Russell Simmons: I Stopped Getting High at 30 (Except During Holidays)

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As Russell Simmons continues to promote a healthy, vegan lifestyle, many are shocked to find out about his many years of drug abuse before choosing a new kind of high through meditation. “I got high from 15 to 30 and I just stopped on 30.” He said, “I’m like a monk, I don’t smoke, drink– I don’t eat animals.”

Check out the interview above, and see the mogul explain how he ultimately refrain from using drugs.

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“I’m so far ahead of my time; I’m bout to start another life/ Look behind you, I’m bout to pass you twice.”- Jay Z

“Youngins ice grillin’ me, oh you not feeling me/Fine, it cost you nothing/Pay me no mind”

“I’d rather die enormous than live dormant”

“They giveth and they taketh life is cruel that way/But even a broken clock is right at least two times a day”

“A wise man told me don’t argue with fools, cause people from a distance can’t tell who is who.”

“Swear to everything, when I leave this Earth, it’s gon’ be on both feet, never knees in the dirt”

“No one said it would be easy, n**** livin’ is work”

“I’m not afraid of dying, I’m afraid of not trying”

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