OG Eddy Lepp Show
Wes Tuttle joins Eddy and Damon to talk about being ...
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Oct 9 2019 33m
Chapter 1 18 sec
Eddy starts the showChapter 2 53 sec
Eddy talks about his shirt he’s wearing, “The Heart of Dankness” He announces he will be wearing shirts from his vintage t-shirt collection, and because he’s wearing a shirt with a specific brand on it doesn’t mean he necessarily endorses them. He is happy to be sharing this part of cannabis history with the audienceChapter 3 35 sec
Damon Introduces Wes Tuttle, he reminds us to share the show with our friends, to continue to exercise our freedomsChapter 4 19 sec
Wes is introduced as the first dispensary owner in Berkeley, CAChapter 5 39 sec
Eddy expresses his gratitude for having Wes on the show. He shares a bit of Wes’s most recent background: Wes had a stroke a few years ago, and most recently was victimized in his home when a group of people broke in, tied him to his bead, beat him profusely, and stole his possessions. Eddy says when one of us are kicked, we all hurt, referring to the OGs of the cannabis industryChapter 6 9 sec
Eddy asks for those who can to please support Wes in whatever way they canChapter 7 4 sec
Eddy asks Wes what it was like opening the first dispensary in Berkeley, CAChapter 8 4 sec
Wes reminds the audience, Eddy, and Damon that he had a stroke and can’t speak clearly or quickly, so he invites his friend to interpret his thoughts for him on cameraChapter 9 39 sec
Wes’s friend outlines the history of the beginning of his dispensary in Berkeley. They were in a home called the Teak House on Channing. They were growing big stuff, making edibles, before many other people had any of those products availableChapter 10 29 sec
Wes shares a 200g chocolate edible with Damon to tryChapter 11 44 sec
Eddy jokes about how Wes just turned the OG Eddy Lepp Show into a one-man showChapter 12 44 sec
Eddy points out that the joining of all the different elements coming together is what effects change. Eddy thinks that if we can all get along, communicate about the hard topics our world will change for the betterChapter 13 44 sec
Eddy asks Wes if it was difficult to open the first dispensary. Wes’s response is that the government definitely made things hard on him. Despite it not being easy, he never gave up and continued to fight for patients’ access to medicineChapter 14 14 sec
Wes talks about being raided by the FedsChapter 15 44 sec
Eddy talks about the culture shock of being in prison, watching all of these new technologies and businesses emerging. Back when he was working in the industry, it was the wild west, there were no road maps. You just did the best you couldChapter 16 19 sec
Damon asks Wes if he received any public protests from opening the dispensary. Wes says there were no protests, he mentions it being near the collegeChapter 17 1 min
Eddy quotes Dennis Peron and says that all cannabis use is medicinal use. He also realizes now that alcohol, cannabis, prescriptions can be a medicinal use if it is being used responsibly to relaxChapter 18 34 sec
Eddy reads a news article from The Contra Costa Times in 1997, when Wes’s dispensary was open, “Berkeley cannabis club brings relief to seriously ill patients.”Chapter 19 14 sec
Eddy asks Wes if he had a difficult time adapting to living life on the West Coast, being from the East Coast. Wes replies, “No,” chucklingChapter 20 1 min
Damon says Wes had touched a lot of people’s lives peripherally. Damon tells a story from his youth, being a train tagger and hearing Wes’s name in Oakland and Berkeley back in the 90sChapter 21 59 sec
Eddy says that he was a child of the 60s in every sense. To have lived and experienced life in the 60s and 70s was definitely an interesting time. He enjoyed live music by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, etc…Chapter 22 44 sec
Eddy says that the Bay Area is such a historically rich area of California for the cannabis communityChapter 23 34 sec
Damon talks about his mom living in the Bay Area in the 50s through the 60s, and how living in the Bay Area has always been expensiveChapter 24 1 min
Eddy talks about how his first house he would have bought cost around $17,000. The man he was negotiating with offered Eddy 10 homes for $125,000. He couldn’t even get the $17,000 financed for the 1 home! Now you need that for a down payment for a HondaChapter 25 59 sec
Damon asks Wes aspired to do in life. Why did he open the club? Wes always wanted to be able to share the love by earning money to support his community. He’s a lover, not a fighterChapter 26 9 sec
Eddy says that is how he was raised: fill your heart with love, and your mind and soul with delightChapter 27 29 sec
Damon compliments Wes on his tattoos, including the old ZigZag manChapter 28 54 sec
Damon asks Wes about his jewelry. Wes cites a local artist named Vicky. He’s been a fan of hers for 30 years. She is a metalsmith in the Berkeley areaChapter 29 1 min
Eddy talks about how his grandfather owned a small grocery store in Reno. Paper $1 bills didn’t exist until Eddy was around 20 years old. At the end of the day, his grandfather would go through his collection of silver dollars, and had a complete collectionChapter 30 1 min
Damon and Eddy talk about the police report of a recent act of atrocious violence against Wes. 4 people broke into Wes’s house and beat him up. Wes was tied up to his bed, beaten in the head with a horseshoe, took all his money and jewelry collections, and were never foundChapter 31 49 sec
Damon and Eddy say whoever did this to Wes should be ashamed of themselves. To beat up a handicapped man is despicable and should never happenChapter 32 29 sec
Eddy asks Wes what he wants to do with his future. Wes says he would love to be on a farm, but the rent is a problemChapter 33 14 sec
Eddy tells Wes to pack his bags, he knows farms where Wes would be happy. Wes says he has to bring his cat. Eddy and Damon say they can bring his cat to join the farm tooChapter 34 34 sec
Eddy talks about a Great Dane on the farm who is the farm horseChapter 35 29 sec
Damon appeals to the audience to help Wes get a property to escape the violence in Berkeley. He offers that everyone who donates to the cause gets a share of the farm. Let’s make this work for WesChapter 36 24 sec
Eddy thanks the audience for listening to Damon’s indiscrete petition to the audience, tugging on their heartstrings to do the right thing for Wes. But if you are interested in helping Wes out, please contact the OG Eddy Lepp Show website or Facebook to find out how to help WesChapter 37 14 sec
Damon says the fundraising efforts will be completely open-source, meaning there will be complete accountability in how the funds are spentChapter 38 18 sec
Wes says he wants to stay in California for the rest of his lifeChapter 39 1 min
Eddy talks about his friends from the East Coast, and how they never abandon their character habits from growing up in NYChapter 40 59 sec
Damon says he would love to help Wes build his future in a farm where he can be safe and continue the process of providing people with safe access to medicineChapter 41 49 sec
Eddy says he is proud to have Wes as a guest despite Wes’s verbal challenges. He says he will not apologize to the audience for an uncomfortable interview, because it’s people like Wes who built the industry, and they deserve to be represented tooChapter 42 24 sec
Eddy addresses the camera. He says the people who attacked Wes should really be ashamed of themselves for doing something so terrible to someone who can’t defend themselves. Damon and Eddy talk about the karmic clean up that those people need to commit toChapter 43 1 min
Eddy reminds the audience about the Jack Herer Initiative 2020. It’s an initiative that Jack and Eddy wrote in 2008, and is being reintroduced. Eddy hopes to level the playing field within the cannabis community, and bring the cost of access to medicine down as well as lower cost to the farmers for productionChapter 44 19 sec
Eddy also talks about the music video he was recently in with UnderRated, Big Smo, & Garth Vader, “Treat Me Like A Criminal.”Chapter 45 4 sec
Eddy thanks Wes for his time and appearance on the show. He says it has been an honor to speak with WesChapter 46 6 sec
Eddy closes the showChapter 47 3 mins
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