text: Recently, HIGH TIMES sat down with Saturday Night Live cast member Pete Davidson to discuss his use of medical marijuana for Crohn’s disease. 
   
   Davidson is an outspoken advocate of the medicinal use of cannabis and believes the New York State medical marijuana program is inadequate and difficult to navigate. He takes offense to those who wish to keep healing pot hard to procure and illegal, saying, “I wouldn’t be able to perform on SNL if I couldn’t smoke weed!” 
   
   Pete also believes that cannabis should be legal beyond just medical purposes. He’s a proud and productive pot person who’s even won the respect of Lorne Michaels. 
   
   “Pete’s really focused for someone who mostly talks about how much pot he smokes,” Michaels told the New York Times. 
   
   Season 42 of Saturday Night Live premiers on NBC October 1st at 11:30 p.m. EST, and Pete’s first hour-long stand-up special “SMD” airs on Comedy Central October 29th at 11:00 p.m. EST. ||||| Just wanted to let you guys know I'm okay. I know I've kinda been missing, on social media and on the show. I quit drugs and am happy and sober for the first time in 8 years. It wasn't easy, but I got a great girl, great friends and I consider myself a lucky man. I'll always be here for you guys, I promise. Remember to never give up hope because sometimes that's all we got. We are a family and I appreciate all your love and support. It's nice to be back in action ❤️ ||||| “Saturday Night Live” funnyman Pete Davidson got serious Monday night with a serious note about his sobriety. 
   
   The 23-year-old comedian, whose fireman father died in the Sept. 11 attacks, has revealed previously that he took medical marijuana for his Crohn’s disease. 
   
   “Just wanted to let you guys know I'm okay. I know I've kinda been missing, on social media and on the show. I quit drugs and am happy and sober for the first time in 8 years. It wasn't easy, but I got a great girl, great friends and I consider myself a lucky man,” Davidson captioned a photo on Instagram. 
   
   “I'll always be here for you guys, I promise. Remember to never give up hope because sometimes that's all we got. We are a family and I appreciate all your love and support. It's nice to be back in action.” 
   
   Pete Davidson says medical marijuana helps him perform 
   
   Davidson, who joined the late night sketch show in 2014, is the youngest member of the cast. 
   
   In September, he explained his disease, which was diagnosed when he was 17 or 18, and how he used pot to cope. 
   
   Pete Davidson revealed Monday that he's been sober for the first time in eight years. (Andy Kropa/Andy Kropa/Invision/AP) 
   
   "I found that the things the doctors were prescribing me, and seeing all these doctors and trying new things, weed was the only thing that would help me eat," Davidson told High Times magazine. 
   
   "My stomach would be in pain all day and I wouldn't be able to eat, but then I'd smoke and I can eat and do my shows. I wouldn't be able to do ‘SNL’ if I didn't smoke weed. I wouldn't be able to do anything really. Me performing not high has gone awful. It's awful for me because I don't feel well." 
   
   Pete Davidson credits Kid Cudi’s music for saving his life 
   
   He also credits Kid Cudi’s music for saving his life. 
   
   “He saved my life. I would have killed myself if I didn't have Kid Cudi. If you're 25 and under, I truly believe that Kid Cudi saved your life,” Davidson said during an interview with Power 105.1's The Breakfast Club in October, just weeks after the rapper checked himself into rehab for depression. 
   
   “It's kind of comforting to know your hero goes through the same stuff you do.” 
   
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target: – Noticed Pete Davidson's absence from SNL as of late? Well, there's a good reason behind it: The 23-year-old has been focusing on his sobriety. After telling High Times last fall that he couldn't function without the medical marijuana he's prescribed for Crohn's disease, Davidson now says, "I quit drugs and am happy and sober for the first time in eight years" in an Instagram post. Rapper Kid Cudi might have inspired that sobriety, per the New York Daily News. Last fall, Davidson told a radio station, "I would have killed myself if I didn't have Kid Cudi," who'd checked himself into rehab a few weeks earlier.