Update: Vice reached out to a representative for Willie Nelson, who responded with the following statement: “Willie has not quit cannabis.” The implication being, it seems, that while Nelson has quit smoking pot, he has not quit ingesting it. Everything is fine, people! Carry on with your Wednesday!
Original story continues below:
Does Willie Nelson know something we don’t? Are we truly so fucked that even smoking pot won’t help to soothe or, at the very least, distract us from certain apocalyptic doom? Or is the legendary country singer, now in his 86th year on this planet, just sick of the smell? One thing is for certain: It’s the end of an era. During a recent appearance on San Antonio’s KSAT, Nelson told the news station that he’s done with marijuana:
I have abused my lungs quite a bit in the past, so breathing is a little more difficult these days, and I have to be careful. I’ve mistreated myself since I was this big. I started out smoking cedar bark, and it went from that to cigarettes to whatever. And that almost killed me. … I take better care of myself today than I did then.
The news comes just a few months after Nelson canceled a string of tour dates due to breathing problems. It seems that his recent decision is related, as Nelson went on to describe his concert performances as a workout:
Singing out there for an hour is a good workout. Your lungs are the biggest muscle you’ve got. So when you’re out there working, you are working out.
Nelson may have abandoned us, but at least we still have other cool potheads like Snoop Dogg (and, fine, his friend Martha Stewart), Matthew McConaughey, and Woody Harrelson. But if those guys quit, all we’ve got left is Kevin Smith. And then we’re really fucked.
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I was fortunate enough to see Merle in concert before he passed. Better go see this one while there’s still time.
Wonder if he still pops an edible every now and then.
Indeed, he can lose the smoke but keep the buzz.
He should try vaping. Nothing dangerous about that.
If he uses a dry herb vape, it’s certainly safer than actual smoking. I’ve used one for years now and the thought of burning makes me wanna gag a bit.
The guy partakes of shrooms and weed. Nothing has changed, he just had to stop smoking
You know that you can eat or drink weed, right? And that it actually makes breathing easier. The problem with drinking it is so many of the little containers are so concentrated you have to sip like a single milliliter.
I chugged a whole bottle of THC infused peach juice one time. That was fun.
“Nelson told the news station that he’s done with marijuana”He said no such thing. All he said was “I don’t smoke anymore”, not “I’ve quit marijuana altogether”.
Yeah, it sounds like he’s taking a break or using other alternatives like edibles or vaping.
Vaping is smoking — I have no idea why everybody thinks it’s not.
I would be willing to bet a great deal of money that Willie Nelson is still EATING pot.
In other news, Bugs Bunny has checked himself into carrot rehab.
What next, Cookie Monster giving up cookies?
Federal charges of public groping were filed today against accused serial hugger, Elmo, 39, of Sesame Street. Upon surrendering himself to authorities, Mr. Elmo declared his intention to fight the allegations in court, “Elmo just want to spread love! History will judge Elmo!”. Sought for reaction to these ominous statements, local social worker, Big Bird, 50, offered no comment.
I got news for you, from some site in the interwebs
https://news.avclub.com/woody-harrelson-has-quit-smoking-weed-1798259314
I thought the same, but then I checked, and Woody actually started smoking again in 2018—because of Willie Nelson. The ironing is delicious.
This is the best news!
Now this is excellent reporting. I salute you, sir!
“The ironing is delicious.”
And so starchy.
Wait, I thought the tongue was the biggest muscle in the body. That’s what your mom told me, anyway.Sorry. Back to the next seven hundred people who didn’t read before commenting to enlighten us on how you can still EAT marijuana without smoking it. Thanks for the tip, next seven hundred people.
The lungs are not a muscle. The diaphragm is the muscle that inflates or deflates your lungs. The largest muscle in the human body is the Gluteus Maximus. Your ass.
Don’t yell at me, yell at Norm up there.
[in my mother’s voice] Strongest muscle, dear. Not biggest.
I put something in your mother’s voice last night.
BONG
WHY THE SWEET LIVING FUCK IS THE TACO BELL BELL NOT UNGREYED
Geez Louise, don’t people even bother to finish reading a press release first? It was obvious he was talking about giving up smoking, nor weed. You know, when my best friend was undergoing post-surgical chemo for her colon cancer, she got very into edibles — Gummy Bears laced with THC.
You can always just put it in your butt.
Reefer is ILLEGAL
I took a marijuana cigarette once. I woke up in a pool of blood with the severed head of a hobo in my lap.
I injected 8 marijuana’s and ended up inappropriately touching a rabbit.
Not where I come from Bay BEE!
Doesn’t Willie Nelson sell a line of eponymous edibles? Or is that just something I imagined because I got hiiiiigh
They sell all kinds of cannabis under his Willies Reserve brand including pre rolled joints.
“the legendary country singer, now in his 86th year on this planet”He is 86 years old which makes this his 87th year.
I have no problems with people doing pot – but inhaling smoke into your lungs on a regular basis is obviously 100% not good for you.
The Apocalypse is upon us.
Don’t forget about 2 Chainz! (IMO, the coolest 420’er out there currently.)
Good for him. Sucking any kind of smoke into your lungs isn’t healthy, especially in the Long Run, Joe Walsh. Enjoy the brownies…..Wait, it’s cookies for weed, ain’t it? Enjoy the cookies.
Did you not understand your own story? He quit smoking.
Pretty sure we’ve already lost Woody. Saw him on Bill Maher a while back and he said he quit.
I wonder how many white-bread, middle aged fans of his that started smoking due to his influence will backpedal now.
I thought Woody Harrelson quit too? Pretty sure he mentioned it to Bill Maher as a guest one time. Or was that just a phase?