2012 Top 50 Most Influential Marijuana Users
Thank you for checking out MPP's first annual "Top 50 Most Influential Marijuana Users" list. In order to come up with the final ranking, we asked our supporters to choose from nearly 200 influential people to help us narrow down the list to the final 50 you see here. We took the 37 individuals who received the most votes from our supporters and added them to MPP's top 13 automatic qualifiers (including people like Clarence Thomas). Then all 50 were ranked using the criteria below.
In order to have qualified for the list, each individual must (1) have tried marijuana at least once, (2) be alive, and (3) be living in the U.S. or be a U.S. citizen. We also asked our supporters to adhere to the definition for the "Power 50" list that's used by "Out" magazine, which employs the following criteria: "the power to influence cultural and social attitudes, political clout, individual wealth, and a person's media profile."
In sum, we're not concerned with an individual's popularity, or even whether he or she supports marijuana policy reform. Rather, the 2012 "Top 50 Most Influential Marijuana Users" list is meant to identify people who have used marijuana and achieved high levels of success or influence.
We hope you enjoy this list. We're excited to see how the most influential marijuana users change from year to year. (Prediction: Newt Gingrich will drop off the list.)
31. Bob Dylan
“Bob Dylan introduced Sir Paul to marijuana in the mid-Sixties after discovering the Beatle was a 'pot virgin.'”
(Source: The Telegraph)
32. Morgan Freeman
"Never give up the ganja."
(Source: The Guardian)
33. Jack Black
“There is an occasional celebratory jay, but it's not a wake-and-bake scenario anymore at all.”
(Source: Huffington Post)
34. Seth Rogen
“I smoked a lot of weed growing up.”
(Source: High Times)
35. Matt Damon
“The first time I smoked was at home with my mother and step-father.”
(Source: Weed Quotes)
37. Robert Downey Jr.
“Robert Downey Jr. said he started smoking weed at age 8.”
(Source: NBC - New York)
38. Jennifer Aniston
“I enjoy it once in a while. There is nothing wrong with that. Everything in moderation. I wouldn't call myself a pot-head.”
(Source: Daily Mail)
39. Bill Murray
“Arrested and convicted for possessing nine pounds of marijuana in 1970.”
(Source: Celebstoner)
