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A number of people have criticised this list for claiming that some of those listed are drug addicts. They have missed the point, which was to show that using cannabis is not as harmful as prohibitionist would have us believe and one little puff of a joint will not, as they frequently claim, lead one to become a deadbeat junkie.
In fact what it does show is that a lot of very successful people have partaken of a substance that is now recognised as the safest intoxicant known to man.

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A new campaign to prevent tobacco addiction from cannabis use.

Page of people who some have claimed used cannabis but my search found otherwise.

Here is a list of notable reformers.

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Some Famous Cannabis Users.

This list was complied from various postings to newsgroups and from web pages on the net. I cannot vouch for it's 100% accuracy. If anyone wishes to add or dispute the entries I will be happy to change them.
Some are duplicated, as in John Lenon and the Beatles, if they are famous in their own right. Some were medical users like Queen Victoria. Some may not have used it themselves but advised its use like Emperor Liu Chi-nu.
However for some of the names I can find no corroboration that they used cannabis. Therefore, as I research it further names will be removed to another page. Elvis for example "despised pot smokers".

• Aaron Sorkin, creator of ''The West Wing".
• Art Garfunkel , singer, Simon and Garfunkel.
• Abbie Hoffman, Activist.
• Al and Tipper Gore Politicians
• Aleister Crowley, Author and Famous Satanist.
• Alexander Dumas. Was a member of the "Club de Hachichins". Author - "The Three Musketeers"
• Ali Campbell, Singer with UB40
• Alice B. Toklas. Famous Cook - Wrote recipe for Hash Fudge Filmed as. 'I Love You Alice B. Toklas'
• Allen Ginsberg, Poet.
• Andrea Corr, musician, "The Corrs".
• Anjelica Huston, Actress.
• Arnold Schwarzenegger. Actor. ``I did smoke a joint and I did inhale.''
• Art Garfunkel. Singer of, "Simon and Garfunkel" fame.
• Arthur Rimbaud
• Balzac.
• Beatles.
• Benjamin Franklin, Many claims but little proof.
• Bill "...but I didn't inhale." Clinton, Politician.
• Bill Gates. Not confirmed, just very strongly hinted at in his Playboy interview.
• Bill Murray Arrested for possession.
• Bing Crosby. Famous crooner of "I'm dreaming of a White Christmas". Now the Film "High Society" makes sense!
• Bix Beiderbecke Jazz musician.
• Black Crowes, musicians
• Bob Denver, Star of "Gilligan's Island".
• Bob Dylan, musician.
• Bob Marley, musician
• Burt Reynolds, actor. He left his first wife because of her drug use. But he has been seen in Cannabis Cafes.
• Bruce Lee.
• Cab Calloway, Jazz musician. Claimed he only used it once.
• Carl Sagan, Scientist - SiFi writer - film "Contact" More info here.
• Carlos Santana musician.
• Carrie Fischer, Actress
• Charlie Sheen, actor.
• Charlize Theron, Actress. More here.
• Charles Beaudelaire, Author.
• Cheech Marin, Actor, Don Johnson's sidekick in the TV detective series "Nash Bridges."
• Chris Conrad, Author and expert on Cannabis Hemp
• Chris Farley. Comedian.
• Chrissie Hynde, musician.
• Chris Rock, Actor, Comedian, Producer, Screenwriter.
• Chubby Checker, Musician. Sang; "Lets Twist Again".
• Cilla Black, Musician and presenter. Tried it in the '60's but didn't like it.
• Claire Rayner, Agony Aunt.
• Cody Kasch Actor. TV series Desperate Housewives
• Conan O'Brian TV Host
• Count Basie, Jazz Ban Leader. He was on an DEA file of marajuana users.
• Dame Margot Fonteyn, Prima ballerina. Also see entries for Rudolf Nureyev.
• David Bailey, Photographer .
• Dan Quayle . Politician.
• David Cameron . Politician. Leader of UK Conservative Party .
• David Hockney, Artist.
• Diego Rivera Mexican Artist
• Dion Fortune Welsh occultist.
• Dionne Warwick, Famous singer of "Walk on by".
• Dioscorides Pedanius, 1 ^st cent. AD. Greek physician. Wrote 'De Materia Medica', used for 1,500 years.
• Dizzy Gillespie, Jazz musician He was on an DEA file of marajuana users.
• Dr Francis Crick. Nobel Prize winner.
• Dr Lester Grinspoon.
• Dr R.D.Laing
• Dr W.B. O'Shaugnessy Re-introduced cannabis to European medicine.
• Drew Barrymore, actress.
• Duke Ellington, Jazz Band Leader. He was on an DEA file of marajuana users.
• Elliott Gould. Actor.
• Eminem, musician.
• Emperor Liu Chi-nu, made medical recomendation for its use.
• Emperor Shen-Nung, made first known medical recommendation for its use.
• Errol Flynn, Actor
• Evelyn Waugh. Author.
• Francis Ford Coppella, Film Director. Mentioned in "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls" by Peter Biskind
• Frances McDormand , Actress. Raising Arizona, Burning Mississippi, Fargo.
• Fats Waller, musician.
• Fitz Hugh Ludlow - wrote 'The Hasheesh Eater'.
• Francois Rabelais. 16 ^th French author. Recommended it as a food not a high.
• Friedrich Nietzsche, Used it as a medicine.
• Gary Johnson. Governor of New Mexico - Reformer.
• Gene Krupa, Jazz musician.
• George Gurdjieff , Russian Mystic.
• George W Bush Politician and professional hypocrite.
• George Melly, Jazz musician.
• George Soros, Financier and reformer.
• George Washington , grew it and there is evidence that he prepared it for smoking.
  And incidentally many other US presidents use to smoke Hemp.
  • Thomas Jefferson.
  • James Madison.
  • James Monroe.
  • Andrew Jackson,
  • Zachary Taylor.
  • Franklin Pierce.
  • Also see entries for Bill Clinton and George Bush.
• Gerard de Nerval French writer
• Graham Greene, Author.
• Grateful Dead musicians.
• Harrison Ford, Actor. This is a claim made by Bill Maher that has not been denied.
• Hasan I-Sabah (Hasan-bin-Sabah) Leader of the Assassins.
• Heinrich Khunrath, Medieval Alchemist. and Philosopher.
• Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. Russian Theosophist.
• Henri Michaux poet and painter
• Howard Marks. Ex-smuggler and Raconteur.
• H R H Prince Harry, Third in line to the British throne.
• H R H Princess Margaret, sister to Her Majesty the Queen. Her son disputes the claim.
• Howard Stern, admitted it on the radio.
• Hua T'o Medical use as anaesthetic .
• Hunter S. Thompson, Author
• Isabel Allende, Chilean author. Mentioned in her book "Paula".
• Jack Kerouac, Author
• Jack Nicholson, actor.
• Jackie Gleason, actor. Another whom the DEA kept on their pot files.
• James Brown, musician
• Janis Joplin, musician. Tried it but "... she didn't like marijuana, it gave her the jitters."
• Jane Fonda, Actress.
• Jennifer Aniston, actress. "I enjoy smoking cannabis and see no harm in it", Daily Mail, 11/9/01.
• Jennifer Capriati, Tennis champ.
• Jesse Ventura, Governor of Minnesota.
• Jesus Christ. 'healed using cannabis'.
• Jim Morrison, musician.
• Jimmy Dorsey, Jazz musician, He was on an DEA file of marijuana users.
• Jimmy Hendrix, musician
• Joan of Arc, was accused of using witch herbs (another name cannabis).
• John Belushi, actor. Perhaps not a particularly good role model!
• John Denver, musician. He recorded a song about it.
• John F Kennedy. Politician.
• John Kerry . Politician. US Senator and Presidential candidate. Also see
• John Lennon. musician.
• John Le Mesurier. Actor. Tried it but said it's not for him.
• John Wayne, Actor, "I tried it once but it didn't do anything to me."
• Jonathan Miller, Theatre Director.
• Johnny Cash, musician. Sang songs for NORML album.
• Jon Snow, Channel 4 News presenter. (UK)
• Julia Roberts, Actress, "I smoked dope twice," ..." It made me too sleepy..."
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, legendary Los Angeles Lakers Basketball star
• Kary Mullis, Nobel Laurate, Biology. Is on NORML Board of directors.
• Ken Kesey, Author of "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" (1975)
• Kenneth Tynan, Playwright.
• Kirsten Dunste actress. (Spiderman) said the world would be a better place if "everyone smoked weed".
• Kurt Cobain, musician.
• Larry Hagman, actor, of "JR" fame.
• Led Zeppelin, musicians.
• Lenny Bruce, Comedian.
• Lewis Carroll, Author
• Lewis Wolpert, biologist.
• Little Richard, musician.
• Louis Armstrong, Jazz musician. The 'bust' in his own words.
• Luke Perry, actor.
• Louis Hebert, French Botanist
• Macaulay Culkin. Actor, Home Alone.
• Mark Stepnoski. two-time Super Bowl champ, Dallas Cowboy.
• Mick Jagger, musician
• Mike Bloomberg. New York City Mayor.
• Mike Tyson, Boxer.
• Miles Davis, Jazz musician.
• Milton Berle, Actor another one on the DEA list of smokers
• Mo Mowlam, Minister recently in charge of UK drug policy.
• Modigliani. Sculptor.
• Montel Williams Chat show host.
• Montgomery Clift, actor, mentioned in his biography.
• Neil Diamond, musician.
• Neil Young, Musician.
• Newt Gingrich Speaker of the US Senate.
• Norman Mailer, Author.
• Oasis, Noel Gallagher "smoking cannabis is as normal as having a cup of tea"
• Ocean Colour Scene, "the hardest smoking band in music" Q Magazine. 02/02.
• Oliver Stone, Film Director.
• Oscar Wilde, Author. "Bosie and I have taken to hashish,"
• Pablo Picasso, Artist.
• Pancho Villa, Revolutionary Leader.
• Peregrine Worthstone, former editor of the Sunday Telegraph.
• Peter Fonda, actor. "I don't trust anybody who didn't inhale."
• Peter Sellers, actor.
• Peter Tosh, Poet.
• Pierce Brosnan, actor. Playboy Interview December 2005.
• Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Former Prime Minister of Canada.
• Peter Tosh, Poet.
• Pink. Musician. Mentioned in Playboy interview (11/02).
• Pink Floyd, Musicians.
• P. J. O'Rouke. Author.
• Pythagoras, Mathematician.
• Queen Victoria.
• Ram Dass, Philosopher.
• Ray Charles, musician.
• Sir Richard Branson Entrepreneur. In a 2007 interview for GQ magazine.
• Richard Feynman physicist, joint recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 for his work on quantum electrodynamics.
• Richard Pryor, actor.
• Robert Anton Wilson. Philosopher .
• Robert Mitchum, Actor, was jailed in the 40s for possession of marijuana.
• Rolling Stones, musicians.
• Rosie Boycott, former Editor of the Daily Express and The Independent.
• Ross Rebagliati, first ever snowboarding Gold Medallist, 1998 Winter Olympics.
• Rudolf Nureyev, Ballet dancer. Also see entry for Margot Fonteyn.
• Rudyard Kipling . Author.
• Ryan Farrell, Australian Sprint Car champion.
• Salvador Dali, Artist.
• Samuel Beckett, Author.
• Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Author.
• Sidi-Hidi. Sacred religious figure of Morocco, believed to have brought cannabis to the Atlas.
• Sinead O'Connor, musician.
• Sir Paul McCartney, Musician.
• Sir Mick Jagger, Musician. Of whom it was written; "Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel".
• Snoop Dogg, musician.
• Steve Martin , Actor.
• Stephen King. Author, "Tommy Knockers".
• Steve Jobs, co-creator of the Apple computer.
• Steven Soderbergh, Film director.
• Stephen Sondheim. Broadway composer and lyricist.
• Sting / Gordon Sumners, musician.
• Ted Turner, of CNN fame. This is a claim made by Bill Maher that has not been denied
• Terence McKenna.
• Terry Pratchett. Author of the "Diskworld" books. A bit of a cheeky claim perhaps, in that he did not object to being given a "cake".
• The Who, musicians.
• Thelonious Monk, Jazz musician.
• Timothy Leary
• Tomas Enge, Formula 3000 World Champion.
• Tommy Chong. Actor with Cheech Marin in "Up in Smoke " - "Cheech & Chong".
• Tommy Lee, Musician.
• Tony Booth, the father-in-law of Britain's Prime Minister. Smoked it in No 10.
• UB40, Band.
• Victor Hugo. Author 'Les Misérables'
• Walter 'Stumpy' Brennan actor.
• Walter Benjamin, Philosopher.
• Wesley Snipes, actor. Has been seen in Cannabis Cafes.
• Whitney Houston, musician.
• William Butler Yeats. Famous Irish Poet and Occultist.
• William S. Burroughs, Author.
• William Shakespeare. Dramatist. More here.
• Willie Nelson, musician.
• Woody Harrelson, Actor and reformer.
• Zoroaster, Persian prophet.
• Eight UK Conservative Shadow Cabinet Ministers as well as some Liberal and Labour MPs.
• Another list of UK "Puffing Politicians" by The Times Online.
• Most popular Musicians since the turn of the 20th century. Even the boys from S Club 7!
• You will find it's use mentioned in the Bible.
• And now we are told even Stone age man may have used it.

There are several other sites that have similar lists you may like to look at :

• Two pages of Celebrity stoners from Cannabis Culture Magazine No 1 and No 2 .
• Very Important Pot Heads has a game for you to play.
• Repeal Net has listed some notable anti-prohibitionist.

Here is a list of notable reformers I have started.

If you want to add a name to this list please e-mail me and if possible say where the information came from. I will in time hope to link each name to a quote or URL to prevent disputes.

Slatts