Willie Nelson smoked marijuana for the first time in a roadside bar in Fort Worth in 1954.
Nelson was 21 when his friend handed him a joint and told him to 'Get high and be somebody'
Nelson’s first smoking experience was a failure.
He smoked that joint, but didn’t inhale deeply enough to feel it.
Willie is the only person who ever outsmoked Snoop Dogg.
Nelson’s cannabis use was treated as a joke, but he always took it seriously.
He believed in the plant’s healing powers.
He says, 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.
Nelson tried to sneak up to the roof of the Texas governor’s mansion for a smokeout.
Nelson smoked at the White House during the President Jimmy Carter administration.