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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Now it's time for Cannabis Talk one on one with
Blue Choke Gronde and Mark and Craig Wasserman, the Punt
Brothers at Law, the world's number one source for everything cannabis,
with special guests Brian Abramson, a candidate running for the
state Senate in Minnesota.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Hello, welcome to Cannabis Talk one on one. We have
an amazing show for you today with the world famous
Joe Gronde and the world famous Pot Brothers at Law,
mister Craig Wasserman, and we have the pleasure of having
mister Mark Washerman as well. I'm back and my name
is Blue and this is going to be an amazing opportunity.
All of us together at the same time.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Are all over each other.
Speaker 4 (00:39):
Yeah, well sometimes and I like it when we're all
over each other.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Ah, you're all over all of us.
Speaker 5 (00:44):
Joe, that's you big.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Yeah, you just cover up. So actually, Joe's leaning out
quite a bit.
Speaker 5 (00:48):
I'm proud of you, Joe, Thank you, thank you. I
can't let Mark be the only study.
Speaker 6 (00:52):
I'm trying to catch up.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
I'm starting to try and lose a little weight.
Speaker 5 (00:55):
Now you're catching up to my old self. You're borrowing
my shirts.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
You know what, I'll take you on the wrong. It
feels good actually being able to fit in the Joe
Grande shirt.
Speaker 5 (01:03):
Man, you know it looks good on you. Yeah, that'd
be great if they were.
Speaker 6 (01:06):
It's a nice act to follow. Man.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
So Joe wants to tell us what's going on in
the show.
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Speaker 3 (01:45):
Dog?
Speaker 5 (01:45):
And Blue is that one? Christopher Wright?
Speaker 4 (01:47):
Yes, I am at Joe Grande fifty two, and on
the show today, we have a gentleman by the name
of Brian Abrahamson who is a Minnesota state Senate candidates
and you can go to his website Brian abraham Hampson
for Senate dot com and we're going to talk to
him in a second.
Speaker 5 (02:04):
But welcome to the show, Brian. Thank you for joining
us via Skype.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
Thank you so much for having me no doubt before
we get to you though, and talk to you as
Craig kind of found you as a Senate representative who's
out of the green closet. He also has some news
to share with us before we.
Speaker 5 (02:19):
Get to you.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
Yeah, this is interesting that they're putting back. There was
the Bloomhauer McClintock Amendment. Ooh sorry, Blue, I should know
better than that. Yeah, straight from the mic, which prohibits
the Department of Justice from going after people who are
complying in their states. But right now it only really
extends to medical marijuana, and in those states that allow
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medical marijuana, it does not extend to adult use. So theoretically,
if someone was as strictly an adult use outlet, the
FEDS could still go after them. Now in the bill
coming up they've now renamed the Writer Blumenauer McClintock Norton Amendment,
which would remove the word medical from this from the amendment. Wow,
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because what the amendment says would be huge, huge. What
the amendment says now is that it maintains that federal
funds cannot be used to prevent states from implementing their
own state law from the excuse me, maintains that the
federal funds cannot be used to prevent states from implementing
their own state laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession,
or cultivation of medical marijuana. They want to take out
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the word medical so it extends to all legal cannabis business,
whether it's medical or adult use. This was actually brought
up last year. The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved it
by a vote of two hundred and sixty seven to
one sixty five. And guess what it died in the Senate.
Guess what?
Speaker 6 (03:46):
Shut up?
Speaker 4 (03:47):
Mark, there you go and you where all bills go.
Way for him to jump on your helmet.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
No, it did. It died, well, of course it did.
But he's been an ass sight at the feet of McConnell.
That's where all bills go to die is at the
feet of McConnell, and right now it's the is McConnell
on his way out, I hope, So no, you know,
you know what he might be. There's there's a couple,
and there's Lindsey Graham might be.
Speaker 5 (04:12):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
He's facing a hard campaign as well, people who've been
in the House in the Senate for way too long,
and those people have to get booted out. And the
only way that's gonna happen is people vote for people
who are for cannabis, for cannabis legalization and to allow
the states to do what they want with it. And
that that's what pisses me off the most about. You know,
I'm not ragged on Republicans or the Republican Party per se,
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but if you're a Republican, you're a state's right proponent.
That means less governmental interference, more states rights. But with cannabis,
they can't adhere to that. They want to impose their
will on the states and not listen to the majority
of states who've legalized it in one form or another.
So those people got to get out.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
You know, I think it's gonna be you know, tricky
to see this when this actually goes up to the
the Senate this year that it doesn't die, because you know,
I think it's gonna be interesting.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
You know what, it's gonna hate that Mark though, I
hate that he's right, he's sitting here smirking, and.
Speaker 6 (05:11):
I don't like it.
Speaker 5 (05:12):
I don't like.
Speaker 7 (05:15):
It.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Just when I'm right, I'm right. Well, no, no, but
he said, we're not going to get.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Back into that never never sea.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
He said never. You never say never, never say always
ever ever never ever.
Speaker 5 (05:27):
You never say never never.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
That's one of the things you never do. Say never
say never, say always. But I think we have the
best chance this year. I think if for the Democrats
to take back the Senate, sure, and if they take
back the Senate, I think it's cannabis reform is going
to be here overnight.
Speaker 4 (05:45):
Well, someone that's trying to take back the Senate and
go with what you're saying, is a gentleman that we
have on with that.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
Well that that's he's running for Minnesota State Senate. Correct,
that's correct, Right for the state of Minnesota, which in
and of.
Speaker 5 (05:58):
Itself is because great vote.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Well, no, it's another it's the state vote. So that
state needs to turn and in order for that state
to turn We need people like Brian who's gonna bring
that passion and his campaign against the biggest prohibitionists in
Minnesota and and change things and get things, you know,
turned around and get cannabis legal out there.
Speaker 5 (06:19):
And how are you gonna do that, Brian in Minnesota?
Speaker 2 (06:21):
What's the plan?
Speaker 3 (06:22):
Man?
Speaker 8 (06:23):
We're gonna We're gonna go out door to door. We're
going to uh bring the word of cannabis to to
people basically very nice.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Now is that something that yeah, I know you've actually
ran prior to this for I think it was a
twenty two A right, just I.
Speaker 8 (06:40):
Ran for ours last last selection.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Yeah, okay, and then and so you know, going through
that process, was it were you at cannabis in uh?
Was it in your you know, vocabulary last year as
well as it is this year or is that something
that's new for you?
Speaker 8 (06:56):
Well? I also ran for state Senate last election for
years ago, and that was definitely my vocabulary. That was
one of the first things I wanted to accomplish if
I were elected, And that's the same thing I'm going
to do this this time too.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
Who are you up against out there?
Speaker 8 (07:14):
I'm up against Bill Weber.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
Is Democrat, Republican Middle Liberty.
Speaker 8 (07:19):
He's a conservative Republican.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
What's your feedback from the constituents so far regarding your
position on cannabis?
Speaker 8 (07:29):
Basically, it's overwhelmingly acceptable in this area.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
It's not a surprise.
Speaker 8 (07:36):
Go ahead.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
What about people getting out the vote? You think you
can have How long has this other senator been an incumbent?
Speaker 8 (07:43):
I think he's been in there for eight years?
Speaker 3 (07:45):
Wow?
Speaker 6 (07:46):
Wow, Well it's time from Miguel.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
Are people ready to change? I mean it's that you're
gonna I mean, we're gon We're gonna help you. People
listen to this all over and hopefully they'll listen to
it in Minnesota.
Speaker 5 (07:55):
They definitely listened to Minnesota get out and vote.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
Is that a state wide vote for you or a
certain air Are you in Minnesota district or whatnot?
Speaker 8 (08:02):
It's a certain district, it's southwestern Minnesota.
Speaker 4 (08:06):
And Brian, for those who don't know, we're talking to
Brian Abrahamson, a Minnesota state Senate candidate. Brian Abrahamson for
Senate dot com and his website. Please take this platform
to explain to people who may be listening in Minnesota
why you're qualified. Because I don't know anything about you.
Let all we know is that Craig said he was
for cannabis. What makes you qualified for your mind and
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for your constituents out there to go vote for you
to be the next Minnesota state candidate.
Speaker 8 (08:35):
Well, basically, I'm determined, I'm dedicated to the process, and
I'm consistent. Like I said four years ago i ran
for state Senate. I have the same values, the same platform,
and we're going to bring into the people even harder
this time around.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
What is your background?
Speaker 8 (08:58):
Basically, I'm a direct support professional. I take care of
people that are elderly and people that have disabilities. So
basically I'm in a position of caring.
Speaker 5 (09:08):
Basically man of the people, right right, I actually like that.
I love that about you.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
What got you started in uh the political arena?
Speaker 2 (09:16):
What?
Speaker 3 (09:16):
What? Really?
Speaker 9 (09:17):
What was it for you that made you say, hey,
you know what, I'm gonna put my hat in the
race four years ago?
Speaker 3 (09:23):
Whenever you started?
Speaker 6 (09:24):
What?
Speaker 3 (09:24):
What did that to you?
Speaker 8 (09:26):
Ultimately, it was Bernie Sanders that actually got me, uh
fired up about politics basically the common person running for
running for office.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
Yeah, good Bernie, They'll fire anyone up.
Speaker 8 (09:39):
Man.
Speaker 4 (09:40):
Bernie actually got me going a few times to watch
him and seen his driving when he got.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
Hopefully Biden's gonna listen to him. If Biden gets in,
hopefully Biden listened to him and get rid of his
old archaic ways of looking at cannabis. But I think
if both if both the House stays stays democratic, and
the Senate flips, there's no way Biden's going to veto anything.
I really don't think that would happen if both houses
and if the House and the Senate decide to take
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it off the schedule list and got to get rid
of McConnell and prohibition, well, no, we got to get
rid of no all we have to do. I mean,
hopefully in the process we can get rid of we
can get rid of him. But at the same time,
we need to just take over the Senate. Whoever, whoever
has to go goes, doesn't matter because the McConnell, I think,
the House or the Senate majority leader determines all the
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all the all the committee chairs and who's in charge
of what, and that would change the whole landscape of
everything we're talking about today.
Speaker 4 (10:37):
God willing it happens. Brian, how are you campaigning out
there as you take care of the other folks. Are
you putting shirts.
Speaker 5 (10:42):
On them and willing them around? I mean putting picket
signs on wheelchairs? What's going on out there? How are
you pushing it?
Speaker 4 (10:48):
Especially with COVID nineteen being where people can't get out
and about what's your strategy?
Speaker 8 (10:54):
Basically what we're doing right now is we're going to
be doing a lot of town halls, the virtual town halls.
I wish I could put shirts some people and that
would be awesome, but I don't think that's gonna be
able to do that. But I have my shirt.
Speaker 6 (11:09):
I love it.
Speaker 8 (11:10):
I'll wear that around around town and stuff like that,
and whoever wants it, you know, I'll get them one too,
and we'll get the word out.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
You know how many people are in in your district?
You know?
Speaker 6 (11:22):
Approximately right now?
Speaker 8 (11:24):
I would say about sixty thousand.
Speaker 6 (11:26):
Sixty thousand, Okay?
Speaker 2 (11:27):
And then have you done like you know, are you
doing mailer campaigns or is it just like you know,
word of mouth and power of people trying to get
the movement on groot grassroots? Or do you have like
huge budgets behind you Because I know a lot of
these guys they randomly get these budgets yeah. Yeah, you
might be competing against someone that has this huge budget
and people don't even know they're voting for him. They're
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just like, I'm gonna vote for this guy because I
heard about him commercial. Yeah it works stuff like that.
I mean, are you running against that or do you
have some kind of a budget and do you have
some support behind you?
Speaker 8 (11:59):
We do have a lot of grassroots support. Uh. Unfortunately,
Bill Webber does have a lot of money behind him too.
Most of its pack money, you know, lobbyists, corporate money
behind him. I would say about half of his donations
are are from from that. Gotcha, So, I mean he
has a lot of corporate backing.
Speaker 3 (12:18):
Basically, what what made you passionate about cannabis in the
first place and getting it legalized?
Speaker 8 (12:25):
Uh? Basically I was very uh adamant about it. Basically
for the fact that it's gonna bring in tax revenue. Basically, Okay,
it's gonna bring in tax revenue that we can use
to uh for education, for infrastructure stuff like that.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
Well, you know, Brian, you know, we we we appreciate
that you are, you know here in supporting the cannabis industry.
That's that's a brilliant thing. Especially for your your uh,
your state.
Speaker 6 (12:58):
You know, we'll be right back after this break.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
Welcome back to Cannabis Talk one on one and Brian Abrahamson.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
Abrahamson or Abrahamson.
Speaker 8 (13:13):
It's Abrahamson.
Speaker 6 (13:14):
Yeah, it's Abrahamson.
Speaker 5 (13:16):
If you were wishing we were wrong, you were wishing
were wrong. He's such a jerk off. You know that, right, Craig.
Speaker 4 (13:22):
He's sitting there, is it because if these two guys
are wrong?
Speaker 6 (13:26):
No, yeah, he was just gonna just Chris, you can't read.
Speaker 5 (13:30):
And he looked at me too, like you got it
wrong too.
Speaker 3 (13:32):
Yeah, but you got it right.
Speaker 6 (13:34):
Yeah, finally.
Speaker 4 (13:35):
You know. I'm curious, Brian. I love everything that you're
doing and your passion behind it. Hearing that why you
wanted to get into himself. What's your family dynamic, like
you're married with kids and if so, what does your
family think about it? If not married with kids, your
parents explain that, well.
Speaker 8 (13:50):
Yeah, I have I have a wife and two kids.
We've been married for about fourteen years now, so we won't.
Speaker 3 (13:58):
Let her tell, we won't let her know. You said about.
Speaker 6 (14:03):
That's a big deal round the house.
Speaker 8 (14:05):
Yeah, it's been fourteen years since May.
Speaker 3 (14:09):
So congratulation that's beautiful. And how are your kids they're
twelve and ten ages?
Speaker 4 (14:16):
What they what do they think about this daddy's sitting
there running for Minnesota state Senate.
Speaker 5 (14:21):
Is it a big deal in the house? How are
they reacting?
Speaker 8 (14:25):
They try to stay out of it.
Speaker 5 (14:26):
Yeah, probably the best.
Speaker 3 (14:29):
So right right now, do you have medical? Do you
have medical in Minnesota? We do?
Speaker 8 (14:34):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (14:35):
And how is that movement going for you guys out there? Brian?
Speaker 2 (14:37):
I mean, is it something that's really, you know, kind
of picking up steam or is it kind of just
a slow you know burn?
Speaker 8 (14:44):
It's it's a slow burn basically, I mean, right now,
I believe it could be a lot better, but yeah,
like I said, it's just it's a slow burn right now.
Speaker 3 (14:55):
It's a Are the medical rules very restrictive out there?
Speaker 8 (15:00):
Yeah? They're very restricted.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
You gotta be half dead to get.
Speaker 8 (15:02):
A card pretty much. Yeah.
Speaker 9 (15:05):
God, it's just amazing how they make these medical cannabis
laws just so restrictive.
Speaker 4 (15:12):
I'm wondering too, Brian, with the patients that you're working
with out there, are any of your patients using cannabis
to help them with their medical conditions?
Speaker 8 (15:23):
Not that I know of, none of mine that I
direct directly work with. Do I know there's some I'm
also like a companion for people to have Alzheimer's and
multiple sclerosis and stuff like that. There is one that
I know that does use cannabis.
Speaker 6 (15:40):
That's great. Do you smoke with him?
Speaker 8 (15:42):
I do not know. I take care that much, but
you know that he that he does what he does.
Speaker 2 (15:49):
You know, you know running for senate and and you
know in Minnesota, right, I mean I don't know very
much about Minnesota, but I mean, is it something in
your that that people are going to embrace what you're
trying to do or is the majority still there not really.
Speaker 6 (16:05):
In front of that curve that aren't behind it, right?
Speaker 2 (16:07):
Because I mean in California, if you are, you know,
running for Senate and you're behind cannabis, like everybody's behind
you because we have a huge pull out here people
that are just go go cannabis. I don't know what
Minnesota's take it as as a whole. So you know,
what do you think what's the thought process like that?
Speaker 8 (16:25):
Well, I would say about fifty five sixty percent or
so right now is is for cannabis. So I mean
it's slowly slowly getting up there. Majority of the people
in Minnesota won it, so.
Speaker 5 (16:40):
Well, hopefully they go out there and get it.
Speaker 4 (16:42):
We appreciate you coming on with us, Brian, everybody that
comes on with us, we like to do the high five.
It's Brian Abrahamson, a Minnesota state Senate candidates. Question number
one with the high five, how old are you the
first time you smoked weed and where'd you get it from?
Speaker 8 (16:56):
Well, I was nineteen from a guy that he is
a Turkish student in college. It is the first time
I had Turkish alcohol too, so.
Speaker 3 (17:07):
It's double whammy.
Speaker 8 (17:10):
All right.
Speaker 3 (17:10):
Number two, what is your favorite way to use cannabis?
Speaker 8 (17:15):
I don't use cannabis that much. I do use CBD oils,
I vape and use the edibles and stuff like that.
Speaker 3 (17:23):
Very good, very good.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
Question number three of the high five with Brian Abrahamson. Right, yeah, yeah,
I'm looking at mark. The craziest place you've ever used
cannabis or smoked it?
Speaker 8 (17:39):
I would say that's the same place. It was basically
right down the hall from the ra So.
Speaker 10 (17:46):
Yeah, it was.
Speaker 6 (17:47):
It was a fun time, fantastic, all right.
Speaker 9 (17:50):
Question number four of the high five for Brian Abrahamson,
a Minnesota State Senate candidate, What is your go to
munchie when you get high?
Speaker 8 (18:00):
Well before, before I lost all the weight, because almost
I lost almost two hundred.
Speaker 4 (18:05):
Pounds, two hundred, Holy Joe, another fat bastard. Yes, I
too have lost over one hundred pounds. I'm trying to
encourage my buddy Pitt to lose So oh sorry, Pitt,
didn't mean to throw you under the bus. But uh,
I too have lost the.
Speaker 3 (18:19):
Notes he say he lost two hundred pounds, I'm not
going in a year. You know, I was looking at it, going.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
We to lose.
Speaker 6 (18:27):
How did you look?
Speaker 5 (18:28):
Yeah, I thought it was weed too.
Speaker 6 (18:29):
How did you lose the weight?
Speaker 8 (18:31):
Well, basically I was. I was on keto for about
a year and now I'm kind of off that and
I'm doing fat like a little fat diet.
Speaker 3 (18:41):
Yep, just eat right.
Speaker 6 (18:42):
So two hundred pounds in one year is just all keto.
Speaker 5 (18:45):
You're happy?
Speaker 2 (18:47):
No, it's big, dude. I'm on keto right now. And
I I lost keggs.
Speaker 6 (18:53):
Yeahs, I lost.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
Like thirty pounds and then I kind of gained it
all back when the Rona.
Speaker 3 (18:59):
Hit or yeah, no, I gave that number four.
Speaker 6 (19:02):
No, I didn't gain all that much.
Speaker 9 (19:04):
Questions okay, well hold on, hold on back to question
number four now, but I want both answers.
Speaker 3 (19:08):
Now.
Speaker 9 (19:08):
I want the when you before you lost the weight,
what were your go to munchies ho hos?
Speaker 8 (19:14):
Before before I lost the weight, that was uh like
chips away, cookies and little debbies.
Speaker 3 (19:20):
Okay after after and now it's more like strawberries and bananas.
Speaker 8 (19:27):
There you go.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
So you eat fruit while you're on keto?
Speaker 6 (19:31):
Yeah, good for you.
Speaker 8 (19:32):
Well I'm no longer on keto anymore.
Speaker 4 (19:35):
Right, he's just on a lot fan just all right?
Question numbers, Oh, that's always fun. I'm on a carb
diet most of my life. Question number five, If you
can smoke cannabis with anyone dead or alive, who would
it be?
Speaker 8 (19:50):
I would say Seth Rogan would probably my my number
one pick?
Speaker 6 (19:54):
Set And why?
Speaker 5 (19:55):
And why Seth? I mean, great guy?
Speaker 6 (19:57):
But why Seth?
Speaker 8 (19:59):
I think he's just he's just so funny, and I
think you'd be funny high too, right?
Speaker 3 (20:04):
I agree?
Speaker 5 (20:05):
Well, that definitely a good one. Wo Man, Good luck
to you.
Speaker 4 (20:07):
Is there anything else that you want to tell the
listeners out there in Minnesota? As it's Brian Abrahamson for
Senate dot Com is the website, Brian Abrahampson and Minnesota
state Senate candidates. Anything else that you want to relay
a message out to the people.
Speaker 8 (20:21):
Well, we need we need a lot of volunteers. We
need people for gar knocking, for for text banking, for
phone banking, anything we can. If you want to donate,
you know, ppe, if you want to donate, you know,
any kind of small you know, like four dollars and
twenty cents for twenty that would be awesome too. You
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can do that at the website as well. Well.
Speaker 5 (20:45):
Best of luck to you, man.
Speaker 4 (20:46):
I hope you went out there, and if you need
any help, give Mark and Craig a call.
Speaker 5 (20:49):
They're the lawyers there is guys.
Speaker 6 (20:52):
It's got a big talk one on one. We'll be
right back after this break.
Speaker 2 (21:02):
Well that was amazing and we're back, so I just
want to sit down and and sit with you guys
for one more second and just go, gosh, it's amazing
out there that you know, there's these awesome people that
are running for you know, selec.
Speaker 6 (21:18):
Yeah, it's it's gonna be good, just so.
Speaker 5 (21:20):
To show you anybody can do it.
Speaker 3 (21:21):
So it's right, yeah, and anybody can run.
Speaker 6 (21:23):
Yeah, And and let me say this.
Speaker 5 (21:25):
We're gonna I can't run too far, but are fast.
But yeah, you you.
Speaker 2 (21:28):
You lost it.
Speaker 6 (21:29):
You lost one hundred pounds yourself, so that's true.
Speaker 5 (21:31):
This guy lost two hundred pounds, so jump going into it.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
Guys, what we're gonna do is we're gonna take some
calls if I'm not correct, right, No, you're not. What
we're gonna do right now is take some voicemails and
not take calls.
Speaker 6 (21:41):
Oh, we're gonna listen.
Speaker 5 (21:42):
To voicemails so that they're live on the phone.
Speaker 4 (21:45):
A voicemail is what they're left playing some voices. But
I know what you meant, and so did everybody else.
And I just want to be an asshole because I
think marks rubbing off on me.
Speaker 6 (21:53):
So sorry.
Speaker 4 (21:54):
Eight hundred four to twenty nineteen eighty is the number.
Eight hundred four twenty nineteen eighty. And before we get
to that, Mark, can you thank.
Speaker 5 (22:00):
The crew and everybody? Please? Yes, I can, because you're
finally here to thank them.
Speaker 9 (22:04):
I am here, I'm back, I'm better than before, and
we want to thank your opinion, Peanut, Jeremy, Jennifer, and
Elvis thanks for helping us.
Speaker 4 (22:13):
Did you see him respond to an email. Finally, on
the I was like, who's still who is this guy?
When he responded to that on basically have to still
cut him in.
Speaker 6 (22:21):
I told the beginning he was just using us to
get a spot.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
I remember he said that leaving us, and what he said.
Speaker 5 (22:27):
He'll come work here.
Speaker 4 (22:28):
In a heartbeat, I threw him a low number to
get over here work with us. Anyhow, You guys have
those who leave us voicemails, we want to answer them,
and Pitt has found one. And Peanut they said they
want us to hear, so let.
Speaker 3 (22:40):
Us do it.
Speaker 7 (22:43):
Hey, guys, big fan of the script. I was wondering,
if you have a dog in the car, will traveling
if you end up getting pulled over by a canine unit,
is anything the canine detects admissible in Core or Bible
to constitute a search. Since you two have a canine
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with you, thank you and looking forward to hearing it.
Speaker 3 (23:11):
So I think what he's saying it's the red herring.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
No, I think they're saying he has a dog in
that makes no sense, because sometimes the dog may have sense.
Speaker 4 (23:20):
No not his question is that what you're thinking that
the other dog may called the canine off. Of course
there's another because the dog's asses in there and he's
trying to smell his.
Speaker 3 (23:29):
Ass, but he's not smelling weed.
Speaker 5 (23:30):
He's smelling ass. So that the dog reacts.
Speaker 6 (23:33):
I wonder may.
Speaker 3 (23:35):
Better off having a dog in the car that way
when the when the canine comes up, he's sniffing ass,
not weed.
Speaker 4 (23:41):
No, that's a good you know what the is that
what you're that's what you're implaning though, right, that's what
you're thinking.
Speaker 2 (23:46):
A lot of a lot of you know, they don't
think anything.
Speaker 3 (23:49):
I don't know know.
Speaker 2 (23:51):
Because if that dog is pissed in there and created
a sense that that that the canine is coming to
search for and it could want the dogs in heat,
it couldn't masket. A lot of people will mask it too.
The dogs kits start going barking at each other and
creating you know, different falls positivesive.
Speaker 3 (24:08):
At a spot where they think there's.
Speaker 6 (24:09):
The correct because you find the dog. You know, there's
so many things.
Speaker 5 (24:13):
I agree.
Speaker 4 (24:14):
I think if you have a dog in the car,
it could be an alibi or some sort of like.
Speaker 5 (24:18):
The dog with an hour, what do you think?
Speaker 9 (24:20):
Well, it's also going to depend on what state because
if he's here in California, it don't make one bit
of difference because smell isn't probable cause.
Speaker 3 (24:27):
Right, So if you're in a state having a canine
and it has nothing to do with the canine unit
coming out and stiff in your car, nothing.
Speaker 9 (24:33):
Right, I agree, it's it's a red herring, which we
call a red hair.
Speaker 5 (24:38):
What does a red herring mean?
Speaker 9 (24:39):
That is something that somebody throws out there that has
nothing to do with what you're really concerned about or
you're talking about, just to kind of throw you off.
It's what some attorneys will do that when you're arguing
a case and they'll harp on something and the judge
might say, no, that's a red herring. It doesn't matter,
it doesn't have a place here, it doesn't matter.
Speaker 3 (25:00):
You're trying to throw off the argument over here off
of what you're losing on.
Speaker 5 (25:04):
I know what you guys doing. We're arguing about do
what we gotta do.
Speaker 3 (25:07):
I win.
Speaker 6 (25:09):
I'm gonna use that forever, red hair and the.
Speaker 5 (25:11):
Red Harry stop read Harry in this conversation.
Speaker 6 (25:13):
I can't wait to use that again.
Speaker 9 (25:14):
So I think the answer to the question is, it
doesn't matter if you have a dog in your car
or not?
Speaker 3 (25:18):
Maybe a monkey? There you go, Why that stinkier? No,
it's Red Harry right now. Why are we on a
monkey right now? When we're talking about dogs and the
guy said about animals inside the vehicle.
Speaker 4 (25:31):
No, he's talking about a dog, not animals. He didn't say,
what if I had a fucking zoo in here? He said,
I had a dog in here? And you're just making
it interesting, that's all you're what. You didn't think that
guy was interesting. I thought this guy was a avid listener.
I wish you would have said his name and where
he was from. He likes what he did, he likes
the script, and you know, he seems like he's Pop
brother at law fans, and you guys are just screwing
him over.
Speaker 5 (25:51):
That's why, not at all, you're not. You are great.
Speaker 3 (25:57):
I actually, when I thought about it, I'm thinking, Okay,
I'm not sure sure I understand the question. But if
you actually have a dog in the car and you
get the other dog the stiffest, but I think you're
in good.
Speaker 4 (26:06):
Shape, so it doesn't matter, then right if the other dog,
So the answer to the question is it doesn't matter.
When I want to answer these people with questions, and
I would think, my imagination is it doesn't matter because
it wouldn't play a part.
Speaker 5 (26:17):
You wouldn't be able to get out of it and say.
Speaker 4 (26:19):
Oh, that dog smelt my dog, even though I had
announce in here or ten pounds whatever it is.
Speaker 2 (26:24):
Well, if he was actually convicted, I mean it sounds
like he might have been busted for something and or.
Speaker 3 (26:30):
He was just interesting because he has he hasn't.
Speaker 5 (26:32):
He that's his alibi. He rolls with his pup.
Speaker 6 (26:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (26:36):
I mean, we got a guy here, Jeremy. He has
his dog with him all the time.
Speaker 2 (26:39):
Yeah. No, and service crappy service dogs, scrappy shout outs
to scrappy, Yeah, which is cool.
Speaker 8 (26:44):
No.
Speaker 2 (26:44):
I think I think it's important though, that that people
do know that dogs do help.
Speaker 6 (26:50):
In cases. I'm just kidding.
Speaker 5 (26:52):
What would be a help if a canine did come up?
Is there anything that you guys can think.
Speaker 3 (26:56):
Yeah, don't have drugs in your car, but I mean
it wouldn't be drugs.
Speaker 4 (27:01):
So if you're carrying marijuana, if you're having say you
have an ounce in there your trunk, yeah, and the
dog smells it.
Speaker 9 (27:09):
But again, it's in California, smells not probably caused, so
don't yo.
Speaker 10 (27:13):
One time I was coming back from Arizona and the
Arizona Highway patrol stopped us, and I had some CBD
lotions and creams and the dog was sitting right there
at my door smelling all that stuff, and the cop
gave me the worst time I've ever had in my
life from a cop. Would I have gotten in any
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kind of trouble for that.
Speaker 3 (27:35):
Not, dreams, No, not not If it's CBD, they could
have just they could have arrested you and charged you
and then it would have been tested and it would
have been dismissed.
Speaker 5 (27:44):
Did the cop did the dog?
Speaker 6 (27:45):
The dog sat right wers, sat right on my door.
But did you guys let him such vehicle? I was like, yeah,
go ahead.
Speaker 5 (27:51):
Did the dog look at you like what the fuck
is this?
Speaker 10 (27:53):
Yeah, he looked like he was gonna eat my ass
for a snack.
Speaker 4 (27:57):
That's the part that's funny though, because when the dog
starts to come in in.
Speaker 3 (28:01):
A lot of states, where I believe in California as well, well,
they've legalized it, decriminalized it. Whatever. They've had to d
D train D trained uh Narco dogs to not point
out the weed, or they've had to retire a bunch
of dogs, especially in California, California, are they ship them
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out and sell them.
Speaker 4 (28:22):
But then that'd be the hardest part, especially if that's
your dog. And you know a lot of these cops
that's their dog. It's not just a police dog. It's
I'm a cop and my police cop dog.
Speaker 3 (28:31):
You can't dog, you can't point out weed anymore. So
those poor dogs are getting retired. Good for them, early retirement.
Speaker 5 (28:38):
Mark, you can't what do you mean, for him down?
Speaker 3 (28:41):
We're gonna have pea all over our ass.
Speaker 5 (28:43):
Now, Mark, please say you're kiddies.
Speaker 3 (28:45):
I'm kidding. I meant put him down with cannabis. Give
them cannabis, let them go to sleep.
Speaker 2 (28:50):
You know, the thing about it is is that you know,
getting loose lip man better.
Speaker 4 (28:57):
But yeah, but I don't stay stupid, I say, but
you need to maybe stay off the show for another month.
Speaker 5 (29:04):
Yeah, tell them it's not the show for a month,
and look what happens.
Speaker 3 (29:07):
Try to kill dogs too.
Speaker 6 (29:09):
Oh man.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
So so you know the moral of this story is
that dogs just don't Having a dog in the car
isn't going to give you a better case, a better fight.
Speaker 6 (29:18):
You're not gonna get you out of it's not gonna
get you out of the case.
Speaker 2 (29:22):
Yeah, you're not gonna You're not gonna get anything special
because you have a dog. So, which is good because
I think there's a lot of people that.
Speaker 4 (29:28):
Have that have Do you have another one? Do you
have another voicemail force not locked? Okay, I'm glad you
got a couple of Thanks pitt. I did hear some
other ones though, and hopefully we can get to them.
Speaker 5 (29:38):
But one that if I.
Speaker 4 (29:39):
Can remember one in particular, was somebody asking if the
script works if you're.
Speaker 5 (29:47):
Illegal.
Speaker 9 (29:48):
Yeah, illegal, anybody here in the United States, no matter
who they are, where they're from, you are afforded all
the rights of the constitutions.
Speaker 2 (30:00):
What about another countries, I mean, like Mexico, Well not in.
Speaker 9 (30:03):
Those countries, but if you come here from another country,
you stick to the script.
Speaker 5 (30:07):
So yeah, and no matter what it can comment.
Speaker 3 (30:10):
On any other country or state's laws.
Speaker 6 (30:12):
Right.
Speaker 5 (30:13):
Well, if I'm here from.
Speaker 9 (30:15):
Well we correct what we can comment on these on
Canada and the United Kingdom, because we've spoken to attorneys
in those places that the script absent. I invoked the
fifth because those countries don't have amendments or the fifth
Amendment still works because the best thing for them to
do in those countries is also showing.
Speaker 2 (30:33):
Well's coming up on one of our following shows, I know,
I mean coming up shortly on the next show. I
believe there's a there's a gentleman that that's a police
officer that actually teaches his his uh you know.
Speaker 9 (30:43):
Well, yeah, he has officers the script right his squad
before roll call.
Speaker 3 (30:47):
They're they're out in Kentucky. This is a captain from
Kentucky who will be joining us soon on air.
Speaker 9 (30:54):
Uh, and they recite the script that roll call every
night every day.
Speaker 3 (30:58):
And he calls himself a constitution a cop.
Speaker 9 (31:01):
And uh really likes what we're doing, and he believes
people have their rights. And you know, with cops like
that wouldn't need a script.
Speaker 2 (31:09):
Yeah, well it's it's it protects them as well. And
I think you know, so there it is. Guys, this
Cannabis Talk one on one. We want to let you
know this. If no one else loves you.
Speaker 5 (31:18):
We gotta share something with you. Guys. See you next time.
Speaker 1 (31:21):
Thanks for listening to another podcast of Cannabis Talk one
on one, the world's number one source for Everything Cannabis
featuring Brian Abramson had his battles to beacup Minnesota state
senator
Now it's time for Cannabis Talk one on one with
Blue Choke Gronde and Mark and Craig Wasserman, the Punt
Brothers at Law, the world's number one source for everything cannabis,
with special guests Brian Abramson, a candidate running for the
state Senate in Minnesota.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Hello, welcome to Cannabis Talk one on one. We have
an amazing show for you today with the world famous
Joe Gronde and the world famous Pot Brothers at Law,
mister Craig Wasserman, and we have the pleasure of having
mister Mark Washerman as well. I'm back and my name
is Blue and this is going to be an amazing opportunity.
All of us together at the same time.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Are all over each other.
Speaker 4 (00:39):
Yeah, well sometimes and I like it when we're all
over each other.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Ah, you're all over all of us.
Speaker 5 (00:44):
Joe, that's you big.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Yeah, you just cover up. So actually, Joe's leaning out
quite a bit.
Speaker 5 (00:48):
I'm proud of you, Joe, Thank you, thank you. I
can't let Mark be the only study.
Speaker 6 (00:52):
I'm trying to catch up.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
I'm starting to try and lose a little weight.
Speaker 5 (00:55):
Now you're catching up to my old self. You're borrowing
my shirts.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
You know what, I'll take you on the wrong. It
feels good actually being able to fit in the Joe
Grande shirt.
Speaker 5 (01:03):
Man, you know it looks good on you. Yeah, that'd
be great if they were.
Speaker 6 (01:06):
It's a nice act to follow. Man.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
So Joe wants to tell us what's going on in
the show.
Speaker 4 (01:09):
Well, you guys, thank you for everyone who listens to
the podcast. We appreciate you all around the world. Thank
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Speaker 3 (01:45):
Dog?
Speaker 5 (01:45):
And Blue is that one? Christopher Wright?
Speaker 4 (01:47):
Yes, I am at Joe Grande fifty two, and on
the show today, we have a gentleman by the name
of Brian Abrahamson who is a Minnesota state Senate candidates
and you can go to his website Brian abraham Hampson
for Senate dot com and we're going to talk to
him in a second.
Speaker 5 (02:04):
But welcome to the show, Brian. Thank you for joining
us via Skype.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
Thank you so much for having me no doubt before
we get to you though, and talk to you as
Craig kind of found you as a Senate representative who's
out of the green closet. He also has some news
to share with us before we.
Speaker 5 (02:19):
Get to you.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
Yeah, this is interesting that they're putting back. There was
the Bloomhauer McClintock Amendment. Ooh sorry, Blue, I should know
better than that. Yeah, straight from the mic, which prohibits
the Department of Justice from going after people who are
complying in their states. But right now it only really
extends to medical marijuana, and in those states that allow
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medical marijuana, it does not extend to adult use. So theoretically,
if someone was as strictly an adult use outlet, the
FEDS could still go after them. Now in the bill
coming up they've now renamed the Writer Blumenauer McClintock Norton Amendment,
which would remove the word medical from this from the amendment. Wow,
(03:05):
because what the amendment says would be huge, huge. What
the amendment says now is that it maintains that federal
funds cannot be used to prevent states from implementing their
own state law from the excuse me, maintains that the
federal funds cannot be used to prevent states from implementing
their own state laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession,
or cultivation of medical marijuana. They want to take out
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the word medical so it extends to all legal cannabis business,
whether it's medical or adult use. This was actually brought
up last year. The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved it
by a vote of two hundred and sixty seven to
one sixty five. And guess what it died in the Senate.
Guess what?
Speaker 6 (03:46):
Shut up?
Speaker 4 (03:47):
Mark, there you go and you where all bills go.
Way for him to jump on your helmet.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
No, it did. It died, well, of course it did.
But he's been an ass sight at the feet of McConnell.
That's where all bills go to die is at the
feet of McConnell, and right now it's the is McConnell
on his way out, I hope, So no, you know,
you know what he might be. There's there's a couple,
and there's Lindsey Graham might be.
Speaker 5 (04:12):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
He's facing a hard campaign as well, people who've been
in the House in the Senate for way too long,
and those people have to get booted out. And the
only way that's gonna happen is people vote for people
who are for cannabis, for cannabis legalization and to allow
the states to do what they want with it. And
that that's what pisses me off the most about. You know,
I'm not ragged on Republicans or the Republican Party per se,
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but if you're a Republican, you're a state's right proponent.
That means less governmental interference, more states rights. But with cannabis,
they can't adhere to that. They want to impose their
will on the states and not listen to the majority
of states who've legalized it in one form or another.
So those people got to get out.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
You know, I think it's gonna be you know, tricky
to see this when this actually goes up to the
the Senate this year that it doesn't die, because you know,
I think it's gonna be interesting.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
You know what, it's gonna hate that Mark though, I
hate that he's right, he's sitting here smirking, and.
Speaker 6 (05:11):
I don't like it.
Speaker 5 (05:12):
I don't like.
Speaker 7 (05:15):
It.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Just when I'm right, I'm right. Well, no, no, but
he said, we're not going to get.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Back into that never never sea.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
He said never. You never say never, never say always
ever ever never ever.
Speaker 5 (05:27):
You never say never never.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
That's one of the things you never do. Say never
say never, say always. But I think we have the
best chance this year. I think if for the Democrats
to take back the Senate, sure, and if they take
back the Senate, I think it's cannabis reform is going
to be here overnight.
Speaker 4 (05:45):
Well, someone that's trying to take back the Senate and
go with what you're saying, is a gentleman that we
have on with that.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
Well that that's he's running for Minnesota State Senate. Correct,
that's correct, Right for the state of Minnesota, which in
and of.
Speaker 5 (05:58):
Itself is because great vote.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Well, no, it's another it's the state vote. So that
state needs to turn and in order for that state
to turn We need people like Brian who's gonna bring
that passion and his campaign against the biggest prohibitionists in
Minnesota and and change things and get things, you know,
turned around and get cannabis legal out there.
Speaker 5 (06:19):
And how are you gonna do that, Brian in Minnesota?
Speaker 2 (06:21):
What's the plan?
Speaker 3 (06:22):
Man?
Speaker 8 (06:23):
We're gonna We're gonna go out door to door. We're
going to uh bring the word of cannabis to to
people basically very nice.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Now is that something that yeah, I know you've actually
ran prior to this for I think it was a
twenty two A right, just I.
Speaker 8 (06:40):
Ran for ours last last selection.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Yeah, okay, and then and so you know, going through
that process, was it were you at cannabis in uh?
Was it in your you know, vocabulary last year as
well as it is this year or is that something
that's new for you?
Speaker 8 (06:56):
Well? I also ran for state Senate last election for
years ago, and that was definitely my vocabulary. That was
one of the first things I wanted to accomplish if
I were elected, And that's the same thing I'm going
to do this this time too.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
Who are you up against out there?
Speaker 8 (07:14):
I'm up against Bill Weber.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
Is Democrat, Republican Middle Liberty.
Speaker 8 (07:19):
He's a conservative Republican.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
What's your feedback from the constituents so far regarding your
position on cannabis?
Speaker 8 (07:29):
Basically, it's overwhelmingly acceptable in this area.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
It's not a surprise.
Speaker 8 (07:36):
Go ahead.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
What about people getting out the vote? You think you
can have How long has this other senator been an incumbent?
Speaker 8 (07:43):
I think he's been in there for eight years?
Speaker 3 (07:45):
Wow?
Speaker 6 (07:46):
Wow, Well it's time from Miguel.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
Are people ready to change? I mean it's that you're
gonna I mean, we're gon We're gonna help you. People
listen to this all over and hopefully they'll listen to
it in Minnesota.
Speaker 5 (07:55):
They definitely listened to Minnesota get out and vote.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
Is that a state wide vote for you or a
certain air Are you in Minnesota district or whatnot?
Speaker 8 (08:02):
It's a certain district, it's southwestern Minnesota.
Speaker 4 (08:06):
And Brian, for those who don't know, we're talking to
Brian Abrahamson, a Minnesota state Senate candidate. Brian Abrahamson for
Senate dot com and his website. Please take this platform
to explain to people who may be listening in Minnesota
why you're qualified. Because I don't know anything about you.
Let all we know is that Craig said he was
for cannabis. What makes you qualified for your mind and
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for your constituents out there to go vote for you
to be the next Minnesota state candidate.
Speaker 8 (08:35):
Well, basically, I'm determined, I'm dedicated to the process, and
I'm consistent. Like I said four years ago i ran
for state Senate. I have the same values, the same platform,
and we're going to bring into the people even harder
this time around.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
What is your background?
Speaker 8 (08:58):
Basically, I'm a direct support professional. I take care of
people that are elderly and people that have disabilities. So
basically I'm in a position of caring.
Speaker 5 (09:08):
Basically man of the people, right right, I actually like that.
I love that about you.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
What got you started in uh the political arena?
Speaker 2 (09:16):
What?
Speaker 3 (09:16):
What? Really?
Speaker 9 (09:17):
What was it for you that made you say, hey,
you know what, I'm gonna put my hat in the
race four years ago?
Speaker 3 (09:23):
Whenever you started?
Speaker 6 (09:24):
What?
Speaker 3 (09:24):
What did that to you?
Speaker 8 (09:26):
Ultimately, it was Bernie Sanders that actually got me, uh
fired up about politics basically the common person running for
running for office.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
Yeah, good Bernie, They'll fire anyone up.
Speaker 8 (09:39):
Man.
Speaker 4 (09:40):
Bernie actually got me going a few times to watch
him and seen his driving when he got.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
Hopefully Biden's gonna listen to him. If Biden gets in,
hopefully Biden listened to him and get rid of his
old archaic ways of looking at cannabis. But I think
if both if both the House stays stays democratic, and
the Senate flips, there's no way Biden's going to veto anything.
I really don't think that would happen if both houses
and if the House and the Senate decide to take
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it off the schedule list and got to get rid
of McConnell and prohibition, well, no, we got to get
rid of no all we have to do. I mean,
hopefully in the process we can get rid of we
can get rid of him. But at the same time,
we need to just take over the Senate. Whoever, whoever
has to go goes, doesn't matter because the McConnell, I think,
the House or the Senate majority leader determines all the
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all the all the committee chairs and who's in charge
of what, and that would change the whole landscape of
everything we're talking about today.
Speaker 4 (10:37):
God willing it happens. Brian, how are you campaigning out
there as you take care of the other folks. Are
you putting shirts.
Speaker 5 (10:42):
On them and willing them around? I mean putting picket
signs on wheelchairs? What's going on out there? How are
you pushing it?
Speaker 4 (10:48):
Especially with COVID nineteen being where people can't get out
and about what's your strategy?
Speaker 8 (10:54):
Basically what we're doing right now is we're going to
be doing a lot of town halls, the virtual town halls.
I wish I could put shirts some people and that
would be awesome, but I don't think that's gonna be
able to do that. But I have my shirt.
Speaker 6 (11:09):
I love it.
Speaker 8 (11:10):
I'll wear that around around town and stuff like that,
and whoever wants it, you know, I'll get them one too,
and we'll get the word out.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
You know how many people are in in your district?
You know?
Speaker 6 (11:22):
Approximately right now?
Speaker 8 (11:24):
I would say about sixty thousand.
Speaker 6 (11:26):
Sixty thousand, Okay?
Speaker 2 (11:27):
And then have you done like you know, are you
doing mailer campaigns or is it just like you know,
word of mouth and power of people trying to get
the movement on groot grassroots? Or do you have like
huge budgets behind you Because I know a lot of
these guys they randomly get these budgets yeah. Yeah, you
might be competing against someone that has this huge budget
and people don't even know they're voting for him. They're
(11:48):
just like, I'm gonna vote for this guy because I
heard about him commercial. Yeah it works stuff like that.
I mean, are you running against that or do you
have some kind of a budget and do you have
some support behind you?
Speaker 8 (11:59):
We do have a lot of grassroots support. Uh. Unfortunately,
Bill Webber does have a lot of money behind him too.
Most of its pack money, you know, lobbyists, corporate money
behind him. I would say about half of his donations
are are from from that. Gotcha, So, I mean he
has a lot of corporate backing.
Speaker 3 (12:18):
Basically, what what made you passionate about cannabis in the
first place and getting it legalized?
Speaker 8 (12:25):
Uh? Basically I was very uh adamant about it. Basically
for the fact that it's gonna bring in tax revenue. Basically, Okay,
it's gonna bring in tax revenue that we can use
to uh for education, for infrastructure stuff like that.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
Well, you know, Brian, you know, we we we appreciate
that you are, you know here in supporting the cannabis industry.
That's that's a brilliant thing. Especially for your your uh,
your state.
Speaker 6 (12:58):
You know, we'll be right back after this break.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
Welcome back to Cannabis Talk one on one and Brian Abrahamson.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
Abrahamson or Abrahamson.
Speaker 8 (13:13):
It's Abrahamson.
Speaker 6 (13:14):
Yeah, it's Abrahamson.
Speaker 5 (13:16):
If you were wishing we were wrong, you were wishing
were wrong. He's such a jerk off. You know that, right, Craig.
Speaker 4 (13:22):
He's sitting there, is it because if these two guys
are wrong?
Speaker 6 (13:26):
No, yeah, he was just gonna just Chris, you can't read.
Speaker 5 (13:30):
And he looked at me too, like you got it
wrong too.
Speaker 3 (13:32):
Yeah, but you got it right.
Speaker 6 (13:34):
Yeah, finally.
Speaker 4 (13:35):
You know. I'm curious, Brian. I love everything that you're
doing and your passion behind it. Hearing that why you
wanted to get into himself. What's your family dynamic, like
you're married with kids and if so, what does your
family think about it? If not married with kids, your
parents explain that, well.
Speaker 8 (13:50):
Yeah, I have I have a wife and two kids.
We've been married for about fourteen years now, so we won't.
Speaker 3 (13:58):
Let her tell, we won't let her know. You said about.
Speaker 6 (14:03):
That's a big deal round the house.
Speaker 8 (14:05):
Yeah, it's been fourteen years since May.
Speaker 3 (14:09):
So congratulation that's beautiful. And how are your kids they're
twelve and ten ages?
Speaker 4 (14:16):
What they what do they think about this daddy's sitting
there running for Minnesota state Senate.
Speaker 5 (14:21):
Is it a big deal in the house? How are
they reacting?
Speaker 8 (14:25):
They try to stay out of it.
Speaker 5 (14:26):
Yeah, probably the best.
Speaker 3 (14:29):
So right right now, do you have medical? Do you
have medical in Minnesota? We do?
Speaker 8 (14:34):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (14:35):
And how is that movement going for you guys out there? Brian?
Speaker 2 (14:37):
I mean, is it something that's really, you know, kind
of picking up steam or is it kind of just
a slow you know burn?
Speaker 8 (14:44):
It's it's a slow burn basically, I mean, right now,
I believe it could be a lot better, but yeah,
like I said, it's just it's a slow burn right now.
Speaker 3 (14:55):
It's a Are the medical rules very restrictive out there?
Speaker 8 (15:00):
Yeah? They're very restricted.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
You gotta be half dead to get.
Speaker 8 (15:02):
A card pretty much. Yeah.
Speaker 9 (15:05):
God, it's just amazing how they make these medical cannabis
laws just so restrictive.
Speaker 4 (15:12):
I'm wondering too, Brian, with the patients that you're working
with out there, are any of your patients using cannabis
to help them with their medical conditions?
Speaker 8 (15:23):
Not that I know of, none of mine that I
direct directly work with. Do I know there's some I'm
also like a companion for people to have Alzheimer's and
multiple sclerosis and stuff like that. There is one that
I know that does use cannabis.
Speaker 6 (15:40):
That's great. Do you smoke with him?
Speaker 8 (15:42):
I do not know. I take care that much, but
you know that he that he does what he does.
Speaker 2 (15:49):
You know, you know running for senate and and you
know in Minnesota, right, I mean I don't know very
much about Minnesota, but I mean, is it something in
your that that people are going to embrace what you're
trying to do or is the majority still there not really.
Speaker 6 (16:05):
In front of that curve that aren't behind it, right?
Speaker 2 (16:07):
Because I mean in California, if you are, you know,
running for Senate and you're behind cannabis, like everybody's behind
you because we have a huge pull out here people
that are just go go cannabis. I don't know what
Minnesota's take it as as a whole. So you know,
what do you think what's the thought process like that?
Speaker 8 (16:25):
Well, I would say about fifty five sixty percent or
so right now is is for cannabis. So I mean
it's slowly slowly getting up there. Majority of the people
in Minnesota won it, so.
Speaker 5 (16:40):
Well, hopefully they go out there and get it.
Speaker 4 (16:42):
We appreciate you coming on with us, Brian, everybody that
comes on with us, we like to do the high five.
It's Brian Abrahamson, a Minnesota state Senate candidates. Question number
one with the high five, how old are you the
first time you smoked weed and where'd you get it from?
Speaker 8 (16:56):
Well, I was nineteen from a guy that he is
a Turkish student in college. It is the first time
I had Turkish alcohol too, so.
Speaker 3 (17:07):
It's double whammy.
Speaker 8 (17:10):
All right.
Speaker 3 (17:10):
Number two, what is your favorite way to use cannabis?
Speaker 8 (17:15):
I don't use cannabis that much. I do use CBD oils,
I vape and use the edibles and stuff like that.
Speaker 3 (17:23):
Very good, very good.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
Question number three of the high five with Brian Abrahamson. Right, yeah, yeah,
I'm looking at mark. The craziest place you've ever used
cannabis or smoked it?
Speaker 8 (17:39):
I would say that's the same place. It was basically
right down the hall from the ra So.
Speaker 10 (17:46):
Yeah, it was.
Speaker 6 (17:47):
It was a fun time, fantastic, all right.
Speaker 9 (17:50):
Question number four of the high five for Brian Abrahamson,
a Minnesota State Senate candidate, What is your go to
munchie when you get high?
Speaker 8 (18:00):
Well before, before I lost all the weight, because almost
I lost almost two hundred.
Speaker 4 (18:05):
Pounds, two hundred, Holy Joe, another fat bastard. Yes, I
too have lost over one hundred pounds. I'm trying to
encourage my buddy Pitt to lose So oh sorry, Pitt,
didn't mean to throw you under the bus. But uh,
I too have lost the.
Speaker 3 (18:19):
Notes he say he lost two hundred pounds, I'm not
going in a year. You know, I was looking at it, going.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
We to lose.
Speaker 6 (18:27):
How did you look?
Speaker 5 (18:28):
Yeah, I thought it was weed too.
Speaker 6 (18:29):
How did you lose the weight?
Speaker 8 (18:31):
Well, basically I was. I was on keto for about
a year and now I'm kind of off that and
I'm doing fat like a little fat diet.
Speaker 3 (18:41):
Yep, just eat right.
Speaker 6 (18:42):
So two hundred pounds in one year is just all keto.
Speaker 5 (18:45):
You're happy?
Speaker 2 (18:47):
No, it's big, dude. I'm on keto right now. And
I I lost keggs.
Speaker 6 (18:53):
Yeahs, I lost.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
Like thirty pounds and then I kind of gained it
all back when the Rona.
Speaker 3 (18:59):
Hit or yeah, no, I gave that number four.
Speaker 6 (19:02):
No, I didn't gain all that much.
Speaker 9 (19:04):
Questions okay, well hold on, hold on back to question
number four now, but I want both answers.
Speaker 3 (19:08):
Now.
Speaker 9 (19:08):
I want the when you before you lost the weight,
what were your go to munchies ho hos?
Speaker 8 (19:14):
Before before I lost the weight, that was uh like
chips away, cookies and little debbies.
Speaker 3 (19:20):
Okay after after and now it's more like strawberries and bananas.
Speaker 8 (19:27):
There you go.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
So you eat fruit while you're on keto?
Speaker 6 (19:31):
Yeah, good for you.
Speaker 8 (19:32):
Well I'm no longer on keto anymore.
Speaker 4 (19:35):
Right, he's just on a lot fan just all right?
Question numbers, Oh, that's always fun. I'm on a carb
diet most of my life. Question number five, If you
can smoke cannabis with anyone dead or alive, who would
it be?
Speaker 8 (19:50):
I would say Seth Rogan would probably my my number
one pick?
Speaker 6 (19:54):
Set And why?
Speaker 5 (19:55):
And why Seth? I mean, great guy?
Speaker 6 (19:57):
But why Seth?
Speaker 8 (19:59):
I think he's just he's just so funny, and I
think you'd be funny high too, right?
Speaker 3 (20:04):
I agree?
Speaker 5 (20:05):
Well, that definitely a good one. Wo Man, Good luck
to you.
Speaker 4 (20:07):
Is there anything else that you want to tell the
listeners out there in Minnesota? As it's Brian Abrahamson for
Senate dot Com is the website, Brian Abrahampson and Minnesota
state Senate candidates. Anything else that you want to relay
a message out to the people.
Speaker 8 (20:21):
Well, we need we need a lot of volunteers. We
need people for gar knocking, for for text banking, for
phone banking, anything we can. If you want to donate,
you know, ppe, if you want to donate, you know,
any kind of small you know, like four dollars and
twenty cents for twenty that would be awesome too. You
(20:42):
can do that at the website as well. Well.
Speaker 5 (20:45):
Best of luck to you, man.
Speaker 4 (20:46):
I hope you went out there, and if you need
any help, give Mark and Craig a call.
Speaker 5 (20:49):
They're the lawyers there is guys.
Speaker 6 (20:52):
It's got a big talk one on one. We'll be
right back after this break.
Speaker 2 (21:02):
Well that was amazing and we're back, so I just
want to sit down and and sit with you guys
for one more second and just go, gosh, it's amazing
out there that you know, there's these awesome people that
are running for you know, selec.
Speaker 6 (21:18):
Yeah, it's it's gonna be good, just so.
Speaker 5 (21:20):
To show you anybody can do it.
Speaker 3 (21:21):
So it's right, yeah, and anybody can run.
Speaker 6 (21:23):
Yeah, And and let me say this.
Speaker 5 (21:25):
We're gonna I can't run too far, but are fast.
But yeah, you you.
Speaker 2 (21:28):
You lost it.
Speaker 6 (21:29):
You lost one hundred pounds yourself, so that's true.
Speaker 5 (21:31):
This guy lost two hundred pounds, so jump going into it.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
Guys, what we're gonna do is we're gonna take some
calls if I'm not correct, right, No, you're not. What
we're gonna do right now is take some voicemails and
not take calls.
Speaker 6 (21:41):
Oh, we're gonna listen.
Speaker 5 (21:42):
To voicemails so that they're live on the phone.
Speaker 4 (21:45):
A voicemail is what they're left playing some voices. But
I know what you meant, and so did everybody else.
And I just want to be an asshole because I
think marks rubbing off on me.
Speaker 6 (21:53):
So sorry.
Speaker 4 (21:54):
Eight hundred four to twenty nineteen eighty is the number.
Eight hundred four twenty nineteen eighty. And before we get
to that, Mark, can you thank.
Speaker 5 (22:00):
The crew and everybody? Please? Yes, I can, because you're
finally here to thank them.
Speaker 9 (22:04):
I am here, I'm back, I'm better than before, and
we want to thank your opinion, Peanut, Jeremy, Jennifer, and
Elvis thanks for helping us.
Speaker 4 (22:13):
Did you see him respond to an email. Finally, on
the I was like, who's still who is this guy?
When he responded to that on basically have to still
cut him in.
Speaker 6 (22:21):
I told the beginning he was just using us to
get a spot.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
I remember he said that leaving us, and what he said.
Speaker 5 (22:27):
He'll come work here.
Speaker 4 (22:28):
In a heartbeat, I threw him a low number to
get over here work with us. Anyhow, You guys have
those who leave us voicemails, we want to answer them,
and Pitt has found one. And Peanut they said they
want us to hear, so let.
Speaker 3 (22:40):
Us do it.
Speaker 7 (22:43):
Hey, guys, big fan of the script. I was wondering,
if you have a dog in the car, will traveling
if you end up getting pulled over by a canine unit,
is anything the canine detects admissible in Core or Bible
to constitute a search. Since you two have a canine
(23:05):
with you, thank you and looking forward to hearing it.
Speaker 3 (23:11):
So I think what he's saying it's the red herring.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
No, I think they're saying he has a dog in
that makes no sense, because sometimes the dog may have sense.
Speaker 4 (23:20):
No not his question is that what you're thinking that
the other dog may called the canine off. Of course
there's another because the dog's asses in there and he's
trying to smell his.
Speaker 3 (23:29):
Ass, but he's not smelling weed.
Speaker 5 (23:30):
He's smelling ass. So that the dog reacts.
Speaker 6 (23:33):
I wonder may.
Speaker 3 (23:35):
Better off having a dog in the car that way
when the when the canine comes up, he's sniffing ass,
not weed.
Speaker 4 (23:41):
No, that's a good you know what the is that
what you're that's what you're implaning though, right, that's what
you're thinking.
Speaker 2 (23:46):
A lot of a lot of you know, they don't
think anything.
Speaker 3 (23:49):
I don't know know.
Speaker 2 (23:51):
Because if that dog is pissed in there and created
a sense that that that the canine is coming to
search for and it could want the dogs in heat,
it couldn't masket. A lot of people will mask it too.
The dogs kits start going barking at each other and
creating you know, different falls positivesive.
Speaker 3 (24:08):
At a spot where they think there's.
Speaker 6 (24:09):
The correct because you find the dog. You know, there's
so many things.
Speaker 5 (24:13):
I agree.
Speaker 4 (24:14):
I think if you have a dog in the car,
it could be an alibi or some sort of like.
Speaker 5 (24:18):
The dog with an hour, what do you think?
Speaker 9 (24:20):
Well, it's also going to depend on what state because
if he's here in California, it don't make one bit
of difference because smell isn't probable cause.
Speaker 3 (24:27):
Right, So if you're in a state having a canine
and it has nothing to do with the canine unit
coming out and stiff in your car, nothing.
Speaker 9 (24:33):
Right, I agree, it's it's a red herring, which we
call a red hair.
Speaker 5 (24:38):
What does a red herring mean?
Speaker 9 (24:39):
That is something that somebody throws out there that has
nothing to do with what you're really concerned about or
you're talking about, just to kind of throw you off.
It's what some attorneys will do that when you're arguing
a case and they'll harp on something and the judge
might say, no, that's a red herring. It doesn't matter,
it doesn't have a place here, it doesn't matter.
Speaker 3 (25:00):
You're trying to throw off the argument over here off
of what you're losing on.
Speaker 5 (25:04):
I know what you guys doing. We're arguing about do
what we gotta do.
Speaker 3 (25:07):
I win.
Speaker 6 (25:09):
I'm gonna use that forever, red hair and the.
Speaker 5 (25:11):
Red Harry stop read Harry in this conversation.
Speaker 6 (25:13):
I can't wait to use that again.
Speaker 9 (25:14):
So I think the answer to the question is, it
doesn't matter if you have a dog in your car
or not?
Speaker 3 (25:18):
Maybe a monkey? There you go, Why that stinkier? No,
it's Red Harry right now. Why are we on a
monkey right now? When we're talking about dogs and the
guy said about animals inside the vehicle.
Speaker 4 (25:31):
No, he's talking about a dog, not animals. He didn't say,
what if I had a fucking zoo in here? He said,
I had a dog in here? And you're just making
it interesting, that's all you're what. You didn't think that
guy was interesting. I thought this guy was a avid listener.
I wish you would have said his name and where
he was from. He likes what he did, he likes
the script, and you know, he seems like he's Pop
brother at law fans, and you guys are just screwing
him over.
Speaker 5 (25:51):
That's why, not at all, you're not. You are great.
Speaker 3 (25:57):
I actually, when I thought about it, I'm thinking, Okay,
I'm not sure sure I understand the question. But if
you actually have a dog in the car and you
get the other dog the stiffest, but I think you're
in good.
Speaker 4 (26:06):
Shape, so it doesn't matter, then right if the other dog,
So the answer to the question is it doesn't matter.
When I want to answer these people with questions, and
I would think, my imagination is it doesn't matter because
it wouldn't play a part.
Speaker 5 (26:17):
You wouldn't be able to get out of it and say.
Speaker 4 (26:19):
Oh, that dog smelt my dog, even though I had
announce in here or ten pounds whatever it is.
Speaker 2 (26:24):
Well, if he was actually convicted, I mean it sounds
like he might have been busted for something and or.
Speaker 3 (26:30):
He was just interesting because he has he hasn't.
Speaker 5 (26:32):
He that's his alibi. He rolls with his pup.
Speaker 6 (26:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (26:36):
I mean, we got a guy here, Jeremy. He has
his dog with him all the time.
Speaker 2 (26:39):
Yeah. No, and service crappy service dogs, scrappy shout outs
to scrappy, Yeah, which is cool.
Speaker 8 (26:44):
No.
Speaker 2 (26:44):
I think I think it's important though, that that people
do know that dogs do help.
Speaker 6 (26:50):
In cases. I'm just kidding.
Speaker 5 (26:52):
What would be a help if a canine did come up?
Is there anything that you guys can think.
Speaker 3 (26:56):
Yeah, don't have drugs in your car, but I mean
it wouldn't be drugs.
Speaker 4 (27:01):
So if you're carrying marijuana, if you're having say you
have an ounce in there your trunk, yeah, and the
dog smells it.
Speaker 9 (27:09):
But again, it's in California, smells not probably caused, so
don't yo.
Speaker 10 (27:13):
One time I was coming back from Arizona and the
Arizona Highway patrol stopped us, and I had some CBD
lotions and creams and the dog was sitting right there
at my door smelling all that stuff, and the cop
gave me the worst time I've ever had in my
life from a cop. Would I have gotten in any
(27:33):
kind of trouble for that.
Speaker 3 (27:35):
Not, dreams, No, not not If it's CBD, they could
have just they could have arrested you and charged you
and then it would have been tested and it would
have been dismissed.
Speaker 5 (27:44):
Did the cop did the dog?
Speaker 6 (27:45):
The dog sat right wers, sat right on my door.
But did you guys let him such vehicle? I was like, yeah,
go ahead.
Speaker 5 (27:51):
Did the dog look at you like what the fuck
is this?
Speaker 10 (27:53):
Yeah, he looked like he was gonna eat my ass
for a snack.
Speaker 4 (27:57):
That's the part that's funny though, because when the dog
starts to come in in.
Speaker 3 (28:01):
A lot of states, where I believe in California as well, well,
they've legalized it, decriminalized it. Whatever. They've had to d
D train D trained uh Narco dogs to not point
out the weed, or they've had to retire a bunch
of dogs, especially in California, California, are they ship them
(28:21):
out and sell them.
Speaker 4 (28:22):
But then that'd be the hardest part, especially if that's
your dog. And you know a lot of these cops
that's their dog. It's not just a police dog. It's
I'm a cop and my police cop dog.
Speaker 3 (28:31):
You can't dog, you can't point out weed anymore. So
those poor dogs are getting retired. Good for them, early retirement.
Speaker 5 (28:38):
Mark, you can't what do you mean, for him down?
Speaker 3 (28:41):
We're gonna have pea all over our ass.
Speaker 5 (28:43):
Now, Mark, please say you're kiddies.
Speaker 3 (28:45):
I'm kidding. I meant put him down with cannabis. Give
them cannabis, let them go to sleep.
Speaker 2 (28:50):
You know, the thing about it is is that you know,
getting loose lip man better.
Speaker 4 (28:57):
But yeah, but I don't stay stupid, I say, but
you need to maybe stay off the show for another month.
Speaker 5 (29:04):
Yeah, tell them it's not the show for a month,
and look what happens.
Speaker 3 (29:07):
Try to kill dogs too.
Speaker 6 (29:09):
Oh man.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
So so you know the moral of this story is
that dogs just don't Having a dog in the car
isn't going to give you a better case, a better fight.
Speaker 6 (29:18):
You're not gonna get you out of it's not gonna
get you out of the case.
Speaker 2 (29:22):
Yeah, you're not gonna You're not gonna get anything special
because you have a dog. So, which is good because
I think there's a lot of people that.
Speaker 4 (29:28):
Have that have Do you have another one? Do you
have another voicemail force not locked? Okay, I'm glad you
got a couple of Thanks pitt. I did hear some
other ones though, and hopefully we can get to them.
Speaker 5 (29:38):
But one that if I.
Speaker 4 (29:39):
Can remember one in particular, was somebody asking if the
script works if you're.
Speaker 5 (29:47):
Illegal.
Speaker 9 (29:48):
Yeah, illegal, anybody here in the United States, no matter
who they are, where they're from, you are afforded all
the rights of the constitutions.
Speaker 2 (30:00):
What about another countries, I mean, like Mexico, Well not in.
Speaker 9 (30:03):
Those countries, but if you come here from another country,
you stick to the script.
Speaker 5 (30:07):
So yeah, and no matter what it can comment.
Speaker 3 (30:10):
On any other country or state's laws.
Speaker 6 (30:12):
Right.
Speaker 5 (30:13):
Well, if I'm here from.
Speaker 9 (30:15):
Well we correct what we can comment on these on
Canada and the United Kingdom, because we've spoken to attorneys
in those places that the script absent. I invoked the
fifth because those countries don't have amendments or the fifth
Amendment still works because the best thing for them to
do in those countries is also showing.
Speaker 2 (30:33):
Well's coming up on one of our following shows, I know,
I mean coming up shortly on the next show. I
believe there's a there's a gentleman that that's a police
officer that actually teaches his his uh you know.
Speaker 9 (30:43):
Well, yeah, he has officers the script right his squad
before roll call.
Speaker 3 (30:47):
They're they're out in Kentucky. This is a captain from
Kentucky who will be joining us soon on air.
Speaker 9 (30:54):
Uh, and they recite the script that roll call every
night every day.
Speaker 3 (30:58):
And he calls himself a constitution a cop.
Speaker 9 (31:01):
And uh really likes what we're doing, and he believes
people have their rights. And you know, with cops like
that wouldn't need a script.
Speaker 2 (31:09):
Yeah, well it's it's it protects them as well. And
I think you know, so there it is. Guys, this
Cannabis Talk one on one. We want to let you
know this. If no one else loves you.
Speaker 5 (31:18):
We gotta share something with you. Guys. See you next time.
Speaker 1 (31:21):
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