- [Man] Gadoosh.
(electronic music)
(heavy breathing)
- In 2014 I was on Last Comic Standing.
(audience cheering and applauding)
We did actually have a dog and it's a sad story.
He ended up biting a little boy in the face
and we had to have him killed...
'cause he woulda told his parents.
(audience laughing)
Hey, thanks a lot.
That's it for me.
(audience cheering and applauding)
- Give it up for Randy Liedtke!
- Thank you.
- I thought your jokes were real funny and new.
Very different.
I hadn't heard anything like that.
Do you smoke pot?
- Actually, I've never smoked pot in my life.
- Oh, well you need to start smoking something.
- You got it.
(audience cheering and applauding)
I've been thinking about what Roseanne told me that day,
and you know what, maybe she's right.
Maybe I need to try marijuana.
(upbeat music)
Try marijuana.
It's just marijuana.
You only get to smoke weed for the first time once,
so I wanted to make sure my first time was perfect.
Most people's first experience
with marijuana involved breaking the law.
I don't want to get in trouble
but I also don't want to miss out on the excitement
involved with doing something
you're not supposed to be doing.
I thought the best place for me to smoke marijuana
for the first time would be
in the Colorado corner of Four Corners Monument.
This is where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona,
and Utah all meet in one spot,
and it's also the border between the Navajo Nation
and the Ute Mountain Tribe.
It's all in the United States which means
seven different sets of laws on marijuana.
The Colorado corner is the only place at the monument
where marijuana is recreationally legal.
Not only will we have to follow
the strict rules of Colorado's recreational use law,
I will also have to keep in mind everyone else's laws
so we know the consequences if we were
to accidentally cross over the border.
An ounce of weed can get you
six months of jail time in Utah.
(siren wailing)
(jail doors shutting)
(phone ringing)
I wanted to make sure my mom was okay
with me trying marijuana, so I gave her a call.
(phone ringing)
- [Randy's Mom] Hello?
- Hey, mom.
- [Randy's Mom] Hey, how are you?
- [Randy] Good, can you hear me?
- [Randy's Mom] Yeah, I can hear you.
- Okay, good.
I'm gonna smoke marijuana
in the parking lot of Four Corners.
and then... - Oh my god.
Don't get arrested.
- Well there's no saying what I'll do after
I smoke some weed for the first time,
but that's not the plan. - Oh my god.
I mean like I know these two women, probably my age,
decided to get some edibles,
came to Sun River for a girl's weekend,
and they ended up in the ER.
(laughing)
They were like freaking out because it was so strong.
- Yeah. - You know?
Like they say that the pot nowadays is way
stronger than the pot back in the '70s.
I don't think you should smoke anyway
because you know, that's not healthy.
I don't think that's good for your lungs.
- [Randy] Because I have asthma.
- [Randy's Mom] Yeah.
- What should I wear when I do it?
(laughing)
(mumbling)
- [Randy's Mom] Probably,
let's see it'll be May, probably May.
- Yeah, it'll probably be April,
beginning of April.
- [Randy's Mom] I don't know.
Don't wear shorts, wear some jeans.
Wear jeans.
(laughing) - Jeans.
Okay.
(mellow music)
With my mom's blessing I headed to Denver
to learn more about marijuana.
(mellow music)
The first stop in Denver was to talk to Kayvan Khalabari.
He's the owner of Denver Relief Consulting
and he knows a lot about weed.
(mellow music)
So cannabis is the way to go?
- Cannabis is the way to go.
- How long have you been working in the cannabis industry?
- I've been consuming cannabis daily since I was 15.
- That wasn't the question.
- Oh, it wasn't?
- Okay, how long have you been consuming cannabis?
- Regulated industry or non-regulated?
- See now I'm asking the other one.
(laughing)
- I've been consuming cannabis since I was 15 daily.
- Since you were 15, so the first time you smoked,
was it a good experience, your first time?
- Very much so.
Yeah, it was in my buddy Andy Rouche's basement.
- Uh oh, Andy.
- Parents were gone.
I think we were listening to 40 Oz. to Freedom.
- Oh shit.
- Yeah 40 Oz. to Freedom, a Sublime album,
back in the day.
And yeah, a lot of Nirvana back then.
A lot of Tool.
- When you smoke, especially if you're not used to it,
is there like a type of vibe that's
maybe a vibe to stay away from?
- Well if you're a really anxious person
I'd stick away from really fast music and sativas.
Stick to the Jefferson Airplane,
and hip-hop and country music and cannabis
go really well together.
- Kayvan talked a lot about music.
I didn't realize how important it was to have
the perfect song to listen to while you're smoking weed.
So I flew back to Los Angeles to meet
with my friend Kool Kojak who agreed to help us out.
(mellow music)
What I want to do is create a song
using your knowledge of music and your knowledge of weed.
- I have smoked bales of weed.
That's like a guru of weed and music and just
pot smoking in general. - Weed, music, and LA.
In music what signifies I guess weed
or being high or I don't know?
- Santana.
- Santana?
The musician Santana?
- Yeah, yeah.
- Okay.
Oh so (mimicking guitar solo).
- Kind of, yeah.
Also like Willie Nelson, like disco.
Hell yeah, like Parliament Funkadelic.
- Yeah, yeah.
- Totally.
And then Cypress Hill.
(hip hop music)
And I also have some drum breaks
that sound kind of.
(hip hop music)
- [Randy] Oh, I like that.
- [Kool] You like that one?
- That's a little bit like street.
(hip hop music)
(springing)
(hip hop music)
Inhale.
Exhale.
How does it feel?
That's good.
- [Recording] Now you are high.
- Ooh!
- [Recording] Inhale.
Inhale.
Exhale.
Exhale.
♪ Exhale ♪
♪ Inhale ♪
♪ How does it feel ♪
♪ How does it feel ♪
♪ Now you are high ♪
(loud patting)
- [Kool] Man, you're gonna be so high.
- Now that we have the perfect song
we flew back to Denver to find the perfect weed.
Because as it turns out there's not just one kind,
there's a couple.
- Let's just start with the basics.
The difference between indicas and sativas.
Sativas are generally gonna be more of a heady high.
I'll smoke this and clean my whole apartment.
- Oh, wow.
- On the other side of that coin you got indicas.
First time smoking weed you might wanna go
with something a little more indica.
- That's what I've been hearing.
- Indica is a little more of a downer, much more relaxed.
And sativas, since they're more of a heady high,
can tend to exacerbate anxiety, paranoia.
- [Randy] Don't need that.
- No.
So let's get ya an eighth of indica.
I'll split it up into two half eighths
that way you get a little variety.
- Oh, so we're getting different kinds?
- [Zack] Yeah.
- Lean into the indica.
Again, I really want to be in da club.
That's how I'm gonna go party.
In da club gonna fucking smoke!
- I can make that happen for you.
- I mean I don't know, whatever you want.
As far as like how high, I don't want anything too insane.
- [Randy's Mom] The pot nowadays is so strong.
- Are they all insane?
- [Zack] Comparatively speaking they're all insane.
'Cause I've had California bud
and I've had bud from the southeastern United States.
- [Randy's Mom] They ended up in the ER.
- [Zack] Colorado just has the strongest marijuana.
- So do you have any that aren't crazy strong?
- [Zack] No.
- They're all crazy strong?
- [Zack] Yeah.
Give that a whiff.
It smells like a sweet cherry.
- I like that.
- Critical Mass.
I describe this to people as a meat and potatoes indica.
That is just a standard, stone-y, glue you to the couch,
kinda giggle, stare at the TV, really red eyes,
clear out the fridge, type of weed.
- I'm into that.
Okay so. - And then the Triangle Kush.
- Load it up.
Can I slap your gloved hand or is that illegal?
(hands smacking)
- You're buying the weed.
- Yeah!
- I'll only touch the nugs that you're smoking.
- I'll let you touch my lips with them too.
Watch this trick.
(inhaling)
This guy has got a bad sense of humor.
How does he know what type of weed I wanna smoke?
We're two different people.
Look at him.
Looking all different than me.
So I made some phone calls and I found
the two guys in Denver that look exactly like me
to smoke the weed that I bought
so I could see how it would make me feel.
(inhaling)
- Ho, ho, ho!
It works.
(coughing)
- Does it taste bad?
Tastes bad.
- I'm feeling very high right now.
- You took three to four - Three,
three maybe. - in a span of like
less than a minute.
- [Test Subject] Correct.
- Less than one minute.
Cool and we'll see how you're feeling in a bit.
But that's good to know because
I'm definitely not doing that much.
- Take a hit?
- Yeah.
- [Randy] That was pretty cool.
- Uh, what am I supposed to do now?
- [Randy] Just kinda like.
I think that's good.
(mumbles) It takes a little while.
- It takes a little bit,
but you know I'm starting to feel something.
- [Randy] Really?
- Yeah. - Really?
That quick?
- Yeah, I don't really smoke so.
- Okay.
- Yeah, definitely.
- Cool, well we'll check back in with you.
Test subject two, one hit.
Feeling the effects right away,
test subject two had the undeniable urge to wander.
Test subject one feeling relaxed,
finding himself falling deep into thought
only to be interrupted with a positive
increased sense of awareness that maybe someone is watching.
Test subject two is finding the need to look at his elbow
and then pretend that he didn't.
Very interesting.
Being high looks awesome.
I'm very excited about getting high now.
(mellow music)
To make this happen we had to wake up
when the sun was still down and drive eight hours
to Four Corners Monument.
Think I'm ready to...
use weed.
Kayvan told me take a pizza with me wherever I go.
- Take a pizza with you wherever you go.
- He said it's very important.
- It's very important.
(mellow music)
- It's exactly 420 miles to Four Corners from Denver.
I couldn't believe it myself.
It feels like God wants me to smoke marijuana.
(mellow music)
The only way to publicly smoke marijuana in Colorado
is in the back of a private-for-hire car.
The same way you can drink in back of a limousine
you can smoke in the back of a limousine.
So we had a limousine company meet us in Durango
to take us the last leg of our journey.
Hi.
I'm Randy.
- [Jake] Hey, Randy, I'm Jake.
- [Randy] I've never smoked weed before.
- [Jake] (laughs) Alright, man.
- Let's do it, I'm nervous.
(exhaling)
In an hour and a half I'll be high.
(mellow music)
The road that goes into Four Corners Monument
dips into New Mexico for about a mile
before we get to the monument.
Because it is illegal to cross state lines with marijuana,
we attached weed to a drone and had it meet us
in the Colorado corner of Four Corners.
Wow, look at it go!
(mellow music)
This drone thing is working out perfectly.
(droning)
(ticking)
(booming)
Shit dude.
The fuckin' pizza fell.
I think we're good.
That was a close call.
I'm gonna need that pizza.
Kayvan said it's very important.
- It's very important.
- Excitement is in the air.
We've made it to Four Corners.
(mellow music)
Nice to be here, well now we gotta find the drone.
(mumbling)
(sighing) Is it that direction?
No, maybe it's this direction.
Probably landed on the ground.
I'll look for it by my feet.
(sighing) Where is it?
Oh, I see something!
Is this, it's a, no, it's a thing.
Hmm, I'll keep looking.
Oh, I think it, maybe I'll move a little faster.
It's over here, oh.
Yeah, found the drone.
(electronic music)
(exhaling)
My hand is shaking.
Alright, let's think,
that piece looks like a good weed piece.
Okay, play the song.
♪ Inhale ♪
♪ Exhale ♪
Holy shit.
- You need to start smoking.
- To exacerbate anxiety and paranoia.
- [Randy's Mom] They ended up in the ER.
- Don't be paranoid. (laughs)
(coughing)
- It's just marijuana.
(coughing)
(hip hop music)
♪ Now you are high ♪
I don't think (coughs).
I'm gonna barf.
No, I'm not gonna.
I'm not gonna barf.
Second time. (laughs)
♪ Inhale ♪
♪ Exhale ♪
♪ Inhale ♪
♪ Exhale ♪
♪ Exhale ♪
♪ Inhale ♪
♪ Inhale ♪
That was a lot easier.
(hip hop music)
♪ How does it feel ♪
♪ Now you are high ♪
(coughing)
I'm okay.
Let's pop a few of those back. (giggling)
(coughing)
I don't want to like rush up on these people.
Oh, maybe I'll buy something.
Hey, how's it going?
- [Vendor] Good.
- Is it okay if we film your things?
No, okay.
Hey, how are you?
Is it okay if we film some of your pictures?
- [Will] My name's Will.
- Will.
- [Will] Redbird.
- Will Redbird.
My name is Randy, uh Liedtke.
- [Will] Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
Phil?
- [Will] Will.
- Gosh darn it. (laughs)
Clearly my short-term memory is being affected.
I decided I'm too high to talk to the vendors.
Nice to meet ya, Phil.
(mellow music)
Hey, guys, it's me.
I just got to New Mexico.
Things are fine here.
Weather is...
it's actually pretty good.
Sunny, there's a chemtrail in the sky.
Oh no, I'm paranoid. (laughs)
Then we go to Arizona.
(laughs) That's funny, right?
(exhaling)
I just got to Arizona.
Things are looking okay.
New Mexico, kinda miss it.
Arizona weather, very similar.
Sun's on a different side of my face, barely.
Or is it?
I don't know, we'll have to roll back.
I'm talking too much.
I want to start over. (laughs)
So just got to Utah and I got bad news.
Ugh.
(groans) Going back to Colorado.
(exhaling)
(soft pleasant music)
(dinging)
(soft pleasant music)
(laughing)
(giggles) That was fun.
Should I do a set?
(laughing)
Let's go back to the car.
Look at our car. (giggling)
Look at our car, dude. (giggling)
It looks like it's on a different planet.
Dude, look at, am I holding the car?
(laughs) Am I holding the car?
Higher?
- [Camera Operator] Lower.
Higher.
A little bit higher.
A little bit higher.
There.
Right about there.
Yeah, there you go.
(grunting)
(laughing)
(atmospheric music)
Oh my goodness.
This is beautiful land.
(exhaling)
I like it, man.
You get farther away from the corners and the lines and
you don't see corners and lines anymore, you know.
Smooth edges. (laughs)
We're all one thing, man. (laughs)
It's so crazy that it actually kinda
does look like a couple different states here.
Are you kidding me?
So my perspective of all four states from the middle
has changed, now I'm on the outside.
I don't see buildings anymore.
(laughing)
I hope that doesn't feel like I'm faking it
'cause I really am seeing all these
different states differently right now.
(laughing)
I'm laughing too much.
Oh, bro.
I feel really good.
I didn't see this happening after how much it hurt.
I was like I've made a mistake I think. (giggling)
But I hadn't made a mistake.
(laughing)
I got high and now it was time to leave.
12 hour pizza.
And this is the same pizza that fell.
- It's very important.
- It's pretty good.
(giggling)
It's good, man.
This is not a brand I've ever heard of.
(soft music)
All my hard work had paid off.
Everything that I did leading
up to today actually worked.
I got high perfectly.
I loved getting high.
I'm a high boy.
On my long drive back to Durango
I couldn't help but think,
I wish I was more a part of this culture.
(buzzing)
(crowd cheering)
Everything went perfect.
I had the perfect song, the perfect place,
all sorts of different laws that I almost broke.
It was the perfect first experience.
(mellow music)
(rumbling)
(rumbling)
(mellow music)
(rumbling)
(creaking)
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