{"id":15632,"date":"2021-06-25T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/?p=15632"},"modified":"2026-03-27T07:21:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T11:21:49","slug":"about-willie-nelson-and-his-contribution-to-cannabis-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/about-willie-nelson-and-his-contribution-to-cannabis-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"About Willie Nelson and His Contribution to Cannabis Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

Willie Nelson, a most impressive man, who has led an inspiring and eclectic music career including the release of over 350 songs ranging from country, jazz, and folk to pop and R&B. <\/span>The Songwriters Hall of Fame<\/a> explained that <\/span>he even pioneered the \u2018outlaw\u2019 country movement and that he grew up working alongside migrant and tenant farmers in Central Texas farmland. After having his first joint in 1954, <\/span>he announced<\/a> that breathing problems led to his last \u201cpuff\u201d in 2019, according to USA Today<\/span>. In honor of this 88-year-old musical icon, let\u2019s have a look at his relationship with the cannabis community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In honor of Willie Nelson\u2019s 88th birthday, he decided to celebrate by delivering the keynote<\/a> for his new cannabis conference address at 4:20 pm. Despite being 88 years old, with \u201cabused\u201d lungs from many years of smoking (according to himself), he has become quite a successful cannabis entrepreneur over the last couple of years. This conference took place over three days and consisted of presentations and panel discussions \u201ccovering everything from legislative policy to glaring inequities within the cannabis industry\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Austin360 explains that there was a session titled \u201cCounty & Cannabis: A Contextual Retrospective of Willie Nelson\u2019s Weed History\u201d. Among the panel attending the conference was Willie\u2019s longtime friend, documentary filmmaker, and author, Turk Pipkin. Turk stated that he and Willie attempted to sneak up to the roof of the Texas governor\u2019s mansion to smoke cannabis, or herb as he called it. Austin360 provided some insight into the session by having started fun facts about Willie Nelson\u2019s relationship with cannabis and this is what they have to say.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Willie Nelson’s First Encounter With Cannabis<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In 1954, according to Willie\u2019s autobiography, his friend and fellow musician, Fred Lockwood, handed him a joint and told him to \u201cget high and be somebody\u201d. However, his first time was not what one might typically experience from smoking cannabis due to the fact that he didn\u2019t inhale enough to feel it. Despite that, Fred continued to smoke with Willie on occasion thereafter until <\/span>Willie decided that cannabis was going to be his exclusive drug of choice in 1978<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0 The phrase, \u201cget high and be somebody\u201d had been the slogan for jazz musicians in Harlem during the 1930s.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

His Strong Beliefs<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Willie\u2019s cannabis use \u201cwas treated as a joke\u201d with talk show hosts, such as Johnny Carson, reducing his love for the herb to a \u201cCheech and Chong punchline\u201d. However, Willie \u201calways felt this debt to the discovery of the herb, you know, and it changed his life\u201d since he was \u201cby all accounts an unpleasant drunk\u201d- referring to Willie\u2019s heavy whiskey drinking days. Willie strongly believed in the medical and therapeutic potential of the plant and stated that he \u201cwouldn\u2019t be alive\u201d, that it saved his life, and that he \u201cwouldn\u2019t have lived 85 (now 88) years\u201d if he\u2019d \u201ckept drinking and smoking like\u201d he did when he was 30, 40 years old. Turk contributed by stating that \u2018Willie learned over the years that all his friends who drank whiskey aren\u2019t with us anymore, but that he\u2019s gonna be 88 in a couple of days\u201d- though he has since had his 88th birthday on the 29th of April.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

More on That Rooftop Attempt\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Willie is a long-time friend of President Jimmy Carter and was invited to a performance at the White House in September 1980. That same night, President Carter\u2019s son, Chip, and Willie snuck onto the roof and shared a joint, which was reported in Willie\u2019s autobiography and was later confirmed by Carter himself. However, when Turk and Willie attempted to sneak up to the roof to do the very same thing, it was about 10 years later and they were invited by the outgoing Texas Gov. Ann Richards for a final dinner at the mansion. Turk and Willie were reportedly \u201clooking around and pulling on windows and looking for a door\u201d to get to the roof. However, Ann found the two and said \u201cwould you quit (expletive) around and come down to dinner\u201d. Unfortunately, Ann knew Willie was coming and ensured there\u2019d be no way to get to the roof.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Willie Nelson and Snoop Dogg in Amsterdam on 4\/20<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It was said that Willie could smoke everyone under the table, including the likes of Snoop Dog. Austin360 explains that Snoop asked Willie to feature on his track called \u201cMy Medicine\u201d, to which Willie agreed on the condition that it be done in Amsterdam on 4\/20 (April 20th). Willie reported that the two went to every coffee shop and ended up stoned out of their minds at a Kentucky Fried Chicken. Additionally, Willie reported that he and Snoop had a \u2018smoke off\u2019 which resulted in Snoop having \u201ccrawled away\u201d. Evidently, Willie is the only person who has ever out smoked Snoop Dog.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

My Stash is Your Stash<\/strong><\/h2>\n

According to Willie\u2019s Reserve<\/a>, <\/span>\u201c the cannabis culture is a way of life for him\u201d and that \u201che has always operated under a simple philosophy: my stash is your stash\u201d. The company states that they want to \u201cpay tribute to this tradition of sharing, caring and toking\u201d and that Willie\u2019s vision \u201cguides Willie\u2019s Reserve\u201d. Willie\u2019s Reserve supplies premium products including cannabis flower, accessories, edibles, and vape products.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Annie, Willie\u2019s wife, told Rolling Stone that<\/span> \u201che\u2019s super-generous\u201d and that \u201cif there\u2019s somebody around, he\u2019ll want to offer it and do it with them to make them feel comfortable\u201d despite having a history of emphysema. The Rolling Stone states that \u201cin addition to being the world\u2019s most legendary country artist, Willie Nelson might also be the world\u2019s most legendary stoner\u201d. They also explain that \u201cbefore Snoop or Cheech and Chong or Woody Harrelson, there was Willie\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Willie spoke of the medicinal benefits of cannabis as well as of the economic potential of taxing the product long before there were any signs of this being a possibility. Now, Willie stated that \u201cIt\u2019s so nice to watch it being accepted-knowing that you were right all the time about it: that it was not a killer drug\u201d but that \u201cit\u2019s a medicine\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Willie\u2019s Reserve VP, Elizabeth Hogan, usually states that \u201cpot\u2019s like sex- it\u2019s all good, some is great\u201d in response to which kind of weed Willie likes best. However, his wife claims that he is more of a \u2018sativa\u2019 kind of guy and that \u201che\u2019s already funny, so it just makes him funnier\u201d. Additionally, the Willie\u2019s Reserve states that \u201cLegends aren’t born. They\u2019re made. And they grow\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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