Cannabis Quotes · Page 3

To make certain that crime does not pay, the government should take it over and try to run it.

— J. Norman Collie

“The War on Drugs will go down in history as the most racist crusade since slavery.”

— Thor Benson

I never understood that line. The point was to inhale. That was the point.

— Barack Obama

The biggest killer on the planet is stress and I still think the best medicine is and always has been cannabis.

— Willie Nelson

I've been smoking marijuana for 44 years now, and ... I think it's a tremendous blessing.

— Lester Grinspoon

“We must go to the laboratory at once. I have some cannabis.”

— Brooklyn Ann

I sort of see [cannabis] as the pilot light of Gian consciousness.

— Terence McKenna

Smoking helped put me in touch with the realm of the senses.

— Hugh Hefner

Cannabis, just like morphine, has its usage in medicine. It's unpardonable that authorities forbid sick people access to this medicament and in…

— Jerzy Vetulani

It is beyond my comprehension that any humane person would withhold such a beneficial substance from people in such great need simply…

— Steven Gould

The cannabis experience has greatly improved my appreciation for art, a subject which I had never much appreciated before,

— Carl Sagan

There's been no top authority saying what marijuana does to you. I really don't know that much about it. I tried it…

— John Wayne

I'd like to see the government back a programme of research into the medical properties of cannabis and I do not object…

— Richard Branson

I support decriminalisation. People are smoking pot anyway and to make them into criminals is wrong. It's when you're in jail you…

— Paul McCartney

We had an episode where Bud asks his dad, I was named after the beer, right, Dad? And Ed ONeill, who played…

— David Faustino

“It seems likely that by the time humanity began weaving the fibers of the plant [cannabis] into cloth, they had already been…

— Chris Bennett

Yeah, man. It's time to let de people get good herbs and smoke. Government's a joke. All dey wan' is ya smoke…

— Bob Marley

I'm actually not in favour of decriminalizing cannabis -- I'm in favour of legalizing it. Tax and regulate. It's one of the…

— Justin Trudeau

Cannabis is remarkably safe. Although not harmless, it is surely less toxic than most of the conventional medicines it could replace if…

— Lester Grinspoon

What was done with the seed saved from the India Hemp last summer? It ought, all of it, to have been sewn…

— George Washington

“The grimoires were already illegal; authoring or possessing them was punishable by torture and death. In that case, listing belladonna as an…

— Aaron Leitch

I talked to Snoop Doggy Dog today. Well I'm not sure if you could really call it talked because I could hardly…

— Marilyn Manson

I am convinced that there are genuine and valid levels of perception available with cannabis (and probably with other drugs) which are,…

— Lester Grinspoon

There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and…

— Harry J. Anslinger

Most of the so-called illegal drugs have vastly increased in use, despite billions of dollars spent suppressing them. I believe 750,000 Americans…

— Graham Hancock

“The movie Koyaanisqatsi shows non-commented time-lapse footage and focuses our attention on the very rhythm of our civilized modern life and nature.…

— Sebastian Marincolo

“While the legalization of Cannabis is still new and being regulated for growing, packaging, distribution and sales, the IRS is old and…

— Loren Weisman

“Cannabis is just way too healthy for a sick health care system”

— Sebastian Marincolo

Think for yourself. Know what you're doing. Question authority.

— Timothy Leary

Hemp is Earth's number-one biomass resource; it is capable of producing 10 tons per acre in four months.

— Jack Herer

We shall, by and by, want a world of hemp more for our own consumption.

— John Adams

The only dead bodies from marijuana are in the prisons and at the hands of the police. This is ridiculous.

— Jack Herer

Let's not underrate cannabis, for cryin' out loud. Cannabis should be the glue of the community.

— Terence McKenna

Marijuana is taken by musicians. And I'm not speaking about good musicians, but the jazz type...

— Harry J. Anslinger

I smoked this joint and then it hit me. I thought, what you gotta do is play your own simply blues.

— Iggy Pop

Marijuana is one of the safest, therapeutically active substances known to man.

— Frances M. Young

If John Lennon is deported, I'm leaving too...with my musicians..and my marijuana.

— Art Garfunkel

Music and herb go together. It's been a long time now I smoke herb. From 1960's, when I first start singing.

— Bob Marley

Hemp is a part of the cannabis plant, and it is very useful.

— Ziggy Marley

We can't sell short the spiritual power of cannabis, especially when eaten.

— Terence McKenna