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Yes, you're a wife,

Hi everybody.

It's Bean. Welcome to an all-new, great moments in weed history.

Thanks for getting high on history with me.

I hope you're staying lit as the holidays approach.

I don't often use this word, but I'm actually feeling blessed to be able to share this episode with you.

My guest is Martin Olive, a longtime medical cannabis advocate, retailer and activist who founded the Vapor Room, dispensary in San Francisco in 2004.

Located in the legendary Hate Street neighborhood, the vapor room was known for its extensive

compassion program offering free cannabis to patients in need and for the vibrant community

of mutual support that took root in its on-site consumption lounge.

Now, in the eight-year run of this podcast, I've had very, very few cannabis business

owners as guests, because I don't ever want you to think this show is trying to sell you

something, or that what's truly important about weed pertains to the buying and selling of this

plant. But I always thought Martin would make a great guest and often thought of

making an exception in his case. We've known each other for about 20 years at this point, and

he's someone who consistently makes me laugh whenever I see him. We also share a very similar

worldview when it comes to weed, somewhere between Wu-W-W-Tang. And then this January,

Martin was shot seven times while standing outside the vapor room. When Word first started spreading

among his friends and colleagues, it was very unclear if he would survive his injuries. Shocking is definitely the right word. A long-time San

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