I am pretty good friends with Van Jones and text him on occasion. Even asked him to donate some $ to an org I work for after Bezos gave him 100 mill and he put me on the board that is deciding how those funds will be distributed.
I was also good friends with the late Nicholas Sand. If you don't know I recommend you do some research. A remarkable guy who felt he could change society with psychedelic substances, and it could be argued that he succeeded on some level.
I also sold some weed to Dr. Dre and Pato Banton in a hotel is San Francisco in the 90's.