Kristen Abelon

Would never do it again.

My generation, we drink boons.

That was like the go-to cheap way to get drunk.

In Jacksonville?

Yes, in Jacksonville.

Yeah, even better.

especially so that moonshine my partying started at such a young age um and then it continued obviously into the 20s because you're allowed to actually do that those kind of things sure um i really didn't slow down until maybe like when i actually started my own business but even at the beginning of that like you still go hard because you got to entertain people and like my life everybody's like this is kind of cool you get to

Grow cannabis, you get to smoke it, you get to enjoy those properties.

What a pivot.

Well, you know, I started that back in 2013.

When nobody was kind of doing it.

When nobody was really doing it.

So Arizona was the first one to come online.

And originally with Arizona, they're like, you have to fill out your application and all that good stuff.

The spot that was chosen was way on the outskirts because, you know, I came from that underground world and wanted to have the closest environment to Northern California as possible.

And Prescott Valley was it like that's just below the snow, above the heat.

So that was how I originally started, got into that industry.

And I will tell you, it was the most rewarding experience.

At first, I was like, people just want to get high.

It's cool.