10 Sept 2009 -[/B] Actor Woody Harrelson can't understand why the media makes such a fuss about his love of marijuana because "we're all drug addicts."
The star has become the Hollywood poster boy for all things hemp and high, and he even lit up a joint for a recent playboy magazine interview at his home in Hawaii.
Harrelson just can't understand why marijuana hasn't been legalized and why everyone thinks he's high all the time.
He tells the publication, "I've seen it printed that I'm a marijuana activist, and I understand that, but it's really just something I enjoy.
"Folks may have a drink, ... People may want to pop a pill before going to a party -= that's not for me. Cocaine freaks me out.
"I like the mellow vibe of herb, its uninhibiting effect. For me, it's a better drug than any of the others, and since we're all drug addicts, I don't think it's a bad choice.
"Whether your drug is sugar, coffee, sex, exercise or religion - everybody has something.
"I was two years on (attention deficit disorder drug) Ritalin; my brother was eight years on it. If you didn't have a drug addict before, you had one after. You have someone who's forever chasing the dream.
source: SFGate/Playboy
Mr. Harrelson sits on the NORML advisory board with Willy Nelson, Bill Maher, Daniel Stern, Rick Steves, and Robert Altman, among other prominent activists opposed to marijuana prohibition. He has consistently lent his celebrity status to the cause of reforming marijuana laws.
NORML - the national organization for the reform of marijuanna laws
The star has become the Hollywood poster boy for all things hemp and high, and he even lit up a joint for a recent playboy magazine interview at his home in Hawaii.
Harrelson just can't understand why marijuana hasn't been legalized and why everyone thinks he's high all the time.
He tells the publication, "I've seen it printed that I'm a marijuana activist, and I understand that, but it's really just something I enjoy.
"Folks may have a drink, ... People may want to pop a pill before going to a party -= that's not for me. Cocaine freaks me out.
"I like the mellow vibe of herb, its uninhibiting effect. For me, it's a better drug than any of the others, and since we're all drug addicts, I don't think it's a bad choice.
"Whether your drug is sugar, coffee, sex, exercise or religion - everybody has something.
"I was two years on (attention deficit disorder drug) Ritalin; my brother was eight years on it. If you didn't have a drug addict before, you had one after. You have someone who's forever chasing the dream.
source: SFGate/Playboy
Mr. Harrelson sits on the NORML advisory board with Willy Nelson, Bill Maher, Daniel Stern, Rick Steves, and Robert Altman, among other prominent activists opposed to marijuana prohibition. He has consistently lent his celebrity status to the cause of reforming marijuana laws.
NORML - the national organization for the reform of marijuanna laws
