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Welcome to Higher Ground, the podcast where cannabis culture meets real talk, laughter, and self-discovery. Hosted by three unapologetically bold women from different generations, this show is your one-stop-shop for exploring the many HIGHS and lows of life—with a little help from cannabis. 🌿✨
Each week, our hosts dive into candid conversations about mental health, self-care, boundaries, and personal growth. From sharing hilarious first-time cannabis stories to breaking down the stigma surrounding its use, we explore how this plant fits into a balanced, intentional lifestyle. Whether you’re a curious newbie, a seasoned connoisseur, or just here for the laughs, there’s something for everyone.
Join us for thoughtful discussions, laugh-out-loud moments, and insights into how cannabis can foster healing, creativity, and connection. Think of us as your new favorite late-night talk show—only greener.
Higher Ground: Elevate your mind, body, and soul—one episode at a time. 🎙️🌱✨
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Unknown
We're back. Well, another take of Higher Ground, Higher Living, a podcast.
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Unknown
Yes. I collect all of our thoughts to share with the world. Even though that giant sigh that, Roxy decided to start our show with is not an idea of how we're all feeling. We're not big sides today. We're just three dope girls. That is correct. Haven't been called that in a while. Looking good. That was kind of the theme for today.
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Unknown
I'm dressed down. So we switch seats here in the studio to just switch it up. And I'm sure you all can remember what it was like to come back from, like, holiday break. And the teacher moved your assigned seats. That's a little bit how I felt. And so I'm sitting next to the beautiful Roxy, which is literally like sitting next to the class clown while trying to talk to the teacher who sits across from me.
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Unknown
So it's been an experience here, and every time I look at Roxy, she just busts a gut laughing. I caught her earlier just randomly taking pictures of me. I have no idea what's on her phone now. It's a little scary. And then for all the, history of of the 1861. So whatever, 1800, I don't know, unless. So apparently Roxy is also a history buff, and, Google backed that up for us today.
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Unknown
So. Yeah, kind of hoping the classes history, 1863 was when the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. And then 1865, April 14th, I believe, was when it Lincoln was assassinated. I don't know why I know that, but I do. You you passed a history test with that knowledge, didn't you? Once or twice for sure. Absolutely. I wouldn't test. That's why you're a bookkeeper.
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Unknown
That is. That is the epitome of that. You got something in your teeth. We got to stop. I got to start there. So I got it. Should you get it? Do you need help? Let me switch.
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Unknown
I'm like.
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Unknown
I was just fucking with you again.
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Unknown
Is she getting attention? You dead? I guess I am a sensitive cancer. I wasn't aware of it until right now. Oh, come on, I know you're very. I am sad I am your cancer. I don't know how I feel about that. Well, you work on getting the salary of your teeth, and I'll take it from here. But I haven't had salary.
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Unknown
What's not? Apple. Celery. Shit. Cucumber. Kale. Collards and lemon. I just knew because it was. I could smell it. I listen after a two week road trip. I have had zero nutrition in my body, so I thought maybe it would be nice and give myself a suya organic. I highly recommend them. They're made in San Diego. Cold pressed.
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Unknown
Well, speaking of traveling from, like you mentioned, coming back from Christmas break and everything being. Yeah. I swear, you know, I would if it was not Christmas break, but I was. So I took a two week road trip with my sister in law. We went all over upstate New York, and we drove through Canada. It's a long story how it started, but we went to lots of really super cool places.
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Unknown
Although I can honestly say, we drove on a stretch through Canada along Lake Huron. We went 180 miles without another stop, like an exit from the freeway. So, like, hey, your cars are charged. Yeah. And there was no morning to this, so thankfully, my mother or my mother in law. Haha. My sister in law, is a little crazy.
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Unknown
And every time we would stop, she'd fill up the gas tank. I'm like, it's on full! And she's like, no, I'll fill it up. Thankfully she was like that or I'm not sure if it had been just me in the car. We might have run out of gas just because I never fill my car into lines on E.
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Unknown
Oh, I'm takin mine. Yeah, it's like road trip. Yeah, it like, oh yeah, I'm going to. I'm just going to top it off. Because if you brought her enough, you know better. Yeah, that's super the super smart thing to do. So I felt very thankful that she was thinking ahead for us. But I just have to say that Canada gives a different vibe, and we go into a dispensary in Canada.
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Unknown
They don't. There's no security. They don't ask you for your ID unless you look under because it's 19. Is the legal age in Canada. And I didn't know that. I thought it was 21. And so, like I walk into this dispensary in like, the suburbs of. I don't remember the name of the town somewhere. Anyhow, she didn't pass.
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Unknown
Yeah, no, I didn't, so I would definitely need to sit next to you for most subjects. Actually. Oh my God. So the dispensary was super cool. The prices were super cheap, but I'm going to be really honest, the the quality. So I bought some pre-rolls because I was on vacation and lazy and I didn't have any of my stuff with me.
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Unknown
So I bought some pre-rolls and they tasted really chemical. Like they had a really it was like a pesticide aftertaste. Like I hate to say that, but that's, it was almost like this cloying kind of burning, kind of yucky and not burning in a good way. Yeah. And it felt like their edibles are not as strong as the package says.
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Unknown
So it said ten milligrams on it and normally I know ten milligrams. I didn't feel like ten milligrams. So I, I didn't really know what to expect coming out of Canada because I had never gone there. Have you ever had anything? Yeah. Have you ever. You don't have what? I'm working on it. Haha. Girl we got to get you out of the country, even if it is just to Canada.
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Unknown
Yeah. You'd fit in real good there miss Minnesota. It was funny to you. We went out to eat at the supper club and, like, the, server was talking with us and like, she had the most perfect, quintessential Canadian accent, that it was so good. I wanted to talk back to her in it, but I just I just didn't.
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Unknown
I pinch myself under the table, but man, she was. She should be in a commercial. I was like, can you just say all the dinner specials again? I mean, it was so perfectly Canada. But anyway, yeah. So the Canada we eat, I don't know, I'll try it again. I talked to another friend and he was like, you got to go to, like, Toronto.
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Unknown
Like, what are you doing in the middle of nowhere? And I was like, well, actually, most of Canada's the middle of nowhere. So it was. Yeah. And I don't even remember the name of the city. It was right outside Soo Sainte-Marie. But yeah, the French community might be a little different. Yeah, it was Canadian. Yeah. I should go to, like, Thunder Bay or something.
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Unknown
Yeah. We should. That would be fun. That would be a road trip. I do, but that means you have to get a passport. Let's go. I'm working. So I'm saying go work. It's difficult when you're, like, adopted. Because I didn't have my biological mom's birthdate, and I needed to replace my birth certificate and my social security card because I lost it.
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Unknown
I have no idea where they're at. So the fact that it's up there somewhere. If you if you find it. Yeah, please, please let us know. Please let me know. I replaced my Social security card. Every time I get married. So. Yes, I know from me too. Sadly. Me too. Yes, yes. And you can get a replacement.
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Unknown
I just had to figure out that, that process. But without information, it was very difficult. And, my mom and I, my adoptive mom, who I call mom, we were searching everywhere in Google for, like, any information that we could find. And we found her, like, county and police records. Oh. Oh. You got my mom's birthday from there.
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Unknown
So thank you to Franklin County, Ohio for. Oh, I thought you were going to say Dublin. Dublin, Ohio, not just Dublin, Ireland. I never thought about that. That that would be actually kind of a problem. It's a process. Yeah. I wasn't aware of it. And then because I want to get a passport, I want to travel. But yeah, it's a process.
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Unknown
So, what is, like, the favorite place that you've ever been to? That is a legal city. And what was like your experience like or even outside of the country? I mean, so, I hate to say it, but I think my experience in New York because not only was the product top notch, but the people selling it were amazing.
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Unknown
And like their communities are pretty friendly to it. I have a, piece of my heart in Colorado because that's like where it all started for me, for sure. 100% tossed my cherry right over the Rockies.
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Unknown
Oh, I love you so. I have a hard time. But I was so impressed with Verona Collective. And the products and the brands and the quality. Like you, like, you can tell it was quality. And I think that that's part of why I like New York right now, because all I know is quality. What is quality in your eye?
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Unknown
Like what were you looking for it. So I'm very picky about clean weed, right. Like I don't want it. Dust your dust doused in a bunch of chemicals. I don't want to be able to taste the pesticides. And I can like people who do this regularly. It's just like tasting wine. Everything has a different flavor to it. And after you've been doing it a while, you kind of know other flavors are coming from.
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Unknown
So like when it was burning at like a chemical burn in the back of my throat, I knew that that they had probably used pesticides at that and had been cleaned or washed or processed correctly. Right. And like you can tell like quality stuff you can pick up on every note, you know, like you can pick up on the sweetness, on the earthiness, on the fruitiness of it, the coffee taste sometimes.
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Unknown
Right, like when you smoke it. That's what I'm looking for. I want a full body taste, right? Like when I go to cough, I want to know that I'm coughing for a good reason. Right? Like that's quality to me. You can tell, but you. But it's hard, right? Because like, you know, you're in a dispensary, you're looking at everything in the case.
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Unknown
It's not like you actually get to like, take it out and inspect it. Right? Although they would have let you do that in Canada. I didn't because I didn't think I needed to. But anyhow. So yeah, I mean that's quality to me and then quality with the edibles. I'm super picky about the edibles. I'm always like, let me see what the ingredients list is, especially if I'm doing baked goods because I prefer baked goods over gummies whenever possible.
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Unknown
But like we were kind of talking about a little bit off mike is that, you know, some of the stuff they put in edibles these days are crap ingredients that we wouldn't eat if it didn't have THC in it. Yes, exactly. Yeah. That's what we got. Pay attention to the quality and what's in it. Right. The other ingredients that are in there kind of go around the benefit.
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Unknown
The THC, CBD or CBD or whatever you look at, right? We've just lost it. And like read Lost in Translation. So what are some of those chemicals like if you're reading a label, what should consumers look just like when you read a food label, right? Like you don't want high fructose corn sirup to be. Yeah. Any dyes? Yeah, all of the dyes, don't you know.
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Unknown
But the red number 40 and the blue yellow number five, those are all bad. Yeah. Any any artificial colors, artificial sweeteners, sucralose poison. Yep. Yeah. And so like, just sugar. And I think that we all get into this habit. If I go it's only a gummy, right. It's only a little bit. But in reality it's not right. Like that whole package, if that's all got dye in it and you don't eat dyes in any other portion of your world because yeah, your body will react, especially if you're eating clean for everything except for your gummies.
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Unknown
Like you're setting yourself up for no bueno. So yeah, I mean, I think that there's a real need in the market for organic vegan game gummies, and I know that there are some out in the world, but you gotta really check the labels. And people are like, oh, you know, they walk into the dispensary and the first thing they ask is, what's on sale?
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Unknown
Which I can I mean, I can fully, I get that right. Like, we all go to the dispensary and by we, I am talking about myself with a budget. Right? Like, I know I've got a couple hundred dollars that I want to drop. Right? And so if I'm going to make get the most THC for my dollar bills, I'm going to shop the sales.
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Unknown
But the crappy part about that is that a lot of the times, the stuff that's on sale is the stuff that's the cheapest made or it's expiring or it's right. That's the other piece that I like to remind people. So if you're buying stuff on sale, check the expiration date because THC has an expiration date. And storing your THC.
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Unknown
This is another thing like be careful. If you keep it in the fridge for too long, it will get fridge burnt. Yep. Because, you know, obviously when it's hot, we don't want to keep our gummies on the counter. We want to keep them in a controlled environment. So where is the expiration date on this product? It's for smoke bottles.
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Unknown
They don't really have expiration dates or something. Yeah I mean sometimes I'll put dates on there that are like best use by dates. And sometimes those will be on the lab report. Sometimes they do print them right on the package. You know, but in reality, when it's in an oil based cartridge, it's not going to expire and when it's flower.
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Unknown
But if it is flower, that is something you do want to take into consideration, then you really should be keeping your flower in a controlled environment. You know, my husband is a big cigar connoisseur kind of guy, and he's got these really super cool humidifiers and a humidor is I may or may not have commandeered one for.
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Unknown
Yeah. And he was like, what are you doing? And I'm like, it's too dry out here. He was like, everything I own smells like marijuana. I'm like, but you love me, right? So everywhere I go, I'm a little late. Naman smell a little bit like we are. You. But anyhow, so he took over his humidor. And that really makes the products last, especially if they're already pre-rolled.
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Unknown
So I do highly recommend those. What are the little packets of boveda packets? Those are super great. So if you do store a flower at home, especially like if you're here in the Midwest, because this is something I don't think we think of enough is that all winter long, when our furnaces are running and keeping our houses warm and is drying everything out, including your weed, so you need to take precautions to make sure that it's not dried out.
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Unknown
Because what happens when it's too dried out burns too fast, burns too hot, and you don't get the right fields you don't have the rest of the time, it's super moist and all these other. Yeah. Attachments. Yes. You have to be very careful. You do, you really do. Yeah. Which really has me second guessing how I made it through my teenage years.
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Unknown
Just saying. But yeah. So paying attention to how you store it I think is important. But yeah. So expiration dates, that's why the products are on sale. You know, I just always tell people like, you know, yeah, you want a budget. But I also think about the fact that this is a drug and you are putting it in your body.
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Unknown
So maybe this isn't the time to sharpen the bargain lot, right? Like maybe this is the time to do a little bit research and figure out which brand you're like. You like you trust, and that's the one you buy. Yeah. So what has been your favorite place either in the States or out of because it's, you know, been growing and changing again back to Colorado because they were one of those, you know, the starters, actually then Gold's at the bottom Park was one of my favorite.
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Unknown
Just again, it's a it's the personal touch, the conversations that you have on the higher quality stuff. You know, the little mom and pop shop off to the side of the big neon. You know, we'll sell everything. I totally know what one you're talking about, too. I can see it in my mind's eye. Office 36 or whatever that road is.
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Unknown
Yes, yes. I mean, I was just that. That was my favorite place in the early days. I. Yeah, this is years ago, but they're the ones that, you know, when I was in there talking here, talking to my, you know, friends we were shopping with, I was like, you should get this, but don't get that. You want this, but got this.
00;17;03;13 - 00;17;20;03
Unknown
And he's like, come on. Yeah. He's the one who got me started this whole you know what I was like, no, I don't know. Right now. She's like, you know, you know, all my time staff. I was like, oh, I'm sorry, did you want a job? I was like, I'm. I'm from Minnesota.
00;17;20;06 - 00;17;40;05
Unknown
No. That's great. I love that, you know, pretty much anywhere I go now, you know, go to California often. And every time we're there, I have to go check out all the dispensaries and just kind of comparison shop. Secret shop. Do you have a favorite in California? I like the collectives again. The the ones? Yeah. Off the beaten path.
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Unknown
Path. You know, I kind of, you know, quite a few different ones. And, you know, you don't want to go to the ones in downtown Los Angeles because you're going to pay premium because it's taxes. Yeah. That's where all the the college kids are going or whatever. You just, like, tend to find the ones that are more hidden because I like little apps, like a few different apps.
00;18;01;22 - 00;18;23;21
Unknown
You just try to figure out who's got the I really loved I think it's March and Ash, San Diego. Yeah, one of my favorite I, I love the feel when you go in. The people are excited that you're there and the way that they do product displays. So they actually have it where you can go in, pick it up, read the ingredients, which I really love.
00;18;23;24 - 00;18;51;07
Unknown
Yes, that's that's how I figured out what what you what smells good to you. Yes. You know, baby, smell it over there. We got a story. We got a story, baby. Smaller. I really got to know they do they babies have like a. That's cute. You like you're talking about actual babies talking about baby weed. So I would be.
00;18;51;10 - 00;19;10;06
Unknown
Oh, we took that a whole different direction. I was like, yeah, babies all smell good. Where is this going? I okay, fill me in before we get into that story. I went to March and Ash, and that is probably one of my favorite dispensaries that I've been to, and they were the ones that took the time to really educate me on Blue Tree.
00;19;10;09 - 00;19;31;23
Unknown
I, I went in there with like, my set of, like, feelings and, the side effects that I did not want to happen. And they're like, yeah, you you need more of a balanced, ratio. And they gave me a blue dream. And I really enjoyed that experience. And they really took the time to educate me in, and sell you and then sell me.
00;19;31;23 - 00;19;58;06
Unknown
Take my money. My goodness. Well, that is what they're there for. But I've been to Chicago and I saw it. Illinois is a no show state, and you can't see the product before you purchase it. And, at the Sunnyside dispensaries, it was a different experience. It was it was very sunny, like very white walled environment with orange accents, but that was kind of like the only experience that you got.
00;19;58;06 - 00;20;18;15
Unknown
You stood outside on the street with somebody with an iPad, and then you just told them what you wanted, and that's. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That has just that has all the Covid feels during Covid. We would go up to Michigan and everything had turned into a drive through. So you're doing all your orders online and then they come out to your car.
00;20;18;15 - 00;20;43;03
Unknown
Right. And it just felt a road trip to Colorado. Oh yeah. Covid. That's why we went there I love that I mean out and well and I and I felt like I because I love the dispensary feels like it kind of get what you're saying. But I am not a fan of Illinois anything. They, they have some of the worst lab results on a national level.
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Unknown
Yeah. They're notorious for putting, like, the QR codes don't go anywhere. They don't actually go to the lab report. They'll go to the wrong lab report. And no, like, it's just. And I haven't been impressed with anything coming out of Illinois. Now, granted, I haven't looked for probably a year or so. But what did you think?
00;21;02;12 - 00;21;26;29
Unknown
Did you find the product to be? Was it quality product? I wouldn't know quality for real. It's. Thank you for your honesty, Roxy. Yeah. I'll go. Is anything I am honest, yeah, I, I wouldn't know. I got some pre-rolls. I got way too high on them. I couldn't even tell you what they were. I didn't really know what I was looking for.
00;21;26;29 - 00;21;51;00
Unknown
I felt like I was rushed in the line of, like, three other people sitting behind me at the four people with. Yeah, yeah, I just quickly like, made so slow down. Right. Yeah. And I ordered a Big Mac that was too big. I just had a really bad sauce that size hit me hard. And yeah, it was just a completely different experience in March and ash.
00;21;51;01 - 00;22;11;26
Unknown
So I take her to the legal, the medical dispensary next. Yeah. I love the field trips. This is so good for you, I love it. You should come with us. Sure. I'm down for a good field trip. You know, I want to show you the difference between what we have here in Minnesota. The two chains, and. Yeah, I want.
00;22;11;26 - 00;22;40;02
Unknown
My favorite one is my backup. Well, now I feel like you have to tell me which one's your favorite, because I. Green goods is I have not rice. Rice. Very limited. That's what I've heard. They've got a lot of extra things for sale without the actual product, without the actual. Usually, you know, one products, they have more swag and, accessories.
00;22;40;04 - 00;23;08;20
Unknown
And their actual selection to get is very, very limited. Oh, Green Goods has an exceptional, menu. Yeah. From all sorts, from external and internal, from tablets, gummies and much, much better. I need to come with you because I actually, I feel kind of bad, like I've never been in a Minnesota medical dispensary. I've been to a few.
00;23;08;22 - 00;23;29;27
Unknown
I've been in a I feel really bad for saying that, you know, we almost drove all the way up when they had, gotten word was that the Indian reservation that opened up the dispensary back in that time. Yeah, that's a trip I went. So I'm going to go to Island putting down and Welch. Yeah. They don't have flour and I was like, on my way, I was white, I was like, let's go.
00;23;29;27 - 00;23;48;10
Unknown
And then I emailed or text texted Jim. They just like they don't have flour. And I was like, can you look me up? I'm like, I can't believe they still don't have flour. Yeah, I know they don't. See it's this kind of stuff that's going to keep our gifting market, as they call it, alive and well and strong.
00;23;48;12 - 00;24;17;23
Unknown
Yes, super strong it is. I have a couple of friends that, I love to receive gift from. Yep. Part of like, what I was really confused about when looking at different dispensary was, I kept finding dispensaries that were selling, Delta nine. Yeah. So there so this is something that I actually found to be really effing annoying when I was road tripping is that there is.
00;24;17;25 - 00;24;37;13
Unknown
I am probably going to get a lot of hate for this, but I think there needs to be a difference between a dispensary that is selling what is really from the marijuana plant and a dispensary that's selling what's from the hemp plant. So what is delta nine. So delta nine technically if you want to get real technical about it comes from both plants.
00;24;37;13 - 00;24;59;00
Unknown
That is what you call THC. It's delta nine. That is the the scientific word there. The synonymous. The problem is that they have labeled delta nine THC, so that now people think of it as synonymous with hemp derived products. Right. But on the bigger scale, it can get a little confusing. But technically, from a consumer standpoint, delta nine is usually hemp derived.
00;24;59;03 - 00;25;22;09
Unknown
Because in the cannabis world they don't really use the term delta nine. They just call it THC because that's what it is. Delta nine. Yes, it is THC, but it also can be made that way and not grow in that way. And when you see just delta nine, you don't know which it is, wasn't made that way or was it grown that way more so it's it's like it could be synthetic.
00;25;22;11 - 00;25;47;11
Unknown
When you, you can so people like, like us as experienced humans over here can tell the difference. I'm not sure you could. And that's the scary part. That's the scary part to me is because it is different. It's not the same. Is that what spice is? There was that synthetic wave going through about five, six years ago when it was spice and came to, you know, let's just straight up said that.
00;25;47;18 - 00;26;15;24
Unknown
Yeah, that's straight synthetics. That doesn't not it's nothing that correlated. Yeah. I don't recall the molecular like how that's made up, but it's completely synthetic. Yeah. So what what are the actual feelings like. What would you assume would happen in my body if I ingested a synthetic version of Delta? Some people are just fine. I had lots of clients at the dispensary that love Delta eight.
00;26;15;26 - 00;26;38;11
Unknown
Loved HHC, loved all of these. Yeah, all these great, you know, other components of the plant that albeit, you know, naturally occurring very small amounts and can be made synthetically much larger batches. People really like that right there because it has a specific feel to it. So even if it is synthetic, that doesn't mean it's going to necessarily make you sick.
00;26;38;14 - 00;27;00;09
Unknown
But I just think that something that consumers should know before they ingest, right. Like you should have the choice to say, oh, I don't want to have anything synthetic, right? Because if you're eating a clean diet, let's say, and you're super health conscious, and then you come to the, to the cannabis world and then you start taking a synthetic, you know, anything that might not align with what you're putting in your body.
00;27;00;12 - 00;27;20;12
Unknown
So and I think that people should know because the synthetic stuff is, is synthetic by chemical. Do you get the same psychoactive responses? When you say the worst, they're, they're typically stronger. Right. And these typically have longer they have shorter half or longer half lives, meaning that they stay in your system longer than traditional THC does. Why?
00;27;20;18 - 00;27;42;24
Unknown
Your body has to process. Because your body has to process it. Right. And it's more through your liver and my actual organs, which again cause more damage than jumping. Yep. That's the reason. Like when Minnesota made their medications correct. Even over-the-counter medications. Yes. Taking Tylenol. And then you're using something that's got some things that can really afford tax year.
00;27;42;27 - 00;28;05;23
Unknown
Yes, a lot more problems that people sign up for. Yeah. That's why when Minnesota did their legal law, they outlawed all of these other molecules. So THC thc v hc all these things and people were all up in arms because a lot of people that was the only cannabis they ever knew. Right. And so they were super mad that these products they had become kind of reliant on were no longer available on the market.
00;28;05;23 - 00;28;29;03
Unknown
But I think part of the reason that they they did that is because there is no testing on the stuff. We don't actually know what synthetic THC or HHC or THC or any of these things could actually do. They might be totally fine or they may cause cancer. We have no idea. So I feel like it's just a bigger unknown than if you use a natural product, because we know what natural marijuana does in your system.
00;28;29;05 - 00;28;58;17
Unknown
So that's really interesting. What? I just read out the window, did I, did I watch this? Was it too much science for it? Yeah. Hey, I, I the class clown needs recess. She sat too long. No. Where are we at with the laws in Minnesota? Like what's going
00;28;58;17 - 00;28;59;00
Unknown
on in
00;28;59;00 - 00;29;06;08
Unknown
Minnesota? You know, so we're at the point where, you know.
00;29;06;10 - 00;29;24;10
Unknown
Yeah. We're legal. Yeah. We have all this stuff in place. We did a lottery. We we've done applications, but we're still looking at probably later 2025 before we ever get the first license out. You know, I always said we're again, do with all the ones that are all run on their business, isn't it? Yes. And that's the other part that's going to be it's going to be a while.
00;29;24;10 - 00;29;43;16
Unknown
And I think that, that makes Minnesotans upset. I think because other states have done it quicker than us. But delivery, we've got all sorts of stuff going on. Right? Yep. We do. So but I mean, at the same time. Right. Like whatever, it'll it's going to happen. But does it ever happen fast enough for us?
00;29;43;16 - 00;30;01;25
Unknown
Probably not. But I was really impressed with what I saw in New York because New York had a false start, essentially. They got sued right out the gate. They had all sorts of problems. And in New York City, there's still problems with dispensaries that are not legitimate. And so, like when I, I think that's part of the reason why I had maybe a kind of feeling about New York.
00;30;02;01 - 00;30;18;20
Unknown
But that dispensary experience changed that because even though they're in upstate, right, they're actually a legal facility. They're doing it the right way. And so that that felt really good. And I know that Minnesota will get there. Right. So it's 2024. I'm in upstate New York. I'm happy with my marijuana experience. We are still two years away from that.
00;30;18;23 - 00;30;35;15
Unknown
I honestly think, you know, I think everybody gave New York a little bit of grace because they were legalizing in the middle of Covid. I don't know what Minnesota's excuse is going to be, but I think it's going to be about another two years before we really start seeing the market take off in a manner that would look familiar to another legal state.
00;30;35;18 - 00;31;01;01
Unknown
What are they going to do with the businesses and the dispensaries that are already open? What is it? I mean, they're supposed to be reapplying for applications, and there's supposed to be a process for that. But it's supposed to be. Yeah. You know, we're still waiting. I don't know whose job that is. It's not mine. I. Was supposed to be a problem.
00;31;01;01 - 00;31;19;06
Unknown
Not my problem. Now, Doctor Boland. So to say that in the long way, I don't give a fuck whose job it is. Because they might is not going to directly. But you know. And here's the other thing too, is that I know a lot of Minnesotans are super just excited for this all to happen. I think we all are.
00;31;19;06 - 00;31;48;05
Unknown
But at the same time, all good things. Excited to yes they are. They're not even on the docket yet, right? I barely get CBD. Oh yeah, so it'll be a minute, but it's headed in the right direction and I think maybe federal and that'll change everything. Oh, I know I really wanted to get to the point. I know that there's a process for this, but I really think that cannabis should be looked out after.
00;31;48;05 - 00;32;07;18
Unknown
Similarly to alcohol. Like, I don't think it needs to be nearly as like alcohol is worse for your body than cannabis is. So like alcohol is so hard on your body. It is technically a poison, right? Your body looks at alcohol as a poison. Your body does not look at THC as a poison because your body actually your endocannabinoid system, creates its own THC.
00;32;07;18 - 00;32;26;08
Unknown
So it's like, oh, I get what this dude with this is your body never creates natural alcohol. So your body's like, what the hell are you doing? So I really wanted to get to the point where it's regulated much more like alcohol is. And I really, really super duper hope that that happens in my lifetime. That's like, my people are like, what's your long term goal?
00;32;26;10 - 00;32;48;00
Unknown
So that THC is regulated like alcohol. That's my long I mean, I'm not doing anything to help it get there, but I'm praying about it that there's a collective in. Yes, I think so. Just put CBD instead of for I don't know. Oh my God, the whole thing is so much better. V really good that I told you I could, but we can figure this out.
00;32;48;02 - 00;32;59;16
Unknown
If you had a business plan, right, we can get one roll and real quick. Okay. What is your sweatshirt? So, cannabis is medicine.
00;32;59;16 - 00;33;21;12
Unknown
Yeah. We went when we were in upstate New York. We visited a winery and they have goats and oh, I love goats, I love goats, and so I wanted to pet the goats. But the thing I do, too, I probably would have strapped under the roof and been like, Aaron, it'll be fine.
00;33;21;14 - 00;33;39;11
Unknown
But I wanted to pet the goats. But the goats were like on a rocky, like, incline hill, and, I said, oh, so I probably can't go pet the goats. And she's like, well, the lady who was doing the winds was like, well, we had to move the goats to the hill. And I was like, dude, why just move the good side of the hill?
00;33;39;13 - 00;33;51;25
Unknown
Oh, we had some people in here that were high and they were trying to ride the goats, and it just didn't turn out well. And I was like, what were they high on? And she goes, wasn't life?
00;33;51;27 - 00;34;13;07
Unknown
And she said, it's so plain a day. I lost my mind laughing at this winery. And I was like, okay, well, I won't jump the fence and go pet the goats. And she was like, well, yeah, we would appreciate it otherwise. You know, we're all going to think you're high. And I'm with my sister in law and she punches me under the table and I'm like, I'm fine.
00;34;13;10 - 00;34;37;06
Unknown
I'm not putting the goats over to me. I would still, I would, I'd feed it a carrot. So yeah, that was great. And that I on life. Well, clearly not you know I was trying to hire goes to come. You know the buckthorn but they wanted $700. I'm like I could buy a goat for less. That's. Like like I want you ready to go for $700.
00;34;37;09 - 00;34;57;17
Unknown
I love the fact that you were like, f that. That's more than the animal itself. I wonder if you could have a goat in the city you live in. Sometimes there's restrictions on that stuff. I think we can just be animals all over the place. Really? That's pretty cool. Chickens come over you all. Our food? Yeah. I would love to have chickens everywhere.
00;34;57;21 - 00;35;22;07
Unknown
Yeah, right. Nobody owns them. But I love turkeys, I love them. What is it? What is it like a herd of turkeys called gaggle? I don't know, I bet someone is going to tell us. Have we have flock a flock? And we'll just be real, general. It's a murder of turkeys, thank God, because a murder of turkeys sounds really bad.
00;35;22;09 - 00;35;42;02
Unknown
Yeah. Google it. Tell us what it is. But I love turkeys. And seeing turkeys will always make my day better. You can come over by my house. I would love to see some turkeys. It's called a rafter. Rafter. I would have never know. A rafter of turkeys. Turkey collective. That sounds like a bad idea. I have a rafter.
00;35;42;03 - 00;36;07;23
Unknown
Turkeys. They are. They can be very mean for birds that can't fly. They can be very mean. It is called a flock. I wait, I'm super confused. Raptors read more accurate one but they'll say flocks. I'm seeing two things. Okay. Okay, so no, no. The defining factor here is whether or not the turkeys are wild or domesticated.
00;36;07;25 - 00;36;30;08
Unknown
A wild group of turkeys is a flock, but a domesticated turkey is called a rafter or a gang. Oh, now my problem is, is I want some domesticated turkeys so I can have a gang of turkeys. Yeah, I want a gang. Yeah. Driving through upstate New York, we got to see lots of really cool wildlife. That was pretty awesome.
00;36;30;08 - 00;36;58;08
Unknown
Except I almost took out a flock of chickens because, like, especially when we were driving, like, from New York down into Pennsylvania, we were on we purposely were taking roads that were Two-Lane highways, like off the beaten path. And people like, don't fence up there farm animals out there. They don't freaking care. And so, like, I come around, I come down a hill and around a curve and I slam on the brakes because there's like six chickens in the road.
00;36;58;10 - 00;37;18;25
Unknown
And I'm sure the guy behind me was like the are you doing? But my sister in law was very thankful that we didn't kill all the chickens. They were super cute too. I almost got out and petted one, but chicken sandwich? Oh well, I can see what the joke's.
00;37;18;27 - 00;37;24;10
Unknown
At if you hit it hard enough and.
00;37;24;13 - 00;37;43;16
Unknown
You are so bad. Oof! Dog! Woof! Dad! Don't you? I know. That's great. Well, I'm really glad that you guys took a field trip while I was gone. So you just went with her to go to her dealer? Did you do anything else? No. No, no, but like I said, we're going to hit, the likes of medical dispensaries, so.
00;37;43;19 - 00;37;56;22
Unknown
Well, keep me posted. I'm I, I wonder if you'd go. I'm. You're ready to stock up to go? Yeah. I'm gonna need to go to Michigan pretty quick here. I will come with, you know, our room.
00;37;56;22 - 00;38;17;16
Unknown
Can we go to the border when I get a passport and then get like really big? I want to find my tolerance at the airport and then just people watch at the airport. There's not a dispensary at the airport. Sorry. Any before. Oh, sure. Where are we going? I don't know, I, I didn't have time to ask. Because airport.
00;38;17;18 - 00;38;37;29
Unknown
Yeah. Vague on Vegas might have the most loose laws around where and when you can use cannabis out of any of the legal states because, like, you can just walk down Las Vegas Boulevard now and it's everywhere. Oh, yeah. Like you can't I don't think you can smoke in the casinos, but like, yeah, just because they don't like smoking.
00;38;37;29 - 00;38;58;02
Unknown
Smoking. Right? I mean, they just don't. But like you can just light up outside. Oh my God, can you really. Yeah. We were there for the next one. Sponsor. Yeah. Right. And there was. Yeah. And there's the whole smoking section that you can still play the slots and still smoke speaking of, take some of the armor. You do.
00;38;58;02 - 00;39;23;00
Unknown
I really I want to go see Judah in the lion next weekend. But they're playing at a theater I don't really like. So I'm kind of bummed the venue matters. The venue matters. I don't want it to matter because that makes me feel very old. But the venue matters of quality versus quantity. I'm picky now. I love First Avenue in the Armory.
00;39;23;03 - 00;39;44;25
Unknown
I love the Palace Palace Theater in Saint Paul. I love the pounds. Yeah, it's kind of a pain in the ass to get to. And no matter what, you got to stand outside on that little, like, alley sidewalk deal. But I love the acoustics. I love the atmosphere here. I just it gives me the warm fuzzies and. No.
00;39;44;27 - 00;40;07;12
Unknown
Oh, I haven't going to have to go on the teddy swims in June. I try to put it on my calendar. Let's go. Well, let's get a trip over to Michigan and, visit a dispensary. We can do that. But you don't need a passport for that one. I'm here. I still do. You do? In Mexico. Okay. Oh my gosh.
00;40;07;14 - 00;40;32;02
Unknown
Yes. And I'm going to say this loud and clear for those of you in the back, please, for the love of God, don't get on a flight and take a bunch of gummies. You're given the rest of us a bad rap. So there have been a couple of incidents over the summer where people would get on a flight, and then when they've never taken gummies before, take a gummy or 2 or 2, three because they didn't, because they couldn't feel it.
00;40;32;10 - 00;40;54;18
Unknown
And, what happens? So everybody reacts differently. But most of the time it ends up in what feels like a panic attack because you don't understand what your body is doing. Right. And people get freaked out. And so you can't do that on a confined environment like an airplane. Yes you do. I mean, you already your anxiety is already super high.
00;40;54;21 - 00;41;20;08
Unknown
So my PSA is just please don't try any new drugs on a plane. How about we not do that in your own home? Yeah, please don't do that. Because now, like, I just, Yeah, I feel like we're getting a reputation, and I don't want that to be the reputation that goes along with people who who use cannabis as medicine.
00;41;20;10 - 00;41;38;22
Unknown
When the flight attendants will let you bring in your own money. Yep. You're need to be a little bit more coherent with. Right. And it just floors me that somebody bought some gummies and went you know what. I'm going to save these for the ride home. What kind of plane looks like the worst time to try something new.
00;41;38;24 - 00;42;05;07
Unknown
Like I won't even try a new book on a plane. Like, let's just be real. Maybe I'm a little sensitive, but you are a cancer. I am a cancer. I recently found out I'm sensitive. The other thing too. If you eat too many edibles or gummies, you can have the shits and oh my God, right. Because there was a plane that actually had to be turned around because some lady had diarrhea all the way down.
00;42;05;09 - 00;42;32;08
Unknown
Oh shit, too many gummies. Can you admit there is no worse place? I mean, like, ever? How do you come back from something like that? Dude, you from an ego standpoint, how do you recover? You do you just return cleaning fee? Oh man, that's such a shitty situation. I'm going to a hotel room. They they charge you a little dizzy here.
00;42;32;08 - 00;42;57;25
Unknown
I'm just. I'm for this extra biohazard. I mean, because. Right. Oh, my God, I'm fired. She's not allowed down back on the air. Sun country won't let her back where they were going. Away from what? I just remember. Oh, gosh, that's the worst. I mean, and, like, being sick while traveling is horrendous. And it but it does happen.
00;42;57;25 - 00;43;18;19
Unknown
I just can't imagine, like you said, like everybody knows it was you. There's no there's no hiding that there is shit rolling down your pant leg like everybody like sit and wait for the rate. Plus, you know, you're obviously not feeling good if that's happening to you. So you're feeling like shit on top of all of the shit.
00;43;18;21 - 00;43;42;10
Unknown
God bless that human. I hope they have recovered fully from that incident. But, guys, if you can get that from too many guys. Yeah, people don't realize that. And you can get you. Yeah, you. Very. Yes, yes. And I think people also underestimate how dry their mouth is going to be. Right. You're already on a plane.
00;43;42;12 - 00;44;00;21
Unknown
And then cannabis just has this wonderful way of making sure you drink even more. Yeah. You don't want to do that on a plane because, like, have fun with that. I'm a very nervous fire. So when you go to Vegas where you sure won't. Oh, I'm just kidding.
00;44;00;24 - 00;44;22;10
Unknown
I couldn't help myself. Like, I need to talk to the teacher and tell them that I hate bullying. Hahaha. I was I was the bully in in in middle school, so that seems somewhat appropriate. Yeah, there's a voice in my head that just told me I can fix you. Oh, God, I think a lot of people have tried.
00;44;22;10 - 00;44;44;23
Unknown
This is the best version yet. We got some work to do. You not here. You better get an SLP going. I got you your responsibility, right? I fly with people who have severe anxiety all the time. I'm here. I just give those people driving. I know I just said, don't do that, but I give them CBD. I don't give them THC.
00;44;44;27 - 00;45;04;25
Unknown
Yeah, I give them CBT. And that's actually a good thing because it just calms your whole system down. So you're less likely to be much. You don't want to fall asleep because nobody wants to, you know, put you over their shoulder and walk you down the jetway. Nobody wants to carry on. Everyone's struggle like I dump truck and don't sleep.
00;45;04;27 - 00;45;27;00
Unknown
I've seen that video and it's playing in my head. Oh man. Well, I think that's a wrap, ladies. I think that's a wrap up. Three dog girls. That's us. Three girls, one sensitive to Duluth.
00;45;27;00 - 00;45;33;02
Unknown
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