Alex Lifeson Quit Weed Before Rush Reunion
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- Alex Lifeson quit weed ahead of Rush's reunion tour, revealing in a cover story that he'd previously written "80 percent" of his guitar parts with THC assistance but lost confidence and focus as the tour approached
- Willie Nelson announced in a November 2019 KSAT interview that he'd quit smoking weed after 65 years, though his publicist clarified he still uses edibles and vapes
- Snoop Dogg's November 2023 "giving up smoke" social media post was exposed as a marketing stunt for a smokeless fire pit company that had hired him as its "smokesman"
- Kid Cudi entered rehab in November 2024 after telling Billboard he'd been smoking 15 blunts a day, then emerged with a moderation approach limiting use to evenings and weekends
- Miley Cyrus quit weed in 2017 for "clarity" on her album Younger Now, resumed by 2019, and told Zane Lowe in 2025 that "sobriety is really like my god"
- Neil Young quit on doctor's orders in January 2011, wrote in his memoir that he struggled to write songs without weed, then told the author in 2014 he'd resumed moderate use, adding: "I'm still high from the Seventies"
Why it matters: Multiple musicians in the piece — including Willie Nelson, Snoop Dogg, Paul McCartney, and Justin Bieber — publicly announced quitting weed but resumed use within months or years, while only SZA and Lukas Nelson report sustained abstinence as of 2025, suggesting public cessation commitments rarely hold even when careers and health provide clear motivation.
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