No No Songs: Anti-Pot Tunes Over the Years
We've highlighted the Top 20 Stoner Songs of All Time. They all generally celebrate marijuana. But there are some songs that don't. Here are several.
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Rock and Pop Star Deaths in 2020
Singers Little Richard, Bill Withers, Kenny Rogers, Charlie Daniels and Betty Wright, Rush drummer Neil Peart and jazz pianist McCoy Tyner are among the musicians who've passed away in 2020.
Musicians, Actors and Athletes with COVID-19
Dozens of celebrities have tested positive for the coronavirus, most recently tennis star Novak Djokovic, Brooklyn Net Spencer Dinwiddie and Atlanta's Freddie Freeman. Many have passed away, including John Prine, Joe Diffie, Ellis Marsalis, Hal Willner and Nick Cordero.
Hugh Downs Was a Hemp Advocate
TV newsman and anchor Hugh Downs passed away on July 1. He was 99. In 1990, Downs wrote an article about hemp that was published by ABC News. Read and listen to it here.
South African Cannabis Activist Killed Near Johannesburg
Julian Stobbs was murdered during an armed robbery at his farm in South Africa on July 3. He and his wife Myrtle Clarke were known as the Dagga Couple after they challenged the country's pot laws in 2010.
States Where Marijuana Is Legalized, Decriminalized or Medicalized
There are now 11 states that have legalized marijuana recreationally (Alaska, California, Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont and Washington), 16 more with decriminalization laws and 47 with medical-marijuana laws.
Executive Shuffle at SSDP: Aldworth, Wallis Depart
SSDP's top two managers - executive director Betty Aldworth and deputy director Stacia Wallis - are leaving the drug-policy organization.
MassCann/NORML Chair Resigns After Leading 'All Lives Matter' Pro-Police Rally
Controversial MassCann chair Samson Racioppi resigned from the board during an emergency meeting on July 1. He recently organized an anti-Black Lives Matter rally in Boston. NORML has suspended the chapter until it shows a "clear opposition to bigotry."
Elegy for Blind Melon's Shannon Hoon: New Documentary Digs Deep
Blind Melon frontman Shannon Hoon is the subject of Danny Clinch's documentary "All I Can Say." It's based on Hoon's own footage.
Documentary Review: 'Public Enemy Number One'
Robert Rippberger retells the story of the War on Drugs in "Public Enemy Number One," a new documentary executive produced by Ice-T.