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THE BUZZ
Live with Michigan’s Most Famous Stoner
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Freddie “The Stoner” Miller appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live in late May, the third time he’s been interviewed by the talk show host since January 2020. What is it about Miller that makes him so appealing that Kimmel keeps having him on? Here’s the answer—and more—from Michigan’s star stoner, along with news of an unbelievably happy ending.
Do you have any idea why Kimmel keeps having you on?
Ha, ha—because I’m funny looking? No, I actually got to sit down and talk with him after we shot our bit, after he ew me to Hollywood. I genuinely think he has interest in me. He’s laidback, cool, and he likes to have fun and make fun. And I think he genuinely has fun with me.
How did this newest development—you going on the show live—occur?
This time it was out of the blue. I didn’t know they were going to contact me at all. But the premise of the episode was that Jimmy had seen an ad for an internship for a marijuana-delivery service called Emjay in California. They wanted to hire three interns or just one to try out 600
of their products and do reviews. Jimmy saw that and said to himself, “I know a guy for the job.” They wanted to do a three-way interview with Jimmy, me, and the CEO.
How did the interview go?
I don’t know if it went good or bad, but I did get the job. On the interview, Jimmy had me smoke two of their joints and do a quick elevator pitch for the product. In my honest opinion, I think Jimmy twisted this man’s arm. Chris, who is the CEO, was telling me about the amount of applicants they’ve had—1,100 for three positions—from around the world. I told them they should hire the guy from Mexico. Jimmy cut in and said, “No, no, I really think this is the guy for the job. Can you move him into your house?” Chris answered, “I’ll have to ask my wife and kids.” I o ered to stay in his dog’s house (and not get his dog high). And Chris doubled with, “Well, we can probably get you an Airbnb.”
I did bring a copy of my résumé, too—a hand-written one from the airplane (see picture).
Are you nervous about taking the job?
I’m always a nervous person, but yes, slightly. I think it’s a 90-day internship, and there are 600 products I’d need to review. I do intake a lot of THC and cannabis, so I might be able to function through it just ne.
What needs to happen in order for you to sign on?
Well, it’s a paid internship, part-time. It doesn’t really pay $100,000, and it’s expensive to stay out in California. My dad said that if I was o ered a job, I should probably take it.
This could lead to your big break. You could end up with your own show, or in a movie!
That’s true. There aren’t a lot of Hollywood producers out in Buchanan, Michigan, where I live.
What have you learned from this ongoing experience?
The most important lesson to me, and complete honesty here, is how important people can be to one another. For me, I’m kind of ba ed by it all. Because I’m a relative nobody but I seem to be a very important person to a lot of people. And I’m starting to realize my own importance and the importance of other people in my life. To me, it’s like an unending butter y e ect. When you start to realize the importance of people around you, it goes on and on.
BY THE NUMBERS
30K
Number of caregivers in Michigan who provide cannabis for approximately 70,000 ill or injured people in the state
$115.4
MILLION
Michigan’s medical and recreational marijuana sales in March 2021, more than double March 2020 sales
350K
DOLLARS
List price for a fourbedroom, 2.5-bath home in Burr Oak, with an existing caregiver grow in a detached 60-by40-foot garage with 400 amps of power, AC, natural gas, and water
THE RISE OF THE CANNA-PARENT
With the launch of Cannabis Like a Mother, Scary Mommy brings weed into the parentsphere.
First there were the “wine moms.” Now there are the “weed moms”—ones who, along with dads, have turned to cannabis for serenity, relaxation, other health bene ts, and, in some cases, to help their children deal with everything from generalized anxiety to symptoms associated with autism. Now Scary Mommy, an online community of millions of women who support each other through the shared experience of motherhood, and the cannabis company Curaleaf together are taking a huge leap into the cannasphere with a newly launched website called Cannabis Like a Mother (cannabislikeamother.com) aimed to help women who are “curiously considering to con dently consuming.” Cannabis newbies can consult the launch’s FAQ, which answer everything from “Is Cannabis the same as marijuana/pot/weed?” to “Do I smoke it? Eat it? I heard you can put it under your tongue.” And the website works to destigmatize any mom who believes bud actually makes her a better mother (see Confessional 7181422, who says, “Cannabis makes me an amazing homemaker and mother. I make delicious dinners, do tons of art projects with my son, and my house is clean.”) It’s Leave it to Beaver’s June Cleaver, only with a perma-grin.
VOX POPULI Question: What does freedom mean to you?
ANDREW MCFARLANE
Founder, Michigan Cannabis Trail Traverse City
___________________ Freedom means that I can treat my cancer with cannabis!
AMANDA LE’ANNE BRUNZELL
Navy Veteran and Cannabis Advocate Grand Rapids
___________________ Freedom is the ability to say no without retribution.
AARON PETERSEN
Client Technology Manager for enPower Technology Solutions Greenville
___________________ The ability to present one’s true self without fear of acceptance.
NYDIA ZAMORANOTORRES
Cannabis Advocate and Educator Rochester
___________________ Individual freedom is collective freedom— abundance and wealth with no scarcity or fear.
ANNALEE BUSCHBACHER
Customer Service Specialist Hamburg Township
___________________ Freedom is being able to buy weed LEGALLY and smoke without fear, judgment, or feeling like I need to hide my weed. I love being able to do that!
Maskless, but on the Defense
Even with mask mandates lifted, doctors still advise smokers to keep their joints to themselves.
PHOTO BY MARIDAV, ADOBE STOCK In March of 2020, CelebStoner.com advised its readers: “Due to the new health paradigm, we recommend no sharing of joints, pipes, bongs, and vape devices.” But what to do now that 45 percent of Americans are fully vaccinated and, in Michigan, the statewide mask mandate has been lifted?
In a gobbledygook answer overusing the word “vaccinated,” doctors interviewed for CelebStoner’s story said, “If you’re vaccinated and the person you’re with is vaccinated, then sharing a joint should be as safe as two vaccinated people kissing.”
But even though Covid cases are now plunging, protecting ourselves not only from Covid but the fl u is reason enough for CelebStoner’s resident canna-medicine expert Dr. Mary Clifton to deter people from sharing their cannabis implements. “Fully vaccinated people can resume sharing but should be aware that even the ordinary fl u has a 10 percent rate of cardiac complications, and multiple other respiratory viruses have potential neurologic complications.”
So, as sad as it may be, it’s still smart to protect yourself by smoking your own joints, says Clifton. It’s not the 1960s anymore, when cannabis was less plentiful and sharing was a necessity to get more people stoned, CelebStoner adds. The upshot? Go ahead and share your weed, for sure, but smoke it in your own device.
BILITIES
BY STEPHANIE WILSON, EDITOR IN CHIEF
1 GETAWAY CAR: Parking space is the new personal space. Pinterest Predicts, the brand’s “not-yet-trending report” prognosticates that in 2021, cars will become the new “third space” for everything from date nights to man caves—which I can totally see happening ... for people who drive something larger than a Fiat.
2 FIFI THE FIAT: My car didn’t come with an owner’s manual; she came with an app. And the rst time I opened it up, it greeted me with this statement/question combo: 85% of Fiat owners name their cars. What’s your Fiat’s name?
3 FIFI. Her name is Fi .
4 I BROUGHT HER HOME ONE DAY IN AUGUST ALMOST
EIGHT YEARS AGO, and she still makes me smile when I see her. She’s just cute, and her name ts her.
5 NOT MUCH ELSE FITS IN HER THOUGH, WHICH BRINGS ME BACK TO THE ORIGINAL POINT: Fi doesn’t o er much
space inside, but she can get me to places where space abounds. I am forever grateful for her tiny little engine that struggles a whole helluva lot trying to get up Colorado’s mountains. (Fi ’s more of a Florida girl at heart—#same. And also #soon!
6 AS IN: As soon as cannabis becomes legal for recreational use in the Sunshine State, expect to see Fi cruising back to the tropics. If you tag or send us an Insta of your and your (named) car (@stephwilll), we’ll be sure to wave if we see you when we’re out there on the road again.
PACE YOURSELF
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While you indulge in the summer swell, consider planning for what’s next in your life, career, and family. The Lamare line of planners is one of the most useful, inspiring, and motivating organizational product lines we’ve come across. It may take a little work to get it all set up, but with the di erent Lamare planners, the process of self-awareness, introspection, and setting goals makes all of those dreams you’re dreaming tangible.
The One Day At A Time planner is quite literally an invitation to break down your goals into bite sizes. Pages include 12-week goals, monthly focuses and re ections, weekly layouts, and a section for all those copious get-my-life-in-order notes. The goal is to spark creativity, bump up your con dence, indulge in some self-love, and reign in the feelings of being overwhelmed by taming the growing task lists you create.
The Remember Why You Started food and tness journal is ideal when you’ve really decided to put your health rst. If we’re being totally honest with ourselves, we all kind of suck at keeping up with food and tness logging on our phones—mainly because we get lost in the Instagram wormhole. This journal is more practical and allows you to see any eating or tness patterns that need reevaluating.
Lamare planners and journals set you up for success. Other products include Dream Life Workbook, Be You (a rmation cards), Do It (weekly planner), Abundance ( nancial planner), Track Me (habit-tracking calendar), Wander Always (travel journal), 30-day Challenge, and more.
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PROVIDING TRANSPARENCY & DELIVERING RESULTS
At Aronoff Law we simplify the complexity of regulations to ensure your cannabis business is protected. Representing individuals and businesses with licensing, compliance, real estate and business formation under the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act, the Medical Marijuana Facilities Licensing Act and the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act.
OUR SPECIALTIES
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