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Is Cannabis the Cure for Writer’s Block?

It is possible. Cannabis is known as a creative substance. Despite the positive and negative stereotypes, this one will not die.

And why should it? Stimulating your creative mind is one of the main appeals of cannabis.

And we’re not the only ones who think so. Here is a list of ten writers who have used cannabis to aid in their creative process.

1. Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter S. Thompson, author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and inventor of gonzo journalism, was a longtime cannabis user.

The writer once said, “It’s in my interest, in ours maybe, or maybe in the public interest, that I smoke a joint and calm down.”

And “I have always loved cannabis. It has been a source of joy and comfort to me for many years. And I still consider it a staple of life, along with beer and ice cream and grapefruit — and millions of Americans agree.”

2. William Shakespeare

Shakespeare is probably not the first name that springs to mind when thinking of cannabis authors. But in 2001, researchers discovered several pipes in Shakespeare’s garden. Eight of the whistles contained fragments of cannabis.

Read between the lines of his sonnets, especially sonnet 76. You can get clues about the impact cannabis had on his work.

3. Lee child

The British-American author of the famous “Jack Reacher” franchise is a thoroughbred stoner. “I smoked cannabis five nights a week for 44 years and my dealer is on speed dial,” he once told the British press.

“I’m the poster boy to prove it doesn’t do you much harm… I’ve got a guy on speed dial in New York who comes by with a huge selection of marijuana. I smoke it in a pipe because I’ve never been good at rolling my own joints.”

In Reacher Said Nothing we see how Lee Child writes his books, including how he uses cannabis as a editing tool. “I don’t think weed should be legalized,” says Lee, “it should be mandatory!”

4. Alexandre Dumas

The 19th-century juggernaut responsible for The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers, and a founding member of Le Club des Hashishins (The Hashish Club).

After Napoleon’s conquest of Egypt, cannabis hashish became popular in Paris, France. Dumas was part of a group of artists who met for monthly “séances” at the Hôtel Pimodan (now the Hôtel De Lauzun) from 1844 to 1849.

5. Karl Sagan

Carl Sagan may have been a scientist first, but we remember him for his articulate writings. It is rare that someone with their intellect can describe complex ideas without sounding patronizing.

In addition to hundreds of scientific papers, Sagan is the author of several bestsellers.

Of course, Carl Sagan was also a cannabis connoisseur.

Do you know when you’re high and thinking about something creative? Maybe the next day the idea won’t seem so far-fetched. It must have been the cannabis, right?

Sagan didn’t think so.

“There is a myth about such heights,” he wrote,

“The user has the illusion of great insight, but does not survive the exam in the morning. I am convinced that this is a fallacy, and that the devastating insights that come when you’re high are real insights: the main problem is getting those insights into a form that’s acceptable to your very other self who we are when we’re down the next day. Some of the hardest work I’ve ever done was capturing such insights on tape or in writing. The problem is that 10 even more interesting ideas or images have to be lost to record one.”

6. Maya Angelou

The Pulitzer Prize-nominated author has no qualms about cannabis.

In her autobiography, Gather Together in my name, she writes about her first use of cannabis. It was during dinner: “The food was the best I’ve ever eaten. Every bite was a pleasurable experience.”

She said cannabis has also helped her through tough times when she was struggling to make ends meet. “Positive dreaming was introduced in long, slow puffs,” she wrote.

7. Victor Hugo

Another member of Paris’ Le Club des Hashishins, Victor Hugo is famous for writing Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Hugo also had an affinity for cannabis, further proving that writers and cannabis are not just a 20th-century phenomenon.

8. Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino might be better known for his films, but what would Pulp Fiction or Reservoir Dogs be without the witty dialogue and heavy satire?

If you want to look at Tarantino’s fictional skills, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was originally written as a novel (which he has since published).

When it comes to cannabis? In an interview for Django Unchained, he told the interviewer, “You smoke a joint, you put on some music, you listen to it, and you come up with some good ideas… I don’t need weed to write, but it’s nice of cool.”

9. Norman Mailer

As an American journalist, author, and essayist, you’ve probably heard the name Norman Mailer before, even if you haven’t read by him. Although he remained silent about his cannabis use for most of his life, he ended up becoming quite vocal.

He likened it to a romantic relationship that was worth more than anything he had with a real person. “Marijuana has a wonderful property,” he said, “to clear out stale habits of the mind so you can perceive something better. You see a little better and you hear a little better.”

Amen!

10.Pierre Berton

Most lists of writers and cannabis that you find on the internet feature the same people – Sagan, Shakespeare, Thompson, etc.

But almost every list misses this Canadian icon. Pierre Berton is to Canada what Mark Twain is to the United States.

It’s practically a guarantee that if you walk into a Canadian household, they’ll have an old hardcover copy of The National Dream, The Last Spike, or Vimy.

The late Canadian author’s last television appearance was a joint on the Rick Mercer Report. And that was long before federal legalization.

And it’s real cannabis.

“I’m not going to go on CBC and roll oregano, I’m going to look like an idiot,” he told Mercer.

“Think Canada, it’s the loose joints that tend to fall apart leaving unsightly smoke burns on your chair or bow tie. It’s a tragedy we all want to avoid, isn’t it?”

You can watch the video here.

10 Authors Who Love Cannabis

Of course, there are some honorable mentions.

Louisa May Alcott, Jack Kerouac and even Stephen King smoked in the 1980s.

But I think we made our point. Cannabis gets a bad rap. People think it makes you an unmotivated, couch-locked potato. This alcohol has always been a writer’s best friend (see Ernest Hemingway or Charles Bukowski or, for another list, Hunter S. Thompson).

But this list shows what most of us already know: Cannabis stimulates the creative centers in the brain.

And who says you have to be a writer?

are you in tech Programming? office administration?

Whatever you do, you will eventually encounter a problem that seems insurmountable. They came up with it from all possible angles with no solution.

But have you tried some THC? Sometimes all it takes is a little shout and your mind is already thinking outside the box.