Starting the year on a HIGH note: Justin Bieber snapped smoking marijuana

Not a good way to start the year… The pop star was on January 2, 2012 photographed clutching a blunt of marijuana at a big party inside a Newport Beach hotel. Photos (released by TMZ.com) surfaced onlinea days after a paparazzo was killed while trying to take photos of Bieber’s Ferrari. According to sources, Twist and his brother were rolling all the blunts and smoking everyone up … and there was a LOT of pot smoke. Reports also say a girl also crashed in the hotel room with Justin — NOT Selena. Bieber released an apology after the incident was made public; ‘ Everyday growing and learning. trying to be better. u get knocked down, u get up,” he wrote last night. “Back on tour tomorrow. ready to see u all smile. time to do what im supposed to be doing. performing.#BELIEVEtour ’.