Issue: Ammendment No.2 Medical Mariguana Initiative.
Phone Interview with Jodi James of the Cannabis Action Network (CAN) http://www.flcan.org.
We discussed how the Initiative came about due to an arrest of a patient, and why medical Marijuana is so beneficial to many patients with all sorts of different ailments. Neil Vegoneire (norml) also joined us on the second hour to discuss the benefits of the oils and the different chemical compounds of Marijuana and its uses.
Interview with Neil Vegoneire Director of Norml UCF chapter http://normlucf.com/about-us and Orville Meaux a San Jose, CA owner of a non-profit Medical Marijuana Clinic (on the Phone).
Topic: Amendment No.2 Medical Marijuana Initiative.
We discussed the Amendment and its effect on the state of Florida and its residents. Orville Meaux discuss the cost, laws and the problems involve with the setup of this type of non-profit business that is not sanctioned by the Federal Gov and IRS.
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We talked about several topics from recent blogposts and had 3 callers join the discussion and steer us towards climate issues.
In the studio with Jesse and me were Mitch Koebke and Shaheen Alhumaydhi (both Rollins students).
One of the callers mentioned this site: http://www.agriculturedefensecoalition.org/
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Topic starts with the global economy and the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) with guest Mitch Koebke (my student) and my son Felix. Then we will be joined by the rest of my family (Charlotte and Thalia) and a friend of Thalia’s (Sophia) to discuss growing up a female these days and male/white privilege #yesallwomen
Oh yeah: our 2 dogs will be there too! All that’s missing then is our 3 cats and snake.
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My son Felix was in the studio to lead a discussion on the education system. He solicited a bunch of very insightful comments and complaints from some of his fellow students at Winter Park High School and it was very encouraging to see how smart the young’uns are (not just MY boy… though he’s pretty damn smart for sure!).
I personally, despite being a 48 years old geezer, am tired of people blaming the young for all the crap society WE created: Solidarity is our only hope and that should include INTER-GENERATIONAL solidarity too.
Felix gave a shout out to a few of his WPH friends who gave us specific contributions: Kate, Riley, Nicky, Parker, …
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