As the use of marijuana becomes more widely accepted,
moms are actually becoming more and
more candid about their use of marijuana to make a parenthood a little better,
to enhance the benefits of parenthood if you wanna put it that way.
>> [LAUGH] >> And I really wanna give some credit
to these women because I know that in much of the country,
including in places like California, it's still taboo to use marijuana,
especially if you're using it and then parenting.
But they explained some stuff in here that really resonates and
I wanted to share their perspective with you.
Moms find a little weed does what a glass or two of Chardonnay did for their moms
by taking the edge off after a long day of raising those little bundles of joy.
By the way, the wine moms thing just widely accepted.
Why is that any better?
Having two glasses of wine.
I'm not judging, different strokes for different folks.
What's your vice?
>> Questioning the Rose all day lifestyle?
>> I'm not actually, I'm a big proponent of the Rose all day
lifestyle [LAUGH] >> Do you prefer the Mary J all day
lifestyle?
>> I prefer the Mary J after a long day of work lifestyle.
>> Okay, that makes sense.
>> Or Mary J during a Saturday afternoon hike lifestyle.
>> I do like that too.
I would also ask, these moms are heroes, but let's also free our minds, Chardonnay.
>> Free your mind.
>> You play that song, you might enjoy it more.
>> [LAUGH] >> Chardonnay weed,
[APPLAUSE] Drink while you're smoking?
>> No, don't do that.
>> Yeah. >> If you're not experienced in that,
don't do that.
>> Just take it all in, life is short and getting shorter.
>> I'm personally- >> Especially if you follow my advice.
>> Personally not a proponent of Rose all day in addition to puffing that
stogie [LAUGH] >> [CROSSTALK]
>> You don' think there are bads like
peanut, butter and chocolate?
>> [LAUGH] I mean, look, some people can handle it.
It's sometimes doesn't sit well with me physically, right?
But I'm not judging either way.
Whatever helps you get through this tough time in America, do you boo.
Now, let's hear from the mother's here.
Wendy Brazil absolutely believes consuming cannabis made her better at being a mom.
I know it did Brazil, 57, said of her experiences.
Conversations were deeper.
Our playtime was more enjoyable in my head.
I wasn't thinking about the bills I had to pay and
the things I needed to get done before tomorrow.
I was actually able to sit with my kids enjoy them.
That- >> [LAUGH]
>> I think out of all
the comments resonated with me the most, I don't have children.
I have decided to abstain, I don't wanna have kids.
But I have nieces who I pour all my maternal energy into.
>> mH-HM.
>> And there may have been a time or two where I went outside,
decided to try out my Vape pen, just to make sure it was working properly.
>> Mh-hm.
>> And I come back in and I'm so I'm enjoying it.
I don't want to say, enjoying it more,
I'm engaging way more than I would otherwise, if that makes sense.
I'm actually interested in playing with the legos and
the dolly house and doing the tea party.
>> That makes sense.
>> Come on, let's be real, it's not easy guys.
It's not easy, the faux enthusiasm for tea time.
Let's keep it real, you all know it.
But when you're high, you love it, you're, hell yeah.
What is this?
Is this jasmine tea?
>> [LAUGH] >> Is this an Earl Gray?
>> Are we floating on a cloud?
>> I want that dolly to sit next to me.
What the hell?
Why do you get to sit next to the dolly, that kind of stuff.
>> They do know.
And any kids watching, you know you're boring.
>> Not the kids.
>> Yo're boring.
>> No, the parents.
>> You're a disappointment.
>> Parenting- >> And a burden [LAUGH]
>> Parenting is the most difficult job in
America.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
That's why I haven't done it.
>> But you could be highly, so, >> [CROSSTALK]
>> And people love it,
I don't wanna take away from that.
>> Is this making you question that?
>> No.
>> You could just be high a lot.
>> No, [LAUGH] I don't wanna do something that's gonna make me wanna
get high even more.
>> [LAUGH] >> That's not what I'm
advocating for here.
What I am trying to say though is,
we know about the medicinal properties of marijuana.
I know from firsthand experience, it doesn't make you a violent person,
it doesn't make you a negligent person, it doesn't make you a bad parent.
>> Uh-huh. >> So,
I just don't think this should be a taboo, right?
And I feel like throughout this piece, this is written in The Los Angeles Times,
the parents, I feel like they feel a little bit of guilt
because there's still so much taboo associated with it.
So let me give you more.
So, it's burnout, says another parent, it's stress, but
it's also just sometimes you can't quiet your brain when you're doing an activity
with your kids because you're like, this is making such a big mess.
God, this resonates too.
Cannabis can help you be like, I am in this moment, so
you're not thinking about the mess.
>> Yeah. >> Yeah.
>> The same thing as alcohol, really.
>> Yeah.
>> Just quietly. >> Really?
>> Yeah, it quiets the mind, I have a very active mind, I assume a lot of people do.
It's difficult for me to not have multiple trains of thought,
sort of constantly cycling in my brain and that helps to quiet that.
And I definitely agree about the weird lingering stigma, and it's so
weird how it doesn't exist in the other way.
I was listening to a podcast and it was hosted by two women whose kids play
soccer, and so they go on the weekends and take them to their soccer game.
And they said that the game will be eight o'clock in the morning and
people will be drinking, eight o'clock in the morning, why?
Because they have to watch little kids play soccer kind of.
So, but then that's totally cool.
>> No, don't do that.
>> But with the weed- >> [CROSSTALK]
>> I'm fine with that.
But with the weed, it is weirdly stigmatized, and
I'm actually curious, maybe we can do a poll.
But if you're on Twitch or YouTube, on a scale of one to ten,
the fact that we consume, how much stigma does it affect your view of us?
My refrigerator's got a bunch of what I've just discovered, Edwin suggested it.
>> Mh-hm. >> These high seltzer's,
it's this mango seltzer drink.
>> Yeah, I've seen those.
Do they work?
>> Yeah, it's good.
>> Yeah, it's great.
I love it cuz it does a better job of hiding the flavor,
which I find to be the worst part of weed.
>> It is, I don't like the flavor, I like the smell.
>> It cuts through everything.
>> I love the smell.
>> It cuts through more than any, I'm not really.
But yeah ,and I guess he probably wouldn't care.
I'm not gonna say who?
So, I went to a gathering.
>> Mh-hm. >> And when you go to an adult party,
they'll have different kinds of alcohol and everything.
He had a tray with a bunch of different types of gummies.
>> Who's your friend?
Wonderful you know.
>> Okay.
>> Yeah, he'll be doing The Bracket later.
>> I know what it is.
>> But anyway, yeah, no just- >> What a great host?
[LAUGH] >> He's a very good host, and
delicious hamburgers too.
It doesn't matter, it's the same exact thing, it is less debilitating than
alcohol and I should know because I drink a lot and I frequently combine them.
So, it's just so weird that anyone has a problem with it.
You can add that to a long list of things in America where it's weird that
people are absolute Karen's and busybodies about it.
But this is the number one thing.
And again, similar to the same sex marriage,
we've now had legal weed in a number of states for years.
It isn't causing the downfall of America.
It was donkey brain to think that it ever would,
to think that there was a chance that that would happen.
But you were proven wrong by the fact that we had these natural experiments happening
in different states.
>> Yeah.
>> It should be legal everywhere.
>> I totally agree on-