Does weed kill your ambition? Abe Torres says yes on the Juice Unlocked podcast

Can you smoke weed and still be successful? Not according to Abe Torres. In a clip from the Juice Unlocked podcast posted Feb. 9, 2026, the guest gave a blunt answer when the talk turned to business and weed.

"I personally believe that weed kills your ambition," Torres said.

His case

Torres said his view comes from his own experience. When he smokes, he said, he goes quiet and turns into a couch, sitting in front of a cartoon like "Rick and Morty" and overthinking every word people say to him.

"So I can't focus at all," he said. He acknowledged plenty of people would push back. "There's going to be a lot of people out there, they're going to tell me the opposite," he said, calling it "my personal take on it."

“I personally believe that weed kills your ambition.”

The question to OC

The clip ends with a call-out to the audience: are there any weed heads out there getting to a bag, or anyone super ambitious who still smokes? The post asked followers to weigh in and had drawn 53 comments and 187 likes when it was archived.

Torres also appeared in a Juice Unlocked podcast clip posted three days later, on Feb. 12, arguing that race is no excuse and that most limits are in your head.

“There's going to be a lot of people out there, they're going to tell me the opposite.”

“So I can't focus at all.”