Erik: The first big hash material run that I made was down to Pueblo, which at the time was Marisol Therapeutics. Mike’s was the second dispensary ever opened in the state, and we met him at Canna- con. He's like, "Come down to Pueblo, man. I'll show you what's up. I got plen- ty of material for you guys." I drive down there in an [Acura] MDX, I got plenty of room, get down there, I follow him out to this big outdoor grow on his property. He
properly used within this market. A lot of the scary stuff that happened in the early days was done by people that didn't know what they were doing. High Times: We can only imagine the hurdles you've jumped to expand to over 30 states. Is that right? Erik: Yes. At this point, we're 13 regulat- ed markets with Keef and then 18 on the hemp side. So yeah, about 31 total state coverage at this point.
takes me into the barn and literally throws like 300 lbs into this MDX. Dude, every square this thing was loaded with bags. At this point, I'm like, "Fuck, dude. All I have is patient cards. If I’m pulled over. I'm gone." I tried to drive all the way back to Boulder, 300 lbs. Can't even see out my passenger
High Times: How do you manage such a huge operation? Erik: Luckily we've got a great team both in Colorado and Keef nationally. It's a beast. Without the ground work laid by Andy Ve- ron in Colorado and nationally the Keef team is run by Matt and Blake, and they've done an amazing job
I tried to drive all the way back to Boulder, 300 lbs . Can't even see out my passenger side.
side. I'm pretty sure I pulled over like two or three times to make sure I wasn't get- ting followed. Then back to Kelly to col- lect our hash. Kelly: Oh, yeah. Some of the fun from my perspective on the product and devel- opment side was dealing with all of the vendors and having to tiptoe around what you actually do. Scot: Speaking of, Erik still can't even get a Chase credit card. High Times: Back then everyone was blasting butane in back and stirring things together in mom's Pyrex. How did it go from people almost blowing up their garages to high-tech equipment? Kelly: A lot of it was technology that existed already, that just needed to be
of expanding over the years. I've known Matt since age 13. Danny's been with us since 2010. We have multiple employees and partners that we work with that I've known since pre-high school in Boulder. So, this industry is tough, man. And it's really led us to some hard roads, but also really deep friendships with a lot of peo- ple. You have to be able to trust in this industry. A VETERAN'S EXPERIENCE SHAPES BELIEFS High Times: Scot, can you tell us about the time when you returned from deploy- ment and were prescribed a bunch of
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