"National Lampoon's Animal House" was released on July 28, 1978. Many in the cast of mostly unknown actors (except for John Belushi and Donald Sutherland) went on to have brilliant careers like Karen Allen and Tom Hulce. Forty-five years later, where are they now?
Not every musician is a pot smoker. Look no further than Joan Baez, whose doctored photo of her hitting a bong in the company of Jimi Hendrix is making another viral run through social media. Baez has said about pot: "I didn't smoke – zero."
Less than two years ago, "Dopesick" began streaming on Hulu. The series focuses on Purdue Pharma, OxyContin and the opioid crisis in America. It received 14 Emmy nominations. Fast forward to 2023 and the same story has been repackaged by Netflix into a six-part series called "PainKiller."
The legendary weed mag High Times played a major role in connecting the hip-hop community to the cannabis legalization movement. We look back at the the magazine's contribution with 14 potent rap-star covers.
It's the 10th anniversary of Dr. Sanjay Gupta's "Weed" specials on CNN. No. 7, "A Senior Moment," focuses on the elderly, many of whom are smoking more cannabis and taking fewer pills.
Seth Rogen and his wife Lauren Miller Rogen discuss Hilarity for Charity, their fundraising organization that focuses on Alzheimer's, with Bill Gates on his new podcast. But the conversation gets really interesting when Gates asks the Rogens about weed.
Margot Robbie is hot. With current and recent leading roles in "Barbie," "Babylon" and "Amsterdam," the Aussie actress has become one of Hollywood's top earners and its No. 1 starlet.
Sinead O'Connor, who passed away on July 26, used marijuana since she was a teenager. "If you smoke a joint you're much clearer, you realize what your thoughts are," the singer once said. "I smoke dope quite a bit and that really does help."
"I just enjoy the plant. It's as simple as that," Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant said in an interview on July 25. He was referring to marijuana, which the hoopster says "everyone does" in the NBA.
Crooner Tony Bennett, who passed away on July 21, preferred pot. He suffered a cocaine overdose in the late '70s and felt particularly bad when Whitney Houston succumbed to drugs in 2012. "Let's legalize drugs," the smooth singer pled.
