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Elijah Wood Wants a Higher Tolerance For Marijuana

Posted by Adam

Wednesday August 24, 2011

ELIJAH Wood “wishes” he had a higher “tolerance” for marijuana.

The 30-year-old actor can’t understand why the drug is still illegal because he believes it to be “harmless” but admits he rarely uses the substance himself because of the side effects it produces.

“I think the whole notion that marijuana is illegal is past the point of ridiculousness. It seems a little silly to be uptight about something that’s so natural,” he said.

“To be honest, I’m not really much of a pot smoker – it never really sat well with me. I’ve got friends that smoke and have smoked for years. I’ve always wished I could achieve that comfort and tolerance, but I have no tolerance for it whatsoever.

“But I’ve always been an advocate. I just feel it should be decriminalized. We’re spending taxpayers’ money on putting people away for something so harmless.”

The Lord of the Rings star believes marijuana use is widespread in Hollywood and has become a “normal” part of life.

“It’s gotten to the point where it just seems a natural part of people’s lives,’” he said.

“It’s certainly not taboo; I know a number of people who have medical cards. People feel very free talking about it. It doesn’t seem to be hidden or shoved under the carpet. It’s part of people’s lives in a very natural way.”

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  • http://www.davebeall.com dave beall

    “”The Lord of the Rings star believes marijuana use is widespread in Hollywood and has become a “normal” part of life.”"

    This statement can be said about every city in America and many cities around the world.

  • Jillian Galloway

    We have to face facts. Either we as a country have the ability to eliminate marijuana use or we as a country have to provide safe and legal access to the stuff through distributors we can trust – and who better to do this than our supermarkets who we already trust with alcohol and tobacco?

    Our supermarkets have proven that they’re reputable companies, they know how to card their customers, and they have the ability and the will to price these products at a level too low for illegal suppliers to match. Supermarkets are the ideal way to drive drug dealers off our streets and bankrupt the Mexican drug cartels who make more than $10 billion a year selling marijuana in the U.S. and have brutally murdered 40,000 people in the last five years in order to protect this money. The status quo of massive and unrelenting demand combined with zero legal supply is simply NOT an option!

    We may not ever wish to purchase beer, wine or marijuana ourselves but we should *always* insist on them being legal for supermarkets to sell to adults.

  • Angry Republican

    The fact that people see marijuana as a “natural” part of life, just shows we haven’t spent enough money and jailed enough people over the past 40 years. Just a few hundred billion more and 10 -20 million people locked away (that will help lower the unemployment also) and I bet we can solve this problem the American way, with guns and blood!

    Whoose with me? If you are buy stock in CXW and GEO , for every pot head locked away , we make money! God Bless America!

  • http://www.cannacenters.com/?ref=showbizcomment CannaCenters Medical Marijuana Clinics

    Thanks for speaking your truth, if all did… it would not be illegal.

    If society needs a “boogie man” to fear, here is a little something to think about.

    The most commonly used painkiller in the US is acetaminophen (brand name Tylenol). This is easily available over the counter. Acetaminophen is also in sleep aids (for instance, Tylenol-PM), and in strong prescription narcotic painkillers such as Vicodin and Percocet. Recent studies have found that acetaminophen is the leading cause of liver damage and probably is responsible for 1600 cases of acute liver failure that occur each year. The drug is thought to be safe at the recommended dose but because it is in so many different kinds of medication, people often end up taking double or even triple doses if they are using different painkillers or sleep aids. An FDA advisory panel urged the FDA to ban Percocet and Vicodin and other prescription drugs that contain acetaminophen. Due to the amount of money made by pharmaceutical companies by the sales of narcotic medications, and the fact they spend about $150 million per year lobbying our government officials, it will be a long time before any real changes take place.
    http://bit.ly/nEJZKi

  • John Shleton

    @ Jillian Galloway “should *always* insist on them being legal for supermarkets to sell to adults.” – We already made that mistake with alcohol, cheap booze in vast quantities, readily available. Not good ….

    Local, organic homegrown ‘coffeeshop’ in every city and major town. Time to diversify the economy for the better. As Elijah Wood says – cannabis use is ‘normal’ – in some sections across society that is very tru indeed

  • Spicey Ricey

    I am afraid decriminalisation does not go far enough. It fails to address the supply problems and the issue of organised crime. While a massively beneficial step, the only solution is a regulated system