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[Bert Notorius]

If you're still smoking pot by age 20, you are just a loser.

 

[Lancecastor]

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Sir Richard Branson is the 236th richest person in the world, founder of the Virgin empire, which encompasses everything from airlines to record stores to cell phones, and made his entire multi-billion dollar fortune from absolutely nothing. Not only does this man smoke weed, he gets high with his 21-year-old son. He has publicly stated that there’s nothing wrong with smoking pot, has petitioned for the legalization of pot, and even said that if it were legal, he’d sell it.

 

[Lancecastor]

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In fairness to tokers around the world, Sorkin is a bit more of a ‘drug addict’ than he is ‘pothead’. He started dabbling with weed and coke back in the late ’80s, has been in and out of rehab numerous times, and was arrested for possession of marijuana, mushrooms and crack in 2001. So yeah, he loves to smoke weed… but he also loves to freebase. Not cool, Aaron! However, the man’s drug problems have done little to hinder his success in Hollywood. His work on The West Wing, both as writer and producer, earned him multiple Emmy Awards, and countless nominations for other awards.

 

[Lancecastor]

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Almost every American President before Barry, from Washington to Clinton to Bush, has had a pot addled past. Clinton purportedly tried and failed to smoke a joint, Bush was a boozer, but messed with coke and pot from time to time, Washington even grew marijuana on his farm. But as far as we know, none have admitted to smoking as much pot as Obama. He wrote extensively about his stoner past in his book Dreams of My Father, and in a 2007 interview stated “When I was a kid I inhaled frequently. That was the point.” Anyone who wonders what kind of future a pothead can have should take a hard look at Barack Obama. Not only can you grow up to be ridiculously smart, you can grow up to be President.

 

[Bert Notorius]

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[Lancecastor]

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The Mayor of New York’s last name is associated with ‘business’ and ‘success’, not ‘failure’ and ‘the munchies’. But if you’re one of those idiots who believes a pothead could never amount to anything, you’d have never guessed this was the way Bloomberg would turn out. Did he smoke pot when he was younger? In his own words “You bet I did. And I enjoyed it!”

 

[Lancecastor]

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Ted is a rare breed of billionaire — he comes off as completely absent minded, incapable of even putting on his own pants. Yet he is a mega-mogul. He single-handedly invented the 24-hour news cycle with CNN, was named Time’s Man of the Year in 1991, is the largest private land owner in America, and also owns a few other TV stations, and the Atlanta Braves. So… owning lots of stuff? Not what you’d expect from a guy who grew pot in his college dorm room. Ted is also a major funder of the Kentucky Hemp Museum, along with renowned stoner Woody Harelson, and is a well known fan of the classic stoner cartoon Scooby-Doo.

 

[Joeybagadonuts]

Yeah but look what it did to Bob Marley's creativity.

 

[Lancecastor]

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The Governator is the only man on this list who is actually on video smoking weed. In the classic documentary Pumping Iron, he is seen smoking, and loving, a joint. But hey man, that was the’70s, right? Things have chanced since then. Haven’t they? Well, Schwarzenegger hasn’t been puffing since his election to office, but he has presided over California’s recent medical marijuana renaissance. Now anyone who wants one can get a pot prescription in the state, which gives them legal access to some of the best weed in the country, and even allows them to grow plants in their own home. According to Arnold, marijuana “is not a drug, it’s a leaf.”

 

[Lancecastor]

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Over the course of his career, both his output and his success have been unparalleled. He’s authored upwards of 50 novels and short stories which have sold a collective 500 million copies worldwide. He’s also been one of the most vocal proponents for the legalization of marijuana, calling laws against the drug “ridiculous,” and stating that “I think that marijuana should not only be legal, I think it should be a cottage industry.” It makes perfect sense. You’d have to be stoned to come up with some of the sh*t this guy has.

 

[Lancecastor]

If you're still smoking pot by age 20, you are just a loser.

Sorry, you were saying....?

 

[philosophygirl]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14DYUQtGuV4

 

[Liar]

If you're still smoking pot by age 20, you are just a loser.

Yeah, you should have graduated to white lines by then.

 

[pointless]

If you're still smoking pot by age 20, you are just a loser.

if your posting isn't the result of heavy marijuana usage then you are one fucked up little man.

 

[KRCummings]

Drugs are bad for you. Some people are able to deal with them but most aren't. You can pretend that because a few people did well that it's ok but you're fooling yourself.
Nothing wrong with getting high now and then but most people that do it every day end up being losers if they aren't already.

 

[semen4her]

What would qualify one as a loser?

 

[Joeybagadonuts]

Drugs are bad for you. Some people are able to deal with them but most aren't. You can pretend that because a few people did well that it's ok but you're fooling yourself.
Nothing wrong with getting high now and then but most people that do it every day end up being losers if they aren't already.

Do you include alcohol?

 

[KRCummings]

What would qualify one as a loser?

The unemployed or underemployed idiot sleeping on the couch at noon and playing Xbox at 2am is a loser.
They guy that comes home from work and smokes a joint to unwind is probably not but the emphasis is on probably.

 

[pointless]

Drugs are bad for you. Some people are able to deal with them but most aren't. You can pretend that because a few people did well that it's ok but you're fooling yourself.
Nothing wrong with getting high now and then but most people that do it every day end up being losers if they aren't already.

almost the entirety of western civilization is fueled by drugs and has been for centuries upon centuries. it is just the way we work.

 

[kobalt.9]

If you're still smoking pot by age 20, you are just a loser.

I haven't read many things here at lit that I disagree with more.

 

[KRCummings]

Do you include alcohol?

Alcohol is worse. One of the worst overall. At least heroin usually only kills the idiot doing it. Alcohol is abused more than any other drug.

 

[KRCummings]

almost the entirety of western civilization is fueled by drugs and has been for centuries upon centuries. it is just the way we work.

No doubt and weed at least should probably be legal but that won't change the fact that a whole lot of drug users are fuckin' losers. How many people get DUI's every year? How many are in AA or NA or rehab? It's ridiculous.
Fucking people can't hack it.

 

[kobalt.9]

No doubt and weed at least should probably be legal but that won't change the fact that a whole lot of drug users are fuckin' losers. How many people get DUI's every year? How many are in AA or NA or rehab? It's ridiculous.
Fucking people can't hack it.

Every drug addict I know would have been a very sober loser if drugs didn't exist. And where I grew up, I knew my fair share of them.

 

[KRCummings]

Every drug addict I know would have been a very sober loser if drugs didn't exist. And where I grew up, I knew my fair share of them.

So what? There are always losers in every walk of life. Because some do drugs doesn't mean it was the drugs that made them losers. It's about those who wouldn't otherwise be.

 

[eyer]

If you're still smoking pot by age 20, you are just a loser.

It just takes most longer to grow up, is all...

...sadly, some never do.