Ryan Blair
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I was trained to cultivate marijuana, bag it. I would give it to my friends in the neighborhood. At 11. Even before that. So marijuana, we grew it, you know, we bagged it. I would give it away. I'd trade snakes for it, skateboards for it. Older kids in the neighborhood love me because I just hand them handfuls of it. Yeah, drugs were in my house from the very beginning.
I was trained to cultivate marijuana, bag it. I would give it to my friends in the neighborhood. At 11. Even before that. So marijuana, we grew it, you know, we bagged it. I would give it away. I'd trade snakes for it, skateboards for it. Older kids in the neighborhood love me because I just hand them handfuls of it. Yeah, drugs were in my house from the very beginning.
I was trained to cultivate marijuana, bag it. I would give it to my friends in the neighborhood. At 11. Even before that. So marijuana, we grew it, you know, we bagged it. I would give it away. I'd trade snakes for it, skateboards for it. Older kids in the neighborhood love me because I just hand them handfuls of it. Yeah, drugs were in my house from the very beginning.
Thank you for having me, John.
Thank you for having me, John.
Thank you for having me, John.
I had a lot of entrepreneurial excess. Yeah, excess. It was.
I had a lot of entrepreneurial excess. Yeah, excess. It was.
I had a lot of entrepreneurial excess. Yeah, excess. It was.
That's all right. It's early in the morning.
That's all right. It's early in the morning.
That's all right. It's early in the morning.
What was that like? So I grew up in the Los Angeles area. My dad was an engineer, a really brilliant man. My mom was a housemaker. A lot of love. And they both get addicted to drugs. And I was a child. So my house was in turmoil and trauma and violence. Brothers and sisters all went to prison.
What was that like? So I grew up in the Los Angeles area. My dad was an engineer, a really brilliant man. My mom was a housemaker. A lot of love. And they both get addicted to drugs. And I was a child. So my house was in turmoil and trauma and violence. Brothers and sisters all went to prison.
What was that like? So I grew up in the Los Angeles area. My dad was an engineer, a really brilliant man. My mom was a housemaker. A lot of love. And they both get addicted to drugs. And I was a child. So my house was in turmoil and trauma and violence. Brothers and sisters all went to prison.
Yeah, he was an aerospace engineer. So he was very intelligent. In fact, too intelligent. His mind got the best of him basically toward the end. Wow.
Yeah, he was an aerospace engineer. So he was very intelligent. In fact, too intelligent. His mind got the best of him basically toward the end. Wow.
Yeah, he was an aerospace engineer. So he was very intelligent. In fact, too intelligent. His mind got the best of him basically toward the end. Wow.
I was in the middle class. So in the middle class, dad had $100,000 plus salary. How does dad start using drugs? Do you know? How does this happen? Cocaine.
I was in the middle class. So in the middle class, dad had $100,000 plus salary. How does dad start using drugs? Do you know? How does this happen? Cocaine.