Paris Jackson defends smoking pot on social media: 'It's an incredible medical tool'
Paris Jackson has made her pot-smoking habits public — but some fans aren’t feeling it.
The 19-year-old daughter of Michael Jackson documented her date with a large bud on Instagram Stories, which she also shared on Twitter. And while recreational marijuana was officially legalized in her home state of California in January, the openness of the Gringo actress about blazing up rubbed some of her followers the wrong way.
A few suggested that, by smoking pot, Jackson was setting a bad example for her younger fans. Others accused her of glamorizing drug use to get attention. Then there were those who invoked her late father’s memory to shame her behavior.
wyd after smokin’ this pic.twitter.com/HkHtVgs8zN
— Paris-Michael K. J. (@ParisJackson) March 12, 2018
Paris your Father would nevee allow you to smoke that. Think of how upset he'd be..
— Chrissy (@k9lover48) March 12, 2018
“I already have many young girls looking up to me and I want to be something their parents are OK with them looking up to.” https://t.co/C49itH2Ube
…And what parent thinks its okay for their kid to smoke weed? Girl, you're better than this & you know it. #accountability— Alexandria Lowell (@EpixAndroidv2) March 12, 2018
It's her life, but every day post photos and vid.s with cigarettes in my mouth and now with marijuana. This is too much. The photos look like a drug! Do you have so much desire for attention and articles? It's a Embarrassingly and shame.
— Jani?ka ? ? ∞ ツ ? ? (@KacenkaJojo43) March 12, 2018
— Gaby Lann (@LaGabrielaGarza) March 12, 2018
All the money you have and you spend it on that shit
— abi (@_aabbii_) March 12, 2018
Jackson responded to the criticism, tweeting, “I think I’m doing pretty OK considering the circumstances.” She told another follower that she thought her weed video was “funny.”
She also defended marijuana as an “amazing organic medicine” and “incredible medical tool.”
try googling “narcotics” “big pharma” and then google “cbd” then get back to me, i’ll be sitting here eating granola and watching scooby doo
— Paris-Michael K. J. (@ParisJackson) March 12, 2018
i think it depends on the person, the strain, and/or the cbd to thc ratio. it’s an incredible medical tool that a few universities in some states are finally starting to use in studies
— Paris-Michael K. J. (@ParisJackson) March 12, 2018
Despite the criticism, plenty of fans tweeted support for Jackson’s herbal habit.
I just love how everyone is telling her how HER father would feel about it. SCHMOKE ‘ER UP, MISS JACKSON
— Mikala, Minion of Tutu Pele (@fortriley1119) March 12, 2018
She's old enough to make her own decisions; plus NONE of us would know what her father would be thinking about her smoking because we didn't know him like she did. #JustSaying
— Skull Reaper (@SkullReaperx) March 12, 2018
PARIS DON’T LET ANYONE TELL YOU WHAT TO DO!
PLEASE INVITE ME FOR YOUR NEXT PARTY LET’S BE FRIENDS ??
— Palpiteiry (@y_Palpiteiry) March 12, 2018
Last year, Jackson described herself as sober as she opened up to Rolling Stone about her earlier addiction to antidepressants and other drugs.
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