Sharon Stone Says She Quit Smoking Marijuana, Stopped Taking Stroke Medication

Sharon Stone
I’m Finally Living A Drug-Free Life!!!

Published
July 21, 2026
7:34 AM PDT

Sharon Stone is taking her health into her own hands … cutting out weed and one of the medications she was prescribed following her nearly fatal 2001 stroke.

The “Casino” star says she’s living a drug-free life … telling Variety she decided to get off her stroke medication against her doctor’s orders. She said it wasn’t easy, recalling… “It was like going off of f***ing heroin. I was sick as a frigging dog for four and a half months.”

Once she got off the medication, Sharon says she turned her attention to pot … and she got sick when she stopped blazing.

Sharon thinks she got sick because “they put so much stuff” in cannabis products these days … explaining, “It’s not like you’re pulling it out of the ground anymore. It’s not like when we were kids. I got pretty sick for a month. I went to my neurologist, and he said, ‘Sharon, I’ve had people dying in the emergency room from marijuana.'”

As you know … Sharon suffered a massive stroke and a 9-day brain hemorrhage in 2001 … and she had to relearn to walk, talk, and read. She took years to fully recover, and the near-death experience altered her perspective on life.

Now that she’s reworked her relationship with drugs, Sharon told Variety she is laser-focused on her creative spark … painting and returning to modelling.

She also plans to star on Broadway and has some ideas brewing.

Sharon says in the past year she’s reclaimed her life.

Bottom line … Sharon’s drug use went up in smoke.