Kid Cudi says rehab helped curb marijuana use and improve acting

Kid Cudi said he entered rehab last November to rein in what he described as an abusive relationship with marijuana, telling People that at his lowest he was smoking as many as 15 blunts a day and that the habit had come to "truly rule" his life. The 41 year old rapper, actor and producer said the stint in treatment preceded the August release of his memoir and his 11th studio album, and that the reset has changed how he approaches both his personal life and his work.

"I just was in this place where I was abusing it," Cudi, born Scott Mescudi, told People. "I was really abusing it. I was smoking maybe 15 blunts a day, wake up in the mornings, get high." He said he stopped smoking entirely for about two months after rehab and then resumed in a more moderated way. "And now I just get after it at night or on the weekends when I have the free time and I'm just relaxing, but I'm not smoking nowhere near as much weed as I was smoking before," he said. "A joint lasts me all day, damn near. So my relationship has changed with that in a major way."

Cudi credited the change with helping him be "more present" and with affecting his acting. The musician, whose screen credits include How to...