I'm waiting for Jon Stewart to point to this article as clear Conservative bias towards marijuana (even though Fox News seems to have a lot of positive views on weed).

But that would be cool. As well, it wouldn't be surprising that Shakespeare smoked pot. His writing was very abstract at times, and he never really seemed like the sanest of people at times. Writers, in general, are not very normal (brain wise). For that, they will tend to want to smoke weed. Hell, I like to write and I like to smoke weed (not as much as I did Freshman year of college, but I still smoke plenty). Weed doesn't give me that stupid, chill high that so many stoners talk about. It instead makes me think with a lot of paranoia, as well as making me rationalize Socialism and Conservatism. I use that as a good example as to how so many of these non-libertarian views are based on paranoia. But that also comes from my love for psychology. When I'm high and not being paranoid, I have minor flashbacks to trips I had, and this helps with seeing the world in a completely different view. Not good, not bad, just different.

My point? Writers like weed. I don't think it makes me more creative, but it changes up my perspective, and writers like to escape their usual mindset at times. It doesn't help me write, but it's a different type of recreation. Helps me understand different mindsets (good for creating characters that aren't supposed to think like you).