WELCOME TO OZARKS TONIGHT.
I AM BRIAN CALFANO JOINED BY AMY
BLANSIT AND NICK REED, OUR FIRST
CONTRIBUTORS GUYS, LET'S CHILL A
BIT AND TALK ABOUT SOMETHING
RELAXING FOR SOME PEOPLE,
MARIJUANA.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TALKING
ABOUT LEGALIZATION, AND IS THERE
A BENEFIT TO THE SHOW ME STATE.
WHERE DO YOU BOTH COME OUT ON
THAT LARGER QUESTION?
LIVE AND LET LIVE, AMY?
Amy: HONESTLY, IT DOESN'T
MATTER.
THE REASON I SAY THAT IS FOR
MULTIPLE REASONS.
THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE GOING TO
END UP MAKING MONEY IN THIS YOU
WILL SEE SOME PROPAGANDA, IS
THAT THE SHOPS ARE GOING TO OPEN
IN LOWER-INCOME AREAS, THEY ARE
GOING TO EMPLOY INDIVIDUALS AND
THERE WILL BE A SOCIALLY COMIC
BOOST IN THAT AREA.
REALLY IS RARELY SEEN AT THE
ONLY INDIVIDUALS MAKING MONEY
ARE LARGE COMPANIES.
UNLESS YOU HAVE A LOT OF MONEY
TO INVEST IN THIS PROPERTY.
THE OTHER THING WAS EASY
TAXATION.
TAXABLE FLOODED TO STATE BY
TAXING PRODUCTS.
WE ARE SEEING OTHER STATES THAT
HAVE DONE THAT ARE NOT SEEING
THE TAXATION GO INTO THE
SERVICES IS EXPECTED, AND THEY
ARE NOT DOING WHAT WAS
PRESCRIBED BY THEM.
WE GOING TO CRY MED THE IDEA OF
WHETHER OR NOT CRIME INCREASE OR
DECREASES.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING,
THOUGH, IS THE CRIMINALIZATION.
DECRIMINALIZATION MEANS THAT, IF
I HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT ON ME IT
DOES NOT AFFECT THE OR NOT I CAN
GET A JOB LATER.
IT DOESN'T AFFECT IF I WAS 18 IF
I HAVE A MISDEMEANOR OR EVEN A
FELONY FOR SOMETHING THAT,
HONESTLY, IS ONE OF THE LEAST
HARMING DRUGS.
SO NOW UNAFFECTED FOR A LIFETIME.
AND NOT HAVING TO GO THROUGH
PUNISHMENT FOR BASICALLY PUTTING
MONEY BACK INTO SOMETHING WHERE
WE ARE SAYING, HEY, YEAH, THAT
WAS NOT A REALLY GOOD IDEA, WE
HAVE AFFECTED PEOPLE FOR LIFE.
LET'S AT LEAST DECRIMINALIZE AND
WORK ON MAKING SURE THAT WE
REGULATE IN THE SAME AMOUNT THAT
WE REGULAR FOR TOBACCO AND
ALCOHOL
Nick: IS ONE OF THE THINGS
I'VE EVER DONE.
IT SHOULDN'T MATTER I DON'T HAVE
ANY PLANS ON HOW I SUPPORT THE
LEGALIZATION OF IT FOR WHATEVER
PEOPLE WANT TO DO WITH IT.
YOU KNOW, I JUST FOR A NUMBER
REASONS.
WHAT IS IT ILLEGAL?
WHAT'S THE RATIONALE?
YOU HAVE ALCOHOL THIS CAUSES
DRUNK DRIVING A DEATH.
YOU HAVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LINK
TOWARD.
THE WHOLE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT
HISTORICALLY WAS LINKED TO
PEOPLE DRINKING TOO MUCH AND
GOING AROUND AND BEATING UP
THEIR SPOUSES AND KIDS, RIGHT?
MARIJUANA IS JUST --
RIGHT I DON'T KNOW THAT I
HAVE READ TO THIS.
THERE IS SOME SUPPORTERS OF
MAKING LEGAL WHO CLAIM IT HAS
SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE
COMPETITION WITH -- IT WASN'T
EVEN A DRUG THING, IT WAS A
HAMSTRING.
I DON'T KNOW, HONESTLY, I CAN'T
SPEAK TO THAT.
BUT AS OF LATE IT IS JUST A
STIGMA, YOU KNOW, THAT WENT
ALONG WITH IT
Jennifer: ANOTHER THING WE
ARE SEEING IS NEARLY HALF THE
STATES AT LEAST HAVE SOME
EQUALIZATION LAWS ARE GOING TO
PLACE, AND SO BEING ABLE TO LOOK
AT DATA WHAT'S HAPPENING AND
THEN AS A STATE MOVE SLOWER TO
MAKE SOME DECISIONS AND LOOK AT
WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHERE IT
IS OR ISN'T.
IF TAXATION ISN'T FUNNELING
THROUGH COLORADO LIKE IT'S
SUPPOSED TO HOW DO WE CREATE
POLICY RELATION ON SOMETHING
LIKE THAT IS IN EXCESS TAX?
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IS PULLING
THROUGH IS THE SMELL.
I DON'T LIKE IT
IT'S BETTER THAN TOBACCO
SMOKE.
OR JUST DON'T SMOKE IT.
THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO SMOKE
IT APPARENTLY.
UNIT, YOU CAN DRINK IT.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT ONE.
TO WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING TO
DO.
BUT THE THING WE DID TO ME, I
JUST WONDER, IF IT IS SORT OF
RUNNING ITS COURSE.
ANOTHER WAS COLORADO, WASHINGTON
STATE, ALL THESE PLACES UP TO
AND NOW IT IS ALMOST CERTAIN
KIND OF THING THAT DIDN'T QUITE
MEET EXPECTATIONS AND EVERYONE
IS LIKE, WHO CARES.
HERE'S THE THING, IT WILL BE
RECREATIONAL HERE IN MISSOURI AT
SOME POINT.
I DON'T KNOW, IT WAS SOME TIME
AGO HAVING THIS DISCUSSION VERY
EARLY ON COUNTERFORCE
POLITICIANS REALIZE HOW MUCH
MONEY THEY WILL GET THEIR HANDS
ON WITH IT, THEY WILL START
PASSING LEGALIZATION.
IT IS ABOUT THE MONEY.
AND YOU ARE RIGHT
Amy: AND COMPANIES BEHIND ARE
PAYING TO POLITICIANS TO MAKE
DECISIONS.
CALIFORNIA IS NOT JUST A GOOD
EXAMPLE OF WHAT THIS IS AND WHAT
HAPPENED IN CALIFORNIA FOR THE
LONGEST TIME THREE COUNTIES WITH
THEM
RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE MESS OF
MARIJUANA.
THESE WERE ALL SMALL, HUMBOLDT
COUNTY BEING ONE OF THEM.
VERY ILLEGAL OPERATION BUT WE
EXCEED WHAT WAS GOING TO BECOME
LEGAL RECREATIONALLY.
IT COST SIX FIGURES TO GET A
LICENSE.
AND SO YOU HAVE THESE BIG
CORPORATIONS, AND THEN THE
LITTLE GUY ISN'T ABLE TO DO IT
AND SO WHAT HAPPENED IN
CALIFORNIA CAN YOU STILL HAVE AN
UNDERGROUND MARIJUANA ECONOMY,
AND FOR PERHAPS THE FIRST TIME
IN HIS CALIFORNIA HISTORY TO
ACTUALLY MOVE TO TAXES ON THE
MARIJUANA BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE
THEY WEREN'T GETTING AS MUCH
REVENUE OFFER BECAUSE PEOPLE
WERE CONTINUING TO BUY
UNDERGROUND, BECAUSE IT WAS
BECOMING SO EXPENSIVE FOR IT TO
BECOME LEGAL BECAUSE OF
GOVERNMENT TAXES AND RELATIONS
AND EVERYTHING
ANOTHER THING WE ARE SEEING
WITH THE COSTS OF A DECREASING,
SO BY LEGALIZING IT BECOMES MORE
AFFORDABLE.
SO WE ARE SEEING LESS OF IT
BROUGHT IN FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.
AND THE MAY COUNSELOR CAN'T IF
WE CAN REGULATE AND MAKE SURE
THAT OTHER THINGS ARE ADDED TO
IT, OR THEY ARE NOT LACED WITH
THINGS.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS WHERE,
WHEN YOU SEE A DECREASE PRICE
AND IT CAN WE ALSO SEE A
DECREASE IN THE CRIME RELATED
WITH THE BECAUSE THERE IS MONEY
IN IT.
SO THAT IS ONE THING THAT THEY
HAVE SHOWN, WITH AT LEAST A
DECREASE IN PRICE OF IT, AND HAS
DECREASED IN SOME OF THE ILLEGAL
ACTIVITY AROUND IT
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY TOO,
NOT THAT ANYONE CARES, BUT I'M
HUNGRY.
MY OPINION ON THE
LEGALIZATION OF IT, IN MY
PERFECT WORLD ALSO, YOU DON'T
HAVE GOVERNMENT -- YOU KNOW, IT
LEADS YOU TO BE THE SORT OF
PERSON THAT IS RELYING ON
GOVERNMENT TO FUND YOUR
LIFESTYLE.
IN MY WORLD THAT WOULDN'T HAPPEN.
PERSONALS POSSIBILITY.
YOU ARE NOT ONLY PERSONALLY
POSSIBLE WHAT YOU DO BUT THE
INFECTION HAS ANY.
YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO OUR
PODCAST FROM THE CONSTITUENCY
THAT EACH OF THESE TWO BEING A
BLATANT THEY ARE ON OUR AIR,
FOLKS, SO JOIN US FOR THAT.
LIQUID AND AMY BLANSIT.
I'M BRIAN CALFANO.