--- description: "I had problems with glaucoma, but then I got high" title: Afroman Remade "Because I Got High" to Convey That Weed Won't Actually Make Your Life Fall Apart image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3d42cf8a019d731/698760f1a988cabe8d6a9d85/screen-shot-2014-10-15-at-2-25-40-pm.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Afroman Remade _Because I Got High_ to Convey That Weed Won't Actually Ruin Your Life by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 15, 2014 6:59 PM CUT  by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 15, 2014 6:59 PM CUT If you think really hard, all the way back to 2001, you might remember Afroman’s hit song “Because I Got High,” which basically outlined the rapid nosedive your life will take if you ingest too much cannabis. First, this song explained, you’ll blow off small tasks like cleaning your room, and then you’ll be missing bigger responsibilities like class and work. As things continue to escalate, you’ll soon start missing court appearances, blowing off child support payments and, eventually, just messing up your entire life. All because you got high. But 13 years later, the rapper is back to recant that message. He partnered with [Weedmaps](https://weedmaps.com/ "undefined") (considered the “Yelp of weed dispensaries”) and Norml (a marijuana reform nonprofit) to put a pro-legalization spin on the classic tune. Now, Afroman is telling us all about the benefits of ganj. Smoking it helps with everything from glaucoma to anxiety attacks, he explains, and legalizing it would help the economy. Also, if this video is to be believed, smoking weed also means you get to ride around Los Angeles on a couch with wheels, which is _definitely_ the biggest selling point. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3510814/afroman-because-i-got-high-marijuana-legalization/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3510814/afroman-because-i-got-high-marijuana-legalization/"},"headline":"Afroman Remade Because I Got High to Convey That Weed Won't Actually Ruin Your Life","datePublished":"2014-10-15T18:59:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:50.203Z","description":"\"I had problems with glaucoma, but then I got high\"","url":"https://time.com/3510814/afroman-because-i-got-high-marijuana-legalization/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Marijuana","Music","Weed"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3d42cf8a019d731/698760f1a988cabe8d6a9d85/screen-shot-2014-10-15-at-2-25-40-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3d42cf8a019d731/698760f1a988cabe8d6a9d85/screen-shot-2014-10-15-at-2-25-40-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-10-15 at 2.25.40 PM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3510814/afroman-because-i-got-high-marijuana-legalization/","name":"Afroman Remade Because I Got High to Convey That Weed Won't Actually Ruin Your Life"}}]}] ```