Paul McCartney Has Given Up Marijuana

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After having spent decades (and a few days in jail) as one of the world’s most famous users of marijuana, Paul McCartney claims that he has given it up. In a new interview, he says that he quit in order to be a better role model to his descendants.

“I don’t do it any more,” he tells the Daily Mirror. “Why? The truth is I don’t really want to set an example to my kids and grandkids. It’s now a parent thing.”

According to numerous histories about the Beatles, McCartney was first turned on to pot in August 1964, when Bob Dylan visited them in their New York hotel room (although George Harrison said they first tried it in Hamburg). In July 1967, the Beatles were among many members of British society who signed their names to an advertisement in the Times...

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