Due to violent crime and kidnappings, the U.S. State Department warns Americans from going to six Mexican states and suggests to reconsider visiting seven others. The good news is the country's homicide rate has declined 33% since 2019.
The 2026 cannabis calendar is already filled with events. Here are 40+, from Cannacon to CHAMPS to Flower Show to Lucky Leaf Expo to NECANN and more.
Jailed some 40 times on various drug and theft charges, Jelly Roll was pardoned on Dec. 18 by the Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee. The country-music star has admitted to robbing "a couple of guys for some weed" in 1999 with a gun that led to an eight-year sentence.
"Grassland," "Cheech & Chong's Last Movie" and "One Battle After Another" top CelebStoner's list of the 10 best stoner movies of the year.
Wiz Khalifa has been sentenced to nine months in a Romanian jail for illegal drug use stemming from smoking joints on stage at the Beach, Please! festival in Costinești on July 13, 2023.
Khalifa Kush is No. 1 again among all celeb cannabis brands. Also making gains in 2025: Cheech & Chong Cannabis, 93 Boyz, TICAL and Dr. Greenthumb's. Tyson 2.0, Willie's Reserve, 22 RED, Viola and Highsman experienced declines.
Singer/actress Bette Midler's marijuana advocacy dates back to the '70s when she reportedly planned to give away joints to ticket holders at her New Year's Eve concert. In 1976, she covered the reefer-jazz classic, "Sweet Marijuana."
Irvin Dana Beal has been sentenced to four months in an Idaho jail stemming from his felony marijuana trafficking arrest on January 12. 2024.
