Freeman is one of the Hollywood celebs who support the legalization of marijuana, arguing it 'has many useful uses.'
- May 11, 2015
AceShowbiz - For some reasons, Morgan Freeman supports the legalization of marijuana, especially because it has "many useful uses." In a recent interview with The Daily Beast, he stated, "They used to say, 'You smoke that stuff, boy, you get hooked!' My first wife got me into it many years ago. How do I take it? However it comes! I'll eat it, drink it, smoke it, snort it!"
"This movement is really a long time coming, and it's getting legs-longer legs. Now, the thrust is understanding that alcohol has no real medicinal use. Maybe if you have one drink it'll quiet you down, but two or three and you're f***ed," he went on arguing. "Marijuana has many useful uses," he stressed.
Freeman continued sharing, "I have fibromyalgia pain in this arm, and the only thing that offers any relief is marijuana. They're talking about kids who have grand mal seizures, and they've discovered that marijuana eases that down to where these children can have a life. That right there, to me, says, 'Legalize it across the board!' " On wanting marijuana legalization, the actor used the example of the music festival at Woodstock, saying, "Look at Woodstock 1969. They said, 'We're not going to bother them or say anything about smoking marijuana,' and not one problem or fight. Then look at what happened in '99," referring to the less marijuana-friendly 30th-anniversary event, which resulted in riots and arrests.
