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Great Moments in Weed History

David Bienenstock

Tv & Film, Comedy, History

4.8 • 659 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

When a bunch of lawyers and shadowy political operators pushed a ballot initiative in Humboldt County, California that could destroy the legal weed industry in America's most legendary cannabis cultivation region, comedian Billy Wayne Davis—our guest this week—said "hell no." On October 1st, Great Moments in Weed History will join Billy Wayne plus Mike Glazer from Weed + Grub, Frank Castillo from Peak'd and Henry Zebrowski from Last Podcast on the Left for a benefit show at the Mateel Center in Southern Humboldt to help vote down this eradication initiative known as Measure A. In addition to traveling all over the country to make people laugh, Billy Wayne is also the host of the excellent podcast Grown Local on which he interviews all sorts of weed people—with a particular focus on small-scale craft growers. In this episode, we dig into a few of Billy Wayne’s personal greatest weed moments, from his cannabis origin story to a life-lesson he got firsthand from stand-up legend Ralphie May. STOP MEASURE A IN HUMBOLDT Check out this website for more information on how Measure A would devastate craft farmers in Humboldt County and how you can help through grassroots political action or sending a donation. EPISODE ARCHIVE Visit our podcast feed for 90+ episodes of our classic Great Moments in Weed History format, and subscribe now to get a new weekly podcast every Weednesday. PATREON Please support Great Moments in Weed HIstory on Patreon. Supporters get exclusive access to video versions of this podcast and private seshes, plus cool rewards like a signed book. And it truly helps us make the best show possible

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0:00.0	Hi, everybody. It's Bean. Welcome to an all-new episode of great moments in weed history. A quick
0:08.2	warning at the top of this one, I do get up on my high horse just a bit, but for a good cause.
0:14.6	There's an initiative that's going to be on the ballot in Humboldt County, California, that would
0:19.3	really truly devastate the small farmers up there,
0:23.0	and people need to know about it. So to that end, my guest this week is stand-up comedian
0:29.4	Billy Wayne Davis, who I'll be joining on October 1st at the Mateel Center in Southern Humble
0:36.1	for a benefit show to help vote down this
0:39.0	bullshit measure A. We'll be joined by Mike Glazer from Weed and Grub, Frank Castillo from the
0:46.2	Peaked Podcast, and Henry Zabrowski from Last Podcast on the left, all excellent podcast that I
0:54.0	highly recommend you check out.
0:56.1	As you'll hear in my conversation with Billy Wayne, this eradication initiative up in
1:01.2	humble was drafted in secret and the signatures required to put it before voters were gathered
1:07.1	by willfully deceiving people. The shadowy figures behind this effort claim that
1:13.2	the purpose of their proposed law is to prevent harm caused by large-scale cannabis cultivation,
1:19.9	but here is how an independent analysis by the Humboldt County Planning Department put it.
1:26.7	Quote, the existing Humboldt County cannabis regulations
1:29.3	are intended to encourage
1:31.3	a well-regulated cannabis industry,
1:33.3	but Measure A could have the opposite effect
1:36.3	by making compliance so difficult
1:38.3	that the legal market is rendered not viable.
1:42.3	These restrictions affect the smallest of farms permitted in Humboldt County.
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