Canadian comedy star Jay Baruchel’s penchant for pot began with his discovery of a severe alcohol allergy.
The Montreal-raised actor-filmmaker, who’s played a stoner in films including “Knocked Up” and “This Is the End,” says he turned to cannabis many years ago when he found out his liver lacks the proper enzymes to process alcohol correctly.
“It took five years of drinking for me to realize this, but what this meant was, every time I would drink anything, I would vomit violently for like two days afterwards,” Baruchel, 39, said in a video interviewfrom his Toronto home.
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