Drugs have always been a bit of a tabled subject in main stream comics.
After the comic Code authority banned all storylines that featured drug or substance
use and abuse back in the 50s, it took nearly a decade for their inclusion to resurface.
Except as PSAs.
These days, that sort of subject matter is easy to find in contemporary graphic novels,
but is still pretty sparsely mentioned in the likes of DC and Marvel titles.
And it’s rare to even see a superhero engaging in such behaviour.
Which is odd, considering the tide is turning in politics when it comes to legal marijuana
use and possession.
So al that being said, we thought it’d be fun to do a list that dives quite a bit into
the matter with some guesses on who could be a speculative stoner with our list of the
top 10 superheroes who probably smoke marijuana.
10 Rogue Rogue has been known to break the rules before.
She’s a southern belle with an edge, and isn’t afraid to jump head first into danger.
And let’s not forget that she used to have quite a bit of anxiety over not being able
to control her powers.
One of the medical benefits of weed is that it eases anxiety.
Hint, hint there, Rogue.
Not to mention, dating our next number likely isn’t the most squeaky clean influence for
her character.
9 Gambit Gambit’s the kind of guy whose probably
really pretentious about what strain he smokes, and likes to mix it with loose tobacco that
he brought over from France.
He also wouldn’t be ashamed of hand rolling a joint right in front of his teammates and
Charles Xavier himself.
8 The Thing I mean, if I looked the way he did, I’d
need to chill the F out, too.
7 Chase Stein Chase is one of the members of the Runaways
- a group of kids who found out that their parents were super villains, and ran away.
Chase’s parents were made scientists, and he himself is a bit of a rule breaker, aside
from also being quite astute when it comes to technology - he’s a skilled pilot and
mechanic, has energy conjuring gauntlets and boots, AND has a telepathic link to a genetically
engineered dinosaur.
Plus he frequently brings up using marijuana.
Moving on.
6 Iron Man But only if it’s Robert Downey Jr’s MCU
Iron Man.
Cause like, come on.
Plus, the character does have a history of having an addictive personality.
5 Wolverine Wolverine is no stranger to using – and
sometimes abusing – substances.
He’s had his fair share of booze and cigarettes in the comics before, and in general he’s
not a goody two shoes like some other members of the X-Men, that’s for damn sure.
Considering his high vulnerability to substances because of his healing factor, it’s likely
weed wouldn’t affect him much unless he either smoked A LOT of it, or had a very potent
strain.
His son in Dark Wolverine, Daken, even uses a super drug to get high – a substance that
was powerful enough to negate the healing factor.
That being said, if smoking weed was more common place in comics, it wouldn’t be a
surprise to see Logan lighting up a spliff every now and then.
4 The Hulk If there were ever a superhero who really
needed to smoke weed, it’s probably the Hulk.
Think about it - assuming Bruce Banner wouldn’t massively trip balls and green out - in the
narcotic sense, that is - weed would do him a lot of good when it comes to handling his
angrier side.
It’s not a totally poposterous suggestion either.
Bruce has used alternative tactics in the past to diffuse chill himself out of Hulk
smash mode - he once - by having SHIELD use a box full of puppies to force him back to
his regular state.
3 Poison Ivy Initially a villain, these days since the
new 52, Ivy has been depicted as more of an anti-hero.
Plants are her jam.
She once teamed up (then screwed over) Floronic man, who is literally the weed supervillain
– his body is made of it after he’s decapitated.
The one argument against this is that she likely wouldn’t be down with burning plants.
That being said, isn’t that what edibles are for?
Or is that cannibalism in her books?
And considering the plants are harvested and then smoked when dry, perhaps she’d be all
about that natural remedy.
Could definitely see her and Harley smoking a blunt, couldn’t you?
2 Deadpool Deadpool is no stranger to vices.
The character pretty much has all of the same traits as a stoner does, except without actually
being high.
Let’s analyze this.
He likes to mind fuck.
Breaks the 4th wall.
Has conversations between his internal monologues (which yes, is technically Madcap but Deadpool
plays along).
And, his favourite food is chimichangas.
On the plus side, he’s got an invulnerability to alcohol due to his healing factor, meaning
he’d have to smoke A LOT to even get inebriated.
1 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles I mean, C’MON.
Insatiable pizza cravings?
All SUPER laid back?
A love for sinking into the couch and watching tv?
Check, check, check.
Plus, they all talk like surfers, and surfers are the stoners of the sea.
Soooo….
There we have it friends!
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