Neil Young Blocked by Pot

Neil Young penned a letter on his Neil Young Archives website this week about his experience attempting to obtain citizenship in the United States ahead of the 2020 presidential election.

“I want to be a dual citizen and vote,” Young, who’s a Canadian citizen, explained in a Nov. 8 post titled “I Have Been Very Successful in My Life.” “When I recently applied for American citizenship, I passed the test. It was a conversation where I was asked many questions. I answered them truthfully and passed.”

“Recently however, I have been told that I must do another test, due to my use of marijuana and how some people who smoke it have exhibited a problem,” he wrote in reference to a policy update issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services earlier this year.