Woody Harrelson Gives Up Pot After 30 Years

<div><p>In an <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2017/03/woody-harrelson-on-wilson-quitting-pot.html">interview with Vulture</a>, longtime marijuana advocate and well-known actor admits that he hasn't smoked pot in almost a year. </p><p><a href="http://www.vulture.com/2017/03/woody-harrelson-on-wilson-quitting-pot.html">During his interview</a> he fits the stereotype of being stoned. While opting to lie on his king-sized bed instead of sitting in the chair his publicist provided, he spoke in between long pauses with his Texas drawl floating in the air like smoke from a joint. &nbsp;</p><p>But that's just how Woody Harrelson is. </p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/635519943162381721-XXX-WOODY-HARRELSON-JY-0254-68671076.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/635519943162381721-XXX-WOODY-HARRELSON-JY-0254-68671076_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/635519943162381721-XXX-WOODY-HARRELSON-JY-0254-68671076_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/635519943162381721-XXX-WOODY-HARRELSON-JY-0254-68671076_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/635519943162381721-XXX-WOODY-HARRELSON-JY-0254-68671076_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/635519943162381721-XXX-WOODY-HARRELSON-JY-0254-68671076_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/635519943162381721-XXX-WOODY-HARRELSON-JY-0254-68671076_GH_content_1050px.jpg 1050w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/635519943162381721-XXX-WOODY-HARRELSON-JY-0254-68671076_GH_content_1150px.jpg 1150w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/635519943162381721-XXX-WOODY-HARRELSON-JY-0254-68671076_GH_content_1250px.jpg 1250w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/635519943162381721-XXX-WOODY-HARRELSON-JY-0254-68671076_GH_content_1350px.jpg 1350w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/635519943162381721-XXX-WOODY-HARRELSON-JY-0254-68671076_GH_content_1450px.jpg 1450w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/635519943162381721-XXX-WOODY-HARRELSON-JY-0254-68671076_GH_content_1550px.jpg 1550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/635519943162381721-XXX-WOODY-HARRELSON-JY-0254-68671076_GH_content_1630px.jpg 1630w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p>"I <em>am</em> a party animal," <a href="http://people.com/celebrity/woody-harrelson-quit-smoking-pot/">said Harrelson</a>, who stars in the new film <em>Wilson</em>, out March 24. "But on the other hand, I'm now extremely moderate, and ... I actually stopped smoking pot almost a year ago."</p><p>He admits to still drinking moderately and going out for a good time, but refrains from relapsing. </p><p>"[It was] 30 solid years of partying too f"”ing hard," <a href="http://people.com/celebrity/woody-harrelson-quit-smoking-pot/">he said</a>. "I feel like it was keeping me from being emotionally available."</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/people-woody-harrelson-mari.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/people-woody-harrelson-mari_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p>This may come as a surprise to some, because of his decades-long history supporting the legalization of marijuana. </p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>Though his request was denied, <a href="http://people.com/celebrity/woody-harrelson-quit-smoking-pot/">in April 2016</a>, Harrelson was one of the <a href="http://people.com/celebrity/woody-harrelsons-application-for-marijuana-business-in-hawaii-denied-report/">first to apply to open a medical marijuana dispensary</a> in Hawaii, just months after he state's Department of Health approved the production of medical marijuana. </p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/landscape-1490034145-gettyimages-459075340.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/landscape-1490034145-gettyimages-459075340_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/landscape-1490034145-gettyimages-459075340_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/landscape-1490034145-gettyimages-459075340_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/landscape-1490034145-gettyimages-459075340_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/landscape-1490034145-gettyimages-459075340_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p><a href="http://people.com/celebrity/woody-harrelson-quit-smoking-pot/">In 1996</a>, Harrelson was charged with marijuana possession after planting hemp seeds in Kentucky to challenge a state law that refused to differentiate between marijuana and hemp. <a href="http://people.com/celebrity/woody-harrelson-cleared-by-jury/">He was later cleared of charges. </a></p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>What do you think about his decision to quit? </p></div>