![]() ![]() I wanted to hide under the piano and suck my thumb.”Īt 79, the Croz concluded: “We’ve been watching the effects of smoking marijuana on me for almost 60 years now. They’re sleeping on their mothers’ couches because they can’t pay the rent.”Ī Cali pot farmer, Crosby commented, “The fortunate part is, we can still grow it in our backyards.” Thunderfuck, a Canadian sativa he cultivated this summer, “was so strong I decided the Mounties were coming to get me and I had to call my tour manager to get me another room. But it’s worse for those younger musicians trying to make a living. ![]() They don’t pay us for beans, so we all depended on live concerts to pay the rent. “Streaming took away our money from records. “It’s a really tough time for singer-songwriters,” he said about life during Covid-19. These days, Crosby is pretty much stuck at home sitting out the pandemic, which has put a severe crimp in touring with his two current bands, Sky Trails with James Raymond, the son he discovered only late in life, and Lighthouse, the outfit with Snarky Puppy’s Michael League and singers Becca Stevens and Michele Willis. “I’ve written other songs with that kind of attitude, like ‘Almost Cut My Hair,’ which I’m told influenced people as to how they lived their lives and made certain choices. “Those were two of the first to get labeled ‘drug songs,’” he noted. “Not hassle somebody over a joint.”Īsked about his own influence on pot culture, Crosby pointed to the Byrds’ 1966 classic “Eight Miles High” (watch below), which hit the airwaves not long after Bob Dylan’s “Everybody must get stoned” anthem, “ Rainy Day Women #12 & 35.” Crosby wrote "Eight Mile High" with Roger McGuinn and Gene Clark. “The police need to be concentrating on crimes with victims, like rape, arson, robbery and murder,” said the former member of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. THE MIGHTY VIKINGS WITH THE BEATLES FREEIf you think being in a cell is bad, wait until you try the food.”Ĭrosby also cited the overload on the police, judiciary and prison system as reasons to make marijuana legal and free those who've been sentenced under previously draconian laws. I did a year in a Texas state penitentiary so I know. The NORML advisory board member wants “to see every person in jail for marijuana out now. In the rush for cannabis’ economic benefits, Crosby thinks the criminal justice issue is being ignored. There is now a new source for state-controlled tax money.”ĭavid Crosby on pot: "When I’m really stoned I have trouble remembering your name, but it hasn’t had any physical harm as far as we can tell.” “They can write a check that won’t bounce. “All those states starving for money are watching Colorado and Oregon, where they can build schools, roads or hospitals,” he continued. Legalization is inevitable, but I wish it was for the right reasons.”Ĭonfident of national legalization once Joe Biden takes office, Crosby believes cash-strapped states need the money derived from taxes and regulation fees for health, education and welfare. All that money is going to Canada and companies like Canopy. “Until we can make a deal for the whole country, it’s all just building the brand,” Crosby said in a follow-up interview with CelebStoner. Canopy has partnered with celebrities on several brands (Leafs by Snoop, Seth Rogen’s Houseplant and Martha Stewart CBD). On November 2, we were invited to join the “Under the Canopy” Zoom program, hosted by Canopy Growth’s VP of Government Affairs David Culver, featuring Crosby, whose canna-brand The Mighty Croz is readying to launch in the U.S. ![]() ![]() RELATED: Let's 'ave a Larf: The Beatles, Bob Dylan and Marijuana It upped my stock with them quite a bit.” “I gave them that and they had to sit down. “They gave me one of those and I said, 'Not in your life. He was in England hanging out with the Fab Four, who were rolling up hash with tobacco. That includes once smoking out The Beatles with a potent strain of African weed. The legendary Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has had a number of health issues over the years, including heart disease that required several stents, and a kidney transplant, but he claims cannabis – these days he prefers vaping flower in his Pax 3 – has been “a good part of my life.” “I’ve done all the other drugs and they were very bad to me.” “It hasn’t killed or derailed me,” he says. David Crosby has been smoking marijuana for 60 years. ![]()
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