Charlo Greene interview in Ganjapreneur magazine

elkamino

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Not a groundbreaking interview but still interesting.

SNIP:

Ganjapreneur: "How much of an impact do you think your story has had on the legalization movement in Alaska and nationwide?

Greene: "Without “Fuck it, I quit” Alaska would not have legalized recreational marijuana usage this past November. The vote passed by a very slim margin, 53%-47%, and awareness made all of the difference, which is what my on-air resignation provided with more than a billion impressions world-wide."


Whole interview here:
http://www.ganjapreneur.com/charlo-greene-cannabis-diversity/
 

elkamino

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Wow... So vain....
Yes, vain is what I was thinking, but more important than vain I think she's just wrong. I mean I kinda enjoyed what she did, and for the reasons she notes. But I suspect I'm in the minority, and that her style and use of the word "Fuck" was not appreciated by most folks, pro or con, let alone inspiring enough to change anyone's vote.

I'd be curious to hear what others think, especially anyone who witnessed it go down from outside AK...
 

AKDrifter

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Vain yes, very much so. But I think she is right, she did a lot to bring folks together on the issue, and to stir folks to vote. My guess is she actually caused many to vote for no other reason than ballot measure # 2. I know we have voted for it in the past and it did not fly.

Fuck on the air, meh..., I think that was just a way to put a big ole stamp on it. If she didn't make it controversial I don't think it would have been noticed at all. That was just a way for her to make sure people paid attention to what she was doing, she was heard nation wide and made a stir so it worked as planned. She is very well spoken and obviously used the F bomb to grab attention, there is much more tasteless crap on regular tv every day besides a one time use of profanity.

The rest of the interview, kind of subjective. Im not a fan and she looses me quickly as she starts talking about racism in the industry, Im worn out with everyone putting a racial twist on EVERY topic being discussed.
 
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elkamino

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What for, exactly? Being black and speaking her mind on television?

Published on Alaska Dispatch News (https://www.adn.com)


Home > Drug charges filed against Alaska canna-business owners
Laurel Andrews [1]
September 21, 2015


The owners of two marijuana delivery services and Alaska Cannabis Club owner Charlo Greene were each charged Friday with drug crimes for the delivery and possession of marijuana.

Undercover officers made multiple marijuana purchases from each business, charging documents show. The charges against each are misconduct involving a controlled substance in the fourth-degree, a felony, and in the fifth-degree, a misdemeanor.

“We wanted there to be a clear message that for the marijuana industry, you need to follow the regulations and do so in a legal fashion,” said Alaska Department of Law Criminal Division Director John Skidmore.

In past months, each business has been the target of police raids [3]. State regulators have said the businesses were operating illegally, and along with two marijuana social clubs, were sent “cease and desist” letters in July.

The businesses insisted they were operating legally.

On Friday, Rocky Burns, co-owner of Discreet Deliveries, was charged with seven felony counts and one misdemeanor. His partner, Larry Stamper, was not charged.

Undercover officers with the Anchorage Police Department bought marijuana from Discreet Deliveries seven times between late January and early August, charging documents say.

On Aug. 7, police executed “multiple search warrants” and found 31 pounds of marijuana, including marijuana concentrates; $5,000 in cash; and boxes of business records and invoices.

Officers found a chart indicating that Discreet Deliveries had made $700,000 in sales from January through July, charging documents say.

Burns, who had not yet seen the charging documents, on Monday expressed relief at hearing charges had been filed against him. Now, his arguments will be heard in court, he said.

“It’s a reward. … I’m proud of it,” Burns said of the charges.

“At least finally someone will listen. That’s it. All I’ve been asking for is due process, so it’s good,” Burns said.

Michael Crites, owner of Absolutely Chronic Delivery Co., was charged with five felonies and one misdemeanor.

Anchorage police bought marijuana from ACDC five times between late May and early August, charging documents say. When police served a search warrant on the business premises, they found 27 ounces of marijuana hidden above ceiling tiles. “Little cash was found” at the business, the charging documents say.

Alaska Cannabis Club's Charlo Greene, whose legal name is Charlene Egbe, was charged with four felony counts and four misdemeanors.

Undercover officers bought marijuana from the Alaska Cannabis Club six times between March and August, according to charges filed.

On the first search warrant, executed March 20, police found more than 2 pounds of marijuana. On Aug. 7, when police executed a second warrant, they seized 26.9 ounces of marijuana from “two active grow operations” and 2.85 pounds of processed marijuana.

“I really hope the people I fight for will now show their support for me and everything I stand for by donating to my legal defense fund,” Greene wrote in an email regarding the charges against her.

Alaska voted to legalize recreational marijuana in November 2014. However, Alaska’s criminal statutes were not amended by the Legislature, and conduct not specifically outlined in Alaska’s initiative remains illegal. That includes selling marijuana without first receiving a license from the state Marijuana Control Board.

Prosecutors and law enforcement collaborated to determine how to charge Burns, Crites and Greene, said Skidmore.

Many of the regulations surrounding marijuana are not in place yet, Skidmore said. The Department of Law’s intent with the criminal cases is ensuring the marijuana initiative’s implementation promotes products that are safe for the public.

“The initiative calls for there to be testing of the products that are sold. None of that has occurred,” Skidmore said.

Taxation of marijuana also remains something of an unknown. Skidmore said he doesn’t know if the owners of the three marijuana businesses could face tax-related charges, as those laws aren’t in place.

DOL isn’t against marijuana distribution, he said.

“Rather, we want to make sure the will of the people is complied with and in these cases, these are three businesses that were very flagrantly selling marijuana and making it known to the public, talking about what they were doing,”without following regulations, he said.

None of the drivers of the businesses or people who purchased pot from them will face charges, Skidmore said. Prosecutors are focusing on the principal players, he said.

Alaska Dispatch News reporter Jerzy Shedlock contributed to this story.


Source URL: https://www.adn.com/article/20150921/drug-charges-filed-against-alaska-canna-business-owners
Links:
[1] https://www.adn.com/author/laurel-andrews
[2] https://www.adn.com/image/150807cannabisriad1jpg-1438979816
[3] http://www.adn.com/article/20150807/2nd-search-warrant-served-charlo-greenes-alaska-cannabis-club
 

ttystikk

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Published on Alaska Dispatch News (https://www.adn.com)


Home > Drug charges filed against Alaska canna-business owners
Laurel Andrews [1]
September 21, 2015


The owners of two marijuana delivery services and Alaska Cannabis Club owner Charlo Greene were each charged Friday with drug crimes for the delivery and possession of marijuana.

Undercover officers made multiple marijuana purchases from each business, charging documents show. The charges against each are misconduct involving a controlled substance in the fourth-degree, a felony, and in the fifth-degree, a misdemeanor.

“We wanted there to be a clear message that for the marijuana industry, you need to follow the regulations and do so in a legal fashion,” said Alaska Department of Law Criminal Division Director John Skidmore.

In past months, each business has been the target of police raids [3]. State regulators have said the businesses were operating illegally, and along with two marijuana social clubs, were sent “cease and desist” letters in July.

The businesses insisted they were operating legally.

On Friday, Rocky Burns, co-owner of Discreet Deliveries, was charged with seven felony counts and one misdemeanor. His partner, Larry Stamper, was not charged.

Undercover officers with the Anchorage Police Department bought marijuana from Discreet Deliveries seven times between late January and early August, charging documents say.

On Aug. 7, police executed “multiple search warrants” and found 31 pounds of marijuana, including marijuana concentrates; $5,000 in cash; and boxes of business records and invoices.

Officers found a chart indicating that Discreet Deliveries had made $700,000 in sales from January through July, charging documents say.

Burns, who had not yet seen the charging documents, on Monday expressed relief at hearing charges had been filed against him. Now, his arguments will be heard in court, he said.

“It’s a reward. … I’m proud of it,” Burns said of the charges.

“At least finally someone will listen. That’s it. All I’ve been asking for is due process, so it’s good,” Burns said.

Michael Crites, owner of Absolutely Chronic Delivery Co., was charged with five felonies and one misdemeanor.

Anchorage police bought marijuana from ACDC five times between late May and early August, charging documents say. When police served a search warrant on the business premises, they found 27 ounces of marijuana hidden above ceiling tiles. “Little cash was found” at the business, the charging documents say.

Alaska Cannabis Club's Charlo Greene, whose legal name is Charlene Egbe, was charged with four felony counts and four misdemeanors.

Undercover officers bought marijuana from the Alaska Cannabis Club six times between March and August, according to charges filed.

On the first search warrant, executed March 20, police found more than 2 pounds of marijuana. On Aug. 7, when police executed a second warrant, they seized 26.9 ounces of marijuana from “two active grow operations” and 2.85 pounds of processed marijuana.

“I really hope the people I fight for will now show their support for me and everything I stand for by donating to my legal defense fund,” Greene wrote in an email regarding the charges against her.

Alaska voted to legalize recreational marijuana in November 2014. However, Alaska’s criminal statutes were not amended by the Legislature, and conduct not specifically outlined in Alaska’s initiative remains illegal. That includes selling marijuana without first receiving a license from the state Marijuana Control Board.

Prosecutors and law enforcement collaborated to determine how to charge Burns, Crites and Greene, said Skidmore.

Many of the regulations surrounding marijuana are not in place yet, Skidmore said. The Department of Law’s intent with the criminal cases is ensuring the marijuana initiative’s implementation promotes products that are safe for the public.

“The initiative calls for there to be testing of the products that are sold. None of that has occurred,” Skidmore said.

Taxation of marijuana also remains something of an unknown. Skidmore said he doesn’t know if the owners of the three marijuana businesses could face tax-related charges, as those laws aren’t in place.

DOL isn’t against marijuana distribution, he said.

“Rather, we want to make sure the will of the people is complied with and in these cases, these are three businesses that were very flagrantly selling marijuana and making it known to the public, talking about what they were doing,”without following regulations, he said.

None of the drivers of the businesses or people who purchased pot from them will face charges, Skidmore said. Prosecutors are focusing on the principal players, he said.

Alaska Dispatch News reporter Jerzy Shedlock contributed to this story.


Source URL: https://www.adn.com/article/20150921/drug-charges-filed-against-alaska-canna-business-owners
Links:
[1] https://www.adn.com/author/laurel-andrews
[2] https://www.adn.com/image/150807cannabisriad1jpg-1438979816
[3] http://www.adn.com/article/20150807/2nd-search-warrant-served-charlo-greenes-alaska-cannabis-club
You can get some nasty tickets for speeding in this industry...
 

elkamino

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You can get some nasty tickets for speeding in this industry...
Right? Busting people for openly doing what Alaskans have voted for, but the state has not yet implemented. Yet soemhow these entrepreneurs are charged with felonies, not fines, for unwritten regs, not laws. Seems like overkill to me, but perhaps not the state's Dept of Criminal Law.

“We wanted there to be a clear message that for the marijuana industry, you need to follow the regulations and do so in a legal fashion,” said Alaska Department of Law Criminal Division Director John Skidmore.

Much more convenient for law enforcement to bust the early-adopters in the legally undefined areas than it is to go after intentionally black market sellers who operate entirely behind the line and make no effort to pay taxes, or play by the rules. :roll:

I bet cops really enjoy running their stings, easy and fruitful, calling up a delivery service and having them deliver... :cuss:
 

ttystikk

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Guess not.
Law enforcement did the same damn thing right here in my county in Colorado when there were no specific regulations.

County sheriff and prosecutor's office busted Tim Masters and others for their medical pot grow. They fought it and won under the new amendment- but they were forced to go through the whole mess.

They got theirs; they turned around and sued the county sheriff's department for destroying their crop and used their own insanely high valuations at the bust for the amount to be repaid...

AND THEY GOT EVERY DIME.

That's how it's done in America nowadays.
 

GreatwhiteNorth

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They got theirs; they turned around and sued the county sheriff's department for destroying their crop and used their own insanely high valuations at the bust for the amount to be repaid...

AND THEY GOT EVERY DIME.

That's how it's done in America nowadays.
That would be the silver lining of that situation.
Good to hear. :p
 

AKDrifter

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Definitely! great to hear the good guys win for a change. Hahaa and you know they got paid for the dirt in the pots. good stuff.
 

Legal in AK

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Right? Busting people for openly doing what Alaskans have voted for, but the state has not yet implemented. Yet soemhow these entrepreneurs are charged with felonies, not fines, for unwritten regs, not laws. Seems like overkill to me, but perhaps not the state's Dept of Criminal Law.

“We wanted there to be a clear message that for the marijuana industry, you need to follow the regulations and do so in a legal fashion,” said Alaska Department of Law Criminal Division Director John Skidmore.

Much more convenient for law enforcement to bust the early-adopters in the legally undefined areas than it is to go after intentionally black market sellers who operate entirely behind the line and make no effort to pay taxes, or play by the rules. :roll:

I bet cops really enjoy running their stings, easy and fruitful, calling up a delivery service and having them deliver... :cuss:
What do you expect? They have asked them to stop, sent them letters telling them to stop. The people of Alaska voted for regulated cannabis, not the wild west. It was only a matter of time until this happened. They had plenty of warning and chose to ignore it.

Do you think someone selling moonshine to underage persons should be legal? What they did was no different...

Charlo promoted underage people to consume.

Rocky was selling whip its and encouraging people to get high off of much more than cannabis(and now he's constantly complaining about how cannabis is safe compared to spice, fucking hypocrite.)

Micheal Crites decided to challenge APD through the media, quite possibly the dumbest one out of the three.
 

elkamino

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What do you expect? They have asked them to stop, sent them letters telling them to stop. The people of Alaska voted for regulated cannabis, not the wild west. It was only a matter of time until this happened. They had plenty of warning and chose to ignore it.

Do you think someone selling moonshine to underage persons should be legal? What they did was no different...

Charlo promoted underage people to consume.

Rocky was selling whip its and encouraging people to get high off of much more than cannabis(and now he's constantly complaining about how cannabis is safe compared to spice, fucking hypocrite.)

Micheal Crites decided to challenge APD through the media, quite possibly the dumbest one out of the three.
Well you know more about it than I do. Didn't know underagers or spice were aledgedly involved. I thought it was just about cannabis, sold to adults, in which case it seems to me that it should be treated by state agencies as a rule violation, with a fine, like if a farmer sold his potatoes wrongly, or before they created potato regulations.

But yeah underage is different.
 

elkamino

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My point is addressed by the Marijuana Control Board in this morning's Anchorage Dispatch News:

SNIP:
"On Thursday, civil fines came up again, and the board added wording that would allow not just businesses but licensees or people to be fined civilly, or have their licenses revoked and marijuana seized...

A person or business illegally selling marijuana would face a $5,000 fine for each sale under the proposed regulations.
Businesses that violate license provisions could be fined up to $10,000 for the first violation and up to $50,000 for the third violation...

Now, the entirety of the regulations -- three sets that define everything from packaging requirements to the distance a business must be from a school -- will go back out before the public for one last chance to comment."


Now that's what I'm talking about. CIVIL charges are much more appropriate than CRIMINAL charges for people who are dealing with a no-longer illegal substance, for the violator, the tax payer and society in general.

http://www.adn.com/article/20150924/pot-social-club-ban-remains-under-proposed-marijuana-control-board-rules
 
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