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JCW ARCHIVE: Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em
JCW ARCHIVE: Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em
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About this episode
John Clay Wolfe and his crew dive into a humorous and nostalgic chat about the old days of selling marijuana, touching on the challenges of taxes, legalization, and missed opportunities. They share stories about sourcing exotic strains, the cultural nuances of rolling cigarettes, and the economics behind it all. The conversation blends personal anecdotes with lighthearted banter, reflecting on how times have changed and the evolving landscape of the cannabis industry.
Topics:
marijuana business history
legalization impact
tax challenges
exotic cannabis strains
rolling cigarettes culture
economic aspects of tobacco
personal anecdotes
cannabis industry evolution
We like to live life with NO RAGRETS! However, it seems Bobbo unfortunately got out of the marijuana business right before he could have struck Acapulco Gold. We reminisce on a Caribbean connections and just how high times have gotten. Uncle Roy even chimes in with a tip on how to save money in the cigarette department. Ssssmokin'!
Thanks for joining us for this week's #JCWPodcast #FlashbackFriday. Please don't forget to Like, Share, and most importantly, Subscribe--to make sure you get the latest John Clay Wolfe Show materials as soon as they're released! So keep an eye out for that bag of Bugler...and we'll see you Saturday
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The John Clay Wolf Show has appeared on Terrestrial Radio for a really, really, really long time.
So we dug into our pockets.
And on the other side of our d***, we found something funny.
And yes, it's contagious.
Gather round as the Wolf Pack goes on this throwback adventure.
What's the damn deal is your boy DJ Pre-K with the John Clay Wolf Show up in the archives.
It's a new year, but it's the same classic wolf baby.
This week, John's asking Bobo why he got out of the reefer biz.
It turns out taxes are a nightmare when you're slinging that devil's lettuce.
But hey, everybody wants a piece of that high pie.
Check it out.
Bobo, when you used to sell weed, how did, like, for, what was it, like 85?
85 what?
When you're a weed man.
Oh yeah, yeah.
Late 70s.
Early, mid 80s, I think.
Like when you quit doing that job, could you go down to the labor board and collect unemployment?
I mean, was it your job?
Yeah, no, no, it's, it's more of a 1099 form private contractor self-employed kind of
thing.
You know what I mean?
Yeah.
You know.
Did it, I mean, what made you quit?
Obamacare.
Like everyone else in the medical world.
No, because you got to declare, man, they're going to use the subsidies to kill you.
Oh, is that it?
Crazy, man.
Crazy, man.
Yeah, I can't, I can't afford your health care, man.
California is legal.
Vegas is legal, right?
Correct, correct.
Both of those.
So did you see that coming?
Is that where you got out?
Yeah.
Or why didn't you get a license?
Why didn't you go all in?
I should have done that.
I should have seen that coming.
All of our lives.
Yeah.
Our entire lives.
Legalize it.
Legalize it.
Legalize it.
Legalize it.
They're going to legalize it.
We've got to legalize it.
Someday they're going to do it.
And I just, I gave up on it, man.
I gave up early.
Never quit.
Free of the shame that it's caused me, giving up on marijuana when I did.
Well, I'm trying to lighten the bloat, you know, with the legalization cross-reference,
so you're not paying it in a bad light here.
Right.
But I'd like to hear the underworld of your life back at that time.
He was the head of the curve.
Really?
Yeah.
I mean, you're like Einstein.
Well, here's your dope.
You mind signing this 1099.
No, no, no.
I appreciate that really more than, you know, John, you know, I don't like to
be considered a dumb guy, but I was sure dumb to get out when I did, you know?
He's not mad that he did it.
He's mad he got it out.
I love that.
Even now, but look at all the, all the players are in there, Willie.
You know?
Yeah.
Our, our, our Texas treasurer Willie Nelson is in the pot business.
He's got his own strain of, of legal marijuana selling in Oklahoma.
He's going to be a billionaire.
You better remember to pay your taxes this time though, Willie.
Wait, wait.
So did, Bob, did you have your own strand?
No.
You didn't get that deep?
No.
We did have a special deal.
There was a friend of a friend.
It's a long story, but for 350 on the quarter pound, we used to get some stuff that the guy
swore, swore came from Antigua on a boat.
What difference does that make?
Is the air, is the water, is the soil different than Antigua?
You sound like my wife now.
Everything's better in Denmark.
The strawberries are better than Denmark.
If we were in Denmark, this would be better.
She did that a lot.
Oh my God.
Everything, but the red light here, but the red lights are redder in Denmark.
Oh, then her mom would have said, oh yeah, the water's better.
The strawberries.
This is the way the sea is.
Maybe they could make a hell of a waffle over there.
So tell me about the, what did you say, Indonesia?
Antigua.
Antigua.
Antigua.
Nile.
Caribbean.
Like where's the best coffee come from?
Columbia.
Yeah.
Right?
Hands down.
Starbucks.
This stuff was off the hook.
And we all know like, okay, you're playing old Mexican dirtweed.
Basically Indica.
Yeah.
Right?
So what's generally is always considered from Columbia, but it's not all from Columbia,
when you get that really fine red hair partially crystallized, are we talking about coffee now
or something?
So bungee, sticky, beautiful grass, man.
Grass, okay.
And our guys swore that it came on a boat from Antigua.
Well, that's the kind of stuff that you have in high times where they take these
photos and they make it like, oh yeah, this is like, it's almost like porn
to porn.
Yeah.
To weed, potheds.
Yeah.
It's popcorn.
I read that I heart radio invested in high times magazine.
They're actually, there's commercials that they play on I heart.
If that's true, then they really need to get off my case.
Yeah.
Well, you know what I mean?
What do you mean?
What do you do?
You know what I mean?
I agree.
But I mean, that's just kind of, huh?
Are they messing with you?
Everybody's messing with me always.
You want me to go over there and talk to those guys?
My heart media seeks to light up marijuana market with high time stakes.
You're right.
You know, they invested $10 million in the high times magazine.
And you can too, JD.
This is two days ago.
So they're always busting my chops about like religion and why and doing the right
thing.
I mean, is that the right thing?
Oh man, everybody's busting my ass all the time.
Roy, how are you?
Good.
You I'm good.
Good.
Good.
Good.
I mean, you know, the websites and your your partners were rolling their own.
Oh, yeah.
Well, what was that all about?
Why black men roll their own cigarettes?
Well, I think it's kind of ghetto.
It's a little bit cheap.
Cheaper.
Okay.
That makes sense.
Okay.
So it's a it's a it's a monetary thing.
I thought it was a taste thing or a I'm cool thing.
No, no, no.
It's cheap.
Cheap.
Yeah.
Cheap.
So what what do you just buy a bucket, a tin of tobacco?
Yeah.
You buy a can of tobacco and then you get your papers and you know, you've got
three or four hundred cigarettes for six dollars.
Hundred.
Yeah.
Yeah.
For how much?
About six bucks back in the day.
Oh, the Bobbo.
I mean, you've you've been a fishing in your years before.
Have you ever?
Oh, yeah.
I rolled my own for like a year and a half on some bag of bugler.
Yeah.
They come with papers right inside.
Yeah.
That's not enough for 600 cigarettes, but I bet you get 40.
Yeah.
But you know, they the fatal count was Prince Albert.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Was that like a ghetto type of?
I mean, is that is that different?
Is it like malt liquor tobacco?
Cheap.
Cheap tobacco.
They smoke it during the week and then they buy them a pack of Winston and Cougs on the
weekend.
Ah.
Now, why is that?
Well, they can afford Winston and Cougs for two days.
Yeah.
Plus, you want to look cool in front of the ladies on the weekend.
So if you're going out, you've got filter cigarettes.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But when you're working, you got you roll your own.
Ah.
See, you learned something here.
Educational show, everyone.
Don't say they learned anything to the kids.
Little Nuggets by Uncle Roy.
All right.
Y'all know what to do.
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Keep on rocking with us.
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