*Famous*

[Meska1]

Hi, I'm new to this site so I'm not sure if I'm writing this in the right place. But anyways, I have to write an essay on legalizing pot and I was wondering if anyone could help me out. I'm trying to find famous artists, song writers, authors, movie directors or anything like that that smoked pot while creating something really great and memorable. I've come up with a few song writers, but I'm having trouble with the rest, if someone could help me with more that would be GREAT!! thanks!!! :hippy:

[psteve]

I don't know about celebrities. but theres a whole lot of useful info for research papers here...

http://boards.cannabis.com/medicinal-cannabis-health/126827-granny-s-links-cannabis-health-related-abstracts.html

[smok3y]

Howard Marks..

[hybridlove420]

tenacious d! (the final Bong of Destiny hit in the movie was actually real bud :P)

[Born To Stone]

Music (some may be difficult to find proof even though it is clear they smoked): Beatles, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones (busted with weed), Bob Marley (duh), Led Zeppelin, Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, N.E.R.D, Sublime, Cypress Hill, The Doors, Wyclef Jean

Authors: Ken Kesey author of One Flew over the Cuckoos nest, major acid head and smoked weed, Allen Ginsberg - famous beat poet, Jack Kerouac - beat generation writer, Shakespeare - evidence of cannabis and cocaine traces found in pipes buried at his house, Hunter S Thompson - did everything under the sun...

Other noteworthy mentions: Carl Sagan - famous astronomer, Bruce Lee - cannabis traces found in autopsy

[Coelho]

UK: Cannabis Campaign: All you need is pot, says McCartney (http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n061.a10.html)


ALL YOU NEED IS POT, SAYS MCCARTNEY

Cannabis, not LSD, was the creative force behind the Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts' Club Band album, Sir Paul McCartney revealed last night, writes Tarquin Cooper.

He disclosed the drug's role in an interview with the Independent on Sunday as it was announced that Sgt Pepper had been voted Britain's favourite album in a poll for Channel 4. Sir Paul, a supporter of the Independent on Sunday's cannabis campaign, recalled how he broke the news of the influence of pot to the Beatles' producer, Sir George Martin. "When George asked me, 'do you know what caused Pepper?' I said, 'in one word - pot'."

The producer refused to believe him saying, "But you weren't on it all the time." Sir Paul said he had replied: "Yes, we were."

The album, featuring such hit songs as "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds", "A Day in the Life" and "With a Little Help from My Friends", has sold more than 4 million copies world-wide since its release in 1967.

The poll results were: 1 Sgt Pepper, Beatles; 2 Stone Roses, Stone Roses; 3 Revolver, Beatles; 4 The Bends, Radiohead; 5 ( What's the Story ) Morning Glory, Oasis; 6 Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd; 7 OK Computer, Radiohead; 8 Never Mind, Nirvana; 9 Astral Weeks, Van Morrison; 10 The White Album, Beatles.