Justin Timberlake: Why I Smoke Pot
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Forget his talked-about love life. Justin Timberlake is coming clean about one not-so-secret vice: He smokes pot.
"Absolutely," the singer-actor, 30, tells Playboy magazine when asked if he's a pot-smoker. Why the weed?
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"The only thing pot does for me is it gets me to stop thinking," the Bad Teacher star explains. "Sometimes I have a brain that needs to be turned off. Some people are just better high."
High or not, Timberlake says he's ready to slow down and chill. "I feel I'm just getting to a point in my life where I'm looking around, going, There's a lot to enjoy if I can just sit still, actually stop and take more time."
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Part of that time out means no new music on the immediate horizon for the platinum-selling singer. "I don't have a single song ready to go," admits the star, who hasn't released an album since 2006 smash FutureSex/LoveSounds. "People keep asking me when a new song or album is coming out, and I don't know what to say. Music is not my focus right now. It may be someday. It could happen next month or next year but right now it's not where it's at for me."
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Maybe that switch from music to film is why he's stuck around longer than other boybanders. "You always need to be learning something new," he says. " In whatever I've done, I've always looked at myself as a beginner. Hopefully I can continue to do that for the next 30 years as I grow into an older man."
Since splitting with Jessica Biel in March after four on-and-off years together, Timberlake has been linked to Olivia Wilde, Ashley Olsen and Mila Kunis, to name a few boldfaced stars. He knows why he tends to romance fellow celebs, he tells Playboy.
"You probably gravitate toward people who understand your scenario. At the end of the day you just want someone who gets you, who can be a friend. That's kind of the point of Friends with Benefits," he says of his upcoming comedy with Kunis. "As corny as it sounds, the 'friends' part counts just as much as the ‘benefits’ part, if not more."
How were those sex scenes with Kunis, anyway?
"I'd be lying if I said it wasn't completely awkward. I couldn't tell you the number of people in the crew watching me and my bare a*s, but it was a lot."
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61I could care less if he lights up once in awhile, he's talented as all get out. A triple threat!! I would love a new CD, but that may be wishful thinking. Or just a concert, he's one of the best I've had the pleasure of seeing and I've got to see a lot of acts. I wasn't high, he was great.
Cannabis is the most useful plant on the face of the planet, and needs to be legalized and utilized immediately. Cannabis remineralizes the soil, can grow just about anywhere, and takes in more Carbon Dioxide while releasing more Oxygen than any other plant. The seeds of the plant are the most nutritionally complete food source in the world and can be used to make incredibly healthy food such as: bread, cereal, cheese, milk, oatmeal, et cetera. Cannabis also has amazing medicinal benefits, helping people with chronic pain, nausea, eating disorders, Asthma, Glaucoma, and does wonders for people going through Chemotherapy. There is also evidence suggesting that chemicals in Cannabis cause brain cancer cells to eat themselves in a process known as autophagy. It is time to end the Prohibition of Cannabis.
By far the biggest collection of ignornant morons are on this site. I smoke pot legally for anxiety, as do so many other people? Look up The Evil Weed a BBC documentary that will teach you the most current research. As well, stop trolling and go bcak to your wine coolers.
Just to be clear here.... I can spell...I just have a crappy old keyboard, LOL. The keys like to stick. Yeah, I'm cheap.
I find it ironic that most of the "anti-pot" comments real like they were written from some very uneducated people *sigh*. If you are going to talk about a substance that "kills brain cells", try to at least sound like you have some braincells of your own :) If you can't spell or sound intelligent then keep it to yourself...you're making the pot heads look smart ;)
He admitted to smoking pot years ago. Why is this coming back up?
Do you hear yourselves. Quit comparing yourselves to alcoholics and try comparing yourselves to us out there that care about the guy next to them in a car with poor judgement because he drank or smoked pot. I care about the space cadet that can't think clearly and puts mine and my sons life in danger. Also the other wonderful children out there. What if we legalize pot what age will be the smoking pot age, 3. Seriously people I see and have lived with pot heads. I am not judging just giving an accurate description of their inability to function. Stoned is called stoned for a reason or can you not comprehend that. I have done the research I know the proof but I don't drink or smoke pot so get a better defense.
pot kills your emotions. there is a big difference between alcohol and pot. you have one glass of wine with a meal, you hardly get a buzz. take a few hits from a joint, you're stoned. How do you get ' a little high' . I hate pot. I hate dealing with the people in my life who smoke it. I never know which person I'm getting - the straight person who can't handle his or her emotions? or the high one, who doesn't have any. Either way, if you're sober and trying to deal with people like this, you are fighting a losing battle. Relationships are hard, life is hard, DEAL with it. Don't escape into a 'harmless ' weed that people use to kill pain when they are dying - and then call it medicine.
He spoke about this and was very open about it on the STONE & Digital Dave show. He even said him and Snoop Dog would hang out.
If people want to get technical THC is actually natually produced in your brain it is there to help calm you natually weed is not a bad thing its actually very benificaL FOR ALOT OF DIFFERNT PPL ECSPECIALLY FOR STRESS AND ANXITY weed is not like coke or heroin or persciption drugs for that matter i have lost more friends and family to alchole and perscipt drugs then anything anti pot ppl should educate themseleves seriously
I knew there was a reason why he could not stay with anyone or commit. He can't deal with everyday life. You gotta feel sorry for a jerk like him
michelle u are full of s u dont smoke pot because its illegal u sound like u belong to the fing brady bunch
He just say this cos he want to promote his film..
Mayer booth - Tell me this, if you got diagnosed with cancer or a tumor and the NHS said the treatments were having no effect and gave you a year to live and in your desperation you seen online that the type of cancer or tumor you had was being treated and CURED with cannabis treatments in America . So you go to your GP who says no its illegal then you go to your MP and he says the same and warns you that you can go to jail for treating your illness with cannabis . So you wouldnt break the law ? You are happy to die to suit your MP ? Wise up mate , I cant say this enough YOU HAVE THE INTERNET LOOK UP THE PROOF FOR YOURSELF . I used to think like you until my health was at risk and cannabis helped me alot and for an MP to say it has no medical value IS A LIE AND IM PROOF ALONG WITH MILLIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT IT HAS ALOT OF MEDICAL VALUE AND MORE .
AMIE GARRETT GRAYSON - read what i wrote then look online for yourself and you will see weed-cannabis-pot-skunk DOES NOT KILL BRAINCELLS AND HAS BEEN PROVEN YES PROVEN TO ENCOURAGE BRAINCELLS TO GROW . YOU HAVE BEEN LIED TO AND YOU LIKE A SUCKER BELIVED IT . READ THE PROOF ONLINE FOR YOURSELF AND DONT BE SO NARROW MINDED AND BELIVE WHAT AN MP SAYS LISTEN TO THE SCIENTISTS WHO KNOW WHAT TEY ARE TALKING ABOUT AND HAVE NOTHING TO GAIN FROM TELLING LIES LIKE MPs DO . WISE UP PLEASE !!!
The bottom line is: it's illegal. He's not smoking for medical reasons, just because he can. And what about all the studies that show how pot kills brain cells... Seems like those with all their brain cells know the difference.
I can't wait to see that "bare bottom" haha.
pot aint for me lol......good for those it actually can help feel better but when i tried it, just made me panic........probably because it was illegal and i hate being high....im high on life!!!
The summer of love was 69 not 67.
most peeps smoke pot cause its illegal.