Amidst the buzz around CBD in the health and beauty industries and the increasing push towards drug legalisation occurring around the world, it can sometimes slip one’s mind that weed use was once an extremely furtive activity to be hidden from the world. While medical marijuana advocates and weed industry educators have been a driving force legalisation wise, one unexpected cultural force has been the growing number of (vocal) celebrities who smoke weed.
If you wanted to, there’s a lot to unpack from this list of famous faces who enjoy some plant medicine every now and then—or daily consumption, as the case may be for some. Certainly the romanticisation of weed which, especially now, erodes the complicated history of exploitation and unequal racial outcomes throughout the production and procurement of weed.While many of the U.S. states that the following celebrities who smoke weed partake in have legalised personal marijuana use, it does speak to the double standards that plagues people’s general perception of drug use generally.
