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I can't stop smiling after his comment, "The only doctors we should be ignoring are the ones who are on tv." Amen.
My friend, who is a nurse, CLAPPED at that! Also.... I'm a Greg....
TheRiku57 That's awesome on both counts. :)
TheRiku57 are you from zwooper
No, you are Riku.
That's not the actual quote.
John: "I need to buy a 6,000 USD leather jacket for one quick joke" HBO: "Sure, okay, I guess"
All things considered, probably not the highest amount he's spent on one-shot jokes :P
@@Astraeus.. A Raisin Monsoon, that's dragon money for you.
@Max Richards And soon to be the purchase of the Philly Phanatic 👀
Duke Valefor yeah lmao remember the wax presidents😂
To be fair, it's probably worth more than that to fans on the show now.
Got my friend Greg stoned, ordered a pizza and laughed my ass off seeing his face
Madlad
Have any video!?
You’re a madlad
Megamind in the flesh right here
Genius. Now I just need to find someone named Greg to become friends because I have to see this in person.
The government: I can’t prescribe marijuana because that’s a dangerous drug and it’ll only lead to addiction Also the government: but here are some opioids instead!
bruh right?? 😂 buncha nincompoops. They we're SUPPOSED to be an accurate representation of our collective and varied values as a people, and now it seems not hardly a damn one of them has a clue about anything in everyday life, and they're legislating and enforcing to force all of US to THEIR paradigm instead. I've lost good friends to that trash and almost lost family to opiates as well. Havent had to go through that loss a single time from cannabis though! One of the very very few decent things I will give Donny T any semblance of credit for doing was decriminalization. Who woulda thunk it 😂🤦
Here's alcohol!
the government helped make an unbearable world and then chose to ban one of the safest ways people deal with it
Google the guy the government has been sending 300 joints every month since the 80’s.
@@skyteus damn it I was gonna say that
I'm a Greg, I'm not high, I don't even live in the US and I'm still freaking out
But were you eating pizza?
@@Dragonlover553 Greg, answer the mans question.
WELP
Dragonlover553 assume the answer is yes if there's no response it's probably the most common thing political figures do to dodge and yet answer the question
I like how grxg h is stating very clearly that he's *a* Greg. Not just Greg, not *the* Greg, but *a* Greg.
Everyone is debating in the comments on whether or not Marijuana should be legalized, meanwhile I'm hunting for high Gregs
Same
Me to
Don't hunt Gregs, they've been through enough.
Step 1: fly to the UK. Step 2: once you get out of Heathrow, head into Soho in central London, find a dealer. Buy weed, hope it's decent. Step 3: wait until morning, perhaps in a hotel. Find where your nearest Gregg's bakery is. Sleep Step 4: smoke, head to Gregg's, buy a stuffed slice, successful hunting! Step 5: enjoy that profit?
Im doung it
My little sister was diagnosed with brain cancer at 12 years old. (surgery and treatment worked she is alive and well at 32yrs now) She was always a little chunky, but a year after her diagnosis chemo and radiation had turned her into a skeleton because she had no appetite and almost everything she did eat would either hurt her stomach or come back up. She was prescribed "Marinol" which was a small round pill of thc dissolved in sesame oil. My parents never told her what it was just that it was supposed to help her eat. The first time she took one, an hour later she was giggling and ate 3 bowls of cereal in a row and just said laughing, pain free and with with joy "I don't know why, but I am HUNGRY and can actually eat!" I am a little bit older and my parents are cool, we were all in the other room laughing about it and all so happy our Katie could eat again! It's both safe fun and a life saving medicine.
That's really awesome man, right on!! 👊⚡
This is beautiful ❤
I really appreciate HBO letting these videos be put on KZhead. If I decide to pay for a streaming service or extra cable channel, it will be HBO
@fjf sjdnx in some countries HBO isn't available
Bring back tales from the crypt and I'd pay for it too!!! Gonna buy Hulu just for them bringing back new Archer.
They don’t put the whole show. They put the main story... which is still awesome.
They didn't pay Chappelle a cent so they can afford it
I’d definitely get HBO Now if I were you, fair pricing and phenomenal show choices
This is trippy guys.. I'm high as fuck and I think John is talking to me
Greg, you're not high, at all. John is talking to you and only you, no one else.
Well are u a hedgehog
He called you by both your names, Greg the Stoner and Roland the hedgehog, the question really is....are you a human named Greg? or a hedgehog named Roland.....what if like you are like, both, man....
Listen to what the universe is trying to tell you
I went to comments just to find Greg. I was more than pleased!
Didn't smoke Marijuana till I was 27. Every night I would have nightmares (when I could sleep), depression, and anxiety. It all happened during my service in the military. I was on an insane amount of pills the VA prescribed to me. None of that is an issue now and I am down to 1 pill a night thanks to Marijuana. And I also just got my acceptance letter to a University .
Way to go! I support you! Glad you got rid of all those poisonous pills and went with a natural remedy. [edit to fix typo]
Congratulations and thank you for your service!
Congrats dude what are you studying to be?
Congrats!!! Here in WI a veteran ended up dying as a result of his VA doctor prescribing too many opioid meds! He was a younger man with a wife and children. Being a vet myself, I found this whole thing extremely horrid. Prayers to his family 😇🙇♂️
Good on you.
How brave of him to say "Yankees suck" in front of an audience of New Yorkers.
My exact thought
@fjf sjdnx I'm pretty sure 35volts was just making a joke. I actually had the exact same thought during that line.
Real New Yorkers like the Mets
Why? they do suck.
from my experience most New Yorkers don't like the Yankees anyway
Christ, just look at the faces of the people in the background of that interview, when he talks about that bad nights and remembering his demons, they know exactly what he's talking about and they all just had a collective ptsd flashback, just utterly heartbreaking.
I'm Greg, I'm stoned, I got really paranoid when I heard the British guy and then i realized I live in Canada.
The comment is the best. 🇨🇦
Wait, your name isn’t really Dingo D. Manhunter?
Your name is Dingo, not Greg
Be me: chilling with the homies on the porch. It’s been a long day at the Boston harbor shipyard. Smoking the green out of Thomas’ cob pipe. Hear voices. they’re British. Oh god oh fuck. Samuel hands you your rifled musket. You’re starting to feel it. Everything is slowing down, I am calm, holding my musket steady. I see 5 red coats round the corner. The hammer ignites the powder, sending a slug down my rifled barrel. The hit is clean and deadly. My compatriots’ shots strike true as well. One lobster back remains, he drops his musket and runs. This was our cue, we disappear into the alleys to evade reinforcements. We will fight another day.
I'm proud to be your 420th upvote.
Ah, shit, John's talking to me again. Better lay off the pot for a bit.
hey he said we should change this mess for greg. :P
Greg Duarte no one who actually smokes weed calls it pot 😂
yes they do lol
Kyle Mueller lol no
yea they really don't, I was going for verbal rhythm but came off as a fraud instead
Just going to point this out: no abused wife has ever said "it's only when he's toking".
Came to the comments to say something along the same lines, as I've been that woman albeit not a wife, but the point stands.
That is a very very good point...
They say it like this " he's grumpy when he's out of weed, or is running out and doesn't have enough to buy more" ... or So I have been told by a MFT
DAMN! That is brilliant! These are the kinds of points that every single rule should be built upon!!!!!! Put that next to the FDA calling marijuana "safer than aspirin" and you are pretty close to making marijuana mandatory. Thank you!
It's not that brillant as I'll bet anything that that phrase has been said, and so I checked and found 5 right away (you have to remember no matter how stupid some reason for anything humans have used it and said it out loud somewhere at some point).......soooooo, funny, but not accurate. But compared to alcohol there is no question which is exponentially worse
You can see how emotional John gets. he's not just a personality.
I am high and my name is Greg. This is some twilight zone shit...
He was talking to you Greg. He can see you through your screen, Greg. He's always watching, Greg. Always watching.
You just made that account so you could say you're greg?
I was looking for this comment +1
+Levi Schlafley i was looking for this comment..
Yo I'm high af and my name is Greg too 😧
Greg it's just a video, calm down
what the hell? Sm64 commenting on this? huh, who knew
This is a bit of shock seeing you here.
StoneMountain64 haya
Hell yeah stone SM64!!!
Legal weed in georgia
The fact this episode is age restricted but none of the others speaks volumes on the subject.
The reason the "declare illegal income" trap works so well is that *not* declaring it _also becomes a crime._ I mean, if you don't fill out part of your tax forms, that's tax evasion. If you do fill that part out, you're admitting to illegal income. It's genius.
It's also a lawful form of evil being committed against legal marijuana growers.
It's how they caught Al Capone, iirc.
To be clear, though: The government cannot prosecute you for "doing crimes"; they have to actually specify what they're prosecuting you for. And the IRS does not require you to tell them *how* you made money illegally, just *that* you have money illegally. So you're not actually confessing to anything in a legal sense. That being said, if you acknowledge a large amount of illegal income on your tax return, that will definitely increase law enforcement interest in you.
"Don't break the law while you're breaking the law". Some crimes may not be around forever, and some crimes may get overlooked, but if you break a crime like tax evasion, that shit sticks
This boggles the mind... I'm a Canadian retired veteran who receives 90 grams of marijuana monthly, paid for by Veterans Affairs Canada. My actual dosage is 5 grams daily for a total of 150 grams, but I can claim the remaining 60 grams on my taxes. My dosage is 150 grams a month, but VAC only pays for 90. If I need it, I can buy the other 60 grams legally, shipped right to my door, or I can pick it up at the Post Office.
BiggTeddyMikey. I'm moving to Canada tomorrow, today if I can pack fast enough
Well that's because you're Canadian, the rest of us are trying figure our shit out with varying degrees of success.
BiggTeddyMikey - Wow ... thank you for sharing this. That's what it means to be rational about it.
They actually deliver Medical cannabis in Canada!? That is the dream of so many pot heads..
Yes ... but he forgot to mention the hardship of having 20 strains to chose from, edibles and other delivery systems ... and they can take as long as two days to get it to you ... just some more of the extreme hardships we Canadians must endure ....
I feel so sorry for Greg right now. Don't worry Greg, it's fine, everything will be okay.
J.L Hunter but he won't be. John will return, and Greg shall feel his doorknob Harry Potter magic soon
WILL IT THOUGH!?
NO BECAUSE THIS IS NOT HIS SAFE HOME, THIS IS NOT HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE!
swat team is on its way
We got him. Send the dogs, we found Greg.
Im a disabled Veteran and I can agree marijuana is the ONLY thing that helps with my PTSD... those meds from the VA had me feeling literally like a souless zombie.
I miss dunking on Obama for the little things, like his tone of voice, and not for collusion or obstruction of justice.
He wore a tan suit once. Never forget.
@@bryanekers3472 Don't forget asking for Dijon mustard on a hotdog.
He also didn’t wear a jacket in the Oval Office which is something Reagan never did
@@ADRgman You got me curious, so I had to look that one up. It turns out Snopes has an entry falsifying it. I'm a little surprised anyone would make such a ridiculous claim, giving Snopes something to debunk in the first place.
We all miss those days
There was this one time I ate way too many cannabis cookies and hallucinated a terrifying conversation with John Oliver in which he yelled at me about how I need to get my shit together. It changed me. And now I wonder...
can't stop laughing over this
Bruh, weed doesn't give you visual hallucinations...
Not anything vivid, but it is certainly possible to experience minor hallucinations when you are stoned (even without edibles). It is psychoactive after all.
That DOES sound terrifying
I have never met no one in my 28 years that hallucinates because of cannabis.
That's the most frustrating part of owning a medical cannabis company. The Feds won't let me have a bank account because they call it money laundering. But when it comes tax season, they have no problem taking my "dirty drug money".
not to mention how they dont mind at all taking the money from big pharma who create drugs supposed to heal but go untested for long-term effects and can be known to cause more problems, and more chemical drugs. butttt.. that money is all good. pot money is no no.
You should try and use HSBC as an example. They launder drug money all the time, AND they got busted red handed, AND they only got fined 1% of what they laundered. AND they still launder money to this day!
my names Greg n im smoking a blunt tripping out watching this lol
He sees you Greg. He’s watching, always watching.
super creepy
Found one
Even if you don't enjoy weed the tax revenue for each state and the federal government would be huge and could help us all. It could be used to fund important things like infrastructure and schools. Also so many ppl locked up for weed would get out of jail/prison which would also make this country a better place
I'M FREAKING THE FUCK OUT
Greg!
Greg Cottrell Ello, Greg! 😂😎
Thanks Greg
Didn't take me long to find a Greg in the comments :P .
Greg Cottrell yeah, this is EXACTLY what I was looking for?!!
It's the same here in Europe. German police caught me at the Dutch border. They found 6g of fine Dutch weed, and the officers actually told me how sorry they were for having to fine me. Even the police think that making Marihuana illegal is STUPID.
Jaikee Berlin its illegal because it is so good to be true. Cannabis is proven to destroy cancer cells. They doesnt want it to get legal so people with cancer can give money.
Hælmers 432 a gun will kill cancer in a petri dish you twit.
Hælmers 432 spot on. Rick Simpson oil for the win
You only got a fine?! If you tried to cross into America with pot, I'm pretty sure they'd just shoot you.
_"It's the same here in Europe."_ Not really, especially not in Germany and most certainly not in Bavaria. Sure we don't have people spending the rest of their life in prison over weed, but there's basically been zero progress on the legalization front. The recent change, to allow for "medical use", is something that was supposedly already in effect for years, the only reason this latest change in law happened is because the German version of the supreme court gave out more and more licenses for sick people to grow their own weed. The German government couldn't tolerate that, so this recent change in law happened and with that, they also removed the license for growing your own. Now people will be forced to pay inflated prices for weed at pharmacies which can't even tell them if it's sativa or indica their getting. The vast majority of German physicians and pharmacies are utterly clueless about the differences in strains and cannabinoids, heck pretty much the only research done is on how cannabis is triggering psychosis, basically regurgitating outdated reefer-madness cliches. The German drug-commissioner is still staunchly anti-weed, while at the same time proudly tweeting pictures of her booze collection, fucking drunk hypocrites.
When the veteran is talking look at the people in the background. Look how powerfully his statement effects them
He may be biased. That doesn't make him wrong.
@cak01vej Is that true or a joke
@cak01vej that's awesome! Why have I not heard of this before?
Day 40-something of Corona - by now, laughter in late night shows just feels weird...
Yeah I feel that
It feels even weirder now. Like those old sitcoms where half the "live studio audience " would be dead by now
After a year, yeahhhhhh
You do not have to love weed to support the legalization of marijuana
That is a correct statement
I won’t smoke it even if it is legal and I _still_ think it’s asinine that it’s illegal.
It helped my brother out quite a lot, we both suffer from ptsd, and as a teenager got addicted to drugs to try and cope (i chose food instead) eventually he tried pot and its helped him a lot
Becca Taylor I hope you guys are doing alright
@@EllaAngeli we are, thank you
"...giggling about how owls seem like they have glasses... but like, don't have glasses." My ribs are hurting :D
*_Wait what_*
Haha that was soooo funny 😂😂😂
I worked for the IRS they do not report illegal income. When I asked why, I was told, "we don't want them to not want to pay taxes on that income with fear of being reported." Which I have to say, I completely understand that.
That stoned pigeon transition was just *chef kiss* perfect
I have a government run weed store less than 10 minute away from my apartment on foot. I walk in front of it every day on my way to the gym. Sometimes I pick up a little something on the way back. Eventually people will realize that everybody was smoking weed anyway. Legalizing it just keeps good people out of jail and takes money away from criminals.
The United States legalized Cannabis Sativa to win World War II: catalog.archives.gov/id/1682 kzhead.info/sun/la2xdsyRjaiVeqM/bejne.html www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3652 www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/3174 crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RL/RL32725
Here in California, in a tiny town on the central coast, I have three dispensaries within a 10 minute drive. One of the big issues of the anti-weed crowd, before we legalized, was that kids would be sneaking in and be buying most of the weed. From my observations, the average age of the people I see buying weed is about 50, with LOTS of people much older. No kids running around that I could see. Don't let the anti-weed folks pull that argument on you if your state is contemplating legalizing. My bong is sitting on the living room table, and I don't worry about opening my front door if someone knocks. It was silly that it was ever illegal. The Feds need to catch up, but with the old clowns in charge, they much prefer to take large donations from Big Pharma to keep it illegal.
Weed is so mainstream these days, it's unusual if one hasn't at least tried it.
its exactly like what happened after alcohol prohibition laws got changed as well
There’s not even an argument. It should be legalized and regulated. It’s not even interesting to talk about anymore. I don’t even care for it really. Just one of those things.
That little girls life was just ruined by people who profess to care about the safety of children. Disgusting. whatever worker did that deserves to lose their rights entirely.
Nobody deserves to lose their rights.
William Roberts Where was the kids when she was forced to be taken away from her parents cause they smoked a plant? Oh yea, that asshole took them away
Fuck that. Take a person's family and they've got nothing else to lose. Go down shooting every worker in sight. See how it feels to take them away from their own families.
@William Roberts Really? Not even someone who killed your entire family and tortured you for years?
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And here I am, watching this in a state that recently decriminalized it, smoking some weed that I ordered on an app and had delivered to my house in 45 minutes. Things can be pretty ok sometimes.
The US drug scheduling makes my brain hurt... S1: marijuana, heroin, LSD, ecstasy, mushrooms S2: cocaine, meth, oxycodone, Adderall, Ritalin, and Vicodin S3: Tylenol with codeine, ketamine, anabolic steroids This is some really twisted shit. IDK how you still allow this, as people.
Loooooool what a fucking joke. Oh shit your serious? I've been slinging Tylenol for years!!!
S1 contains shrooms and lsd too??? What. Why are Heroin and ecstasy the only drugs to be worried about in the highest category
Yeah and since some narcotic meds like hydromorphone is actually stronger than the heroine.
Honestly, I've always just ignored it. Controlling my seizures has always been a higher priority than what the idiots who organized all that bull think. Like the veteran said at 9:50, I'll be a criminal, fuck it. If not having to worry about whether or not I'm going to wake up in the floor bleeding from my chin because I had a seizure while I was asleep and fell off the bed and busted my chin on the bedside table makes me Scarface, say hello to my little friend!
Kids taken away because marijuana possession but are under the same roof of guns..good job america
Guns, alcohol, prescription drugs you name it!
Thanks Obama, for refueling the drug war and raiding more legal medical marijuana dispensaries than all other presidents combined. What a great leader for the black community sending more minorities to prison than even Clinton did. Really good job democratic socialists of America
Zanman ....and you’re okay with trump?
@@Quarkee nice deflect loser
@@HeyYoFabels I'm just asking dipshit
I know this is an old video, but I just wanted to say, my heart broke for the veteran, Danny, when he was describing his nightmares from PTSD. He was overcome with emotion, and that is a difficult thing, to be vulnerable in front of so many strangers. He sacrificed so much, and he lost friends, people he cared about. We owe him comfort at the very LEAST for what he's given.
All tobacco farmers need to switch to marijuana.
It's more profitable now to be a tobacco farmer than it has been in the past
I grew out of smoking pot years ago. But I would sooner hang out with potheads over alcoholics any day of the week.
It's corporate already. They have more care for the plant though
Hemp. Not marijuana
I can't believe how every episode, of LastWeekTonight, just does more to convince me how messed up America really is.
weed is illegal in a lot more places dumbass. the only western country to make it legal is Canada and that's recent
It's almost like America is a garbage country with evil people running it.
@@Jlk2000x yes the garbage country that immigrants love to go to. i bet youve never been there
@@Maria-yb5qk they can just go to other countries lol. America has the highest immigration rate
@@Maria-yb5qk i know america is flawed. This video is on weed which is illegal in most countries so only complaining about america is pathetic.
I'm Greg I'm pretty high And I'm fucking freaked out now Not cool dude... not cool...
Hey Greg, give me a slice of that pizza
Gregory Zarkhin sorry for your loss greg
dude? dude... duuuuuude :-)
dude? dude... duuuuuude :-)
Whoaaaa! Brooo! I was doing like you know okay until you said you were freaking out now I'm like totally freaking out to bro it's like totally scary it's just I don't know what to do okay with maybe I don't know I might just not do anything okay
Alcohol is way more dangerous then weed
Alcohol has one of the few detox procceses that can actually kill you. Rehab from pot is hard, but the Delirium Tremens are a nightmare from what I heard
@@arturofernandez4058 ,,,,
True ! However, people know the dangers of alcohol more than the dangers of weed. People talk aboutit like it's completely safe. And sure, smoking at a party from time to time won't kill you, but driving while high is extremely dangerous, and using too much can cause loss of focus, loss of appetite, depression, and sometimes even psychiatric disorders. We should advise people to be careful about it the same way we do with alcohol
@@islembb8899 we smoke a lot weed here but no one evet had these side effects
@@islembb8899 What? Where'd you hear _that_ from?
Me: "Hmmm, I need something to watch while I roll one..." KZhead: **recommends this** Me: "Well alright then!"
Bruh no joke, was literally throwing a pizza in the oven after a a huge bong rip when he said my name...😳
I have bipolar disorder, and the way insomnia triggers episodes for me has been devastating for years. Marijuana as a sleep aid has changed my life when Trazedone, Ambien, Seroquel, Silenor, nor any of the others did. It needs to be legalized everywhere for the sake of people like me, at the very least.
The problem is drug manufacturers can not patent pot so they can not make a lot of money of it.
@@pouncepounce7417 problem? where? i only see the best possible outcome with that
@@jackkahn2532 The problem is you need research to find out how it works, how the best dosage is, what side effects are and so on. I am all for "grow your own medicine" but there is plenty that can go wrong with that, nature has a lot of remedies that work, if applied the right way, that can cause havoc down the line if done slightly wrong, like for example, loss of life. Problem is, research needs money, if you cannot patent it the private sector will not do it, so the gouvernment needs to fund the research (or we need to collect a few millions over go fund me....) I would use myself cannabis if i see the medical need, sure, but cannabis has a lot of potential to develop cures outside of what we know today, and it has side effects too we need to know about (no medical drug that has an effect comes without side effect, that is kinda an iron rule in medicine)
Pounce Pounce you cant die from weed at most it will damage your lungs a little. Smoke a spliff and fall asleep bada boom bada bing.
@@notplayboicactus5700 True, given it is an natural plant and compound though means you will have trouble getting an medical drug based on it, patenting and having an huge revenue is very hard to accomplish, so not interesting for pharmaceuticals. (And there is a lot of hints that it would be an beneficial medical drug)
I grew out of smoking pot years ago. But I would sooner hang out with potheads over alcoholics any day of the week.
ok but what about someone who just casually drinks amd isnt an alcoholic?
same. but some of the pothead i hang out with, and have been for years, engage in some serious peer pressure to smoke weed. i've said no 100 times, no joke. and this one girl is a real judgemental bitch about it. i grew out of it. its not for me. i came to that conclusion 8 years ago. and i've been involved in growing it almost every year for over a decade. so yeah, im pretty cool and accepting of weed. im not a dick about it.
The sad part is, if weed was legal a lot of alcoholics would likely switch over to pot instead. Seems like a far better deal, better for your health and less likely to be an asshole.
@@tps64 It's adorable that you think there's really a difference.
Joseph Kony there is though. The fuck?
Came back to this video today, 2/23/21. I've been arrested for marijuana possession twice and nearly lost all my federal funding to go to college. Instead, I graduated top 3% of my class with a 3.96 GPA and 5 honors. Yesterday, my state of New Jersey officially legalized. Feels good man.
Its funny that every time someone talks about people getting high they act like the stoners are going to try to put coolwhip on their shoes and eat them... but after 20+ years of getting high, its really just a great way to keep down blood pressure.
Leave me out of this! You don't own me!
Greg Homan holy fuck
LMAOOO
Marijuana own your brain Lol...keep smoking until you fell like superman...ha3
Hey Greg let me get a slice of that pizza! lol
Greg Homan Damnit Greg!
Saw documentary about a black guy doing like 15 years for 2 joints in Alabama. And this is a normal story out there. Even if you don't use marijuana, that type of insane sentencing should be enough for everyone to vote yes.
It's not a normal story, that's why they did a documentary about it.
Might have had prior record, been on probation or parole. I don't think judicial ever does that in the U.S.
Carlos Castro there is another John Oliver video about mandatory minimums. Check it out.
SHIIIT....man that isnt nothing. Chilton county law enforcement busts low level dealers, grab the product, get paid federal, then dump it at a "local plant" down here that is a drug ring front. They hen get a LARGE cut. our sheriff( ex ) just got bailed out. brother was in lockup with him, ref will be below. I have seen fam/friends go to jail after 1 of MANY of their crooked ass troopers planted ice or something big enough to fuck them. One instance over the cop getting payback for his brother who got his ass beat in a bar fight. If you like getting high, STAY THE FUCK FAR FAR AWAY FROM BAMA www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2017/02/former_clanton_police_chief_in.html
Shadilay absolutely...
My grandparents literally had a two meters tall weed bush in their garden, which was technically illegal, but most people don't care as you can go 10 km north and it isn't anymore. Inspection literally told my grandfather to maybe move the plant, because they were tired of having to keep their eyes covered in the garden. My grandmother also got a tattoo for her 80th birthday which were some kind of berries and marijuana on her right arm (she could choose that tattoo, but me and my 3 brothers sponsored it)
I can confess, I have been smoking for 8 years. I have never tried drugs or had any appetite for using them. The herb helped me with sleep & eating, two things I struggle with due to stress & anxiety. I hate it when people generalize how smokers will turn out to be.
"Richard Nixon, the Mozart of racially motivated law making" Brilliant : )
@Cameron MitchellBell yeah, it is tho
majiks s no it really isn’t all that true
@@imlonelypleasehelp5443 Nixon was a xenophobe
Amberlance I mean yea, but he didn’t let it affect his decisions all too much. If anything I’d give he’s a racist, but even then black leaders also supported the hard drug laws.
@@imlonelypleasehelp5443 you HAVE to be high to make a statement like that
This is a great moment in Greg history
Greg Bennett I believe it is
hahahahaha ... I know right , that freaked me out for a second :)
no greg its not
I concur, but swear to gawd I really thought he was talking to me.
It was close enough for me, my names Craig lol
Omg the Greg part is the funniest thing I’ve ever heard I think about this twice a day.
I'm definitely for legalizing marijuana for recreational use, as long as we keep it out of the hands of children. A person deserves to come home and light up a joint to relax after a hard day's work in much the same way a person might enjoy a beer or a glass of wine. Tobacco should be the drug that's made illegal.
this is ridiculous legalize it already. we'll save money not having to arrest and jail people and we can use the tax revenue to fund mental health community services and rehibilation and our failing school system
Nicole McMullen Jails are becoming privatized and are big business now. They require inmates to run profitably, who provide very cheap or free labor. As long as this sits on a federal level, they can use it to fill the quotas.
Wtf you want to help people? You socialist commie scumbag.
Or we could sent it to the military. Hmm, yes, I think we will do that.
You say they should use the money to help people instead of locking them up? What a strange notion you're... wait, someone already did the sarcastically indignant schtick here. D'oh! But yeah... Cannabis is not 100% safe, but neither is tobacco (worse overall, IIRC) or coffee or alcohol or even substances like sugar in excessive quantity. The important thing is to educate people so they know the risks of each substance and can avoid excessive use... as well as discourage it in their peers and family members.
They make millions off jails now instead of using our taxes . The want more incarcerates , which corrupts our freedom.
Here in Denver, you're more likely to see a dispensary robbed than a bank. The cash isn't marked and is near impossible to trace. Who wants to help me start a bank for weed growers and sellers?
I would but isnt a massive clusterfuck of regulation?
idk how it works in the usa, but here in germany u r not allowed to create a new bank unless u have 5mio€ *&* have worked at least 4 years as boss/viceboss of a alrdy existing bank. guess u should also go check the regulations first, probably ain't much different in usa...
Can they just buy rental properties, laundromats and cleaners.. run the money thru fronts? Too many movies I know.
Started smoking weed at 13, I'm 30 now and still smoking almost every day. I have serious epilepsy and depression and it helps tremendously.
As a white guy who has been arrested for possession, I was surprisingly NOT shocked by that statement. The cops were really nice to me and went out of their way to get me back to my vehicle so I could get to work. They almost forgot to give me a sobriety test... which I pretty much failed but I told them that I have a bad knee and am uncoordinated in general. I have the feeling that if my skin tone was darker, the story would have been very different.
"Hey man, my name is Greg and I wanna cancel my HBO subscription immediately. _(pause)_ Why? Because John Oliver is watching me through my TV, man. I _knew_ you people were up to something. And now you got some narc looking at me like an owl wearing glasses or some shit. Ohhh, wait a minute. What if… _(puff)_ … what if *I’m* the one who has a TV show, and John Oliver is watching *me* ? _(pause)_ Aha, so you agree. Awesome, dude. Okay, I’m not gonna cancel. But, hey, can you tell John Oliver to look through my TV again and see if he can spot where I left my Doritos? I shall await his reply.” _(puff)_
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fidorover I award you four internetz.
fidorover you won
IT's ok Greg. You know what they say. The british cannot hear your thoughts. Cause they can't understand your accent
fidorover 10/10 :D
That veteran is one of your country's top living heroes, damn straight.
Start 16:12 NOW!!
Some of those guys went through hell, pretty much literally it seems, and if they can find something that helps them even just a little bit, and doesn't hurt anyone else, we should support and protect them. I know I couldn't survive what they did, how many legislators think they could?
E Bellyfish When I read about what war can do to people, and ptsd, it makes my heart go out to vets... they need our compassion. I would go to that Danny's house and roll him a joint myself... just let the man medicate in peace✌
Wildheårt exactly how do they expect them to live productive life's out of the force while they're giving them all the opioids.
I'm convinced that the only people against swallowing tonnes of nuclear waste have never tried swallowing tonnes of nuclear waste. (That logic doesn't work. I'm not against the legalization of marijuana, personally, but come up with better arguments.)
Imagine having a job when you can buy a $6000 jacket to get laughs
The good thing about John Oliver is that you can watch his news show from 5 years ago and still entertained.
STOP READING MY THOUGHTS
YOU CAN'T ESCAPE
Gregory Weegman more like GREGORY WEEDMAN...😂😂
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@Hello Everyone, and the best weed joke in history goes toooo......
Trippay
Greg here. Jesus
greg hurley get your shit together greg
Dammit Greg
greg hurley The council of Greg's have stepped too far.
Stop fucking things up for everyone else Greg.
Another Greg here...they're onto us.
John Oliver: "You could lose your home, job, or possessions, Greg." Danny Gonzalez fans: "Bruh what? That's freaky..."
Man he was in FINE FORM in this one - amazing. I hope when he's out of the blank void he gets back to this much energy.
These laws are whack...your state says you may legally use medicinal MJ, but you get fired for taking a legal medicine?? Seriously, WTF.
Welcome to the truth, our federal government moves with corporate lobbyists. Not states or the voice of the people.
the corporation wasn't run by the gov. they could do drug tests if they wanted to. they were allowed to have their corporate agenda saying "we don't want potheads hired". srsly, WTF, why does every little shit have to be explained to americans?
fired for taking a legal medicine prescribed to you for your disability. it’s discrimination, but he has no way to fight it because of federal law. so sad.
Dichtsau he wasnt a pothead, he was taking his legally prescribed medicine and if pot weren’t federally illegal, he could have sued that company using the americans with disability act as backup. did you even watch the video?
Makes you question if people actually read through this stuff. A lot of the laws here don't make much sense
Holy shit that veteran talking about his PTSD broke me. How the fuck can we not help people like this?
Why not just give him straight up opium? All his pain will go away
@ Mene Tekel: Because opium is immensely addictive and oftentimes when it is used too often patients become dependent on it. Opium is alright for short-term conditions but that man's PTSD will never truly go away. Marijuana, on the other hand, has almost no addictive qualities to it and thus can be taken for long stretches of time with far less negative effects.
There are very few scientific studies that help prove the point that weed helps PTSD. All the information that is available comes from personal testimonies so who knows if that guy is lying or not. John's episode really only has one good point and that is it takes way to long get approval from the federal government to have a license to test marijuana. So it's understandable why the federal government doesn't give out medical marijuana because in all reality we have no idea of the long term affects.
+John Brand There is literally already TONS of research on pot and PTSD. Google is your friend. Jon isn't the end-all of happenings in america. Fuck, even the government has FEDERAL patents on THC treatments for alzheimers patients. Again, google.
djl713 the US has historically treated their veterans like shit from our revolution to now
Marijuana needs to be federally legalized. States are falling in line slowly but surely. Virginia now has legalized recreational weed. Get with the program America. & DOWN WITH TRUMP
I immediately showed this to a stoner named Greg. His reaction was hilarious. I honestly just found it funny that I knew a stoner named Greg. He is my only stoner friend. What are the chances?
Alright... I need to find my friend Greg and weed him up and show him this video...
Daibin Chen always love "weeding" up my friends
Uruguay is made also a wise decision this year. It's now allowed to sell Marijuana in the pharmacies in Uruguay. Great win for them !
America, the only country in the world where something can be legal and illegal both at the same time.
Its actually hard to think of any country that doesnt have anything that is both legal and illegal
@@Palladiosios Laws do not authorize what you can do, they define what you can't do. Is there a law in Greece that says you are allowed to drink water, or breathe air?
When British guys try to sound like they're high, they just sound like an average citizen of California.
It's always bothered me. Name a violent crime associated with marijuana not associated with it being illegal. Now name a violent crime associated with alcohol.
Lu Sapphire and the Muffin Button Band I would say property theft and bring up all those damned lighter thieves :) . But in all seriousness I could see crimes being committed to pay for weed. But that's not because of weed itself that would be caused by previous mental instability or an incredibly weak will and a poor train of decisions. Ya know.... the kind of isolated cases that are complete outliers from the norm.
Neodova But it'd also be cheaper if legal, correct? And an addict is just as likely to steal to buy booze, right?
Ladygothii12 Ix-nay on the Eg-gray.
The Good News Channel First, I'm sorry to hear that happened to her. Was she ok? Second, exactly what I mean. Not to mention all the domestic violence attributed to alcohol reported on a daily basis. But when you're high, you just get slow and get the munchies. Hell, you're less likely to try to pull anything because you'll be way too paranoid. But alcohol is legal, and marijuana still isn't. One causes violence. One causes Dorito's.
Same issues as with cigarettes and alcohol, then.
To be fair to Nixon (something I never thought I'd say), the "puss" meant the "face" back then. It never _stopped_ meaning that, really, like a "sour puss" is someone with a grumpy "sour" look on their face.
Shut up, Greg.
"sour puss" I know that thanks to jacksepticeye.
Since when is punching cats funny? >^.^
back then and actually up until around the 90s-00s
Nothing about Nixon should be fair. That bastard was a freakin racist from jumpstreet. He got what he deserved , the only thing is, they should of impeached all the laws he initiated along with his damn presidency !!!
“If banks took their deposits that could be considered money laundering.” And when, pray tell, have banks been unwilling to do that?
The person John talks to in this episode is truly greg
Here's my view on marijuana: If you use it, that's fine. Just don't drive afterwards.
So on the same level as alcohol?
It's not that hard to drive stoned
Being stoned impairs your reaction time more than alcohol. While it doesn't inhibit decision making to the same extreme, you are more likely to violate traffic codes or be involved in an accident using marijuana than basically anything else.
babybop114 reaction time impairment being greater than alcohol is false. Well it impairs reaction, it has nowhere near the kind of slowing down a fact that alcohol does. Not to mention that marijuana does not make you see double, nor does it make you have blurred vision. I've never known anyone to get into an accident while high as hell on cannabis, but I've lost count of the people who have crashed while only *buzzed* on alcohol.
Erik De La Vega complete bullshit actually. You are 14 times more likely get in a car accident when drunk. Also you are only 2 times more likely when high so...
Here's my two cents: Treat marijuana like alcohol. Problem solved.
arrlos but marijuana doesn't kill people though
We treat marijuana with more strictness than alcohol. Alcohol still kills far more people per year. Yet it’s laws are a lot more lax.
arrlos Hh
Good compromise, no reason not to.
silencedknight Alcohol/Tobacco Lobbyists are strong as hell in our government. They have a vested interest in keeping marijuana illegal (along with big Pharma) and will wield their money and political power as much as they can to slow progress as much as possible.
I started this video with a new joint and ended it with a roach, giggling the whole time 🙏✨
Recently tried marijuana for the first time and it is the only thing that has ever actually made my anxiety and depression shut up.
Weed is dangerous. If you consider an increased appetite, increased happiness, increased humor, and increased ability to sleep and reduced stress and anxiety are dangerous. Also, I suppose that cancer-fighting properties are considered dangerous as well.
Jennifer Watkins Wtf...
Dr. Mantis Toboggan, M.D. LMAO EXACTLY
Dr. Mantis Toboggan, M.D. that's not the point fucktard, the point is it is a drug that has a high chance of being addictive and all addictions are not healthy also it does not fight cancer at least not affectively
You guys, this is The Dr. Mantis Toboggan giving us medical advice here. I think, if anything, we can trust in that.
The danger weed poses is in young people under 23-27 and when someone is driving intoxicated under the influence of weed and the reason for young people is because it cuases short term memory problems. Otherwise it's not addictive or deadly and should be legalized, regulated, and taxed as any other legal drug in the country at the medical level first and if agreed with on the recreational level as well.
Thankyou for this segment. From a 4x OEF Veteran with PTSD.
Dear John, Love your show, you and your team create videos that keep me laughing and cure my depression. I have subscribed and clicked the notification bell, however, every time I get a notification of a new video having been uploaded it gives me a message that 'the uploader' has not approved viewing in my country. It would be really nice if you could share your latest content with New Zealand as I'm sure many are a great fan of your on-point-humor. Thanks !
One day in Canada Justin said "Ah hell, just make it legal country wide and that's that." In America there are 50 mini countries with their own versions of laws. Pass the Ruffles All Dressed cause I've got the munchies." From sea to shining sea.
hello, my name is Gregg and I'm a stoner. if you're like me, this episode completely shocked and mortified you. so please, if you're a Gregg who has been affected by Mr.Oliver, please call 1-800-GREGGUNITE. you're not alone, there's help for you.
Greg bless all of you poor gregs
Greggles Geronimo I had a bad trip not too long before this episode and as funny as it was I could barely handle it.
Greggles Geronimo My names not Greg but I would like to give my support to all Gregs in the World that need help!!
it is greg with one G. imposter!
Don't segregate gregs!!!
As a Kentuckian who watches SciShow this has been a video full of pleasant surprises.
HANK! DFTBA!
TubbyBubbleLove42 same
Hank with former president Obama
Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaame here.
Hey me too!
John Oliver is an amazing teacher, I learn so much from him. This is so informative!
Greg is the fastest growing army on youtube
Lol
YES!!!! But remember, you're never allowed to look that up, if you do, your a Craig.
Hell yeah
Along with all the Little Stinkers and citizens of KurtisTown. :) (Wonder if any one will get the reference...)
I was looking for other Gregs 🤣
Last Weed Tonight
I was scrolling looking for this comment. I knew it was there!
Sad :( buy more next time!
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This guy teaches me some great stuff on some great topics, Thank you John and your staff for a great show.
I'm very impressed that I've never seen John sneeze on this show
The greg bits were hilarious. XD hahahah