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Episode 420: We need to de-legalize pot

Jul 3, 2025 · 1:40

Summary

A rider thinks we need to "de-legalize pot," and Kareem immediately agrees. The complaint? Weed got too corporate. "I don't want to walk into the Apple store of weed," the passenger says, arguing that modern dispensaries killed the charm of texting "Manny the plug" with a little green leaf emoji. Both agree substances should stay decriminalized, just not capitalized. The buddies made it too strong anyway. One hit and you're greening out. The rider shares their last experience: hiding in the woods for two to three hours after their friend's mom came home, convinced texts saying she wasn't mad were "a setup." They haven't touched it since. Kareem gets it.

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So, what's your take? I think we need to delegalize pop like, make it illegal again.

Yes. 100% agree, bro. It's so corporate. I don't want to walk into the Apple store. [Music] I don't want to walk into the damn Apple store of we I thought you were going to completely disagree with me.

Why would I disagree with you? I hate I think sucks. I do want to clarify. I think substances in general should be decriminalized. Like, I don't think anyone should be in jail.

Okay. Everyone should be exonerated. So decriminalized but not corporate.

Correct. I think capitalism ruined it. I think the buddies got in too strong. Like you take one hit, you're like greening out. Yeah. One hit wonder. I've been close to death a few times from smoking that good.

Yeah. I thought I was going to be the first patient to pass away. That would have been cool though cuz then you would have had a Wikipedia page. Yeah. But I think we need to go back to the days of like having someone in your phone contacts with no name. Manny and then a little green leaf or just like a plug emoji. Manny the plug.

Manny the plug. I know. Manny the plug. You know that you I don't know. We Oh, keep it in your garden. Text your local guy. Let's go back to those days. Do you miss those days? I miss them.

Well, I haven't done it in a while cuz of I think because it got so strong and so crazy cuz you had such a bad experience. Yeah. I was on my friend's patio and then his mom came home and then I ran into the woods and I hid there for two to three hours and my friend kept texting me that his mom wasn't mad but I thought it was like a setup to get me to come back and that was the last time I did it.

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