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By PACER STACKTRAIN
Column # 33
Highlighting amazing Cannabis pioneers who helped pave the way to greater herbal acceptance.
Theron’s new film, Gringo, is a modern tale about the many grey areas of legal Cannabis in 2018, where get-rich-quick capitalism mixes with the realities of the Mexican drug cartels.
CHARLIZE THERON Most people have been forced to consume Cannabis clandestinely for the entirety of prohibition in the United States. Now that a significant portion of the country has begun the process of legalization, slowly but surely – people are coming out of the green closet. Since celebrities are just like you and me, many of them have hidden their preference for this plant from the masses throughout their (sometimes long and storied) careers. And, as legalization (along with normalization) begin to take hold in our world, we’re hearing more acceptance and admittance of Cannabis use. In some cases, they’re coming from unexpected places. Such is the case with our subject this month. Charlize Theron is an Academy award-winning actress who has appeared in and performed in some of the most popular films of the last two decades. Theron has won countless awards and accolades and served humanitarian causes IN 2001, PAPARAZZI throughout her life. And recently, CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF somewhat out of nowhere, she THERON SMOKING OUT OF admitted to a lifetime of love and AN APPLE (OLD SCHOOL!) use of Cannabis.
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There was little evidence of Theron’s love of Cannabis through her high profile acting career. Except the time in 2001, when paparazzi caught a glimpse of Theron smoking out of an apple (old school!) at a party in the Hollywood Hills. Now, on the eve of the release of her newest movie, she’s telling the world she’s a fan of the plant. Theron’s new film, Gringo, is a modern tale about the many grey areas of legal Cannabis in 2018, where get-rich-quick capitalism mixes with the realities of the Mexican drug cartels. On the press junkets for the film, Theron has suddenly decided to be open about her past with Cannabis. In a recent interview with E! News, she said “I was a wake-and-baker most of my life….I really appreciated marijuana more than anything else. My chemistry was really good with it when I was younger and then it just changed one day. Like, in my early 30’s I just became boring on it and I would just stand in front of my fridge, so that’s no good.” Now that consumers can access a myriad of different strains, concentrates, edibles, tinctures and more – Theron has decided to dive back in. “I’m open to retrying [Cannabis] again because now there are all
these different strains and you can be specific with it,” she said. “I’m actually really interested because I have really bad insomnia, and I’d much rather get off sleeping pills and figure out a strain that helps me sleep better.” Just a week after she gave the E! News interview, Theron appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! saying that she’s already dived back in. She talked about how her mom had procured Cannabis for her. “Last week she showed up at my house. [She] literally drove in her little tennis outfit and brought me a little container and just left it on my kitchen table,” Theron said. “She was like, ‘So I got some blueberry-covered chocolate ones, but if you want it faster-acting, you should go for the mints. Those you suck, and it works faster, she said.’ “I have this image of her in the store. She’s just not this kind of person to be buying marijuana.” In our country and around the world, normalization of Cannabis is in full effect, showcased in large part by celebrities like Theron who have decided that it’s finally time to come out of the green closet.
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