21 famous quotes about cannabis

Long before the debates on the cannabis legalization, people from all walks of life shared their views on cannabis. We selected 21 Quotes about cannabis, not necessarily to be taken literally 😉

Andy Warhol

«Cannabis should be legal. I don't smoke it, but I like the smell.»

George Washington, 1st President of the United States

«Make the most of Indian hemp seeds and plant them everywhere.»

Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States

«The hemp »is essential to our country's prosperity and security."

Bob Marley

«Grass is the nation's cure; alcohol is its destruction.»

«Smoking weed helps you discover who you really are.»

Bill Clinton

«When I was in England, I tried marijuana once or twice. I didn't inhale the smoke.»

Louis Armstrong

«It really baffles me to see the marijuana »treated like a narcotic… like a drug and all that crap. It's thousands of times better than whiskey; it's a companion, a friend."

Ronald Reagan

«I now have absolute proof that smoking even just one marijuana cigarette »It's like taking a stroll through the Bikini Atolls while an H-bomb is being detonated."

Arnold Schwarzenegger

«It's not a drug—it's a leaf.»

Jay Leno, TV host

«40 million Americans have smoked marijuana: the only ones who didn't like it were Justice Ginsburg, Clarence Thomas, and Bill Clinton.»

Bill Hicks, comedian

«Why isn't marijuana legal? It grows naturally on our planet. Doesn't the idea of making nature illegal seem... unnatural to you?»

Tupac

«Let's stop fighting each other, man. Let's smoke a blunt instead.»

Stewie Griffin, from the series *Family Guy*

«Everything's better with a bag of weed.» in Episode 420, Season 7, Episode 12.

Barack Obama

«When I was a kid, I used to smoke a lot.»

«I don't think cannabis is any more dangerous than alcohol.»

Hugh Hefner

«Smoking helped me get closer to the realm of the senses.»

Willie Nelson, country music star

«The biggest killer on the planet is stress, and I think the best remedy is—and always has been—cannabis.»

«I think people need to be educated on the fact that cannabis isn’t a drug. Cannabis is a plant and a flower. God put it here. If He put it here and wants it to grow, what gives the government the right to say that God is wrong?»

Matt Damon

«The first time I smoked was at home with my mom and stepdad. They told me, »If you're going to do that, we'd rather you do it with us.»»

James Franco

«I don't think weed is any worse than beer.».

Charles Baudelaire

«The hashish »will be, for man's familiar impressions and thoughts, a magnifying mirror—but a pure mirror."