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I'm going to, welcome to an all new, great moments, and weed. It an all-new great moments in weed history.

As long-time listeners know, I began each interview on this podcast by asking my esteemed guests the exact same question.

When and where and how did you first encounter the cannabis plant in any form?

Now, as you may imagine, replies to this inquiry run the gamut. Well, dear listeners,

eight years and over 150 episodes into this endeavor, I just got the wittest answer yet. It came from Rainbow Valentine,

the creator behind disorganized crime, smuggler's daughter, an excellent podcast series that

explores her life growing up as the offspring of two psychedelic pioneers, as she calls them,

who together operated a cross-country cannabis distribution ring of two psychedelic pioneers, as she calls them, who together operated a cross-country

cannabis distribution ring while living a life fully immersed in hippies, seekers, and

counterculture luminaries. So while I personally encountered Pot, for the first time behind a bowling

alley on Route 22 in New Jersey as a teenager.

Rainbow says the house where she was home birthed was literally full of weed upon her arrival,

and we're talking about hundreds, if not thousands of pounds.

And Rainbow Story goes from there.

Hi, I'm Rainbow Valentine and I grew up in an idyllic world in Northern California.

My childhood was filled with gardens playing and abundance.

Most of my worries were centered on whether or not I'd ever get to star in the musical Annie.

When I was 14 years old, my older sister told me the family secret.

Our parents were able to pay for this idyllic life because my dad was a pot smuggler.

I was forbidden to talk to my parents about their smuggling career.

I remember my dad driving me home from the airport

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