# Pot smoking celebrity trinity **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 10, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pot-smoking-celebrity-trinity/609082 "2012-01-10T21:34:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pot-smoking-celebrity-trinity/609082/1 "2012-01-10T21:34:22Z")
Edit: Apologies to the mods if this belongs in Cafe Society. I just figured that even though I’m talking about celebrities I’m talking about their drug habits and not their careers, that’s why I placed the thread here. Two categories, living and dead. Living. If you think of Willie Nelson or Snoop Dogg pot smoking should immediately spring to mind. In fact, some people are probably more aware of their pot smoking than their music. But who else should be included to round out this list? Dead. Jim Morrison and Bob Marely obviously. But who else? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pot-smoking-celebrity-trinity/609082/2 "2012-01-10T21:36:39Z")
Living: Nelson, Snoop Dog, Michael Phelps Dead: Morrison, Marley, and Dylan (he introduced the Beatles to weed) ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pot-smoking-celebrity-trinity/609082/3 "2012-01-10T21:38:13Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > Two categories, living and dead. > > Living. > If you think of Willie Nelson or Snoop Dogg pot smoking should immediately spring to mind. In fact, some people are probably more aware of their pot smoking than their music. But who else should be included to round out this list? Anyone affiliated with Cypress Hill. Possibly Paul McCartney. Definitely Tommy Chong. > [@](#): > > Dead. > Jim Morrison and Bob Marely obviously. But who else? Peter Tosh. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pot-smoking-celebrity-trinity/609082/4 "2012-01-10T21:38:14Z")
Cheech and Chong man. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pot-smoking-celebrity-trinity/609082/5 "2012-01-10T21:39:12Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Cheech and Chong man. I wished the :wally: emoticon still worked. Of course! ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pot-smoking-celebrity-trinity/609082/6 "2012-01-10T21:41:52Z")
Woody Harrelson ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pot-smoking-celebrity-trinity/609082/7 "2012-01-10T21:42:16Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Living: Nelson, Snoop Dog, Michael Phelps > Dead: Morrison, Marley, and Dylan (he introduced the Beatles to weed) Bob Dylan is still alive. Cheech & Chong made a career of smoking dope, but Cheech has moved on to other things. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pot-smoking-celebrity-trinity/609082/8 "2012-01-10T21:43:25Z")
:sigh: I was thinking John Lennon for that spot, remembered that Dylan introduced him to it, forgot that the category was DEAD PEOPLE. Sorry, Bob. Glad you’re still with us. :wally: ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pot-smoking-celebrity-trinity/609082/9 "2012-01-10T21:47:50Z")
Living: Seth Rogan James Garner ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pot-smoking-celebrity-trinity/609082/10 "2012-01-10T22:09:02Z")
Some pretty good ones. Although I never heard that James Garner does pot. ---
**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pot-smoking-celebrity-trinity/609082/11 "2012-01-10T23:02:20Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > :sigh: > > I was thinking John Lennon for that spot, remembered that Dylan introduced him to it, forgot that the category was DEAD PEOPLE. > > Sorry, Bob. Glad you’re still with us. Maybe Dylan can be more of pot smoking St. John the Baptist then? ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pot-smoking-celebrity-trinity/609082/12 "2012-01-10T23:06:19Z")
Louis Armstrong was a lifelong weedhound. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pot-smoking-celebrity-trinity/609082/13 "2012-01-10T23:10:36Z")
Matthew McConaughey springs to mind, but it’s hard to separate the weed smoking from the naked bongo playing. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pot-smoking-celebrity-trinity/609082/14 "2012-01-10T23:28:38Z")
My man, George Carlin. mmm ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pot-smoking-celebrity-trinity/609082/15 "2012-01-10T23:36:33Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > My man, George Carlin. > mmm Nah - that was “Hal Sleet, the hippie-dippy weatherman…with all the hippie, dippy weather, man!” (old Carlin routine reference, for those of you not up on The Master…) ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pot-smoking-celebrity-trinity/609082/16 "2012-01-11T00:17:25Z")
> [@StusBlues](#): > > Possibly Paul McCartney. That’s a sure bet, not a “possibly”. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pot-smoking-celebrity-trinity/609082/17 "2012-01-11T00:59:56Z")
The Black-Eyed Peas ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pot-smoking-celebrity-trinity/609082/18 "2012-01-11T01:27:31Z")
Living: Doug Benson, Kevin Smith, Zach Galifianakis, Seth Rogan, James Franco ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pot-smoking-celebrity-trinity/609082/19 "2012-01-11T03:13:09Z")
Mischa Barton, Haley Joel Osment, and Prince Harry of Wales. As for the dead, it’s hard to say. Just about anyone from the '60s and '70s would have been familiar with weed, but I can’t think of anyone now dead who was _known_ for their consumption the way Cheech and Chong were. I don’t know much about Jerry Garcia, for instance; he might have given it up later in life. And for the ones who didn’t get a “later in life,” weed is not what killed them. Same for people from the early '90s. I’m sure Kurt Cobain and Tupac Shakur smoked up, but I don’t remember that it defined either of them. It defines Snoop Dogg, but he’s still with us. (And maybe that tells us something that Californians can remember in the next state election. ;)) ETA: I think out of all the Beatles, Paul is the only real devotee of the herb. The others, I think they phased it out when the '60s, or at least the '70s, were over. So I wouldn’t include Lennon or Harrison, but feel free to prove me wrong. ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pot-smoking-celebrity-trinity/609082/20 "2012-01-11T04:11:53Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > :sigh: > > I was thinking John Lennon for that spot, remembered that Dylan introduced him to it, … So, Dylan introduced Lennon to the weed, and Ian Tyson is credited with introducing it to Dylan (although he claims not to remember it, or for that matter, much else about that era…) what goes around comes around 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pot-smoking-celebrity-trinity/609082.md?page=2)