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Willie Nelson looks back at 'family friend' marijuana

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 05/06/2015 - 10:19

Now 82, Willie Nelson looks back at his life from a hardscrabble childhood in tiny Abbott, Texas, during the Great Depression to his triumphs as one of country music's original crossover successes

New York (AFP) - Days after a brief jail stint in the Bahamas for marijuana possession, Willie Nelson was invited to the White House by Jimmy Carter who thanked the country superstar for his campaign support.

Following a dinner in which the president spoke of his days as a peanut farmer and the singer talked of raising pigs, Nelson says that a "White House insider" invited him to the roof to look at Washington at night -- and brought out a joint.

"Getting stoned on the roof of the White House, you can't help but turn inward," Nelson recalls of the 1977 episode in his memoir, "It's A Long Story," which was published Tuesday.

"Certain philosophical questions come...

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