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<p>Ziggy Marley started smoking marijuana at the age of nine. The 50-year-old musician "can't even remember" when he had his first puff of the psychoactive drug, but he knows he was "too young" to dabble with cannabis.</p>
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<p>Speaking to Reader's Digest, Ziggy, who is the son of reggae legend Bob Marley, said: "Smoking marijuana wasn't considered a bad thing in Rastafarian culture. It wasn't something to hide from the kids. I can't even remember when I had my first spliff - I was around nine. I was very young, too young. I wouldn't have let myself do it in my father's place. But it was a part of our religion. We're one of those ancient cultures with traditions that modern society wouldn't accept."</p>
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<blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>"I was very young, too young."</p><cite>— Ziggy Marley</cite></blockquote>
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<p>Although a lot of people around him were smoking marijuana for "fun", Ziggy actually relied on the drug to strengthen his relationship with spirituality. </p>
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<p>He explained: "When I first consciously decided to smoke weed as a teenager, I approached it from a spiritual point of view. It's given me more insight into myself and into my spirituality, and I use it as a form of influence when reading scriptures and books about spirituality.</p>
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