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Room the LA Times video series focusing00:00:04
on California's cannabis Commerce and00:00:06
culture in this very special episode of00:00:08
The Green Room we're tackling the topic00:00:10
of mental health by revisiting our00:00:12
conversations with pot smoking Marines00:00:13
marijuana moms and a couple of00:00:15
professional athletes who say the herb00:00:17
has helped them heal this is the Green00:00:19
Room00:00:21
do you feel like if everything had been00:00:23
legal listen I used it in one fight00:00:24
against Andre Gallatin I broke his eye00:00:26
suck his cheekbone back and um00:00:29
I said wow I should have used this00:00:31
earlier00:00:32
[Music]00:00:34
in the years since the sun set on his00:00:36
legendary boxing career Mike Tyson has00:00:38
been many things you might have seen him00:00:40
play a fictionalized version of himself00:00:42
in The Hangover you might have00:00:43
downloaded his podcast hot boxing with00:00:45
Mike Tyson so my drinking got out of00:00:47
control when I got money00:00:49
and then yeah00:00:55
that's the clip today though we're going00:00:57
to focus on Mike Tyson the Cannabis00:00:59
entrepreneur and explore how he went00:01:01
from a controversial boxer to weed00:01:03
evangelist educator and partner in an00:01:05
Orange County cannabis company that's00:01:06
taking the country's legal weeds seen by00:01:09
storm I'm Adam schorn and this is the00:01:10
Green Room the Los Angeles Times video00:01:12
series focusing on California's cannabis00:01:14
Commerce and culture00:01:19
while Tyson touts his later in life00:01:20
relationship with cannabis as00:01:22
overwhelmingly beneficial mentally00:01:24
physically and financially his00:01:26
introduction to it was decidedly less so00:01:28
my mother friend used to give it to me00:01:30
my brother was six years old trying to00:01:32
make me go to sleep really00:01:34
pot and some gin yeah and stuff and um I00:01:39
just was always using it was just normal00:01:41
to use it and that's just what it was00:01:44
now did you were you a regular cannabis00:01:46
consumer throughout every day all my00:01:48
life really all through your boxing00:01:49
career and everything you can never do00:01:51
my boxing career for like 16 years I00:01:53
didn't do it Mike is a big voice in00:01:55
cannabis what fix Mike was 5meo DMT it's00:01:59
like what he said saved his life and00:02:01
then also cannabis was it pain00:02:02
management no it was anti-psycho00:02:05
medicine00:02:06
you know look at look what I did through00:02:08
my whole career look at this [ __ ] I did00:02:09
all that violence all that [ __ ] you00:02:11
know this and that's just because I was00:02:13
unbalanced I needed medical help so they00:02:16
put me on all these doors in and you00:02:19
know the words that the worst they can00:02:20
give somebody and I was on cocaine too00:02:22
so I started smoking weed and I stopped00:02:24
my life came in my life cleaned me up00:02:27
you know we had we had relapses and00:02:29
stuff but it was a process of getting00:02:31
clean yeah and I just smoked No More00:02:33
Liquor anything he gives a voice he's00:02:35
very brave and so you're trying to00:02:36
destigmatize and educate the only way00:02:39
you can do that is when you have big00:02:40
voices doing that feeling like they've00:02:41
cracked the code on a successful00:02:42
celebrity cannabis branding Tyson and00:02:44
Chad bronstein are now looking to grow00:02:46
Tyson 2.0 by launching like-minded sub00:02:48
Brands the first of those which started00:02:50
rolling out to dispensaries in late00:02:52
September 2022 is in partnership with00:02:54
the flamboyant boa wearing and recently00:02:56
retired professional wrestler Rick Flair00:02:58
I've been using cannabis of the Edibles00:03:01
for um00:03:03
three years Edibles for three years00:03:04
because I thought I I thought you had00:03:06
like a longer relationship with cannabis00:03:09
and pain management and all that but no00:03:10
no no no no Mike I um you got on Edibles00:03:13
to get off Xanax it sounds like your00:03:15
relationship with cannabis kind of came00:03:16
just a little while before your business00:03:18
relationship with cannabis came about00:03:20
how did that well what happened was00:03:22
somebody give me some cannabis right and00:03:24
because it's not and I moved to Florida00:03:26
that you can buy in Florida so um I00:03:30
already got back on the Xanax do it as00:03:32
soon as I met the Chad and I could get I00:03:36
had access to the stuff and I got back00:03:38
on the Edibles when Chad called you and00:03:41
said00:03:42
I'm thinking of a Ric Flair sub brand as00:03:45
part of the Tyson 2.0 what was your00:03:46
original response well I said yes00:03:49
because I'm a fan I was going to do it00:03:51
he has the biggest fan especially from00:03:54
African Americans you know um he's the00:03:57
man I respect him so highly I've met him00:03:59
in the past and I have the most high00:04:02
most respect for him how long ago did00:04:04
you make the deal with the Tyson 2.0 and00:04:07
how has it been since then it's been six00:04:09
months maybe seven months and within a00:04:12
month I'll make as much money as I would00:04:13
have made my last year of wrestling wow00:04:15
everything in life has got to be00:04:16
moderation and I'm the last guy to00:04:19
practice to practice that moderation is00:04:21
not a word right right wherever I have00:04:23
but with this it's moderation and it's00:04:26
fun it's recreational and I didn't00:04:29
realize how popular it was because I00:04:30
just hadn't stopped to take time and00:04:32
look back on it's very popular00:04:35
Tyson 2.0 which ties00:04:37
about his new life first at the Market00:04:39
in November 2021 with a range of00:04:41
cannabis flour and pre-rolls but what00:04:43
really put the brand on the map not to00:04:44
mention take the internet and media by00:04:46
storm was an edible offering called mic00:04:48
bites an homage to the infamous 199700:04:50
bite fight in which he bit Evander00:04:52
Holyfield's ear since you're opening a00:04:54
pack of mic bites one of my questions00:04:55
who came up with the idea for the00:04:57
Edibles because that was a big viral00:04:59
play my wife what have you got yeah00:05:06
what is it00:05:08
we made more money selling this I guess00:05:11
than my three million dollar00:05:13
um fine for biting it there yeah00:05:15
yeah price moving advance to the00:05:16
holidays00:05:17
holidays Mike Tyson and his cannabis00:05:19
brand have announced a partnership with00:05:20
Evander Holyfield It's the Most00:05:22
Wonderful Time of the Year00:05:27
you name my ear00:05:29
it's a limited edition Partnership of00:05:31
the mike spikes called holy ears that00:05:33
will lead to a full-blown Holyfield00:05:35
cannabis line launching sometime in00:05:37
2023. I took my ear I ate the seven to00:05:41
put me to sleep and I'm sitting down00:05:43
okay then you know it's certain things I00:05:46
ain't have to worry about that night I00:05:48
turned it down the first time because00:05:49
the fact that about I didn't know it00:05:52
just took me a little time to think00:05:53
about what the canvas mean I found out00:05:57
that it helps in so many areas of00:06:00
people's life so people need help it00:06:03
never was a hate thing between me and00:06:06
Mike it was just a competition he wanted00:06:08
to be the very best he could and I00:06:11
wanted to be the very best and might00:06:13
always been a hard worker I actually00:06:15
seen this stuff happen to him I seeing00:06:17
Mike at his commas knowing that personal00:06:20
appearances and dispensaries and fan00:06:21
meet and greets are part of the Brand's00:06:23
Secret Sauce Tyson flare and bronstein00:06:25
are seemingly always on the move across00:06:28
the country and across the globe Mike00:06:29
traveled everywhere and so when we00:06:31
started a show if Mike shows up to00:06:33
Colorado he shuts his markets and he's00:06:35
very in tune and educated on what his00:06:38
cannabis products are the consumers00:06:40
showed up and so then other msos and00:06:43
other companies were like holy crap00:06:45
what's going on here is pretty amazing00:06:46
and so then people were calling us up00:06:48
and saying hey we want Mike to come to00:06:50
our store we want Mike to come to our00:06:51
store00:06:54
[Applause]00:06:59
you guys are super busy all of you00:07:02
flying all over the place doing personal00:07:04
appearances and talking to not just fans00:07:07
of your original careers but your your00:07:09
current careers in the Cannabis space00:07:11
what what's what's your favorite part of00:07:13
that yes educating people on cannabis00:07:16
the people the old school people the00:07:17
people who pretty much00:07:20
um demonized that is um it's a new day00:07:23
and cannabis is the main subject what do00:07:26
you think the um00:07:28
the chances are of it being00:07:29
decriminalized at the federal level00:07:31
anytime in the near future I think High00:07:33
chance I think the chances with Biden's00:07:36
with Biden on October 6 came out with I00:07:38
think hopefully a Domino's fall into00:07:40
place what does that do for a brand like00:07:42
Tyson 2.0 that already has 24 States and00:07:46
Canada allow us to be able to help more00:07:48
people yeah00:07:50
that's what it's gonna be you know00:07:51
illness is about helping people00:07:54
um Charities and everything you know the00:07:57
bigger this is the more we can help you00:07:59
know one thing when we started this00:08:00
Mike's Mike's big thing was you know00:08:02
focusing on people that we discussed00:08:04
earlier that are incarcerated for it00:08:07
right so we have a we're doing one with00:08:09
uh breathe with me which we're doing00:08:10
tomorrow we're we're actually going to00:08:13
uh00:08:14
an event and we're back in that we've00:08:16
done a few other Charities and we're you00:08:18
know getting as much involved as00:08:19
possible00:08:21
um through over the next year you know00:08:22
we the key was like Mike said get the00:08:24
company growing and now we are so now00:08:26
we're able to really support and help00:08:28
out [Music]00:08:31
how different is00:08:32
stoned Ric Flair than the non-stone Ric00:08:35
Flair I have to ask them I don't00:08:36
remember00:08:38
fairly entertaining it's just such an00:08:41
uncanny difference Mike Tyson off00:08:44
cannabis and Mike Tyson on cannabis00:08:46
completely my children don't like me my00:08:48
wife don't like me off cannabis they00:08:51
love me on cannabis so that tells you I00:08:53
like on cannabis yeah do you feel do you00:08:56
feel it makes you00:08:58
more the original00:09:01
to make me authentic Mike Tyson I have00:09:03
patience I'm kind I'm considerate00:09:07
and that's why my family likes me to00:09:09
smoke00:09:10
[Music]00:09:14
what's next are there more athletes00:09:16
retired athletes in the wings it has to00:09:18
be someone who's willing to really go00:09:20
and interact with fans to travel and00:09:24
that it wants to have fun and we have00:09:25
chemistry with and so that's that's how00:09:27
we're analyzing uh Brands we were00:09:30
getting hit up by a lot of them right00:09:31
now okay so now now people are pitching00:09:33
you oh yeah we get hit up by a lot just00:09:34
because you know I think Rick and and00:09:37
you and Mike will say that we do it00:09:38
right in we've been really great and you00:09:40
know we're not we're not salesmen00:09:42
selling them a dream we're showing them00:09:44
that with what we can do and so I think00:09:46
a lot of people see that and they want00:09:48
that representation what do you feel00:09:50
makes you a good face of cannabis00:09:53
everybody knows my life my story and00:09:56
they see the um the contrast00:09:58
without marijuana and my life with00:10:02
marijuana and they see the00:10:04
um tremendous difference can you see can00:10:07
you see Tyson 2.0 being sort of like the00:10:10
um like the William Morris or CAA of00:10:14
cannabis Brands no I look at it as00:10:16
standard oil for celebrities okay I00:10:19
can't wait to stand with you in five or00:10:20
ten years and recap the Standard Oil of00:10:23
celebrity cannabis Brands era pay only00:10:26
the universe is willing00:10:28
but we're trying to substitute for00:10:31
opiates substitute for psych meds you00:10:33
need daily regimen taxes in California00:10:35
on our cannabis are exuberant so it00:10:38
would force them to look to the illicit00:10:41
Market if they didn't have access to the00:10:43
meds through our programming for more00:10:44
than a quarter Century cannabis has been00:10:46
illegally prescribed medicine in00:10:48
California recommended by doctors to00:10:50
manage a wide range of conditions from00:10:52
arthritis to seizures but if you're sick00:10:55
and can't afford your medicine good luck00:10:56
getting your insurance company to help00:10:58
foot the bill thanks to cannabis status00:11:00
as an illegal drug at the federal level00:11:02
that's a non-starter and until the00:11:04
passage of Senate Bill 34 in 201900:11:07
cannabis companies couldn't even donate00:11:09
product to those in need without paying00:11:11
a hefty sales tax and now that that law00:11:13
has passed San francisco-based delivery00:11:15
company ease has partnered with a00:11:17
handful of cannabis Brands to get00:11:19
product into the hands of those who need00:11:21
it most I'm Adam shorn and this is the00:11:23
Green Room00:11:24
[Music]00:11:27
you launched this program in the East00:11:30
compassion program in 2019 yes because00:11:32
you saw a need with the the large amount00:11:34
of taxes even for a product that was00:11:35
being donated correct I had the00:11:37
opportunity to work at ease right at the00:11:40
dawn of adult use legalization where00:11:42
many medical patients were being left00:11:44
behind with these new regulations the00:11:46
tax was so great on the product that00:11:50
could be donated that it was unfeasible00:11:53
for folks to receive this medicine and00:11:55
for providers to provide it because it00:11:57
was too expensive have you been00:11:58
delivering to patients in need since00:12:01
2019 yes absolutely and the law passed00:12:04
in 2019 and was implemented in October00:12:07
of 2019 when Governor Newsom signed SB00:12:09
34. so as orders come in we get them on00:12:12
the monitors here we have four different00:12:13
territories that we serve they come out00:12:16
right here those were both from our00:12:17
South territory00:12:19
boom and then it'll tell us what it is00:12:22
we have an order with Edibles and a vape00:12:24
flower and a vape everything together I00:12:26
just put everything in a bucket purple00:12:27
limeade I've got right here00:12:30
along with guava and we scan just to00:12:32
make sure that I'm grabbing the correct00:12:33
items and then I just try to keep them00:12:36
as closed as possible so everything00:12:37
stays in and they're good to go here00:12:39
we're packing a compassion order we've00:12:41
come up with a system that creates a00:12:43
template receipt and then I'll simply00:12:45
print out two receipts and it will tell00:12:47
me the quantity the product and which00:12:50
customers that it's going to these are00:12:52
my you know inventory for the compassion00:12:55
donation so what I do is once I print00:12:58
this out I make sure that the quantities00:13:00
are correct and then the company is00:13:02
correct and then I'll go ahead and00:13:05
simply put it into this ease compassion00:13:07
donation bag every product is also00:13:10
allocated not only in metric but also00:13:13
physically has a sticker on it that says00:13:16
that it is donation and for medical use00:13:18
only how do you find the the patients00:13:21
and these are all the is the00:13:23
qualification that they all have to be00:13:25
medical they need to have a medical00:13:26
cannabis card correct yes they have to00:13:28
have a doctor's recommendation that00:13:30
states that they are a medical cannabis00:13:31
patient or also have a state issued mmid00:13:34
card I partner directly with the00:13:36
compassion organizations such as this is00:13:37
Jane Project weed for warriors and00:13:40
operation Evac they identify patients00:13:43
that are eligible to receive and they00:13:46
refer them to ease compassion to sign up00:13:49
and I check that they have been verified00:13:51
by the organization that has referred00:13:54
them it really started about getting00:13:56
cannabis in the hands of veterans so00:13:58
they can make the decision to substitute00:14:00
cannabis for the opiates they take we00:14:03
are a non-profit organization that sheds00:14:05
light builds community and uplifts the00:14:07
lives of women and non-binary trauma00:14:09
survivors we do it through a theories of00:14:10
survivor-centered programming and that00:14:12
includes things like the Compassionate00:14:14
Care SB 34 allows us to provide access00:14:17
to cannabis that they otherwise would00:14:19
not be able to afford and they use this00:14:21
medicine to confront manage and heal00:14:23
from trauma now that trauma could be00:14:25
medical trauma generational trauma00:14:27
racial trauma sexual trauma00:14:30
etc for the veterans who are over00:14:32
drinking we found that when Opie when00:14:34
candles is available they drink less so00:14:36
what we're seeing is where cannabis is00:14:38
available and accessible to our veteran00:14:39
Community we're seeing we saw lower00:14:42
suicides lower overdoses lower domestic00:14:45
violence because alcohol makes you mad00:14:46
right a lot of our vets we're on the00:14:48
front lines that's what our group's00:14:49
doing00:14:51
[Music]00:14:55
thank you00:15:03
[Music]00:15:12
[Music]00:15:13
every couple of months or so I get a00:15:17
compassion delivery and it's been really00:15:19
great and convenient what's happening00:15:23
with me is it's like I have a chronic00:15:24
condition okay and and this is it looks00:15:27
like a a baby but I'm I'm one of those00:15:30
people that's pregnant but not with00:15:31
child I have uterine fibroids okay I had00:15:34
surgery they were to remove them00:15:37
then they grew back I lost my insurance00:15:41
and you know the Health Care system00:15:43
isn't the best in the state so I was00:15:46
kind of left to my own devices and then00:15:48
found out that cannabis shrinks tumors00:15:52
and I just needed to find out if there00:15:54
was any truth to that and there it is it00:15:57
does how do you get connected with the00:15:59
ease compassion program was that through00:16:00
the the this is Jane Project through00:16:02
this is Jane it was like a paper trail00:16:05
so SB 34 right the Compassionate Care00:16:08
Act and I contacted00:16:10
deer cannabis and then deer cannabis put00:16:13
me in a this is Jane Project together00:16:17
and then it's it was a very we were Well00:16:20
Suited East has a fantastic network of00:16:22
really great brands on our menu and this00:16:26
is an opportunity for them to provide00:16:29
free medicine and also not incur a cost00:16:32
of having to destroy product the legal00:16:34
cannabis market right now in California00:16:36
folks are definitely over producing for00:16:38
the season and there is abundance of00:16:40
product that is not getting to shelves00:16:42
and sitting at distros with the time00:16:45
ticking on when it's a bad date or00:16:47
something yeah so this is an opportunity00:16:49
for us to help those Brands mitigate the00:16:52
cost of actually they have to destroy it00:16:54
they have to pay for a waste management00:16:55
company to come pick it up and bring it00:16:58
to destroy not only do they lose the00:17:00
money but then they have to pay for it00:17:01
exactly okay so this is a win-win for00:17:03
everyone if you were trying to you know00:17:05
do this self-medication yourself which00:17:07
obviously isn't covered by any insurance00:17:09
or anything like what would be the cash00:17:11
outlay for what you've receive every00:17:13
couple of months yeah it's it's00:17:14
impossible possible it's like it's00:17:16
incalculable like I I need a gram of00:17:19
cannabis oil a day we started this and I00:17:22
was like do we want to give one pre-roll00:17:23
out and that it doesn't it's not if00:17:25
we're trying to substitute for opiates00:17:28
substitute for psych meds you need daily00:17:30
regimen yeah and to give an example of00:17:32
an eighth of flour is basically three00:17:34
joints yep okay if you want to smoke00:17:37
that morning afternoon and evening for00:17:39
your medical regimen that's about forty00:17:41
dollars an eighth after taxes and that's00:17:43
not a high-end flour right that's like00:17:45
for the 40 times 30 is twelve hundred00:17:47
dollars veterans make 3 000 tax-free if00:17:50
you're 100 disabled vet so to medicate00:17:53
in the legal Market we would need to eat00:17:55
up 40 of our income every month just to00:17:58
go into the dispensary to have three00:18:00
joints a day either you're gonna live00:18:02
you know pay your rent or you're going00:18:04
to be able to afford meds at a shop so00:18:06
you know it's like how do I find where00:18:08
the session is at to go find the the00:18:10
black market meds that aren't tested you00:18:12
know what I'm saying so I'm taking this00:18:13
big risk and Gamble just so I can stay00:18:16
off of the the opiate stuff you know00:18:18
because now people are dying off of00:18:19
fentanyl yeah you know I was just00:18:20
fortunate enough to detox off of it you00:18:22
know years before that so it's been a00:18:24
big Lifesaver and these drops have00:18:26
definitely been something that was much00:18:27
needed to the veteran communities yeah00:18:32
since Inception we've been able to00:18:35
supply over a hundred thousand units of00:18:38
compassionate product to patients across00:18:40
California specifically in the Bay Area00:18:43
in LA and excited to you know keep00:18:45
expanding that work we have helped over00:18:47
100 genes with access points to00:18:49
compassionate cannabis donations we have00:18:51
also facilitated access points to00:18:54
low-cost medical recommendations which00:18:56
is necessary to get the compassionate00:18:58
cannabis donations to over 50 genes our00:19:01
Janes are desperate for access to this00:19:03
medication they don't have Expendable00:19:05
income they don't have the opportunity00:19:07
to go out and really do this and the00:19:09
taxes in California on our cannabis are00:19:11
exuberant so it would force them to look00:19:14
to the illicit Market if they didn't00:19:16
have access to the meds through our00:19:18
programming it's been a driving force00:19:20
for me to pay it forward to help other00:19:22
people that I know that are struggling00:19:23
and going through those type of things00:19:24
to say hey man you can live a much00:19:26
better life you can get out of the house00:19:28
you won't you know have these Suicidal00:19:30
Thoughts you'll be more tolerable to00:19:32
yourself your family and those around00:19:33
you if you just switch what it is that00:19:36
you use you know I'm saying for yourself00:19:37
medicating how different is your quality00:19:40
of life through this program regardless00:19:42
of whether anyone believes whether or00:19:44
not it's tricking a tumor or there's00:19:45
medical whatever because I know there's00:19:47
going to be haters out there it's a00:19:49
world of difference it's a world of00:19:51
difference it's one thing to know that00:19:52
you're healing and and then to add on to00:19:55
feel that you're healing and then to00:19:57
have test results that actually show00:19:59
that everything that you're feeling is00:20:00
actually happening00:20:02
[Music]00:20:05
when people talk about cannabis they00:20:07
talk about like it's not bad I don't00:20:10
want to play that game I just want to00:20:11
show how it's like can contribute like00:20:14
what it's for anyone can look at their00:20:16
life and realize yeah when I feel like00:20:17
my life gets worse when I feel good I00:20:20
have better ideas and things seem to00:20:21
move in a more positive direction00:20:25
Ricky Williams is one of the greatest00:20:27
college running backs in NCAA history00:20:29
playing Four Seasons at the University00:20:31
of Texas Williams was a two-time00:20:32
All-American and won the Heisman Trophy00:20:34
in 1998 and played 11 seasons in the00:20:37
National Football League however it00:20:38
wasn't without some controversy before00:20:40
the 2004 season Williams tested positive00:20:43
for marijuana and faced a 650 thousand00:20:45
dollar fine and four-game suspension he00:20:47
chose to retire instead he returned for00:20:49
the 2005 season but was suspended for00:20:51
the 2006 season due to another drug00:20:53
policy violation he came back in 200700:20:56
and played five more seasons he ended00:20:59
his career with more than ten thousand00:21:00
career rushing yards only the 26th00:21:02
player in NFL history to do so so we're00:21:05
in Manhattan Beach today to talk to00:21:06
Ricky Williams about his football career00:21:09
his cannabis business and what the NFL00:21:11
needs to do to take better care of its00:21:12
players00:21:14
the first time that I smoked cannabis00:21:17
was in high school it was my junior year00:21:19
but I didn't become a smoker until after00:21:22
I left College the conditioning from the00:21:24
very beginning is that this is bad bad00:21:27
like the consideration that it could be00:21:30
good it wasn't there in college00:21:33
um so a lot of the guys on the team of00:21:35
sometimes Fridays they would go into the00:21:38
room you know shoot dice play cards and00:21:40
they'd smoke and they'd you know pass a00:21:41
blunt around and I was young and like00:21:43
they invited me in and so I was being00:21:45
cool with them and so I'd hit it a00:21:47
couple times and it was nice I didn't00:21:49
you know I noticed that it you know00:21:51
contributed to the camaraderie and00:21:52
helping us like fill together as a team00:21:54
and those were really special moments00:21:56
but it wasn't something I wasn't a00:21:58
smoker and it wasn't like you smoke and00:22:00
all of a sudden you're like I can go out00:22:01
there on the field and right there was00:22:02
not even there wasn't even a connection00:22:04
and because most of us athletes when00:22:07
we're growing up where said this isn't00:22:09
this is a bad thing so it's not it was00:22:11
difficult to take pride in it and even00:22:13
to consider consider it in a positive00:22:15
light it was my senior year in in00:22:17
college and I just had like a really00:22:19
rough couple of weeks and I remember my00:22:22
roommate you know suggested that I smoke00:22:24
and I smoked and and like I slowed down00:22:26
and I started like looking at all the00:22:28
things in my life from a a higher00:22:31
perspective and I wasn't so caught up in00:22:33
the stuff I could see oh I could see a00:22:36
way out I could see it differently is00:22:38
that the way you used cannabis while you00:22:41
were in the NFL the way I keep thinking00:22:43
about the world now is we live like in00:22:45
two different worlds okay we have the00:22:46
outer World which is we have00:22:48
expectations from people and things and00:22:50
like ourselves right we have the00:22:52
expectation that we needed like a place00:22:53
to sleep at night and we need to put00:22:54
food in our body right those are00:22:56
external needs but we also have internal00:22:59
things right we need to feel certain00:23:01
ways we need to feel like we're00:23:02
accomplishing certain things and and I00:23:04
think truly at the end of the day at00:23:06
least for me those inner urges always00:23:08
went out over the external expectations00:23:10
and what I realized is the Need For00:23:12
Peace of Mind was much more valuable to00:23:14
me than the fame or the money or any of00:23:16
that other stuff and so if I had to00:23:18
choose between the giving up peace of00:23:20
mind to make money and like destroy my00:23:22
body or to feel good I chose to feel00:23:26
good while cannabis may have hindered00:23:27
William's NFL career it also paved the00:23:29
way for his post football calling as a00:23:31
cannabis Advocate not only for00:23:32
recreation but for health he recently00:23:34
started his own cannabis line Heisman I00:23:37
always had this dream of really00:23:38
combining Sports and spirituality you00:23:41
know because especially as I had my00:23:43
Spiritual Awakening I realized you know00:23:46
going through a yoga teacher training00:23:48
and living in an ashram it felt so much00:23:51
like training camp it felt so much like00:23:53
a football environment and I started to00:23:55
make a connection of everything that we00:23:57
learned as a professional athlete can00:23:58
prepare us to be successful in life the00:24:00
first aim is to give people an00:24:02
expression of the love for these two00:24:03
things right because they've been00:24:05
separated for so long and the second00:24:07
thing is to kind of lead the way of like00:24:09
examples of how to how to combine these00:24:12
two things because I've been do I've00:24:13
been doing it for so long right you know00:24:14
I've been I've been ahead of the pack so00:24:16
I have a little bit of experience00:24:18
foreign00:24:21
he's an athlete who has a voice and he00:24:23
wants to get his movement out there and00:24:25
he wants it to be heard it's a movement00:24:26
you know and we're all doing our part00:24:28
and some of us have louder voices and he00:24:30
just uh the way he's using his is it's00:24:33
beautiful you know he's doing something00:24:34
he believes in and it actually is00:24:35
helping people this was one of those00:24:37
that but a price it definitely and it's00:24:39
what it's 40 it's forty dollars it's00:24:41
forty dollars for yeah forty dollars for00:24:43
an eight basically off for that you got00:24:45
three different options which will be00:24:46
the pre-game halftime in the post game00:24:48
we have a sativa our pre-game in00:24:50
California right now our sativa is00:24:52
called Jesus skittlesworth which is a00:24:54
cross of00:24:55
um Jesus OG and watermelon Skittles if00:24:57
you're gonna hit a hike uh definitely go00:24:59
for it gonna hit the gym I'm someone who00:25:01
if I'm like I used to box if I'm about00:25:03
to go go boxing or something like that00:25:04
pregame will be my go-to our halftime is00:25:07
Ken Jiffy Jr which is a peanut butter00:25:09
souffle with halftime it's like you got00:25:11
your players who's like super tired00:25:13
during halftime you got your place00:25:14
you're still you know mad that they00:25:15
taking the L they're excited that they00:25:16
win in and they're energized and um with00:25:19
halftime I think gives you that it's00:25:20
like however you're leaning that's where00:25:22
it's going to take you to and then our00:25:23
post game is Cherry rice which is a00:25:25
cherry pie and if you notice each one is00:25:27
you know an homage to a well-known00:25:30
athlete post game has definitely after00:25:31
the game I would say is that you know00:25:33
you're tired you're you're excited I'm00:25:35
assuming you won the game too so uh you00:25:38
just want to kind of go home relax uh00:25:40
just uh just you know take take the rest00:25:42
of the day and just enjoy enjoy what you00:25:44
got left after that so post game will be00:25:45
the one athletes are people too people00:25:48
you know we smoke weed to feel better00:25:50
maybe ease the pain in our neck but then00:25:52
do you pick up the television remote and00:25:54
watch your favorite show or do you pick00:25:56
up you know a video game controller and00:25:58
play a game with your friend and enjoy00:25:59
it more do you enjoy food more is that a00:26:01
recreational thing or is that medicinal00:26:02
I don't know right but it's mental00:26:04
health in 2020 the NFL and the players00:26:06
union ratified a new contract in which00:26:09
cannabis use was loosened under the new00:26:11
agreement players who test positive will00:26:13
no longer be suspended players will only00:26:15
be tested the first two weeks of00:26:16
training camp and the threshold of THC00:26:18
one could have in their system was00:26:19
raised fourfold and while they won't be00:26:22
suspended they will be fined and put00:26:24
into treatment programs do you think00:26:25
that the way the the rules that they've00:26:27
changed go far enough or do you feel00:26:30
that they should just00:26:31
totally remove cannabis from the list of00:26:35
things that they test for during the00:26:36
season so after a football game00:26:38
especially for me because I you know00:26:40
carried a lot our trainer would walk00:26:42
down the plane and he had a little00:26:44
container of a Vicodin right and he00:26:47
would say what do you need three four I00:26:50
need to pass about okay football is a00:26:52
brutal Sport and to me the NFL's00:26:54
responsibility is to give players all00:26:56
reasonable means to take care of00:26:58
themselves and to punish players by fine00:27:00
because they've cut it down to a fine00:27:02
for taking care of themselves in natural00:27:04
ways even if00:27:06
you know the government hasn't caught up00:27:08
to to realize that this shouldn't be00:27:09
illegal I think NFL owes it to their00:27:12
players do you think if the rules as00:27:14
they are now were in place then00:27:17
you would still be you you would have00:27:19
extended your NFL career00:27:22
for sure but I'm not saying that's a00:27:24
that's a positive thing00:27:26
right there's an assumption that the00:27:28
longer you play football that that's a00:27:29
positive thing right and and I don't but00:27:32
I don't share that because I value00:27:34
quality of life more than I value like00:27:37
money and money doesn't always lead to00:27:39
quality of life when people think the00:27:41
only way that I'm allowed to feel good00:27:43
is I have to have something wrong with00:27:45
me then they create things wrong with00:27:46
them in order to justify doing something00:27:48
that feels good okay and what I'm trying00:27:50
to say is you don't need a reason to00:27:53
feel good yeah except if you want your00:27:56
life to be good00:27:58
is there a kids snack that's also a00:28:01
really good snack for when you're high I00:28:03
eat all their Oreos the Oreos are mine00:28:05
and we've got goldfish and Pirates Booty00:28:07
those are like because that's something00:28:10
about that Pirate's Booty and the00:28:11
cheddar parenting can be a stressful job00:28:13
but many moms are finding that a little00:28:15
puff of cannabis can take the edge off00:28:17
while you're raising that little bundle00:28:18
of joy that's the topic of why Mommy00:28:20
gets high we recently sat down with the00:28:23
author Wendy Brazil and some of her00:28:24
Canon mom friends to talk about the00:28:26
inspiration behind the book and some of00:28:28
the joys and stigmas that exist with pop00:28:31
parenting I'm Adam shorn this is the00:28:33
Green Room00:28:37
yeah00:28:39
when I was a little girl I would dream00:28:42
as selling Seas making dinosaur00:28:44
discoveries and flying on the high00:28:45
trampees but the Dream I Dreamed most00:28:48
come true was to be a mommy to the two00:28:51
of you it's not one of those parody00:28:53
books that's like a children's book no00:28:55
why did you want to write it as a00:28:57
children's book when my kids were little00:28:59
when they asked me where babies came00:29:01
from I flat out told them two three00:29:04
years old it was just part of life00:29:06
that's how I think that weed and any00:29:10
medicine should be and I wanted that00:29:12
message to be told to my own children00:29:15
okay so it's the book that you wish that00:29:16
you had absolutely I wish I had it for00:29:19
my own children you feel guilty that you00:29:21
couldn't explain it to them didn't it00:29:23
wasn't that I felt guilty I felt like I00:29:26
looked a little kooky you know because I00:29:29
would be helping them with their00:29:31
homework and starting to lose my temper00:29:34
or starting to you know feel like I was00:29:38
alone out of control and I would say00:29:40
give me a moment and I'd come back and00:29:43
I'd be a completely different cool Mom00:29:45
it dropped my ego of you know you have00:29:47
to get straight A's in order for me to00:29:49
look like a good mom and it made me00:29:51
realize that homework was for them it00:29:54
made me remember what was important00:29:57
about being a mom how is it for moms who00:29:59
consume cannabis right now I mean what's00:30:02
the what's the environment like is it00:30:03
judgy depends on where you live because00:30:05
if you're a California mom you could get00:30:07
a little bit of judgment but maybe not00:30:08
as much because you do see dispensary00:30:10
Billboards everywhere you go so it's a00:30:12
bit normalized on the East Coast00:30:13
absolutely not that's not something you00:30:15
go around advertising to everyone00:30:16
because you do risk Child Protective00:30:18
Services Department of Children Family00:30:20
Services intervening and that is not00:30:23
something you want how does it work and00:30:25
I would I guess I wouldn't00:30:27
Chardonnay yeah right but00:30:29
well I think for for me personally00:30:32
um I have always been a cannabis00:30:35
consumer always just recreationally and00:30:38
then as I started to learn more I00:30:41
realized that my use wasn't as00:30:43
recreational as I thought I realized00:30:45
that it's like oh00:30:47
so people struggle with this but I don't00:30:49
because I I have a coping method you00:30:52
know like a way to help okay yeah you00:30:55
know and so I think that that for me has00:30:58
always been my my through line so then00:31:00
you know when I got pregnant it was that00:31:02
it was just a natural thing for me to be00:31:06
like okay well I don't feel comfortable00:31:08
smoking because I'm pregnant you00:31:10
shouldn't smoke when you're pregnant but00:31:12
there are all these other ways that you00:31:13
can use cannabis that don't include00:31:15
smoking that don't include getting high00:31:18
so then it was like oh just opened up00:31:20
like a whole new world certainly had a00:31:22
relationship with cannabis most of my00:31:24
adult life and uh it's been an ally of00:31:27
mine and and a preference and I I think00:31:29
it was something I always chose to00:31:31
self-medicate uh with that plant versus00:31:35
you know antidepressants or other things00:31:37
or over time or even just you know Advil00:31:40
uh you know I can I can use cannabis for00:31:42
a lot of that stuff and so it's it's a a00:31:44
go-to Ally of mine all of my life00:31:46
there's a lot of things you come I have00:31:47
to cut out in your diet when you find00:31:49
out that you're pregnant right you want00:31:50
to grow the baby and the baby have like00:31:52
two eyes and ears and do all the things00:31:54
so you're like okay no caffeine no so um00:31:56
I was like okay I have to give up00:31:58
everything00:31:59
um and I was miserable and so then I00:32:01
became pregnant with my son and I told00:32:04
myself I was like my next pregnancy I'm00:32:06
consuming cannabis because I made the00:32:07
connection that I wasn't happy in my00:32:10
pregnancy because I stopped cold turkey00:32:11
consuming cannabis so I incorporated00:32:14
into my pregnancy with my son it's the00:32:15
best pregnancy ever looking forward to00:32:17
having more kids now because I was just00:32:19
like wow cannabis is really the solution00:32:21
to making pregnancy enjoyable I couldn't00:32:23
understand why women were like oh I love00:32:25
pregnancy it's the best time of my life00:32:27
I'm just like no this sucks it's00:32:29
horrible I was very lucky because I had00:32:32
a neighbor who made me a good batch of00:32:34
brownies it was absolutely a game00:32:37
changer where I was able to get up and00:32:40
go to work and not feel you know super00:32:41
high but I I wasn't in the bathroom all00:32:45
morning long what did your kids now00:32:47
adult kids00:32:49
what was their reaction to the book when00:32:51
you told them that you were writing a00:32:52
book called why Mommy get Thai they have00:32:54
all done stories for me on their00:32:55
Instagram okay uh they you know no00:32:58
higher praise they're proud of me and00:32:59
they're proud of of the message and uh I00:33:04
have um my youngest daughter is uh her00:33:07
sorority sister is my person who goes00:33:11
out and does all my media okay yes and00:33:14
they're good with it it's hard to have00:33:16
fun with so much on my mind sometimes00:33:18
Mommy needs a way to unwind mommy may00:33:21
slip away for just a minute or two I'll00:33:23
come back feeling Carefree ready to bake00:33:25
cookies with you parenting is lonely in00:33:28
the first place and then when you when00:33:30
you're a mom who partakes when there00:33:32
aren't a lot of other moms that do that00:33:34
I knew00:33:35
um it was extremely long what's it00:33:37
what's it like when you're at an event00:33:39
or something you know and you find you00:33:41
know there's a tell another mom00:33:45
maybe maybe not as open as like the00:33:47
earrings or something but like what00:33:49
what's that feeling when you encounter00:33:51
out in the wild oh you're so excited00:33:53
it's like finding a tribe you're like oh00:33:55
my gosh sister00:33:58
I'm like oh there's a deeper connection00:33:59
yeah it's like you get it yeah you get00:34:01
it you totally get it yeah yeah what do00:34:04
you say to your kids about cannabis at00:34:05
this age they remind me again they're00:34:08
three and six and they know that it's um00:34:10
only for grown-ups that it's medicine00:34:12
like I've even shown my son like on00:34:14
because I like the Cannabis drinks I've00:34:16
shown him like the triangle and the00:34:18
exclamation and I've shown him and he00:34:20
knows like that's not for me that's for00:34:23
adults like okay you know like and and00:34:25
so I think that just being open about it00:34:27
really really helps from a young age so00:34:30
that there's nothing to hide there's I'm00:34:31
not doing anything wrong when they smell00:34:33
weed they're not like oh what's that00:34:34
that's just a normal smell00:34:36
and that's just around and I don't you00:34:40
know consume in front of them but we00:34:43
just kind of you know take my medicine00:34:44
they know we take lots of teas and00:34:47
medicines at home we do lots of vitamins00:34:49
and they know I love medicine this is00:34:51
just another medicine you know that I00:34:52
take and I don't announce it when I'm00:34:55
when I'm taking it what is the reaction00:34:57
been outside of the the family and00:35:00
friends who are being obviously00:35:01
supportive you know I have a I have00:35:02
quite a few friends who decide not to00:35:04
follow my Instagram and have feelings00:35:07
about it and you know I do find you know00:35:09
that my friends who have issues with it00:35:11
don't have any issues with taking00:35:13
antidepressants or you know having uh00:35:17
Martini multiple Martinis in the evening00:35:20
so I think it's a little strange but00:35:22
that was a surprise to you that that00:35:25
kind of reaction it was it was when is00:35:28
the appropriate time is there an00:35:29
appropriate age I I didn't look and see00:35:31
if there was an age like range or00:35:33
anything like that I think younger the00:35:35
better yeah it's just normalizing it00:35:37
it's just making it all okay I mean00:35:39
nobody's saying go ahead and get messed00:35:42
up we're talking about use it as00:35:46
a way to connect with your children and00:35:50
a way to enjoy things and to take your00:35:53
mind off of everything else where you're00:35:55
actually present for them although I may00:35:58
smell a little funny I'll be a much00:36:00
happier Mommy and our chocolate chip00:36:02
cookies are going to be extra yummy00:36:04
making a mess running around the house00:36:06
building forts on the couch sometimes I00:36:09
feel like I'm gonna cry00:36:11
but hey there are no big deals with00:36:14
Mommy's high do you feel that that00:36:16
cannabis for you personally is is is a00:36:21
better stress reliever than alcohol of00:36:24
course yeah yeah oh I don't really drink00:36:27
alcohol that much at all I do I love00:36:29
wine so I never get on wine moms because00:36:31
I can also be a can of cannabis slash00:36:34
blind Mom I love it's about being a00:36:36
crossfading mom yeah yeah is that what a00:36:38
cross-made it I realized that early in00:36:41
my mothering experience I went to a day00:36:42
party I got really like drunk and threw00:36:45
up and and then like and I had to go00:36:47
chase after my toddler and I was like I00:36:50
can't do this I would never have that00:36:53
experience with weed dads who consume00:36:54
cannabis00:36:55
get more of a pass and or less judgment00:36:58
than moms oh you know what can I say00:37:01
something I was I was literally just00:37:03
thinking about this yesterday and I was00:37:05
like can a mom is a thing on the00:37:07
internet can a mom it's a it's a total00:37:10
phrase I don't hear Canada there's so00:37:13
many times when it's like the dad smokes00:37:17
not the mom you know what I mean like00:37:19
I've met so many couples parent friends00:37:22
the other day the dad not the moment dad00:37:24
not the mom dad not the dad nothing you00:37:26
know and it's just like but if you're a00:37:27
mom it's like you are a mother that is00:37:29
your whole life your whole personality00:37:30
that is what you you know like you don't00:37:33
get to have anything outside of that00:37:34
yeah it's interesting though when I00:37:37
think about it you know even parenting00:37:39
um when my kids were little I would have00:37:41
a glass of wine you know while while we00:37:44
were making dinner and all I wanted them00:37:46
to do was go to bed so that they could00:37:48
have another glass of wine and you know00:37:50
I'd read half a book like okay it's time00:37:52
to go to bed and yep with weed it was00:37:55
like Mom not another book we want to go00:37:57
to the same you know like you get into00:38:00
it you enjoy it it's an enjoyable00:38:02
experience rather than you know every00:38:05
wine mom I ever talked to it's like yeah00:38:06
I just want to get the kids to sleep I00:38:08
mean not putting down my mom's but you00:38:10
know there is a different way of looking00:38:12
at parenting where we you know the kind00:38:15
of moms I talk to are the most engage00:38:17
really into engage with your children00:38:20
yes really in tune with their children00:38:22
and enjoy being with them it's not like00:38:24
you know why won't my husband watch them00:38:26
so I can go out to ladies night you know00:38:28
or why can't it's about wanting to be00:38:31
with them and that's why you know that's00:38:33
why I think it's so important to at00:38:36
least think about it as an option rather00:38:39
than because we all need to shake it off00:38:41
sometimes every every mom does but for00:38:43
me when a day it's extra hard I write it00:38:46
light up a flower we grew in the yard00:38:48
and then I know my dreams have come true00:38:51
and I can be the best mommy to the two00:38:53
of you00:38:56
that's why Mommy gets high00:39:00
one to make a holistic approach because00:39:01
I'm never going to sit there and say you00:39:03
know if you're having problems have some00:39:04
cannabis but I think cannabis should be00:39:06
a tool in the tool kit if it makes sense00:39:10
as a special operations team Commander00:39:13
with Marine Raiders Brian Buckley fought00:39:15
for his country in Afghanistan now he00:39:18
wants the federal government to step up00:39:20
and fight for the right for veterans to00:39:23
use cannabis instead of opiates to treat00:39:25
the after effects of their service when00:39:27
we tell a story about Hellman Valley00:39:28
Growers companies we get to speak about00:39:29
the legends of the Hellman Valley you00:39:32
know these these men did amazing things00:39:33
you know I used to tell people history00:39:36
will tell us if we made a difference we00:39:38
all saw that kind of play out in August00:39:39
and it was kind of a what what just00:39:40
happened right there but you know maybe00:39:42
some good can come from that crazy00:39:44
Valley that we fought in and if we can00:39:46
sit here and we prove the medical00:39:47
benefits and help veterans save lives00:39:49
you know that is a great way of kind of00:39:51
paying homage to them that's an uphill00:39:54
battle00:39:55
while cannabis except00:39:57
to grow every00:39:59
classified as a schedule one drug which00:40:02
means it has no medical value which00:40:04
affects its ability to fund studies that00:40:06
might prove its worth in fighting things00:40:07
like post-traumatic stress that's why he00:40:10
decided to launch a cannabis brand that00:40:11
would Channel 100 of profits into00:40:13
funding medical cannabis research I'm00:40:15
Adam schorn and this is the Green Room00:40:20
foreign00:40:23
to Fallujah Iraq when I came back from00:40:27
that they said hey you did a pretty good00:40:28
job why don't you try for marine00:40:29
reconnaissance so I tried out they sent00:40:31
me right back to Iraq six months later00:40:32
and then I came back from that we00:40:34
started up The Marine Corps Special00:40:35
Operations Command now known as Marine00:40:37
Raiders and then I spent a majority of00:40:39
my career as a team commander and did00:40:40
deployments into Africa southeast Asia00:40:43
as well as Afghanistan in particular the00:40:45
Helmand Province Hellman Valley that00:40:47
that caught my eye when I when I saw the00:40:50
name of it how did that come to be the00:40:51
name of your brand Helman Province was00:40:54
by far the most volatile area in00:40:55
Afghanistan when I served as a marine00:40:58
Raider I was in first Raider Battalion00:40:59
and when you go to Hellman Valley and00:41:02
you serve there you become part of the00:41:03
Hellman Valley Gun Club and again hvgc00:41:06
tattoo I was going to ask if you had one00:41:07
of the tattoos absolutely we came up00:41:09
with this concept of this company we00:41:11
wanted to keep a military Niche to it so00:41:13
through hvgc up on a wall and it hit us00:41:16
really quick when Hellman Valley Growers00:41:18
company so I went back I briefed the00:41:19
guys who were part of it kind of explain00:41:21
our what wanted to do and I'm like I00:41:23
just want to make sure everyone's cool00:41:24
we got to trademark this and whatever00:41:25
and the guys were like not only be cool00:41:27
with it but can we get a job when we get00:41:28
out00:41:29
[Music]00:41:33
for those of you who kind of are00:41:36
unfamiliar with our products we color00:41:38
code everything to make it more easily00:41:40
identifiable so anytime we're talking00:41:43
about our hybrid products00:41:45
it's going to be in a green box such as00:41:47
this your Flagship product that you00:41:49
started with are these Vape cartridges00:41:50
yes so this is one of our distillate00:41:52
Vape cartridges this particular strain00:41:54
is our purple train rack probably our00:41:57
most popular hybrid distillate cart00:41:59
hybrids that olive green our sativas we00:42:02
always color code these sort of desert00:42:04
Brown which leads us to our indicators00:42:07
which we have our Purple Kush and we00:42:10
also have our afghanimal old afghanimal00:42:12
so it's a cross between Afghani and00:42:14
animal cookies it was kind of when I00:42:16
transitioned out the military I'm 10000:42:17
disabled and I was just having really00:42:20
rough time sleeping at night and that's00:42:21
when someone's like hey why don't you00:42:23
try some cannabis and when I took it it00:42:25
was probably the first time I you know I00:42:27
just like a warm blanket hit my brain00:42:29
and it was kind of like my mind was00:42:30
finally at peace did it help you sleep00:42:32
it was the first time I got full night00:42:33
of sleep and I don't know how long I had00:42:34
an opportunity to talk to some members00:42:36
of Congress and they're like listen I'll00:42:38
say I was in that was in 2016. 2016 and00:42:40
they're like you know I would say right00:42:42
now I'm sure it works but they're like00:42:43
I'm not walking out that door and gonna00:42:45
make that a statement in front of the TV00:42:47
or anything so the people in Congress00:42:49
yeah they're like if you guys can get00:42:50
data and get American doctors you guys00:42:52
will have an argument from that we00:42:54
literally I looked at a Paul Newman00:42:55
salad dressing bottle and 100 of profits00:42:57
to charity and yeah so that's what yeah00:42:59
that was one of the ideas when we said00:43:01
hey with how many value Growers company00:43:02
why don't we do 100 of our profits to00:43:04
help fund our research the whole reason00:43:06
for the company is for them to raise00:43:08
funds to do research about cannabis00:43:10
versus opiates for veterans which is a00:43:12
great selling point in theory how does00:43:15
that resonate with customers when when00:43:17
they come in and inquire about it I00:43:18
think it definitely resonates with00:43:20
people because I feel like when people00:43:22
come in to shop for cannabis a lot of00:43:25
times they don't even really know00:43:26
anything about the brands they just see00:43:28
the product they see the strain name and00:43:30
they see the percentage of THC and then00:43:32
they're like I want that one but when we00:43:34
are able to talk about the company in00:43:37
the background we have a couple00:43:38
different companies like hvgc where they00:43:40
have that more like charitable00:43:42
background people do take it very well00:43:43
and I think it does like Translate to00:43:45
sales a lot people like to know that00:43:47
they're helping a cause that they00:43:48
believe in because they're here shopping00:43:49
so they do obviously believe in cannabis00:43:52
and the properties that it has prior to00:43:54
us actually bringing any products on the00:43:56
shelves we test these out on veterans00:43:59
that are already dealing with PTSD so00:44:01
we'll sit down with them we'll talk with00:44:03
them about some of the issues and00:44:05
symptoms that they have things that are00:44:07
associated with post-traumatic stress so00:44:09
once we have an idea of you know some of00:44:11
the challenges that they're facing we00:44:13
can say hey like try this to be clear00:44:15
that's different than the study the the00:44:18
large studies that are going to be00:44:20
funded by the profits correct this is00:44:22
just sort of like you're you're sort of00:44:23
doing like market research yeah I mean00:44:26
um it's kind of a double-edged sword00:44:27
we're lucky enough to have these00:44:29
connections through the through the work00:44:31
that these guys have done in their00:44:33
military career and at the same time00:44:35
because of their military career we00:44:37
unfortunately have an unlimited supply00:44:39
of people and there's no way to really00:44:42
tell or dictate you know00:44:45
um who's going to be affected what do00:44:47
you need to have on hand to fund this00:44:49
study you know we probably you know we00:44:51
need a couple more hundred thousand00:44:52
dollars and again if anyone wants to00:44:53
help donate go to00:44:55
battlebrothersfoundation.org and you can00:44:56
donate now and help us out and what is00:44:58
the study going to be is there going to00:44:59
be a certain number of this first study00:45:01
will be with 90 veterans uh here in00:45:03
California and basically the goal will00:45:05
be the is at the end of it we'll have a00:45:08
recommended treatment protocol and a00:45:10
formulation and then from there we'll go00:45:12
on to a more robust study here with00:45:13
about 200 veterans once we prove it00:45:16
works here we want to move into another00:45:17
state and that way we can prove it's00:45:19
repeatable and accessible and we're00:45:21
getting the same results and then at00:45:23
that point we're kind of as far as we00:45:24
can go and that's when we'll have an00:45:26
opportunity to go with the Congress00:45:27
raise the right hand saying here's your00:45:28
data here's your American doctors can we00:45:30
proceed with FDA trials00:45:33
okay00:45:34
you know the Focus right now is on00:45:36
helping veterans and alleviating some of00:45:38
those issues that they face due to the00:45:41
va's hands being tied but once people00:45:43
you know once you sit down with them and00:45:45
you explain to them and you talk about00:45:46
opiates that is the the thing in my00:45:50
experience that is the most eye-opening00:45:52
for a lot of people is because everybody00:45:54
knows somebody that has an issue with00:45:56
pills and it's something that's allowed00:45:59
us to really00:46:00
ramp up and educate the bud tenders and00:46:03
the customers really really quickly and00:46:05
when you think about you know there's00:46:06
been studies and statistics where it's00:46:08
22 veterans a day that are losing their00:46:11
life via suicide and or opioid overdose00:46:13
so something has to be done these are00:46:15
preventable deaths it's time for us as a00:46:18
country in my opinion to to to explore00:46:21
these options these alternative00:46:22
Solutions because we really we have to00:46:25
be better I really hope that they are00:46:27
able to succeed and become one of the00:46:30
bigger names in their category of00:46:32
products just because I do believe in00:46:34
the message and the the research that00:46:35
they're doing I think that research is00:46:37
crucial to help legitimize not just hvgc00:46:41
but the Cannabis industry as a whole00:46:43
people that make the legislation in00:46:46
California and within the federal00:46:48
government will be able to see that00:46:49
there's a reason people are buying this00:46:51
and it's not has nothing to do with just00:46:54
smoking weed for no reason I don't know00:46:56
why we're not flipping every stone to00:46:58
see what solution can we find for these00:47:00
great men and women I mean I tell00:47:01
everyone you know these men and women00:47:03
who serve our country they raise the00:47:05
right hand and sign a blind check00:47:06
payable with their lives so why aren't00:47:07
we doing everything for them possible I00:47:09
can look someone in Congress straight in00:47:10
the face and say you sent me to Ward now00:47:12
it's your turn to fix me and what can00:47:13
they say to that but I'm also a00:47:15
capitalist and I believe in a free00:47:16
market and I think if you sit and wait00:47:18
on the government you're gonna be00:47:19
waiting for a long time so it's like00:47:20
let's just grab the Bulls by the horns00:47:21
and do it ourselves and prove it to them00:47:23
I'm not going to run up the hill I'm00:47:24
just going to walk around it00:47:25
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