James Garner Smoked Marijuana For 50 Years via @sfweekly "I started smoking it in my late teens. I drank to get drunk but ultimately didn't like the effect. Not so with grass. It had the opposite effect from alcohol: it made me more tolerant and forgiving. "I did a little bit of cocaine in the Eighties, courtesy of John Belushi, but fortunately I didn't like it. But I smoked marijuana for 50 years and I don't know where I'd be without it. It opened my mind and now it eases my arthritis. After decades of research I've concluded that marijuana should be legal and alcohol illegal." R.I.P. James Garner -- a fan of marijuana and legalization James Garner, longtime pot smoker, supported legalization R.I.P. James Garner, Actor and Marijuana Lover James Garner in 2011: 'Marijuana Should Be Legal'