Today we're talking about the ever changing
and pretty confusing weed laws in DC.
The city has legalized weed,
but not the sale of weed,
so it can be exchanged
through a gifting transaction,
so some dispensaries will let you
buy a T shirt sticker, et cetera,
and then give you a bag of
weed as a gift on the side.
This is part of a wider legalization
trend across the country where 18
states have legal recreational pot.
Now I wanted to get an expert perspective
on this, so I brought in comedian.
And activist Sean Savoy to discuss.
And you're wondering what his
qualifications are to be an expert.
You'll see.
How are we supposed to expect
stoners to actually even remember
all these complicated laws?
It's fairly ironic they have
all these random weird rules and
loopholes for this group of people.
Well, that's one thing that allows
stoners we we, we do remember. Loss.
Laws are one thing that are a focus and.
And usually you have some friend or someone
else that's also partakes in their,
you know, making sure you remember and
you're hearing it over and over again.
But hey, yeah,
you know you're still allowed to gift.
You're still allowed to gift.
You're still allowed to do this.
I just wish they would.
Like in countries that I mean like if
they wanna fix like relationships with the
police like places where weed is legal,
they should just let like cops smoke too.
You know then people won't be like,
you know after police after police
they'll be like smoke with the police.
That's not bad.
I mean, all those times you get
stopped and then the police goes back
in his cruiser for like 20 minutes
and you have to sit there, sweat
it out and be like I think
you fell asleep back there.
I think he passed out
because of being a great time
because you know cops will be
chasing you in a low speed car.
Chase both you guys are doing 15 on
the right lane like come on pull over,
he's high, you're high like
you know I pulled you over.
You're like I don't know why you
pulled me over I don't know either.
I just saw you had a Danish on your dash
right there let me get a bite of that
and let's get out of here.
I thought maybe you could remind
me now how has your perception
changed towards marijuana
as it's become more legalized
in the United States? Or has it?
It's changing the fact that I'm glad that.
A lot of healing is going to
be going on on this earth.
The more it becomes legalized and the more.
I was a part of a lot of. Different.
Like groups out in Denver that were in
the in the heights of all the fighting
for all the wheat legislations like.
And for like CBD and helping
out kids that have seizures and
all kinds of stuff like that,
I was there when they passed the bill
there allows parents to come and deliver
weed to their kids in school and Denver
that have a medical problems like.
So like.
It's going to be a world healing
and it's going to be an awakening,
and it's also going to calm a
lot of people down,
so I'm all for it.
Well,
how do you think society's
perception of marijuana has changed?
Because I mean, I can tell you
that I feel like the the laws were
out of alignment with society's
perception for a very long time,
but I think it's like it's like
weeds hopping on that whole scheme.
Thing with all the things that are
changing now that people are becoming
more aware of, you know like.
All the gender and new laws.
All the weed like everyone's
becoming comfortable with everything.
Now you know everyone's wanting to not hate.
And they're wanting to like love more,
so like like the perceptions,
easy or changed now like like a kid
can go to their mom but mom you know
I'm just smoking I'm going to you
know like before you know you'd be
like grounded for her then the time
but now you could have a conversation
maybe parents and kids and a lot
of parents are like smoking around
their kids and their kids are like
no it's like a whole new perception
and it's not just like weed is bad
and you're going to jail and you're
going to ruin yourself for life.
Now it's like oh weed is no,
you might become a influencer and
get a million followers on tick Tock.
Now keep doing your weed videos.
My take away, despite your perceptions,
potheads know the law,
which actually brings to mind one
of my favorite Dave Chappelle jokes.
If you even think about breaking the law,
some brother jump out the bushes like
don't do that brother that's five to
10 if you wanna hear more from Sean.
He hosts a live comedy show at Nottingham's
Tavern every Saturday at 10:30 PM.
No word yet on what exactly the
gift is for going to that show.
I have an idea though.