A number of celebrities have tested positive for the coronavirus, including Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Jackson Browne, Idris Elba, Placido Domingo, Scarface, Slim Thug, Andy Cohen, Debi Mazar, Joe Diffie and 18 NBA players. Five have died.
A letter signed by eight drug-law reform organizations asks law enforcement to suspend marijuana arrests and release those currently imprisoned on pot charges during the COVID-19 crisis.
Spannabis, Hash Bash, CWCBE, 420 Vancouver, Mile High 420 Festival, NYC Cannabis Parade & Rally and ICBCs Barcelona and Berlin are among the cannabis events that have been either canceled or postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Everyone's looking for a treatment or cure for the coronavirus. It may be as simple as vitamin C.
Country singer Kenny Rogers, Rush drummer Neil Peart and jazz pianist McCoy Tyner and are among the musicians who've passed away so far in 2020.
With pot now legal in Illinois, "The Simpsons," set in Springfield, weighs in on the state of marijuana with an episode that parodies Mike Tyson and focuses on the schism between old-school THC dealers and new-age CBD healers..
The Democratic presidential race has come down to two candidates: Bernie Sanders, who says he smoked pot twice and didn't like it, and Joe Biden, who never has.
Football players who use marijuana have long been targeted by the NFL's draconian drug policy that led to countless suspensions. Now, in this new era of relaxed cannabis laws, that policy has been reversed.
Former Mayor of Tallahassee and 2018 Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum admitted that he "had too much to drink" in a Miami hotel room where police were called to deal with a possible drug overdose on March 12.
In the 1930s and 1940s, marijuana was popular among jazz musicians. Many wrote songs about it. One of the so-called reefer songs, "If You're a Viper," has been performed by everyone from Fats Waller to Dick Van Dyke.
