This is a screencap of Pitt in 1993’s True Romance

It’s pretty well known that Brad Pitt loved to smoke weed in the 90s. He played a wake and bake pot smoker in the 1993 film True Romance and it’s been said that the character wasn’t too far off from his reality at the time. An advocate for marijuana legalization who is now running for the mayor of Los Angeles is bringing up Pitt as an example of a much-admired star who has had his share of herb:

A Los Angeles stoner guru has exposed movie hunk Brad Pitt as a one-time weed-smoking beach bum, who used to live to get high.

Now a responsible dad of six, Pitt recently revealed he no longer smokes anything, but one old pal claims the actor used to boast of toting pot on movie sets with big-name co-stars.

Craig Z.. Rudin, [sic: the guy’s name is Craig X. Rubin] who used to run 2000 BC, the trendy drug paraphernalia shop Pitt once frequented, tells America’s Globe tabloid, “It was no secretBrad liked to smoke pot. He was so open and honest about it. It seemed to me all he wanted to do was smoke weed, make movies and go to the beach. “He’d come into the shop all the time.

He came in once and was excited about smoking with one of his very big-name co-stars. ‘We blaze (smoke pot)every day in his trailer,’ Brad boasted.

He had a huge grin on his face”. Rudin claims Pitt, who was once spotted wearing a T-shirt with ‘I live for hemp’ emblazoned on it, and a sweater bearing a large marijuana leaf printed on it, was such a fan of drug culture, he gave the crew of one filmdecorative bongs he’d bought from 2000 BC as gifts.

The marijuana advocate, who is now running for Mayor of Los Angeles, claims Pitt brought ex-girlfriend Gwyneth Paltrow into his Melrose Avenue store, but the actress was far from impressed. Meanwhile, a longtime friend of Pitt’s tells the Globe the movie hunk is much “clearer” now he’s given up pot. He says, “His whole life has changed since he stopped smoking pot.

He found he was thinking clearer and feeling better”.

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Can you imagine Gwyneth Paltrow getting high? She would get the munchies and eat some Doritos and be forced to spend weeks in elaborate cleansing rituals trying to rid her body of minute toxins.

The key to this story is that heavy marijuana usage is in Pitt’s past. Countless people have smoked pot and moved on to other things in life. It’s a problem when it’s something you’re doing every day and not just occasionally.

I checked out this mayoral candidate’s website and he touts his acting experience. He’s appeared on “Weeds” and in some pro-pot films. He’s also a teacher at Union Bible College and is a pastor at “Temple 420” on Hollywood Boulevard, where he was busted and successfully prosecuted for burning marijuana as incense. He sounds pretty media savvy if he’s using Pitt to get publicity, but it’s not like anyone is likely to unseat popular mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, particularly this guy. There was speculation that Villaraigosa might bow out to pursue other endeavors, but he’s definitely running again. The election is March 3, and the LA Democractic party has just announced their endorsement of incumbent Villaraigosa.

Here are some more pics of Pitt in True Romance, thanks to Simply Brad.