so why 0:05:20.440 --> 0:05:22.400 make it a year where they're trying to give maybe 0:05:22.440 --> 0:05:26.480 the industry an opportunity and time to pivot to adjust. 0:05:26.560 --> 0:05:29.000 But there are some who tell you there is nothing 0:05:29.040 --> 0:05:32.600 we can't adjust too. There was a way one hemp 0:05:32.640 --> 0:05:37.200 producer put it, this is an extinction level event. This 0:05:37.440 --> 0:05:41.200 industry cannot continue with the way it is. However, Robes 0:05:41.200 --> 0:05:42.400 it is not just a matter they give them a 0:05:42.480 --> 0:05:45.279 year to And this is what called me down. And 0:05:45.320 --> 0:05:48.280 I say call me down not because I'm going to 0:05:48.360 --> 0:05:51.080 be in some way harmed if the hemp industry goes away. 0:05:51.760 --> 0:05:55.120 But this is a multi billion dollar industry, almost thirty 0:05:55.120 --> 0:05:56.599 billion dollars a year in this country. 0:05:56.960 --> 0:06:01.000 And there's a lot of jobs, yes, three thousand jobs. 0:06:01.080 --> 0:06:03.039 So the thing that they put us is it's not 0:06:03.240 --> 0:06:05.719 a year until the band goes into a place. I said, 0:06:05.720 --> 0:06:08.120 look at it like this, it's a year for us 0:06:08.120 --> 0:06:10.400 to figure out how to properly regulate this industry. 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:12.600 And let's hope that's true, because yes, I think everybody 0:06:12.680 --> 0:06:16.040 in terms of especially when you're dealing with a substance 0:06:16.120 --> 0:06:18.920 that can do harm and do good, you want to 0:06:18.960 --> 0:06:22.200 have regulations. I think that's what makes people feel safe 0:06:22.240 --> 0:06:24.960 going into a dispensary, is they're not just they don't 0:06:25.160 --> 0:06:28.320 they know what they're getting, and that feels better than 0:06:28.480 --> 0:06:31.239 obviously what other people have turned to in the black market. 0:06:31.240 --> 0:06:34.080 But you mentioned twenty eight point four billion dollar industry 0:06:34.120 --> 0:06:37.760 in this country. We meant three hundred thousand jobs. This measure, 0:06:38.080 --> 0:06:41.440 if it is allowed to take effect, will wipe out 0:06:41.560 --> 0:06:45.080 ninety five percent of the industry and will cost states 0:06:45.080 --> 0:06:48.120 one point five billion dollars in tax revenue. Think about 0:06:48.120 --> 0:06:51.680 the tax revenue the states that have legalized marijuana now 0:06:51.720 --> 0:06:52.400 in THHC. 0:06:52.640 --> 0:06:55.320 They are bringing in billions. 0:06:54.839 --> 0:06:58.320 Of dollars collectively. And there is one senator who sounded 0:06:58.320 --> 0:07:00.720 the alarm. I did see this actually right before they 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:04.599 voted on the measure to reopen the government. I actually 0:07:04.600 --> 0:07:06.320 didn't think it was going to stay, and Senator Ran 0:07:06.360 --> 0:07:10.320 Paul was refusing to sign the bill because of this 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:13.760 hidden measure. He wanted to take the language out of 0:07:13.800 --> 0:07:18.400 the Senate bill, but the Senate overwhelmingly voted against Senator 0:07:18.440 --> 0:07:21.120 Paul's amendment to try and take this out. So there 0:07:21.120 --> 0:07:23.160 are a lot of you know, lawmakers who are up 0:07:23.160 --> 0:07:27.520 for reelection. They believe their constituents don't want legalized marijuana 0:07:27.560 --> 0:07:29.440 in their states, and so a lot of these senators 0:07:30.320 --> 0:07:31.680 presumably voted with. 0:07:31.600 --> 0:07:32.160 That in mind. 0:07:32.240 --> 0:07:34.040 I don't know where the debate is going on, right 0:07:34.080 --> 0:07:36.400 they I mean, yeah, maybe in their districts. They need 0:07:36.440 --> 0:07:40.760 to be seen as being anti marijuana if you will, 0:07:40.840 --> 0:07:42.480 and I know a lot of folks will point to 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:44.480 this as some kind of a gateway drug where it 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:47.040 leads to problems in people's lives and they can't function 0:07:47.160 --> 0:07:50.600 during the day. Look, those things are legit, but it's 0:07:50.640 --> 0:07:53.360 got to be balanced out in some way. You can't 0:07:53.400 --> 0:07:55.760 just and I don't think they will as we looked 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:59.120 into this more. Yes, this is real, folks. If they 0:07:59.160 --> 0:08:03.200 don't do something, every all of it's going away. If 0:08:03.200 --> 0:08:06.560 they don't do something, I have to believe they're going 0:08:06.640 --> 0:08:10.680 to do something about this. Yes, I just don't understand 0:08:10.720 --> 0:08:14.160 why this was necessary in this moment. Maybe this is 0:08:14.160 --> 0:08:17.720 something that wouldn't have normally gotten approval, and you slide 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:20.800 it in here now, last minute during an emergency. Who's 0:08:20.840 --> 0:08:22.520 going to vote against it? Now kind of a thing 0:08:22.520 --> 0:08:25.080 because we've got to get the government reopened. This is 0:08:25.120 --> 0:08:27.040 just the timing of this is shitty. 0:08:27.160 --> 0:08:29.560 Yeah, And there was too much on the line for 0:08:29.600 --> 0:08:33.640 them to get hung up on something like this. And again, 0:08:33.760 --> 0:08:36.320 as Congress typically does, they kick the can down the 0:08:36.360 --> 0:08:39.120 road and say we'll deal with this later. But I 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:42.560 can't imagine what it's like if you have invested. I 0:08:42.640 --> 0:08:44.720 just think about all the dispensaries that have opened up. 0:08:44.920 --> 0:08:46.720 We can only speak here it to New York City, 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:48.720 but we actually know some of the folks who they 0:08:48.920 --> 0:08:53.160 family businesses. This is they have put their investments into 0:08:53.200 --> 0:08:56.920 these companies that are now in limbo, and that's got 0:08:56.920 --> 0:08:59.480 to be a very scary thing. One of the dispensary 0:08:59.520 --> 0:09:01.920 owners I plucked a quote because I just thought it 0:09:01.960 --> 0:09:05.160 was so well put. He said, the widespread ramifications of 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:08.559 killing an entire industry that brings in this much money, 0:09:08.559 --> 0:09:11.840 that employs this many people. That brings that kind of 0:09:11.960 --> 0:09:14.280 relief to that many people. 0:09:14.520 --> 0:09:16.760 It's kind of a dirty trick to pull on folks, 0:09:16.920 --> 0:09:20.839 especially so quickly. Most people did not see this coming. 0:09:20.960 --> 0:09:23.040 Well, no, they claim they do, and I want to 0:09:24.640 --> 0:09:26.440 I mean, I want to say folks are doing it 0:09:26.480 --> 0:09:29.360 in good faith or have their hearts in the right place. 0:09:29.360 --> 0:09:31.959 And some people do believe this is something that kids 0:09:31.960 --> 0:09:34.480 shouldn't have as much access to. This isn't something that 0:09:34.559 --> 0:09:38.880 most Americans should have that easy access to for whatever reasons. Yes, 0:09:38.960 --> 0:09:43.079 doctors might feel differently, individuals might feel differently. I'm trying 0:09:43.120 --> 0:09:46.360 to at least not These aren't bad actors necessarily, and 0:09:46.679 --> 0:09:50.880 the timing is bizarre, But if folks have a legit reason, 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:54.079 then this is a debate we should have now at 0:09:54.080 --> 0:09:56.800 this moment to do that. So now to your point 0:09:56.840 --> 0:10:03.600 about that the dispensaries stressing out, Yes, a whole industry 0:10:03.800 --> 0:10:05.439 for a year for what. 0:10:06.040 --> 0:10:07.920 I mean, Yeah, I was just trying to imagine. You 0:10:07.960 --> 0:10:11.240 can't pivot. There is no other alternative for these folks. 0:10:11.240 --> 0:10:12.920 So that's tough, and it, I don't know, it reminds 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:16.400 me of prohibition when you have our government try and 0:10:18.200 --> 0:10:21.800 whatever their morality is whatever they think is right or wrong, 0:10:21.800 --> 0:10:24.520 and they're trying to impose that now on the country 0:10:24.559 --> 0:10:26.640 as a whole. A lot of folks argue, a lot 0:10:26.640 --> 0:10:28.920 of senators have argued this, and it has been a 0:10:28.960 --> 0:10:32.240 state by state issue. Let the states decide what is 0:10:32.320 --> 0:10:34.800 right for that community because it is different. Think about 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:38.640 the difference between a state like Texas and a state 0:10:38.760 --> 0:10:41.880 like Colorado. I mean, they just have very different opinions 0:10:42.120 --> 0:10:44.600 on how to view this specific industry. 0:10:44.840 --> 0:10:46.800 And let that be the case. 0:10:46.840 --> 0:10:49.640 But to have a federal, you know, widespread ban on 0:10:49.679 --> 0:10:52.559 this is just gutting. There's no other way to put 0:10:52.600 --> 0:10:53.880 it for these folks. 0:10:54.200 --> 0:10:55.960 And that's what we talk about the stock market in 0:10:55.960 --> 0:10:57.600 this a lot of time. But what do they hate? 0:10:57.640 --> 0:11:02.199 Uncertainty they now for the next year, Like, how can 0:11:02.240 --> 0:11:06.840 you plan out your your your supplies, how can you 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:12.000 plan out your rent, your lease, your employees. You can't 0:11:12.040 --> 0:11:16.920 do anything because based on what they did, everybody needs 0:11:16.960 --> 0:11:20.720 to right now be winding down and getting ready to 0:11:20.920 --> 0:11:22.960 shut down their businesses in a year. 0:11:23.160 --> 0:11:26.560 Yeah, and look, it makes me a little concerned about 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:28.600 what the debate is going to be. We heard from 0:11:28.640 --> 0:11:33.360 Senator Mitch McConnell and his big point was, Hey, these companies, 0:11:33.400 --> 0:11:38.160 these dispensaries have exploited this loophole on the twenty eighteen 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:38.760 Farm bill. 0:11:39.120 --> 0:11:40.280 And he said, by. 0:11:40.160 --> 0:11:43.160 Taking legal amounts of THHC from hemp and turning it 0:11:43.200 --> 0:11:47.440 into intoxicating substances. This was not intended to create a 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:49.280 consumable pot market. 0:11:49.400 --> 0:11:53.000 But here we are now, But it was an unintended consequence. 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:55.640 Here we are. Are you really going to take it 0:11:55.760 --> 0:12:01.040 all back? You're gonna shut down, hey, multi billion dollars industry. Okay, 0:12:01.080 --> 0:12:03.520 look he feels that way. Wasn't he the head of 0:12:04.040 --> 0:12:07.280 very much bearheading the farm bell Yes, Mish McConnell. Yes, 0:12:07.360 --> 0:12:09.319 So the guy who gave this to us is now 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:11.719 trying to take it away. 0:12:12.000 --> 0:12:15.880 And they say that So this loophole, they say, have 0:12:16.120 --> 0:12:20.240 fueled the quote rapid growth of an underregulated industry that 0:12:20.280 --> 0:12:24.920 threatens public health and safety and undermines law enforcement nationwide. Okay, 0:12:25.160 --> 0:12:28.720 So I think all of us would be in favor 0:12:28.800 --> 0:12:31.520 of a regulated market, a more regulated market. 0:12:31.640 --> 0:12:33.720 Tax it, tax the heck out of it. 0:12:33.880 --> 0:12:36.400 This, you know, I think that's great if we can find, 0:12:36.800 --> 0:12:39.520 you know, some positives, make sure that's safe, make sure 0:12:39.600 --> 0:12:44.040 it's uniform. People know what they're getting and states benefit 0:12:44.080 --> 0:12:47.080 it benefit from it financially. So people can benefit from 0:12:47.080 --> 0:12:51.319 it medicinally and states can benefit from it financially. 0:12:51.360 --> 0:12:53.719 But yes, regulation is important and key to all of it. 0:12:54.400 --> 0:12:57.040 But folks, stay here, some of you all, I guess 0:12:57.040 --> 0:13:00.680 most of us at this point no what the impact 0:13:00.760 --> 0:13:04.040 the effects of marijuana could be. But there are some 0:13:04.600 --> 0:13:08.120 side effects they list as well. One in particular jumped 0:13:08.160 --> 0:13:10.280 out at us. We'll share that with you also. As 0:13:10.280 --> 0:13:13.439 many of you will know, Amy Robock has an oncologist. 0:13:13.920 --> 0:13:18.480 Wait until you hear what she told her patient, Amy Roboch, 0:13:19.120 --> 0:13:25.800 about using marijuana and alcohol given her health. Stay here, 0:13:33.480 --> 0:13:37.480 all right, folks, we continue here on this Saturday, November fifteenth. 0:13:37.520 --> 0:13:40.720 I do believe it is maybe some of you are 0:13:41.040 --> 0:13:43.839 on the way to your weed shop now and stocking up. 0:13:44.520 --> 0:13:47.199 You left the house during the commercial break there so 0:13:47.280 --> 0:13:50.040 you could and look, some people are telling you absolutely 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:52.320 stock up on everything you can because we don't know 0:13:52.360 --> 0:13:55.160 what's going to happen. Yes, the provision tucked into that 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:58.200 continuing resolution that reopened the government is actually going to 0:13:58.320 --> 0:14:02.440 close down of actively the marijuana industry in this country 0:14:02.520 --> 0:14:04.800 ropes date. So I'll go ahead, you trying to jump. 0:14:04.840 --> 0:14:06.360 Oh no, you're about to say something. 0:14:06.360 --> 0:14:09.800 Oh no, I'm I'm actually laughing at just how easy 0:14:09.840 --> 0:14:15.240 it's become. You can order gummies, beverages that are enhanced 0:14:15.280 --> 0:14:18.240 with THHC, pretty much any kind of THHD product here 0:14:18.280 --> 0:14:22.000 in this city. Uh, you go online, it's delivered to 0:14:22.120 --> 0:14:24.800 your front door. I mean, they this has been a 0:14:25.960 --> 0:14:31.920 huge evolution in accessibility and. 0:14:30.800 --> 0:14:33.240 And just again the uniformity. 0:14:33.240 --> 0:14:35.360 If you know you're getting their specific brands, it all 0:14:35.360 --> 0:14:37.520 feels legal, nothing feels scary or wrong. 0:14:37.840 --> 0:14:39.960 And look, I don't know. I mean I get some 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:40.280 of the. 0:14:40.320 --> 0:14:44.360 Arguments about they don't want this introduced to folks. As 0:14:44.400 --> 0:14:46.840 you mentioned, potential gateway drug. I heard that all growing 0:14:46.880 --> 0:14:49.760 up my whole life. You know, marijuana is a gateway drug. 0:14:50.120 --> 0:14:53.080 But then what about alcohol? I mean, I just I 0:14:53.320 --> 0:14:55.480 feel where does it end? Where does it stop? How 0:14:55.520 --> 0:14:59.800 do you how do you police what people choose to 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:01.800 use to make themselves feel better? 0:15:02.040 --> 0:15:02.400 Period? 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:03.000 Uh? 0:15:03.360 --> 0:15:07.840 You police it by sneaking this provision into a government 0:15:07.880 --> 0:15:12.360 spending bill. I was there with you. Look, we've been 0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:15.160 trying for and we have cut back on alcohol. There's 0:15:15.240 --> 0:15:17.400 nothing out there that comes out that says one drop 0:15:17.440 --> 0:15:19.760 of alcohol is good for you. We all know there's 0:15:19.840 --> 0:15:21.160 no safe amount of alcohol. 0:15:21.200 --> 0:15:22.160 There is no safe amount. 0:15:22.280 --> 0:15:25.760 Let's just cut back and that has been good and 0:15:25.840 --> 0:15:27.640 healthy for us and we feel better and all that's great. 0:15:27.880 --> 0:15:30.239 I was with you in one of your doctor's appointments 0:15:30.400 --> 0:15:32.720 in which she was I don't think she was getting 0:15:32.720 --> 0:15:36.120 onto you at the time, but talking about your health 0:15:36.120 --> 0:15:38.080 and moving forward and what you should put in your body. 0:15:38.120 --> 0:15:41.840 You told she was asking you how much alcohol. Her 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:45.000 answer didn't surprise me about the alcohol. I was surprised 0:15:45.000 --> 0:15:46.880 at just how much of a cheerleader and advocate she 0:15:46.960 --> 0:15:47.600 was for marijuana. 0:15:47.760 --> 0:15:48.640 Yes, she said. 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:51.880 She was like Amy, put down the glass of wine 0:15:51.880 --> 0:15:55.359 at night, pop yourself a marijuana gummy. It is significantly 0:15:56.000 --> 0:15:58.840 less risky for you to do that, to unwind at 0:15:58.880 --> 0:16:00.360 the end of the night than it is to have 0:16:00.440 --> 0:16:02.840 any kind of alcohol as a breast cancer survivor. And 0:16:02.880 --> 0:16:06.360 so there is an absolute link between alcohol consumption and 0:16:06.440 --> 0:16:09.720 breast cancer recurrence and breast cancer just in general, a 0:16:09.760 --> 0:16:13.920 lot of cancers. There is a direct correlation between drinking 0:16:14.240 --> 0:16:18.440 and cancer period and so it's really interesting when your 0:16:18.480 --> 0:16:23.160 oncologist tells you enjoy a gummy. You know, obviously nothing 0:16:23.200 --> 0:16:26.640 in excess, but in moderation, this is a much safer 0:16:26.680 --> 0:16:29.800 alternative for you amy to have a marijuana gummy than 0:16:29.800 --> 0:16:31.680 it is for you to have a margarita. 0:16:31.800 --> 0:16:34.000 So yeah, it's not just a matter we have to 0:16:34.040 --> 0:16:36.720 say that. Sometimes people make jokes and I saw a 0:16:36.760 --> 0:16:39.680 couple clever headlines and the rioting industry going up in 0:16:39.760 --> 0:16:42.520 smoke and stuff like that. It's okay, fine, we get 0:16:42.560 --> 0:16:45.840 all that, but this is much more to this and 0:16:46.000 --> 0:16:49.120 what this can do and the health of the country 0:16:49.120 --> 0:16:51.120 that is going to impact. Because you have people on 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:53.000 both sides saying this will be good for the health 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:55.520 of the country. Some will say it'll be bad for 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:57.280 the health of the country. The answer has to be 0:16:57.320 --> 0:17:00.040 somewhere in between. But I'm okay with the regulation. You 0:17:00.160 --> 0:17:02.360 speak up if we see it that way. But why 0:17:02.360 --> 0:17:04.800 couldn't we say that. Why couldn't we say, hey, guys, 0:17:05.280 --> 0:17:06.879 we are going to come up with a way to 0:17:06.920 --> 0:17:09.159 regulate this industry. We're going to introduce a bill to 0:17:09.200 --> 0:17:12.000 do so, and then we can all debate about it. 0:17:12.600 --> 0:17:14.280 You just told them we're going to shut it down. 0:17:14.800 --> 0:17:17.040 There is no alternative right now, there is no We're 0:17:17.040 --> 0:17:18.800 going to shut it down and then we'll talk and 0:17:19.240 --> 0:17:20.320 they're just shut it down. 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:22.880 Yeah, it's happening, and it's interesting too. I just this 0:17:22.920 --> 0:17:29.240 is just I'm telling you, it's so interesting the trends. 0:17:29.240 --> 0:17:31.119 And I don't know that they've done a widespread study 0:17:31.119 --> 0:17:35.800 on this, but I just know from Anali's who is nineteen, 0:17:35.960 --> 0:17:38.560 she's got a lot of friends who's moms, and they 0:17:38.600 --> 0:17:41.600 all say, oh, my mom loves this gummy or that gummy. 0:17:41.640 --> 0:17:43.760 It's become instead of who used to hear, oh a woman, 0:17:44.160 --> 0:17:46.359 you know, in the afternoon to online having a glass 0:17:46.400 --> 0:17:49.879 of wine and watching, you know, a show. Now you 0:17:50.040 --> 0:17:54.120 have people popping a gummy and going about their day 0:17:54.200 --> 0:17:56.760 and just being a little bit more cheerful, a little 0:17:56.760 --> 0:18:00.359 bit more relaxed, a little less anxious. And I've just 0:18:00.440 --> 0:18:05.840 heard from so many people my age it's trending significantly. 0:18:05.880 --> 0:18:07.639 So I have a feeling people are going to be 0:18:08.119 --> 0:18:14.160 in an uproar about this being now illegal and unavailable, yep, 0:18:14.200 --> 0:18:15.600 because I don't think a lot of people have heard 0:18:15.640 --> 0:18:19.080 about this. This is just recreational, This is just you know, 0:18:19.520 --> 0:18:22.720 just to relax whatever. But this is actually very beneficial 0:18:22.720 --> 0:18:25.119 for a lot of folks. According to WebMD, if you 0:18:25.160 --> 0:18:28.120 think about what THC can do. It can control vomiting 0:18:28.560 --> 0:18:32.720 for folks undergoing chemotherapy, reduce pain for people who have 0:18:32.840 --> 0:18:36.600 nerve damage, cancer, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis. 0:18:36.640 --> 0:18:38.200 It can reduce muscle. 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:42.000 Spasms in folks who have MS. It improves sleep for 0:18:42.160 --> 0:18:45.600 people who have sleep issues. It can increase I mentioned 0:18:45.640 --> 0:18:49.280 the appetite for people who have HIV and AIDS, people 0:18:49.280 --> 0:18:51.720 who just need to be eating. It can reduce ticks 0:18:51.760 --> 0:18:54.560 in people who have Tourette syndrome. It can reduce anxiety 0:18:54.920 --> 0:18:58.080 in people who have social anxiety disorder, and it improves 0:18:58.119 --> 0:19:00.639 symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder. So there are really 0:19:01.200 --> 0:19:04.840 it's so interesting me that it's been so vilified when 0:19:04.880 --> 0:19:06.080 there are so many benefits. 0:19:06.080 --> 0:19:07.639 And you think about any drug. 0:19:07.400 --> 0:19:09.159 And I have been on plenty of them through my 0:19:09.320 --> 0:19:13.840 cancer treatments, they all have side effects. This has the 0:19:13.960 --> 0:19:19.040 least amount that I can imagine having taken anything else 0:19:19.040 --> 0:19:21.720 for pain management or for anxiety, for any of the 0:19:21.760 --> 0:19:23.440 other issues that can come up when you have a 0:19:23.480 --> 0:19:24.159 chronic illness. 0:19:25.680 --> 0:19:28.840 Yeah, all those things you listed the benefits of them, 0:19:28.920 --> 0:19:31.800 I mean you listed ten plus things over right over there. 0:19:32.000 --> 0:19:32.600 Yeah. 0:19:32.640 --> 0:19:35.760 And the other one is it can reduce your stress level. 0:19:35.960 --> 0:19:37.480 Yes, you are. 0:19:38.000 --> 0:19:40.880 You worried about your bills, You worried about your lights 0:19:40.880 --> 0:19:44.240 getting cut off, you worried about them coming to repo? Yoka, 0:19:44.400 --> 0:19:45.359 go ahead, Papa. 0:19:45.080 --> 0:19:48.320 Gummy, It's just not going to matter. You just won't 0:19:48.359 --> 0:19:50.800 be a stressing It gives you instant perspective. I will 0:19:50.800 --> 0:19:51.280 tell you. 0:19:51.920 --> 0:19:54.479 I kind of chuckled because they list the side effects 0:19:54.520 --> 0:19:55.040 in web MD. 0:19:55.440 --> 0:19:56.920 Among them euphoria. 0:19:58.280 --> 0:19:59.240 That's a side effect. 0:19:59.320 --> 0:20:00.720 That's a relaxation. 0:20:01.119 --> 0:20:02.040 Yeah, side effect. 0:20:02.680 --> 0:20:05.600 Now the bad one is impaired memory. There can be confusion, 0:20:06.040 --> 0:20:08.560 poor muscle coordination. So I guess you could potentially more 0:20:08.640 --> 0:20:09.960 likely to fall dry mouth. 0:20:10.320 --> 0:20:13.920 But they listed those together side effects, so a negative, right, 0:20:14.000 --> 0:20:15.840 it's supposed to be euphoria, Yes. 0:20:16.040 --> 0:20:20.040 Side effects Euphoria it says strong sense of happiness. 0:20:19.520 --> 0:20:20.040 Or well being. 0:20:20.160 --> 0:20:21.040 That's a side effects. 0:20:21.040 --> 0:20:22.280 That's a side effect. 0:20:23.400 --> 0:20:27.879 Altered senses, brighter colors, stronger odors, so you have a 0:20:27.920 --> 0:20:31.879 sharpened you have sharpened senses then, or yeah you do, 0:20:31.920 --> 0:20:35.400 You're everything's kind of triggered in his Yes, you know. 0:20:35.359 --> 0:20:39.000