Sometimes people’s lives are in your hands, so if somebody comes in and they say they have a disease and you don’t know what will help that disease, or even the basis of that disease, you could literally kill somebody. “My whole thing is start small. Calling it the "human canvas jury," the newly tattooed individuals are gathered in a room to look over everyone's work and critique it. When Leafly stopped by Inyo Fine Cannabis in Las Vegas, Nevada, we were pleasantly surprised to see Rob’s familiar face behind the counter and hear his trademark voice offering helpful suggestions to patients. By submitting this form, you will be subscribed to news and promotional emails from Leafly and you agree to Leafly's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. So that’s what got me into going into a dispensary instead of just doing things on the side, on my own. So the other night I was flipping through the channels and happened to see a show on A&E called Bad Ink. That was just masking all my pain. What are your hobbies and your lifestyle like? A lot of these people are 50-, 60-, 70-year-old men and women who have just been given a horrible diagnosis. Keep up with new strains, products, trends, and deals with Leafly’s curated cannabis newsletter. Once every six months or so I’d be down on my back and not be able to get up. I can’t tell somebody, “You smoke this and you’re going to feel like this.” Every person’s different. This was before any of the dispensaries opened up. Season 4 Ink Master Winner Scott Marshall died of a cocaine overdose. Do they ever fix the bad tattoos on Ink Master? So my thing is always, always, always start them as small as possible and then let them build up as they feel comfortable. If you’ve ever watched an episode of A&E’s Bad Ink, you might know co-host Rob Ruckus as the outspoken, tattooed, punk rocker that he is. I teach people how to make oil. Luckily the Nevada [medical marijuana] program kind of coincided with that, and I got in early out here. Which is the way I look at it. First thing I do, when somebody comes in, especially when people come in and say, “Let me have your highest THC,” that right there just tells me that somebody is uneducated. I don’t want anybody to take too much and be scared off by this and never come back, because it’s happened to me before. Some kid isn’t going to look at her red straw with two crimped ends and think, “Ooh, that’s delicious! You can unsubscribe from Leafly email messages anytime. And how did that lead to you becoming a budtender? I’ve fallen off of buildings, jumped off stages, I’ve been in more car accidents than I can count. To learn more about Rob’s passion for cannabis and his path to serving Las Vegas-area patients, we sat down with the man. The premise of the show is two total tools walk around Vegas and try to check out bad tattoos. This isn’t just selling pot to somebody. Privacy Policy. My favorite story is the mother that came in with her little girl—I believe she was seven years old—with epilepsy. Even before Bad Ink, I was selling pot in front of that place [Pussykat Tattoo Parlor] when it was still a Blockbuster 30 years ago. Season 2 premiered on January 20, 2014. So, I’d say about seven years ago I was taking literally 40 loratab-10s [prescription opioids] a day. Now I see the difference every day. Right about the time I started doing Bad Ink, a friend of mine’s daughter was diagnosed with bladder cancer and was told that she wouldn’t [live … The canvases will argue over which tattoo they like … I’m good at talking with all kinds of people. I was looking up terpenes and cannabinoids and diseases. I couldn’t say a word about that for a few years! Or their kids have epilepsy and the kid went to school and started to have a seizure, sucked down some RSO inside of a honey stick, and the seizure stopped. I’m going to be doing a documentary about, like, ‘70s proto-punk in New York. When I’m home, a lot of times I’m studying. She’d have never had a normal sex life. I was completely addicted to painkillers. I don’t want anybody to take too much and be scared off.”. What advice would you give to someone who is interested in becoming a budtender? Then they talk the person into getting a cover-up on the supposed bad tattoo while laughing at the outrageous story behind the bad tattoo. We won't share this without your permission. But I have my limits, too. Bad Ink Series Information: “Bad Ink” centers on Dirk Vermin, one of the nation’s most well-respected tattoo artists, and his best friend Ruckus as they go on the hunt for sin city’s worst ink jobs. Cannabis Legalization 2016: America Votes, How to Ask Your Budtender for Sexual Product Recommendations, ‘Follow your own light,’ Carlos Santana tells Leafly readers, Weed rituals: a cross-cultural connection to calm, Why I feel guilty going to the dispensary. –Gene B. Nope. I took that capsule, and the next morning I woke up [was] the best I’d felt in years. I’m learning from them. New ways of consuming. We use cookies to enable essential features of our site and to help personalize your experience. So we blurred out my face, changed my voice, I went on the air. I’ve had very, very good friends of mine that came down with cancer. Before July of last year, home extraction was still OK. As of July of last year, home extraction’s now a Class C felony. I think it was her fifth day after [her mother] bought the stuff, she started having a seizure and sucked down that honey and oil real quick — and the seizure didn’t happen. We’ve got a big problem. I’m an old punk rocker that used to be on TV for a while, who got sick of seeing his friends die and started doing his research. Growing up, cannabis was always just a part of my life. I wasn’t allowed to advocate at all. I didn’t always know that I was self-medicating, but it always worked for me. You know, like friends of mine and family members. Everything is better since I’m off that poison. He shared his take on cannabis’s potential as medicine and revealed what attracted him to budtending in the first place. Follow him on Instagram at @the.avid.dabber. Will is a cannabis expert and former co-host of Leafly's "What Are you Smoking" podcast. And I’m like, it’s not me, it’s the medicine that did it. Bad Ink est une série de téléréalité américaine diffusée à partir du 11 août 2013 sur A&E[1]. So how does she medicate while she’s at school? My thought process is better. It was because I had people coming to me. Every now and then it would happen while she’s at school. You know, it’s an amazing time to be alive, because I sure never would have expected this. http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/07/10/new-reality-series-bad-ink-to-premiere-sunday-august-11-on-ae/191250/, http://lasvegascitylife.com/blog/culture-alert/dirk-vermins-bad-ink-coming-tv-august.html, http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/01/08/aes-bad-ink-season-2-to-premiere-monday-january-20-at-9-pm/227682/, https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bad_Ink&oldid=174296217, Émission de télévision produite aux États-Unis, Article à illustrer Émission de télévision, licence Creative Commons attribution, partage dans les mêmes conditions, comment citer les auteurs et mentionner la licence. Of course she can’t smoke anything, she can’t take any vapor. With your involvement at Inyo, is there one particular moment that stands out as most impactful? I’m still working with some film stuff. My own mother was having problems, and I put her onto the oil. Any final thoughts on budtending, cannabis use in general, or any other elements of your life? So the mother decided quality over quantity, and we started researching cannabis oil.

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