WILLIE
QUITS
WEED
Anyone who saw Willie Nelson performing on the recent CMA Awards
show will be only too aware of the breathing difficulties the On The Road
Again singer is having. Willie visibly struggled for breath whilst duetting
with Kacey Musgraves.
Now, the country legend and arguably the world’s most famous
‘stoner’ and ‘ganjapreneur’ who has his own cannabis brand - Willie’s
Reserve - says that he has given up smoking weed, telling San
Antonio’s KSAT TV recently, “I have abused my lungs quite a bit in the
past, so breathing is a little more difficult these days and I have to be
careful. I don’t smoke anymore.”
Nelson credits smoking weed with saving his life after he gave up
cigarettes and whiskey in the late 1970s. Earlier last year he told Rolling
Stone that “I wouldn’t have lived 85 years if I’d have kept drinking and
smoking like I was when I was 30, 40 years old.”
A spokesperson for Nelson hinted that the national treasure who
allegedly once smoked pot on the roof of the White House is still getting
high as there are other ways of ingesting the drug. Willie’s Reserve
also includes weed-infused chocolates and sweets and a CBD-infused
coffee.
Over the years the Red-Headed Stranger has become well-known
for the ferocity of his own ‘stash’ which prompted Toby Keith to sing “I’ll
Never Smoke Weed with Willie Again” on his Shock’n Y’All album but
Nelson had to postpone some live shows last year due to breathing
difficulties. The singer and songwriter told the San Antonio station ahead
of two shows in the city that singing for an hour on stage is the best
exercise for his lungs. He also hinted that he wasn’t going to stop touring
any time soon and that he considers his tour bus home.
Speculation about Nelson’s health prompted he and Buddy Cannon
to pen the song I Woke Up Still Not Dead Again Today which was on
Nelson’s 2017 album God’s Problem Child.
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