♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ IN 2020 IS WHEN I ACTUALLY ESTABLISHED FLYNNSTONEED ACROSS THE STREET.
IT WAS GOING TO BE A SMALL BOUTIQUE DISPENSARY IN DOWNTOWN, AND THEN I ENDED UP PULLING THE TRIGGER ON THIS BECAUSE URBAN OUTFITTERS PULLED OUT.
START TO FINISH IT TOOK A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS TO GET IT UP AND RUNNING.
TO GET TO THIS POINT WHERE IT IS AT WAS $3.3 MILLION.
MONEY I ACCUMULATED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS WITH MY OTHER BUSINESSES.
OUR FIRS MONTH IN, WE DID JUST UNDER $2.5 MILLION IN SALES.
TO DATE WE ARE JUST OVER $4 MILLION AND OPEN A MONTH AND A HALF.
I'M NOT ONLY MEETING THE FINANCIAL EXPECTATIONS BUT DOUBLING IT.
I DIDN'T EXPECT IT TO BE ANYWHERE NEAR WHERE IT IS NOW.
IT IS A BIG BUZZ.
I'M SURE THE SALES NUMBERS WILL GO DOWN EVENTUALLY.
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE IS THREE LOCATIONS.
WE ARE GOING TO BE MAXED OUT.
EVERYTHING IN THIS BUSINESS WAS CASH BECAUSE THE BANKS WOULDN'T WORK WITH ME BECAUSE CANNABIS IS STILL FEDERALLY ILLEGAL.
ONE TOUGH PROBLEM THAT WE ARE HAVING IS TRANSPORTING THIS CASH.
IT HAS TO BE PICKED UP FROM AN ARMORED CAR WHICH HAS TO DRIVE IT ALL THE WAY TO NEW JERSEY.
WE ARE GETTING CHARGED A LOT OF MONEY.
SINCE CANNABIS IS NEARLY LEGAL IN NEW YORK STATE, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STILL ON THE OTHER SIDE.
I REALLY HOPE PEOPLE WILL GET AWAY FROM THE STIGMA OF IT BEING ILLEGAL.
IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN IN THE FIRST PLACE.
I WISH PEOPLE WOULD JUST KIND OF LOOK AT IT AS A POSITIVE BECAUSE IT REALLY IS.
THERE ARE SO MANY HEALTH BEN IF ITS THAT CANNABIS HAS AND NOW THAT WE HAVE A PLACE THAT YOU CAN COME AND ACTUALLY LEARN ABOUT AND BE EDUCATED ON THE CANNABIS, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO STOP LOOKING AT IT IN A NEGATIVE WAY.
AND THAT STIGMA WILL HOPEFULLY GO AWAY.
>> THE STATE IS DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THE REGULATIONS.
YOU ARE ALLOWED TO BUY UP TO THREE OUNCES HERE IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
MOST STATES ARE ONE OUNCE SO THAT'S PRETTY HUGE.
WE ARE STILL WAITING ON THEM TO PASS THE REGULATIONS FOR THE CONSUMPTION END OF THINGS.
HOPEFULLY THE STATE'S FIRST CONSUMPTION LODGE.
SO THE CONSUMPTION LOUNGE IS JUST AN AREA THAT YOU CAN CHECK OUT YOUR PRODUCTS, CONSUME YOUR PRODUCTS SO IF YOU BOUGHT SOME EDIBLES, YOU CAN OPEN THE PACKAGE AND CHECK THEM OUT.
WE ARE GOING TO SERVE SOME CRAFT CANNABIS COCKTAILS.
THAT'S WHAT THE CONSUMPTION LOUNGE IS GOING TO CONSIST OF.
AN AREA TO CONSUME THE PRODUCTS IN A SAFE MATTER AND EDUCATED ON THE PRODUCTS WHILE YOU ARE DOING IT.
WE WILL HAVE BUD TENDERSES TO EDUCATE THE CUSTOMERS.
AS FAR AS THE DIFFERENT LICENSES GO.
THERE IS CULTIVATION, THERE IS PROCESSING.
THERE IS THE RETAIL.
I CHOSE RETAIL.
I WISH I COULD GET INTO OTHER AVENUES BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, I'M ALLOWED TO DO RETAIL.
SO I HOPE THEY OPEN US UP TO DO SO I HOPE THEY OPEN US UP TO DO OTHER THINGS.
WOULD I LOVE TO DO EVERYTHING FROM SEED TO SALE SOME DAY.
FROM SEED TO SALE SOME DAY.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE KNOWN AS