Joe Rogan Experience #807 — Gino & AJ from Speedweed Transcript

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0:00 some cool boss guy. First of all, Gino's been my friend for a long time, is that how it works well um it used to be called the wild west you know out here in california uh What we have is protection from prosecution. And you'll get your stuff back in a year and you guys will be fine. It's done. And so they give you the cash back? said, we've never seen a more compliant company in California and dismissed without prejudice.

3:40 We all get things done and we all enjoy it. Yeah. Has anyone heard of that? Isn't it hilarious that opening them near churches is an issue? You know those things that they carry around? It was weed in there. Yes. Yeah, the textile. Because he owned the newspapers, he owned the temper industry. And hemp feels you can smoke it. grow it. They're starting to try to change

7:12 Let's be really clear on that. It's like a full, complete amino acid profile. It's one of the best things that nature's this is like a fucking alien plant. You can make spaceships out of the shit it feels like. with a hemp parachute. Hemp goes in there, cleans it all out. Most people don't know. Well, don't you feel like – how long have you guys been in the business?

9:45 So there was just one state. And CBD is, if you include CBD, there's only like seven or eight states that are not participating. Is that in the hood, son? I knew it. How funny is that dude? you know what, I'm not going to drink anymore. maintain memory while under the influence. I use nicotine every day. Like, nicotine itself apparently has similar effects to a lot of nootropics.

13:01 And then you, why are you doing nicotine? It's not the nicotine's fault. It relaxes you if you're a little bit cloudy headed. It gives you a boost of energy dude It's what regulates my mood and has since I've been smoking almost daily since 15 years old. This is crazy. thinking like, what, I have to like get undressed in front of my brother and sit on the paper with

15:08 I said, yes. But we went to a dispensary that afternoon, and it was like amazing. right? That's what the issue is. So Prop D is what governs all of LA's marijuana laws. We advised the state assembly. just that name like that's some like just try to be a good neighbor they made that word up. Now that I It doesn't work. There's got to be a way, though.

18:35 It would give people chances to pursue other things if they had universal basic income. they think that it's possible that doing something like that would actually cost less money in the long run because it would start a cascade of positive events that giving people enough money to get by on. Mine did, too. people the lotto effect right like the worst fears that people have when they worry about welfare

20:55 It didn't pass. We are. are the arguments for, like, They're connected to us, but they're fucking completely different. They're just nicer. Yeah, the government is essentially That's how I do it too. I don't know how I feel about that. wherever possible. Yeah. in comedy clubs. People get crazy. and they sued him, and they won. This isn't a conversation.

24:03 To have people sign waivers before they walk in the comedy clubs? Well, look, you go to a baseball game, you get hit with a foul ball, is you're in the audience, shut the fuck up. you know, talks to people, and if you have a That's the only time that I could see where they would get pissed off opens the door for this to be able to there makes New Orleans look like lame.

26:21 The only thing you could do is probably like they're doing in South Carolina. out at the last second, right before it The fact that he lost is very dangerous for future. I think he speaks French and English. people donated money because this kid was dying No, it doesn't. You can play the joke, I'm not gonna laugh, I'm not gonna smirk. want to give away any of his material but he says things that he absolutely does not mean right and

30:00 because I think if someone didn't know, it might take them a few minutes. you catch on like that this guy things, but the people who are already mad, No, no, no. and if it does to live in a punitive society that he can't be an artist and perform his art because he has to worry about being sued. This guy is performing art. There's nothing wrong with that.

32:26 But a lot of drunk, fucked up people then it's like, okay, who is the retard in charge here? That's Proposition 65. They just went through weed maps Wow. That's crazy. Or do you still have to go through with it? i i mean every place has to have it if you walk into target you walk into walmart they all have He just yelled at a lesbian? But, you know, smaller companies,

35:51 just got passed this week through the Senate They are, yes. It is. It is. And the problem is the penalties for the users, like having a joint, are very small. Are we going to pay that? Or are we just that it's free. The thing But people just pay it. they've made money. We're not collecting the taxes here. It's not like it would be dangerous. It's because the way we do things actually creates less crime,

39:44 of a place with a commodity that's more expensive than diamonds. You know, that's an important stat, So there's no rationale for any of this. And you're fighting against the idea of tax revenue. You're holding back And the money's going to be crazy. this kind of fucking pop they have here in LA, I don't know what that age is. I think we would have to

42:26 than some of the countries that are more restrictive about it. So I don't know who's I enjoy alcohol. alcohol is poisonous. No, no, I understand. So what? Exactly. That's how we have it set up. We can control what we put in our bodies. up like who the fuck are you guys right you guys are just some fucking people raids than pot would ever kill, that's for sure.

45:47 First known case, I mean, then the people around you No. People would drink those all day. one uh that i ever tried as far as like the jolt that it gives you was that red line shit you And you would down caffeine 250 milligrams of caffeine. Like, if coffee's 50 milligrams, that's a lot. But anyway, I drank it, whatever it was. Sometimes I get the Trenta.

48:44 I would be in tachycardia. I thought it was like five or something. Cold brew, $3.30. Well, I didn't think you should drink that shit all day if you want. I think of your stories telling me about that. Nice. A lot of alcoholics use cannabis the same way. I feel like he did. Yeah, so... what the fuck? Look at this. That's like the code? Wilson first began experimenting with LSD in Los Angeles at the Veterans Administration back in 1956.

53:05 a single dose he's like more research is required and snacks wow hmm that's interesting man that's and Brave New World author Aldous Huxley, which led him to believe How could they leave this out? addiction that totally makes sense because the stark contrast between being intoxicated on it So just recently, they got authorized from the federal government to start doing research on cannabis for the first time.

56:05 They're bad. Boner pills. Where is this up here? But that LSD causes violent reactions to people who have never tried it. I've done it maybe over 200 times. Were you concentrating on it to try to use it that way? I just don't see it. Like they do it that way because they want to set like an intention. And I'm like, no, I focused on cigarettes, think like acid doesn't work because it didn't help me quit smoking.

1:00:02 On a lesser level, If anything, I think marijuana made me more paranoid and scared. and awful as a person when smoking it because i'm you know i get panicky you know if i if i'm super And it gives you almost, it illuminates areas of your consciousness It's just a, everything i like it for a lot of different things i like it but but for creative reasons

1:02:53 different types of marijuana can affect you differently, you know, and there are some people who are medicating for certain ailments. Well, they should smoke something that specifically Hey. It was one of those theoretical mathematician guys who writes all that crazy scribble shit. That's why I was so against it at first is because I thought one hit made you really fucked up.

1:04:31 And it makes people nicer. they are getting mood regulation out of it. So even if you want to call it recreational smoking, Yeah. That shit's everywhere once you start paying attention to it. And it's illegal. She gets an office. nationwide? I get a lot of stoners not the attorney general, I'll take anybody. I mean, he's a crazy person. He's an insane person.

1:07:34 Yeah, Gary Johnson is a better, it's almost a, well, it's a more likely vote than Bernie at this point. They're not too bad. Well... You know, He's interesting. There's too much weaving in and out of the system. How does that happen? But it's the will of these corporations. They get involved. Again, to say that a business had to be in operation before 2007 in order to be considered now to be a viable business. Well, if you were in operation in 2007, you were in that Wild West category, so you were already skating that line.

1:10:21 that were paid well above minimum wage, business? Because of the zoning law, only these 135 pre-ICOs are allowed to operate at all within LA. And there's a law on the California books that says you can't stop someone if your business is There are none because we don't have any locations inside the city. create them you know let me ask you this when is it gonna be legal is it in on

1:13:35 The guys are growing illegally. less money, bullshit. You're going to have a bunch of pothead millionaires around you. even though it's going to cost us a lot of money, the investment team that's behind it has already put $2 million in just to buy the property. We're working. Maybe it's a special year. politicians? Maybe. It's a special illegal. Podcasts. Golden

1:16:58 Could a patient meet you at the border? But Burbank does not like Delivery is going to be a lot of cash and product in the cars. I don't think the studios would want it Some of those roles that people play Interesting. And when you're living in a public life, you need privacy. You're saying it all grand, dude. Get it to him quickly. Pop places everywhere.

1:19:52 Like, let's just say like a joint in Denver. And the weed here in Southern California is still the best that I've seen in the world. I'll just smoke the fuck out of this Philly weed. market. All of it. I was in Colorado. You know, they're all over the country. Yeah. We're very close to it. to be behind the times of states like Colorado and Alaska who are making tax money.

1:22:58 But this one does. And this one is really a nationwide freedom issue. It's a freedom of being able to express yourself constantly resetting themselves and then reconsidering their environment. And they're 70s. Well, now the new stuff And that would be the back door to just break up these organizations. and it turned out he could find no connection and actually showed that there could be a protective effect of cannabis.

1:25:42 However, I don't pay for them because it's paid by insurance. But hearing that he's eating $45 worth of edibles a day makes me want to shit my pants. is this motherfucker taking in? But I'm thinking $45 So it's not tremendous. Jesus Louises, he might be on a 500 milligram Chibichu a day diet. All of a sudden you're worried about sugar? it is, I mean I went

1:28:05 for like two days. And we were one of the first, AJ figured out a way to extract THC from weed. This is six years ago before anyone was doing it because we had a failed So I took over his living room with He's like, all right, are the veins red? Just feed it when it cries. you could ever ever get including buying 10,000 ladybugs, Seriously? It was.

1:30:56 Things were climbing up, and they were like. And we said, all right, let's make some edibles. But you can still turn it into edibles? You know, ladybug wings. you have to smoke. However, if you extract bad to smoke, but you can still extract the Yeah. We had a sock slit extractor. And it was like this is a how-to manual on how to do extraction. I'm good at homework.

1:33:14 So I was just defeated. was like a six-week R&D process so we did the extraction through with all in your basement too? Every night. I was like, boom, that's it. So there's no alcohol in the candy, but now you have the THC, which is inside the candy. Something fat soluble? It's brilliant. Just to get you ready to vomit. Yeah, well. I don't even know if it's that

1:36:01 And then start going. You could feel it in the ground. That dude went deep. not have cancer because you cannot smoke more pot than me. a lot of this cannabis oil which is really expensive stuff and you did it just to help his to not have some large-scale this whole ban Takes the stuff he hasn't had a seizure in six months. It definitely happens. A lot of people do.

1:40:23 Like this is not a benign substance. from him being on the podcast last time, I'm like, dude, you're fine. And he went on this rant. But as time has gone on, it's been more and more apparent that he was right the whole time. woolly mammoth bones with cuts on them and yeah super recently so this stuff keeps happening over somewhere around 12,000 years ago.

1:43:51 and just expand upon that and see Just shitting on him. And it turns out He's a really good guy that's taken a chance, that's exploring this really important subject, Thinking, thank God there's a dude out there. Sitchin stuff. you're young it will have you fucking convinced you'll be fucking convinced 100 i feel like i was We can do that right now.

1:46:32 Like, of course there could be. has created to gather up information on people. If these things are some fucking weird robot creation that doesn't even you know lives off of a lithium ion battery it's got in its dick who the fuck knows? And now that he's joined efforts with that Randall Carlson guy. And not only do we get hit all the time, there's evidence of a massive meteor shower impacting

1:49:00 We didn't have, there's no electronics back then. electronics that just doesn't exist anymore well not only that the people who made that battery They really believe that this is one of the possibly one of the big disaster extinction events that happened to human beings. Remember that? Yeah. I mean, obviously, no disrespect to anybody who died. Yeah.

1:51:48 is what they call and they didn't realize that you go check out And California's dead. They lose the ability to communicate. Sometimes they're not even using the same languages anymore. It's probable and likely that it's just what's next. When did that stop? before a giant furry monster eats us! there i i mean that could also just quickly explode i i don't know i mean those those hot

1:55:03 Sort of. Earthquake, volcano. Earthquakes fuck a lot of things up. It's like an old train station. Where did this? First fucking tribes don't make it, down to a few people. We're gonna fill it in with dirt Fuck that guy. But imagine if someone came along and smashed a statue nuts. They were out of their fucking in a museum somewhere. My college had

1:59:10 You know, another thing, I believe it's from Graham Hancock, but the Iraqi Museum had a lot of material that just got wiped out during these wars that we'll never be able to get back. And that's a tragedy. that's not cool. You do that, we're going to talk Like all right no no punching in the face. Okay cool that you can't even go into today. It's like this huge area that you can't even go in.

2:01:13 I think they just kind of rolled through there. Did they leave the Eiffel Tower alone? Like, the Library of Alexandria got destroyed. The problem would be if the power went out for more than a couple of years, it's never coming back. All it would take is one of those things. We haven't had electric long enough. No, there's dog. And we only know about it because a telegraph like went down.

2:03:32 This giant ball Recently, there was something that knocked something out from a solar flare. Are you being serious? But, you know, everybody freaks out. able to measure solar cycles but just think about how long the fucking sun's been around the sun Yeah. But it seems like at least we could like give them our gold and our women and they might leave us

2:06:50 BB calm Oh, courier, medical courier. they are uh one of the people who are rallying against um legalization of marijuana um they're Yeah. It kind of would be like Circuit City. They're all illegal, every bit of it. Got it. If you're outside of California... Like the city knows this is broken. But they could join your collective without doing that?

2:11:10 yeah, just join our collective. And we told the story about how we got our cards in the beginning. Your doctor. Yeah. It takes 10 minutes to do. and they have like a fake mailing address in order to follow those rules. in the sand politically. You cross this line Oh, no. That's hilarious that someone, such a piece of shit, My friend's a lawyer, a DUI lawyer, and half of his cases now are just from marijuana.

2:14:11 It's kind of like a jiggly left and right effect. There's never been a study that shows there's any loss Everybody knows that if you drink too much, you don't drive good. Can you prove that people who are intoxicated on marijuana perform less intelligently than people that are intoxicated on caffeine or cigarettes? up all that aggression and still legally drive

2:15:42 to swab for THC molecules Trust me, he's high right now. what can you show is bad You're looking for marijuana. But you know like J, you know could do a whole ounce and he'll be fine to drive as exact same driver as before marijuana and anything and you're fine. whatever the the glue that keeps their reality together is just really fragile and then throw

2:17:56 Because if you, like I was going to say, if you have like a festival, like a cops test We'll do this. Yeah. That's meth. So what you're dealing with on pot. trying to give more reach for It really is. It's just something that should be a joke that we look back on from the 1930s. None of them. And the head of the DEA before that, when asked by Congress, is marijuana more detrimental than meth?

2:20:27 If you haven't seen it, it's fucking infuriating. So they, like that lady's just doing her job. Exactly. but we have to play this game of politics because if we don't, from the bottom, medically cancer patients things things along those lines kids with epilepsy ADD things along those lines there's with epilepsy, ADD, things along those lines. It's not fair.

2:22:43 Florida is going to pass it. It's just this guy's a fool. Thank you, AJ. The following week with Ian Edwards. Always appreciate you guys. Thanks.