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(Note to all wikipedians and Wikipedia.com readers: This is a list of famous people whose drug use has been discussed in public. Because this could a very controversial issue, do not write in names of people who are only suspected of using drugs. Wikipedia might be liable if the names of someone who has been only suspected of is added).
Entertainment
- Tim Allen
- Drew Barrymore
- John Belushi
- David Bowie
- Vico C Puerto Rican rapper
- Momma Cass
- Tommy Chong
- Eric Clapton
- Montgomery Clift
- Kurt Cobain
- David Crosby
- Tony Curtis
- Dorothy Dandridge
- Robert Downey Jr
- Chris Farley
- Perry Farrell
- Cheo Feliciano Puerto Rican Salsa music singer
- Liam Gallagher
- Judy Garland
- Bobby Gillespie
- Sergio Glass former member of Menudo
- Ruben Gomez former member of Menudo
- George Harrison
- Jimi Hendrix
- Dennis Hopper
- Mick Jones
- Steve Jones
- Janis Joplin
- Hector Lavoe Puerto Rican salsa singer
- John Lennon
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- Little Richard
- Courtney Love
- La Lupe Cuban singer
- Cheech Marin
- Paul McCartney
- Liza Minelli
- Keith Moon
- Jim Morrison
- Kate Moss
- Nick Nolte
- Jack Osbourne
- Ozzy Osbourne
- River Phoenix
- Elvis Presley
- Iggy Pop
- Richard Pryor
- Keith Richards
- Mickey Rooney
- Mickey Rourke
- Winona Ryder
- Frankie Ruiz Puerto Rican Salsa music singer
- Viti Ruiz Puerto Rican Salsa music singer, brother of Frankie Ruiz
- Tom Sizemore
- Layne Staley
- Ringo Starr
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Pete Townshend
- Scott Weiland
Sports
- Hector Camacho
- Orlando Cepeda Baseball player
- Bobby Chacon
- Ty Cobb
- Wesley Correa BSN basketball player
- Angelo Cruz BSN basketball player
- Esteban De Jesus
- Bryan Fogarty NHL player
- Wilfredo Gomez
- Dwight Gooden
- Steve Howe
- Michael Irvin
- Edgar Leon BSN basketball player
- Francisco Leon BSN basketball player, brother of Edgar Leon
- Sugar Ray Leonard
- Sonny Liston
- Joe Louis
- Diego Maradona
- Todd Marinovich
- Ric Nattress
- Darrell Porter
- J.R. Richardson
- Sugar Ray Robinson
- Edwin Rosario
- Barney Ross
- Samuel Serrano
- Darryl Strawberry
- Johnny Tapia
- Mike Tyson the former Heavyweight boxing champion of the world admitted, after his February 22, 2003 fight with Clifford Etienne, that he likes getting high
- Roy Tarpley NBA player, banned from the NBA
Politics
- Marion Barry - former mayor of Washington, D.C
- Michael Bloomberg - when asked if he had smoked marijuana, replied "You bet I did; and I enjoyed it."
- Noelle Bush
- Howard Dean - (former) Vermont Governor and Presidential candidate, admitted to smoking marijuana in response to question during Rock the Vote/CNN debate, Tuesday 4 November 2003
- John Edwards - U.S. Senator (D-NC) and Presidential candidate, admitted to smoking marijuana in response to question during Rock the Vote/CNN debate, Tuesday 4 November 2003
- John Kerry - U.S. Senator (D-MA) and Presidential candidate, admitted to smoking marijuana in response to question during Rock the Vote/CNN debate, Tuesday 4 November 2003
- Rush Limbaugh
- Charles Wilson - U.S. Congressman from Texas
Media
Crime
- Vito Genovese
- John Wayne Gacy - serial killer
- John Gotti
- Henry Hill Mafioso whose life was portrayed in Goodfellas
- Charles Manson
