OG Eddy Lepp Show
Wayne Justmann is “Patient 1” under California Propo...
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Oct 2 2019 57m
Chapter 1 1 min
Eddy starts the showChapter 2 49 sec
Damon introduces Wayne JustmannChapter 3 44 sec
Wayne talks about the thrill of sharing his and Eddy’s history of social change, and how it relates to the current generations within the cannabis community and the challenges they faceChapter 4 29 sec
Damon reminds the audience that in addition to the living examples we have to give gratitude for the cannabis movement in California, there’s a large group of deceased examples we owe our gratitude to as wellChapter 5 3 mins
Eddy talks about meeting Dennis Peron and Wayne Justmann. He describes visiting an original dispensary in San Francisco in 1992Chapter 6 1 min
Wayne talks about meeting Dennis Peron in the same dispensary. He remembers never exchanging a harsh word between Dennis and himChapter 7 2 mins
Eddy, Wayne, and Damon discuss gay culture in the bay area in the 1990sChapter 8 34 sec
Wayne and Eddy refute any rumors that Jack Herer was a homophobic person. Many of his friends in San Francisco who he worked side by side with to get Prop 215 passed were gay and HIV positiveChapter 9 2 mins
Eddy remembers a San Francisco City Council meeting fighting for cannabis rights in the city. He recalled a young woman there trying to start a sex workers’ union modeled after Margo St. James who had founded the St. James Infirmary in San Francisco. Eddy was hurt and embarrassed because the young woman had felt rejected by the cannabis community at the meetingChapter 10 16 sec
Eddy points out that if we all don’t work together, we’re lost. The cannabis community is one of the most wonderful communities to be a part of and benefit fromChapter 11 14 sec
Damon talks about cannabis isn’t a drug, it’s a vitamin that humans have been deniedChapter 12 29 sec
Damon and Eddy talk about how cannabis prohibition is much more sinister than creating hate in racial groupsChapter 13 1 min
Wayne talks about the history of alcohol prohibition, and how it morphed into cannabis prohibition. He brings up all the racial issues historically surrounding cannabis prohibition, and how legislators and business owners used it to their advantage to prohibit cannabisChapter 14 2 mins
Eddy discusses William Randolf Hearst’s stronghold in cannabis legislation and how it related to the paper production industry, just not publishing newspapers. He strong-armed newspaper publishers into representing Hearst’s views by controlling the paper marketChapter 15 3 mins
Wayne remembers his history in Chicago in the 1960s as a teacher. After graduating highschool in Iowa, he was offered a job as a physical education teacher and coach in Chicago. He shares his history working with children of mobsters of that era, because he was well liked by all the students. He remembers them as great parents who supported the students, the schools, and the communitiesChapter 16 49 sec
Damon asks if Eddy and Wayne remember the purpose of the mob & to fight government tyranny. That’s how it started out at least. Organized anarchyChapter 17 31 sec
Eddy discusses how business used to be done on a handshake and word bond, and you were only as good as your word. Eddy’s partner Allen from Gro-Kashi (Eddy gives his endorsement for the Probiotic Farmers Supply and Gro-Kashi, check them out! and probiotic farmers supply website coming soon ), and he has never had a written contract to represent their partnership, and he loves that. He is sad that everything nowadays has to be contract based to ensure everyone is protectedChapter 18 44 sec
Eddy’s grandfather never had a contract for anything he ever did in his life minus his home mortgageChapter 19 1 min
Eddy discusses the reason why he has started calling himself OG Eddy Lepp, versus just identifying as Eddy Lepp. He says he is not a gangster, an outlaw perhaps. Damon says OG can mean original as well. Eddy says he prefers the title of outlaw, because he will continue to fight the government about cannabis until he dies. If you keep pissing in the wind, eventually the wind will changeChapter 20 19 sec
Eddy says that once ⅔ of our nation has legalized cannabis, the federal government has no choice but to adopt itChapter 21 1 min
Wayne says he sees nothing about the current cannabis industry that is open-minded, except for the dollar. He says 18 months ago, a Toronto firm bought two dispensaries in San Francisco, and a facility in Las Vegas. They spent 118 million dollars. If that doesn’t get our attention, he doesn’t know what will about the current state of the cannabis industryChapter 22 1 min
Eddy equates a story about watching the NFL Superbowl with your favorite NFL player explaining every play to you to the current state of cannabis and how nobody in modern cannabis industry know the shoulders of the historic greats they walk on like Dennis Peron, Jack Herer, or even Eddy LeppChapter 23 2 mins
Eddy reminds everyone that the current military generals have knowledge of all aspects of military history to the beginning of time so he can win. Eddy cannot believe that the people in the industry don’t learn their history from their forefathers so they aren’t committing the same mistakes, and dooming yourself for potential failure. Talk to the OGs so you’re not wasting your timeChapter 24 51 sec
Wayne talks about a time at Market & Castro in San Francisco with Dennis Peron gathering signatures for Prop 215 in the rain, around 1995. He says that he loves the fact that everyone in the industry are doing great but not to forget their roots and the back they stand onChapter 25 3 mins
Eddy says the Emerald Cup was inspired by his birthday parties. His birthday parties used to have 2,000 people in attendance. They had a multitude of bands, Native American involvement, Buddhist monks, a cultural melting pot of friendliness and compassion. He said the very best present he ever had gotten in his life is the three days all his thousands of friends and family would gather to celebrate and there would be zero fights and zero theftChapter 26 54 sec
Wayne discusses Eddy’s most recent birthday party in 2019. He reminisces that Dennis Peron absolutely loved parties. Dennis held parties for Wayne and Eddy that you just had to be there to share the energy, love, and great cannabisChapter 27 59 sec
Eddy talks about how everyone used to share cannabis and social circles. Nowadays at events he notices people not sharing and communicating like they used to in the 60s through the 90sChapter 28 19 sec
Wayne says everyone’s ultimate goal back then was to just stay out of jailChapter 29 39 sec
Eddy makes a shameless plug about the music video he’s in with Big Smo, UnderRated, Darth Vader, “Like A Criminal” off the Album Black Markets MatterChapter 30 59 sec
Wayne remembers a photo Eddy sent him while in prison, and how during interviews he would share it to talk about what Eddy and Dennis Peron did to change society. They took a hell of a risk, but they had toChapter 31 1 min
Eddy talks about how people need to pull their heads out of their butts. Cannabis works, and it really works on small children who are suffering from epilepsy or cerebral palsy. If it was embraced and people were allowed to do research about cannabis, it would change the world. He has seen the changes first hand spiritually, emotionally, physically, and it is unrealChapter 32 29 sec
Wayne says it’s unfortunate that our medical schools don’t teach about the endocannabinoid systemChapter 33 4 mins
Eddy talks about medical schools and how they were swayed to not discuss cannabis and the endocannabinoid system. The medical schools were usurped by pharmaceutical manufacturers in the form of donations and state-of-the-art buildouts of hospitals and research centers, and they suggested to the schools to include the pharmaceutical executives to the oversight committees to the schools. In this exchange, the same three men sat on every board of every school they were involved in. Those people disposed of knowledge in medical schools of all aspect of holistic practices, or eastern medicine, and enforced the process of doctors prescribing pills to combat illnesses, which creates more problems and fueled the opiate crisisChapter 34 1 min
Wayne remembers Terrance Hallinan (a previous San Francisco District Attorney) and Willie Brown (previous San Francisco Mayor). Wayne remembers that they both had so much respect for Eddy and the rest of the group of activists. Eddy says that Terrance is one of the greatest unsung heroes in the cannabis movement. We couldn’t do anything without his and Willie’s involvementChapter 35 2 mins
Wayne talks about opening his dispensary in 1999 in San Francisco. He went to Terrance to talk about an identification system to allow patients into his dispensary. Terrance sent Wayne to see Mark Leno. Mark Leno (SF County Supervisor, who later wrote the state program for patient id cards) helped Wayne create an ID system for patient access to dispensaries, July 5, 2000Chapter 36 29 sec
Wayne looks back at history and says it all had to be done, so now we can all walk up to a dispensary door, show our id and say we want to get some cannabisChapter 37 9 sec
Eddy and Damon lead the show out. They thank Wayne for his time and talk about having him as a guest in the future because there’s so much history to shareChapter 38 38 sec
Wayne says he is grateful to have Eddy as a friend. Eddy says it’s been an honor to be Wayne’s friendChapter 39 3 mins
Outtro. Closing credits and “Welcome To The Farm” song by Los Marijuanos, Pony Boy, Craig Lemire Tierney, Vegitation, Dandylion, and Bazil