want, and i was, like, do you happen to have anything on the exploits of one anthony edward decoppell. i got this e-mail with an indictment in it, and it was tore his last job in 1986 for 35,000 pounds of marijuana. that s a lot. 35,000. there s a grand marijuana joint. can you do the math. it s millions of joints. how does your family feel about you bringing this all to light? are they similarly proud of your father s business exploits? almost everybody in the family was involved to some extent. when i confronted my mother she said, yeah, we were going to tell you. i said how many people were into this? she said everyone that you need to call on the day i die was part of the business. aunts, uncles. it wasn t that unusual because, like i said, it really felt in the 1970s like not only were you breaking an unjust law and being the rosa parks of legalization, but you were making a smart business investment because this was going to take off. 35 extra years, but they were right