The Beatles were known for being in the middle of the 1960s drug culture but these days Paul McCartney says he doesn’t smoke marijuana anymore.
In a new interview with The Daily Mail, McCartney said he stopped smoking the drug “a very long time ago.”
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“I don’t do it anymore. Why? The truth is I don’t really want to set an example to my kids and grandkids. It’s now a parent thing,” he said.
The 72-year-old rock star has five children and eight grandchildren – so he doesn’t want to set any bad examples for them after using the drug on and off for almost four decades.
“Back then I was just some guy around London having a ball, and the kids were little so I’d just try and keep it out of their faces,” he added.
These days, the former Beatle prefers a drink instead of cannabis even though he once referred to it as, “such good stuff.”
“Instead of smoking a spliff, I’ll now have a glass of red wine or a nice margarita.”
The New York Daily News reports that McCartney was arrested at Tokyo’s Narita Airport when he tried to bring a bag of marijuana into Japan, which resulted in nine days behind bars.
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