I brought my Jeep to a stop in front of the steps of the Capitol Building...
The Congressman waved to me from those stairs he had descended countless times over his three decades in the House of Representatives. He smiled broadly as he climbed into my passenger seat.
"Hello Jimmy, thanks so much for the lift," he said.
The congressman I was picking up was former California Representative Dana Rohrabacher. We had arranged to spend the afternoon discussing - of all things - cannabis law.
We drove through the nation's capital and headed to the Gadsby's Tavern, the famed 1785 watering hole where George Washington celebrated his inauguration along with fellow founding fathers John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison.
We walked into the tavern to meet some other high-profile guests for dinner and drinks, and dig deep into the world of cannabis investing...
Rohrabacher was not only on the short list for Secretary of State for President Trump, he was also one of the first major political figures to advocate for legalized marijuana.
It was no easy task... he failed six times to pass his pro-cannabis bill.
While we enjoyed old fashions and prime rib with our dinner party - sitting at George Washington's favorite table, we had some very interesting discussions about the history of federal cannabis law.
He told me that, as a Republican, it was near impossible to make any movement on legal cannabis. He tried several different methods over his decades in Congress, but Republicans were "too scared of the far-right Christian Conservatives and losing their primaries" to agree to common-sense cannabis laws.
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Even talking about the struggles he had during his advocacy made him visibly angry. Rep. Rohrabacher was clearly way ahead of his time. He told me that it was an inalienable right for Americans to be free to do as they wished as long as it didn't impede on others to do the same. He told me that the government should not be standing in the way of Americans' right to safe and effective medicine.
He told me that throwing people in jail for "smoking a weed" simply ruined the lives of millions of Americans and wasted billions in tax money and pulled law enforcement away from actual crimes like murder, rape, and theft.
The Rohrabacher-Farr amendment passed in 2014, and has protected medical cannabis companies from being raided by the federal government ever since. It was the very first time that the House or the Senate voted to protect medical cannabis patients.
It was a watershed moment for the industry and paved the way for the current "green wave" of cannabis investing.
That's the real reason I drove to D.C.
Mr. Rohrabacher now works as a consultant for some of the most interesting and lucrative cannabis companies operating today...
Now, I can't share the intimate details about our discussions here. And I don't bring up the fact that I'm rubbing elbows with congressmen and cannabis insiders to brag. I do feel that it's important to note that I reach out and meet with people like this because I honestly think it's the only way you can really find the truth about the cannabis companies I invest in.
It takes a lot of legwork, a lot of patience, and a lot of traveling in order to uncover the best cannabis companies out there.
This year alone, I've taken trips to Colombia, Copenhagen, California, Canada, and Mexico to unearth the most underreported companies operating in the space today. You simply cannot discover these diamonds in the rough by sitting at a computer all day.
While I can't reveal the behind-the-scenes investigations I had that night at the tavern, I can share my secrets for cannabis success, along with the five most lucrative cannabis companies I've found in my travels and backroom chats.
If you're curious to see how I'm able to do what I do, I lay it all out right here.
Godspeed,
Jimmy is a managing editor for Outsider Club and the investment director of the personal finance advisory, The Crow's Nest, and cannabis stocks advisory, The Marijuana Manifesto. For more on Jimmy, check out his editor's page.