Bill Maher is on the short list of standup comedians who can fill a theater. Like Lewis Black, he's a political comic, but fans of "Real Time" and his movie "Religulous" come to hear a steaming plateful of irreverence, with a couple of pot jokes tossed in.
The guy with the long dreads arguing in favor of marijuana on "The Dr. Oz Show" was Dr. Carl Hart, a former pot dealer who now teaches science at Columbia University and is the author of the autobiography, "High Price."
Albanian authorities have moved into Lazarat - the largest marijuana growing region in Europe - taking control of the area, destroying 80,000 plants and setting them on fire.
Pope Francis warns countries looking to liberalize drug laws that "a reduction in the spread and influence of drug addiction will not be achieved" and such laws will "fail to produce the desired effects."
The latest Merry Pranksters' bus, Further, rolled into Bend, Oregon on June 17. The bus' original cross-country tour 50 years ago, says Zane Kesey, son of Ken, "was the beginning of the '60s."
Who needs blunts when you can roll with RAW organic hemp papers? Wiz Khalifa clearly prefers the latter. Now the rapper has his own line of RAW papers, because "I’ve been using the product for years."
Paula Nelson, Willie Nelson's third eldest daughter, was charged with marijuana possession after a traffic stop in Menard, Texas on 4/20. The charge has since been dismissed.
Elton John, Kanye West and Jack White headlined this year's Bonnaroo festival in Tennessee. The deep line-up also included Wiz Khalifa, the Flaming Lips, Slightly Stoopid, Skrillex and Artic Monkeys.
