@whatt Said
It's been proven [...] and everyone who uses it is an unsuccessful punk who doesn't contribute to society.
Well, all of these people have admitted/been caught smoking weed at some point.
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? Abbie Hoffman
? Abraham Lincoln. On a Hohner box cover but disputed.
? Al Gore.
? Aldous Huxley
? Aleister Crowley
? Alexander Dumas
? Alice B. Toklas
? Allen Ginsberg. Poet.
? Alexis Korner. Musician.
? Andy Warhol. Artist.
? Annita Roddock. Founder 'The Body Shop'.
? Anjelica Huston. Hollywood actress. Jack Nicholson's girlfriend for 17 years. Pro-drug statements by her in Peter McWilliams book, 'Ain't Nobody's Business if You Do: The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in Our Free Country'.
? Arthur Conan Doyle. Author, creator 'Sherlock Holmes'.
? Aswad. Musicians.
? Beatles.
? Bill Clinton.
? Bill Gates. Not confirmed, just very strongly hinted at in the Playboy interview
? Bill Murray Arrested for possession
? Bob Denver.
? Bob Dylan. Poet, singer, song writer.
? Bob Marley. Poet, singer, song writer.
? The Bishop of Monmouth.
? Brian Eno. Singer, song writer. Signed 'Independent' list.
? Boy George.
? British Lords & MP's - too many to list .
? Buddy Rich.
? Cab Calloway. Jazz musician.
? Carl Sagan. Author.
? Caroline Coon. Artist, founder 'Release', manager of the Clash.
? Carl Segan . Author.
? Carlos Santana. Musician, guitarist.
? Carrie Fischer.
? Cary Grant.
? Cary Mullis. Nobel Laurate, Biology
? Charles Beaudelaire
? Charles d***ens. Claims but no evdience.
? Cheech Marin.
? Chris Armstrong. Footballer, tested positive.
? Chris Conrad.
? Chris Farley. 60's singer.
? Chris Rock.
? Conan O'Brian.
? Count Basie. Jazz legend.
? Dame Ruth Runsiman. Author; Police Federation Report (March 2000) advising liberlization.
? Dave Gilmour . Musician ; Pink Floyd.
? Dave 'Tinki Winky' Thompson - TV personality (UK); the Tellie Tubbie that was sacked.
? Diego Rivera.
? Dion Fortune.
? Dioscorides.
? Dizzy Gillespie.
? Douglas Adams. Author.
? Dr Francis Crick. Nobel Prize winner.
? Dr Lester Grinspoon.
? Dr Mark Porter. TV doctor who says cannabis is not more harmful than alcohol.
? Dr Anne Biezanek (authoress)
? Dr R.D.Laing.
? Dr John Marks
? Dr W.B. O'Shaugnessy.
? Drew Barrymore.
? Duke Ellington.
? Eddie Ellison. Ex head of Scotland Yard Drug Squad.
? Edgar Allen Poe. Author, multi-drug user.
? Elvis Presley. Singer, FBI informer.
? Emperor Liu Chi-nu.
? Emperor Shen-Nung.
? Ernest Hemmingway. Author.
? Errol Flynn.
? Fela Kuti. Musician. Afro/jazz king.
? Felix Dennis. Publisher.
? Fitz Hugh Ludlow.
? Fran Healey. Musician; Travis.
? Francis Ford Coppella.
? Francis Rabelais.
? Francis Wilkinson. Ex Chief Constable of Gwent Police.
? Fredreich Nietzshe.
? Ganesh - Hindu God.
? Gary Johnson.
? Gene Krupa.
? George Clinton. Ex President's brother.
? George W Bush. Possibly the greatest living hypocrite.
? George Gurdjieff.
? George Melly. Jazz musician (early sponsor of Legalise Cannabis Campaign, Uk).
? George Michael. Singer.
? George Washington.
? George Soros.
? Gerard de Nerval.
? Gilberto Gil. Brazilian musical icon.
? The Greatful Dead.
? Hasan I-Sabah.
? Heinrich Khunrath.
? Helen Petrova Blavatsky.
? Henri Michaux.
? Herman Hesse.
? Hiero the Second.
? Howard Marks. Author, cannabis smuggller.
? Howard Stern, Admitted it on the radio.
? Hua T'o.
? Hunter S. Thompson. Smoked weed and snorted coke with George Bush.
? Ian Botham. Convicted Cricket legend.
? Irvine Welsh.
? Kurt Cobain.
? Jabir Ibn el-Hayyan.
? Jack Herer. Author 'The Emporor Wears No Cloths'
? Jack Kerouac. Author ' On the Road'.
? Jack Nicholson. Film actor.
? Jackie Gleason.
? Jackson Pollock.
? Jane Fonda. Actress.
? James Brown. Singer, song writer.
? Janis Joplin. Singer, song writer.
? Jesse 0Ventura.
? Jerry Lee Lewis. Musician, song writer.
? Jimmy Dorsey.
? Jimmy Hendrix. Rock guitarist, singe, song writer
? Jim Morrison. Musician, songwriter; The Doors.
? Joan of Arc. Accused of using 'witch herbs' (another name for cannabis).
? Joan Rivers.
? Joe Strummer. Musician, singer, songer writer; The Clash.
? John Belushi.
? John Denver.
? John F Kennedy. Popular US president (assassinated).
? John Keats. Poet.
? John Lennon. Musician, song writer; The Beatles.
? John Le Mesurier. Tried it but said it's not for him.
? Johnny Cash.
? John Peel. DJ, BBC broadcaster.
? John Sinclair.
? Judge John L. Kane. Chief Judge from the US District Court
? Julie Christie. Actress.
? Jules Verne.
? John Wayne. 'I tried it once but it didn't do anything to me.'
? Kelsey Grammar.
? Ken Livingston. Mayor of London - supports decriminalisation but does not smoke or support the use of recreational drugs.
? Kirk Douglas. Actor.
? Kurt Cobain.
? Larry Adler. Harmonica player and
friend of George Gershwin. May have written a song about it.
? Lenny Bruce. Comedian.
? Lewis Carroll. Author 'Alice in Wonderland'.
? Linda St Clair
? Little Richard. Musician.
? Lord Avebury.
? Lord Byron. Poet.
? Lord Deedes.
? Lord Tony Gifford. QC, civil rights lawyer.
? Louis Armstrong. 'Oh what a wonderful world'.
? Louis Hebert.
? Mark Thomas . Comedian.
? Marlon Brando. Actor.
? Martin Sheen.
? Mary Shelly. Author 'Frankinstein'.
? Mary Tyler Moore.
? Mick Jagger. Singer, song writer, The Rolling Stones.
? Michael Mansfield QC. Lawyer.
? Jade Jagger.
? JC 100. Fastest rapper in the west.
? JT Moore. Legendary white rasta guitarist.
? Mike Tyson.
? Miles Davis. Jazz/rock drummer.
? Mo Mowlan. Genuine honest politician.
? Modigliani. Sculptor.
? Montgomery Clift. Mentioned in his biography.
? Neil Diamond.
? Nick Hornby. Author.
? Niel Young. Musician.
? Norman Mailer. Author.
? Oasis. Rock band.
? Oliver Stone.
? Oscar Wilde. Poet.
? Pablo Picasso. Artist.
? Pancho Villa. Mexican bandit revolutionary.
? Paul Flynn. Uk Member of Parliament.
? Paul McCartney. Musician, song writer; The Beatles.
? Paul Simon. Musician, song writer.
? Pharoahs of Egypt. Traces in body samples.
? Phil Donohue.
? Phil Tufnell. Former test cricketer, now media celeb.
? Peter Fonda. Actor; 'Easy Rider'.
? Peter Sellers. Actor, comedian.
? Peter Tosh. Musician.
? Philip K. d***. Science fiction author.
? Pierre Burton.
? Pierre Elliot Trudeau.
? Pink Floyd; Syd Barret and Roger Waters.
? Prince Charles. Heir to the Throne. Quoted while visiting a hospital; 'I understand cannabis is good for medical use' .
? Prince William.
? Prince Harry.
? Pythagoras.
? Queen Arnegunde.
? Queen Victoria. Used it for medical purposes.
? Ram Dass.
? Ray Charles. Musician.
? Rev Kenneth Leech.
? Richard Branson. 'Virgin'. Entreprenur.
? Richard Feynman, Nobel Prize Laureate physicist, founder of quantum electrodynamics.
? Richard Prior.
? Richard Wilson. Actor; 'One Foot in the Grave'.
? Rimbaud. Author.
? Robert Burns. Mentioned it in a poem.
? Robert 'King' Carter. Grower.
? Robert Anton Wilson. Author.
? Robert Mitchum. Jailed 90 days for possession of marijuana, 1949.
? Roger McGough. 60's liverpool poet.
? Rolling Stones. Rock band.
? Ronnie Scot. Jazz club owner, musician, busted on stage 1958, at his club in Soho, London.
? S Club 7. 'Super clean' pop band, busted in Soho, very embarrassing.
? Salvador Dali. Artist.
? Samuel Beckett.
? Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Poet.
? Shen Nung. One of the fathers of Chinese medicine. 2700 B.C .
? Sinead O'Connor. Singer.
? Sidi-Hidi.
? Sigmun Freud. Shrink.
? Sonny Bono.
? Super Furry Animals. Welsh band who wrote a song about Howard Marks.
? Stephen King.
? Sting/Gordon Sumners.
? Tariq Ali. Activist Writer.
? Tenessee Williams. Author.
? Terence McKenna. Author.
? Terry Gilliam. Actor, comedian;Monty Python.
? The Who. Rock band.
? Thelonius Monk.
? Thomas Jefferson.
? Timothy Leary.
? Tom Lehrer.
? Top Tories. Senior members of the shadow cabinet.
? Tony Elliot. Publisher, 'Time Out.
? Tracy Blevins. Artist.
? Tuppy Gore.
? UB40. Band.
? Victor Hugo.
? Vincent Van Gogh. Artist.
? Walt Disney. Cartoonist.
? Walter Benjamin.
? Whitney Houstonn. Busted at Hawaii airport but ran away.
? William Burroughs. Author, poet, artist.
? Will Self. Author. Did smack on Blairs plane.
? William Shakespeare. Playwright.
? William Straw. UK Home Sec Jack Straw's son. Cautioned for supplying undercover journalists in pub 'shocker'.
? Willie Nelson.
? Winston Churchill. British Prime Minister, poet, artist & multi drug user.
? Woody Harrelson. Actor. Features in a book on growing medical marijuana .
? Zoroaster. Persian prophet.