GreenLeaf Sep 2020

I t would be easy to dismiss someone calling
themselves "The 420 Comic" as a stereotypical,
pot-themed, one-trick act. Surely they're bound to
pigeon-hole themselves into oblivion, right? Well
Jeffery Peterson is anything but stereotypical and
his niche becomes more cultural/political nuance
than cheap schtick. His ideas on entertainment
as activism are simple and powerful. The kind of
ideas that are liberating for an activist, allowing
for expression in many creative ways. As I chatted
with Jeffrey, I quickly understood just how
difficult it is to peg the man down. He really is all
over the map, literally and figuratively. Only
somehow, in his case, it’s in all the best ways!
I was as impressed by his eclectic resume as I
was surprised at his steadfast commitment to
the cannabis community as a whole. So whatever
your mind conjures up when you hear "420
comic" probably isn't completely wrong (let's be
honest here) but I invite you to save a little room
in that stony noggin to be surprised by a solid
dude who's bringing people together, fighting for
the cause -- and having a damn good time doing
it -- Jeffery Peterson, The 420 Comic
Coast-to-Coast Shuffle
For a guy who says he’s “in the business of fun,”
he’s surprisingly serious about his pot politics.
He has been fighting the good fight since before
“medical marijuana” was made legal in California.
Not only that, but living in L.A. at the time, he had
a front-rowseat for the gateway that victory would
eventually become. Long before that though,
Jeffrey was an east coast kid. Being born in Connecticut
and spending his early years there instilled
that community-centered, east coast mindset
in him that he’s carried with him ever since.
As we will see soon, field parties are in his blood!
Before long, he carried that mindset from coast
to coast and found himself in Southern California.
That may sound like a dream come true to
some, but probably not so much to a young white
kid who was suddenly thrown into the projects
with his two lesbian moms. He may have gotten
his ass kicked on the way to school, at school,
and on the way home from school -- but he was
cultivating a fighting spirit while collecting comedy
gold as life experience.Not least of which is the
fact that he has carte blanche on lesbian jokes,
J19