Hollywood's Top Potheads
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Medicinal marijuana is now legal in a handful of U.S. states. But if it was up to these 29 stars, pot - for medicinal purposes and otherwise would be available anywhere, anytime! ‘Transformers’ starlet Megan Fox is particularly outspoken when it comes to pot. Fox tells Maxim, "I've done drugs. I didn't enjoy anything other than marijuana. I don’t even think of it as a drug – it should be legalized." She’s called on the government to legalize weed on many occasions, saying she would be the "first person in line to buy a pack of joints." Megan's not alone; more "green" celebrities are coming out every day. From legalization activists to occasional users, here are the Hollywood's top tokers. (REUTERS)
Director Quentin Tarantino outed Pitt, telling Howard Stern, "He [Pitt] had this big brick of hash and he was going to give me some for the night… So he takes this brick and whips out a knife like Jesse James and cuts me off this big sliver." During an appearance on ‘Real Time with Bill Maher,’ Maher recalled being at a New Year's Eve party and reminisced with Brad: "You just, all night rolled these perfect joints...the most perfect joints I have ever seen..." Brad shook his head and replied, "I'm an artist." (AP)
Obviously no marijuana list could omit ‘Cheech and Chong’ star Tommy Chong. The documentary 'a/k/a Tommy Chong' chronicles the DEA raid on the legendary pothead's home and his subsequent jail sentence for selling glass bongs over the Internet. (AP)
The Police frontman has written to British Prime Minster Tony Blair on behalf of pot, urging him to keep cannabis as a class C drug. (AP)
One word: Bongos. (AP)
The ‘Friends’ star has confessed to indulging from time to time, but is keen to point out she is not an addict. Jen says, “I enjoy it once in a while. There is nothing wrong with that. Everything in moderation. I wouldn't call myself a pot-head. It's not cocaine or shooting heroin." (AP)
Activist Harrelson sits on the NORML advisory board (a lobbying organization working to legalize marijuana) with Willie Nelson, Bill Maher and Robert Altman, among other prominent activists. The actor regularly lends his celebrity status to the cause of reforming marijuana laws and his favorite time of day is 4:20 (the law enforcement arrest code for possession of marijuana). (AP)
Sarah speaks highly (pun intended) about pot in her comedy routines, and smoked with comedian Doug Benson in his movie ‘Super High Me.’ (AP)
The actor portrayed a pothead dealer in stoner flick ‘Pineapple Express’ and has voiced his approval of the substance. “I don’t consider weed to be any worse than having a beer,” he says. (AP)
"Wrong Way" Richie admitted to having smoked pot, as well as taking Vicodin, when she was arrested for a DUI charge in 2007. The reality star was arrested after driving the wrong way on the Ventura Freeway. (AP) (AP2007)
The Dogfather is a known pot-lover. He famously tried to quit a couple years ago, but as anyone who has been within 50 feet of the star and his posse can attest, it was short-lived. (AP)
The country legend is perhaps the most famous stoner of them all. He smoked pot on the roof of the White House in the Carter years. Willie, Willie, Willie.... (AP)
“I know you’re supposed to tell kids not to do drugs, but, kids, do it! Do weed!” the New York Post quoted the ‘Jay and Silent Bob’ star as saying. In other evidence, Smith is the king of stoner movies. (AP)
Shia "The Beef" LaBeouf was spotted in June at Los Angeles international airport wearing a T-shirt with the words "Everybody must get stoned" on the back. The actor grew up with hippie parents. "I had my first joint before I had my first drink," he says. "My parents always thought weed was healthier than alcohol. If you look at the science of it, it’s the truth. Nobody has ever died smoking weed." We love it when stars quote "science"! (AP)
The philosophical starlet believes the world would be a better place if "everyone smoked weed." Dunst admits to smoking the ganja, saying, “I do like weed. I have a different outlook on marijuana than America does.” Maybe not for long. (AP)
"Look, I have nothing to hide," said the star in a 2001 interview with ‘Film Review Magazine.’ "I'm not a great pothead or anything like that… but weed is much, much less dangerous than alcohol." (AP)
The heiress is known for her toking habits. In her second “home video,” Hilton jokes, while puffing on grass, “Paris Hilton part two: How to roll a joint!” In 2005, Paris was investigated for reportedly offering teenagers marijuana for a taping of her show ‘The Simple Life: Interns.’ (AP)
The talk show host uses marijuana to combat the pain that comes with living with multiple sclerosis. Williams dedicated an episode of ‘Montel’ to why medical marijuana should be made legal. (AP)
JT has been very open about smoking weed, sometimes even with his mother! The singer also admitted that he was stoned when he was ‘Punk'd’ by Ashton Kutcher. Timberlake told Blender magazine that legalizing marijuana “would cut your crime rate in half. All the stoners I know are too paranoid to do anything stupid.� (AP)
The Olympic swimmer caused quite a stir when a photograph of him smoking out of a bong went public. It also shed some light on that whole "eating 12,000 calories a day" thing. (AP)
She was photographed smoking a joint with Drew Barrymore in Hawaii, and Diaz once told Britain’s GQ magazine about her teen years smoking and surfing, saying, “we only had two dollars for a joint.” (AP) (AP2007)
"I smoke my head off. I smoke weed all the damn time," the rock star said recently. Richards injured his head in 2006 after falling out of a coconut tree. Which do kind of resemble giant pot leafs. Maybe he thought he had found the mother lode. (AP)
You'd be here all day if we mentioned every rapper who smokes marijuana, but Lil Wayne loves the green stuff. The star talked openly with Katie Couric for a pre-Grammy special about his habit, telling Couric: "I will stand up for marijuana any day ... I'm a rapper. That's who I am, Miss Katie, and I am a gangster and I do what I want. And I love to smoke.” Luckily we've heard its not that hard to get in jail, either, which is where he could be heading for a year after pleading guilty to weapons possession. (AP) (AP)
Fans asked the the ‘I’m Yours’ singer his opinion on legalization, and he responded via his Myspace blog. Mraz replied: "Marijuana is already one of the largest cash crops in the United States - I would love to see farmers thrive and not be jailed.”<br><br> "It would be beneficial for the whole to not spend millions each year incarcerating and rehabilitating growers and users. I think it would actually stimulate the economy to have another taxable good on the market, much like tobacco and alcohol are taxable." What is he running for office or something? (AP)
The actress was on the cover of 'High Times' in May 2003. "I'm a recreational pot smoker," the actress says. "There has never been enough of a distinction between marijuana and other drugs. It's a human rights issue, a censorship issue, and a choice issue." (AP)
The comedian has appeared in ‘High Times’ magazine and often portrays stoners on the big screen (like 1997 film ‘Bongwater’ and, well, most movies he’s in). His band Tenacious D performed at the NORML benefit concert in Los Angeles in 2004. (AP)
The 'Grey’s Anatomy' actress reportedly stopped to sign a petition to legalize marijuana in California recently. Volunteers are collecting signatures for a statewide legalization measure that could go on the November 2010 ballot. (AP)
When the Michael Phelps bong photo surfaced on ‘The View,’ it prompted Whoopi to admit, "I have smoked weed." (AP)
Theron was photographed smoking a pot-like substance out of an apple. It could have been tobacco. Sure. Why not. (AP)