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After God told Bryan to open a cannabis shop, the couple say they have been doing God's work in providing natural care to the sick._ by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Mar 24, 2015 5:02 PM UTC by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Mar 24, 2015 5:02 PM UTC The Brooklyn edition of the hit board game _Settlers of Catan_ is out — at least according to [a new parody by Above Average](http://aboveaverage.com/watch/above-average-presents/settlers-of-brooklyn/), the comedy channel on YouTube launched by Broadway Video, which was founded by _Saturday Night Live_ producer Lorne Michaels. [According to the clip](http://aboveaverage.com/watch/above-average-presents/settlers-of-brooklyn/), the mission of this “game of settlement and exploration” is to create a “fully gentrified colony,” for “in the early 2000s, the land of Brook-_lan_ was virtually uninhabited by young adults with wealthy parents.” Kale is the subject of most of the jokes, and Lena Dunham is crowned the winner. While the fake game is about Brooklyn, the jokes could pretty much apply to any city. ## Transcript [00:00] Good morning, Sacramento. This is Bryan Davies [00:04] and Lanette Davies. [ INAUDIBLE ] I normally just pray, [00:07] thank you lord, thank you lord, thank you lord. Thank you [00:11] lord, for this chance. Thank you, lord, for everything. Thank [00:14] you lord that it's a blessing that Lanette is. I have a fear of [00:17] praying and asking for something. Since you're praying [00:20] against his will, you're praying for evil. Well at this point in [00:23] time I start praying, please help me, Lord. Help me, Lord. [00:26] Tell me what to do. I need to get back in the business. I [00:29] need to do something to be able to earn money. He said, [00:31] open up a pot shop. And the Lord said, who are you [00:36] not to do my will? [ MUSIC ] This has absolutely has been [00:40] a ministry that has been ordained by God. So it is a [00:44] christian dispensary, however, it is run by christians. Not all [00:47] my employees are necessarily christian. It is not something [00:50] that I require from them. Many people will stop because [00:54] they are offended not by the marijuana but by the [00:55] christianity. And it's a strangest thing. I was pissed that they [00:57] open it up. It was not only embarrassing to me, [01:02] it was this is, this is wrong, what are you doing? LIke I don't [01:04] wanna be a part of it. When God told me to open up a [01:06] cannabis shop, I go on the internet. [ SOUND ] They told us [01:09] to target men between the ages of 20 and 30 [01:13] years old because they'll spend the most on cannabis. We [01:16] had a competitor, who used to have Bikini Wednesday. [01:22] [ LAUGH ] Instead, I have a huge amount of elderly that [01:24] are coming by and, you know, they've been taking [01:26] handfuls, poundfuls of pharmaceuticals and getting sicker [01:29] off of the pharmaceuticals! And they come over and say, do [01:31] you have anything on this disease, or this disease. Or, are [01:35] there any studies on this, and how do I get a cannabis [01:37] recommendation? This has been, the whole time, has been [01:40] an education process, so that people could take a look at a [01:43] patient, and not see a stoner. Oh, you work there, that [01:45] means that you get high all the time. It's like actually, no, [01:48] we don't. We have people that come in here and they have [01:51] cancer, and some of the people die. A lot of 'em were [01:54] Christians and believers who were pissed at God. Yeah. [01:56] So that's my whole Sunday Prayer started here. In the [01:58] name of my lord, Jesus Christ, if any evil is in this room, [02:03] may the lord rebuke it. I'm always watching the clock like, [02:07] is it six o'clock yet? Cuz I'm eager to pray. And we pray for [02:11] everyone. Even patients join in on our prayer. We wanna [02:13] thank you for Lanette, Teva, Joe, Jeff, Ronnie [02:15] [ CROSSTALK ] We've actually had employees [02:19] that didn't want to participate for whatever reason [02:20] [ UNKNOWN ], and it's okay. We're not here to judge you, [02:22] one way or another. Hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom [02:24] come. I've [02:29] been coming here for four years, and I'm a very satisfied [02:33] customer. [ INAUDIBLE ] You know what I'm saying, you [02:35] cannot judge people for sinning differently than you. Amen. [02:36] Amen. Thank you. [ CROSSTALK ] And that one [02:40] lady, and what she said was, God's God and you know [02:43] what, I've got cancer and I need all the prayers I can get. [02:44] [ MUSIC ]. I think our court case is something that God has [02:48] provided for us as an opportunity. We did keep completely [02:52] clean records. Everything was absolutely done correctly, to [02:56] the point that we did pass that audit with flying colors. Cana [02:58] Care owes the IRS more than $ 800, 000 in income [03:03] taxes. At issue is this 1982 law, that bans the deduction of [03:07] expenses for trafficking and controlled substances. They [03:10] allow you to take the cannabis as your deduction, but they [03:14] disallow you all the legal expenses. So the IRS came back [03:17] and said give us 194, 000 and they will drop [03:21] everything, and I said no, I wanna go to court. But then they [03:25] make this deal with you, if you give us a couple extra [03:28] percent of gross sales, this all goes behind you. [ MUSIC ]. [03:31] So is it illegal federally or is not illegal federally? Because [03:34] you'll allow us to stay in business if we give you more [03:37] money. [ MUSIC ] Crusaders For Patients Rights is my [03:40] organization. It's kinda my, basis of what I do. Remove [03:42] federal barriers for medical and scientific cannabis [03:44] research, and create [ CROSSTALK ]. We have no [03:48] problems putting together a protest. And we actually have [03:52] done protests at the federal court building and we've done [03:55] candlelight vigils. But even now, churches have even [03:59] come on board. There are several of them that have [04:01] actually said, you know, we don't have a problem with [04:03] medicinal cannabis. They have none. As a matter of fact, [04:05] they wanna have those options open. I use cannabis at [04:09] night. I usually use a pipe, a small amount, and it usually is, [04:12] you know, a couple of tokes and I go to bed. He has a pretty [04:17] gnarly disease. He have [ UNKNOWN ]. I had never seen [04:19] him sleep through a night until Cannabis. Until he used [04:22] Cannabis. I had never seen him sleep through a night. And [04:24] we were married 25 years. I go straight back to, you know, [04:28] God created this as a man made herb. It is a medicine. And [04:32] it works as a medicine. And when it comes down to it, [04:34] God's commandment to us is to take care of the sick and [04:38] ill. Let me ask you this, did God create [04:43] pot? I know he did. [ CROSSTALK ] Created everything. [04:46] And you know what I know about God? He is still working [04:50] with you. I would not do, it if I didn't endorse what we were [04:53] doing here. If I thought for one minute, that [04:57] this was not the way that he wanted us to go. I would not be [05:00] here. I'm always worried about being a negative reflection [05:02] on christianity, because it's not what we wanna do, but at [05:06] the same point, I would be negatively not following God's [05:09] commandments. If I didn't take this stance and work it. 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