Both CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Dr. Mehmet Oz, who hosts "The Dr. Oz Show" on Fox, reversed their opinions about medical marijuana in 2014. Now Dr. Oz says, "People think it's a gateway drug to narcotics. It may be the exit drug to get us out of the narcotic epidemic."
"Narcos" focuses on the murderous world of '80s drug cartels in Colombia. After two seasons following the DEA's pursuit of the Medellin Cartel's Pablo Escobar, Season 3 set its sights on Agent Javier Peña's efforts to break up the Cali Cartel.
A gaggle of CelebStoners—Anthony Bourdain, Dave Chappelle, Zach Galifianakos, Bill Maher, Susan Sarandon, Sarah Silverman and Snoop Dogg – were nominated for 2017 Emmy Awards, but only Chappelle won for hosting "Saturday Night Live." Other winners included the documentary "11th," W. Kamau Bell and Donald Glover.
High Times won their third NYMSL championship on Sept. 9 with a 4-3 extra-inning victory over arch-rival Wall Street Journal.
In August, a cannabis controversy erupted over Roger Stone's planned speech at the CWCBExpo scheduled for Sept. 13-15 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. On Sept. 6, the event announced that Stone had been removed from the speaker's lineup.
Donald Fagen and Walter Becker met at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York in 1967, four years before they formed Steely Dan. Their 1973 song, "My Old School," is about the day they were busted for marijuana at Bard.
It's only taken 16 years for the sequel to "Super Troopers" to be announced. The Broken Lizard guys will indeed return for another anarchic take on Vermont cops, come 4/20/18, of course.
Chuck Lorre and David Javerbaum's "Disjointed," now available on Netflix, is the most mainstream pot-driven comedy series ever. Breast-cancer survivor and legalization supporter Kathy Bates plays dispensary owner Ruth Feldman like her life depends on it.
