Bans Quote by Willie Nelson

Nobody tells the history of marijuana and its prohibition like Russ Belville does. He has a special talent for presenting scholarship in a remarkably…

— Ethan Nadelmann

“I had tried marijuana several times, but in the words of my friend and longtime assistant Janet Stark, “When I smoke pot, it makes…

— Linda Ronstadt

So when people ask Galbraith, why is the change in marijuana laws important to the people of this country, because it returns to the…

— Gatewood Galbraith

To kick things off, [television show host Andy Cohen] asked the last time Winfrey had smoked marijuana. 'Uh ... 1982,' Winfrey replied. 'Let's hang…

— Oprah Winfrey

Marijuana was made illegal because of William Randolph Hearst, the big newspaper guy. He owned thousands of acres of timberland and he didn't want…

— Jesse Ventura

“I think that marijuana should not only be legal, I think it should be a cottage industry. There’s some pretty good homegrown dope. I’m…

— Stephen King

“No: it was blacks who killed marijuana decriminalization in D.C.”

— James Forman Jr

“I believe that marijuana, aka cannabis should be recognized for what it is - an effective herb, grown from soil and seed, nurtured by…

— Edward R. Cook

“You know, it turns out that cannabis really IS a gateway drug. It's a gateway drug to hashish, which, actually, is cannabis.”

— Sienna McQuillen

Forty million Americans smoked marijuana; the only ones who didn’t like it were Judge Ginsberg, Clarence Thomas and Bill Clinton.

— Jay Leno

“The legalization of marijuana is not a dangerous experiment – the prohibition is the experiment, and it has failed dramatically, with millions of victims…

— Sebastian Marincolo

“Despite Coach's admonishment, some of us on the team smoked marijuana. I had been exposed to it back in New York and had occasionally…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar