Coed Mag: Top 10 Successful Potheads
February 10th, 2009 by Alex
Coed Magazine put together a list of the Top 10 Successful Potheads. It’s solid, and includes some well known names, but I feel like a lot of the content is off point.
Maybe I’m wrong, but sometimes when I read these sort of lists, I get the distinct impression they were written by someone who has no idea what they’re talking about when it comes to marijuana, and this is one of those times.
First, the word ’successful’ is very subjective. What defines success? Net worth? Overall happiness? Positive impact on the world? You tell me, but it looks like this list goes straight to the money side of things.
Also, the whole use of the word ‘pothead’ seems wrong in this article.
Barack Obama? Michael Bloomberg? Arnold Schwarzenegger?
These are people I would hardly call potheads. Did they smoke weed when they were younger? Yes. Do they currently take bongloads and watch 30 Rock? No.
As an example, earlier this year Arnie vetoed a law that would make it illegal for businesses to fire an employee who tests positive for medical marijuana. That’s not the work of a pothead, no matter who’s list he’s on.
The unstated premise of the article is that all these people are getting rich & famous while being high 24/7. I mean you’re calling Michael Phelps a pothead? I guess the meaning of that word is changing, because yes, he might like to throw back and party every once in a while, but for 4 straight years that dude was working his ass off at the peak of sports science / performance.
That’s what you call an athlete. Not a pothead. What do you guys think?
10 Leaders Who Liked to Indulge
January 13th, 2009 by Perry
Probably part apocryphal story and part truth, this little list talks about famous leaders throughout history who liked to let loose – whether it was with pills, bottles or needles.
Fun fact: Stalin, Russia’s feared leader for more than 30 years, was allegedly a boozehound, who could drink a hollowed-out buffalo horn’s worth of booze according to a firsthand account. For those who don’t measure their booze in animal horns, that’s about three to four bottles of wine.
The article attributes drug and alcohol binges for some of history’s most important battles and reactions. Ah, the sordid history of substance abuse, affecting more than most people realize.
