Bobby Brown
(1969)
American R&B artist
Whitney Houston got busted in January 2001, after she was caught with a half-ounce of buds in a Hawaii airport. Since airport security doesn't have the authority to arrest or detain people, Houston just left the bag and boarded a flight with husband Bobby Brown to San Francisco.
Houston's lawyers had her Hawaiian record cleared within a few months. The Hawaiian judge dismissed the misdemeanor possession charges after a drug counselor declared that Houston did not have a substance abuse problem.
The Houston family's pot troubles were just beginning, however, as Whitney's brother Michael was busted on May 7, 2002. Supposedly pulled over for a traffic violation, police claim to have found two bags of pot, 14 roaches and some cocaine in his rental car. He pleaded not guilty to possession and driving while intoxicated.
Five days later, Whitney Houston's cousin Dionne Warwick was also busted for pot in an airport. Security at Miami International Airport found 11 thin joints in Warwick's lipstick container, and she was charged with possession.
Warwick's agent claimed she used the herb as medicine for her glaucoma. The five-time Grammy award winner and former pitchwoman for the Psychic Friends Network faces up to a year in prison if convicted.
Jackson, Houston and Warwick's hemp habits were all pre-dated by the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, who was well known to use cannabis. Busted for pot in January 1998, Brown told the local media he smoked small quantities of marijuana for medicinal purposes. "I have bad eyes. It was just a little tiny bit. It wasn't even a misdemeanor." The charges were later dropped.
source: soul smokers/ cannabisculture.com
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