I love using social media. While most of the times it gives me more details about what our Bollywood actors are doing, there are times when I witness some brilliant things on it which really leave me surprised. The latter happened to me recently when I came across Uday Chopra‘s tweet. The Dhoom franchise actor has been missing from the 70mm for a while now but if I really want to know what the actor is up to, I check his twitter. I read his recent tweet and I was speechless.
Uday tweeted about India legalizing marijuana and spoke about how it was a part of our culture.
Uday wrote,
I feel India should legalize marijuana. Firstly, It’s part of our culture. Secondly, I think if legalized and taxed it can be a huge revenue source. Not to mention it will remove the criminal element associated with it. Plus and most importantly it has a lot of medical benefits!
— Uday Chopra (@udaychopra) September 13, 2018
He further explained,
And no I do not use it. I just really think it’s a wise move, given our history with the plant.
— Uday Chopra (@udaychopra) September 13, 2018
While it left me surprised, similar was the case with a number of Twitteratti who wrote to the actor and asked him to explain what he meant.
Agree with your last points, but the first one – part of culture how?
— Sophia Qureshi (@SophiaAQ) September 13, 2018
Easy for you to say when you don’t have to work for a living. Imagine a stoned workforce.
— Ishita Yadav (@IshitaYadav) September 13, 2018
— Bhrustrated® Activist (@AnupamUncl) September 13, 2018
????? pic.twitter.com/IqrUDWnRfN
— sober_man ? (@StonerPsychic) September 13, 2018
Some even agreed with the actor.
Marijuana should be legalised everywhere….period!
— RayRayT (@86_Ray_T) September 13, 2018
Now I know how you remain this calm when almost entire indian twitter is after you to troll you…keep going 😉
— Drunk BATMAN (@Caped_Humor) September 13, 2018
Hey that’s actually true, a lot of guys with gareeb mentality will judge your tweet because they have no money lol. This country will never grow with such mentality forget about legalizing marijuana, we Indians have the habbit of finding fault in everything. We love complaining
— Sahil Sayed (@sahilrs_) September 13, 2018
Many had a serious question for Chopra.
on a scale of 1 to 10 – how high are you right now ?
— tutomazaria (@tutomazaria) September 13, 2018
— Vishal (@iam_vishalsingh) September 13, 2018
And then watching your movies will become more bearable :-).. sorry couldn’t resist that!!
— strawberry daikudi (@hafbaykedpizza) September 13, 2018
What do you guys think?