This surprising list of famous artists may shock you as you find out who’s for (or against) the use of marijuana.
You be the judge of whether pot helped the careers of these famous artists, or if those who stayed straight took the better path.
According to neurologist Dr. Alice Weaver Flaherty at Massachusetts General Hospital and professor at Harvard Medical School marijuana (at smaller doses) is a stimulant that can have pronounced affects on the brain’s frontal lobe, the area believed to have the most influence on creativity. Did it help these artists? Or was keeping a clear mind the ticket to creative genius?
You be the judge: did marijuana help or was staying sober the better deal?
Iggy Azelia
In an interview with EntertainmentWise.com Iggy stated that "I'm a professional. I keep myself separate from everybody else and there’s not pictures of me going out to clubs and stuff."
Oliver Stone
has been a regular pot smoker since his days as an infantryman in Vietnam in the late 1960s and knows a good herb when he inhales one. He insisted in a recent interview that no one is producing better stuff now than U.S. growers. "There's good weed everywhere in the world, but my God, these Americans are brilliant."
Gene Simmons
“I've never done drugs or alcohol, never smoked cigarettes, so my soul is intact.”
William Shakespeare
perhaps Western literature's most renowned contributor, might have enjoyed an occasional hit of cannabis, according to a study published by a team from South Africa's University of the Witwatersrand. Studying 24 "tobacco pipe" fragments from Shakespeare's Stratford-upon-Avon property by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, eight tested positive for cannabis residue and two had remnants of Peruvian cocaine.
Prince
It’s well known that Prince died of a drug overdose, but those who knew him well knew Prince to be a sober and straight man. Although he kept his life very private, in the song “Don’t Play Me,” he starts the song off by saying “Don’t play me I’m over 30 and I don’t smoke weed.”
Steven Colbert
“This substance, sometimes you wrap up like presents, and then instantly destroy with fire; so we used the comics page from the Sunday paper, which I think might be why I’m a comedian now.”
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa was a musician as well as filmmaker and producer, but drink any alcohol and never smoked a single joint. Although Zappa enjoyed many pot-smoking fans, he was so against drugs and booze, it’s rumored he fired songwriter Lowell George, for writing a song on the subject.
Morgan Freeman
is a long-time smoker of the green ganja. He even told reporters that he would never quit his relationship with Mary Jane. In fact, he referred to marijuana as “God’s own weed.”
Angus Young
In an interview with Jeff Apter, author of the biography High Voltage: The Life Of Angus Young, Apter said, “He doesn't drink, he doesn't do drugs. His biggest indulgence is a pot of tea that he drinks after shows to stave off dehydration.”
Rihanna
“I DON'T REALLY GIVE A F**K”, Rihanna tweeted in response to Twitter-users who criticised her after she posted a pic of a marijuana in January 2015.