Here’s a shout out to some of pop culture’s most famous marijuana misters. Maybe they smoke now. Maybe they did it in the past. Maybe they have passed. Whatever the case we say right on right on right on to these 15 pro-pot patriarchs.
1. Mr. Branson
Richard Branson doesn’t mince words when it comes to . He has even . Has his use affected his children? Well, a film by said son — producer Sam Branson — might answer that question.
2. Mr. McConaughey
Matthew McConaughey was in so who was really surprised when ? Here is a . Now that he is a father, I’m certain his bongo sessions are a bit more tame.
3. Mr. Curtis
Tony Curtis, father of famous actress Jamie Lee Curtis and heartthrob of the ’50s and ’60s, used marijuana. Curtis was at London’s Heathrow airport in 1970 for marijuana possession.
4. Mr. Depp
Johnny Depp has long been labeled the bad boy of Hollywood. Who knew he was friends with Marilyn Manson? Depp was recently photographed with the shock rocker after dropping his daughter off at school. Maybe his time portraying in wasn’t too much of a stretch for this dad.
5. Mr. Nelson
Willie Nelson has been a marijuana smoker and proponent of cannabis legalization for longer than I’ve been alive. In ,” he chats with Matt Lauer about his pot use and his new book, “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die.” I’d say marijuana is working for the 80-year-old crooner.
6. Mr. Khalifa
Wiz Khalifa has blown up on the popular music charts, but fame doesn’t necessarily come with a card. and read about how much he paid to be released from a holding cell in El Paso, Texas.
7. Mr. Carlin
Late, great comedian George Carlin was, for lack of a better word, blunt. In , Carlin said of cannabis that he would sometimes take “a hit from time to time.”
8. Mr. Chappelle
Dave Chappelle is a stand-up comedian, co-writer of stoner classic and star of the cult television sketch show Dave’s use of cannabis has been well-documented and needn’t be debated.
9. Mr. Stewart
Jon Stewart by way of “Half Baked,” and boy am I glad of it. to actor Seth Rogen on his own nightly newscast, — though who knows if he still enjoys a hit now-a-days.
10. Mr. X
Malcolm X’s He even detailed how he sold weed on the road and documented in the revelation that “nobody had ever heard of a traveling reefer peddler.”
11. Mr. Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger made waves as an openly pro-marijuana politician in California. The Governator for being caught with less than an ounce of weed. And sure makes me want to roll one up.
12. Mr. Williams
Montel Williams , having received his diagnosis in 1999. He has used his celebrity as a platform to educate audiences on the merits of marijuana and . He even
13. Mr. Silverstein
Shel Silverstein is best known as . Did you know he also wrote made famous by Johnny Cash? Silverstein penned several other songs in his day, and while he is no longer around to confirm or deny his marijuana use, I think (and this one entitled ) speak volumes in his absence.
14. Mr. Sagan
Carl Sagan, the , once — under an assumed name, Professor X. It wasn’t until 1999, years after Sagan’s death, that the true identity of Professor X was revealed.
15. Mr. Grinspoon
Lester Grinspoon was the fellow intellectual and that revealed Carl Sagan as Professor X. After Grinspoon’s 10-year-old son Danny was diagnosed in ’67 with leukemia, Lester heard of an unconventional treatment. Wanting only to help Danny, . It was so successful at eliminating the side effects of chemotherapy that Danny continued to use it the remaining year and a half of his life. You can thank Danny and Lester, in part, for medical marijuana — their experience was a crucial first step to studying pot as a means to eliminate nausea.
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