High society's weed addiction: how grass went upper class

Partying society stoners are clear about the fact that smoking a joint, just as a party hits lift-off, often prevents them from heading to the loo for a line of coke. It gives them a hint of naughtiness with far fewer consequences, they say. ‘I can get a mini-thrill, loosen up and not feel like a bore if I have a couple of puffs,’ says one West London gallery owner, ‘but I’m not the gurning loon in the corner. Coke is for losers. Getting stoned is… kind of sexy.’ Melissa, a 29-year-old stylist, says: ‘I pre-roll a spliff and carry it in cling film in my DVF make-up bag. Everything is more bearable at a fashion event when you’re stoned. At an Isabel Marant party in a derelict church on Oxford Street last Fashion Week, me and my mates smoked a joint round the side of the venue. The bouncer...

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