Nelly was rolling down I-40 in Tennessee when police pulled over his vehicle Saturday morning. After smelling marijuana, a search produced a small amount of weed and Ecstasy pills. Nelly and one other were arrested.
In his most pointed and expansive comments yet about marijuana legalization, Pres. Obama told a Jamaican audience yesterday that "the so-called War on Drugs has been so heavy in emphasizing incarceration that it has been counter-productive."
Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio will join the Grateful Dead at Levi's Stadium in California on June 27-28 and Soldier Field in Chicago on July 3-5 as they celebrate their 50th anniversary and bid adieu to their legion of fans.
Residents of the largest city in Kansas decriminalized small amounts of marijuana yesterday. The vote to reduce the penalty to a $50 fine in Wichita won by a 54%-45% margin.
Pot is hotter than ever on the Doob Tube. Major actors are smoking joints, hitting bongs and generally having a high time on shows like "Broad City," "Workaholics" and "Mad Men."
Produced by @Midnight's Chris Hardwick, "Sleight of Mouth" is hosted by comedian/magician Justin Willman, who plays to the same geeky crowd. In his Comedy Central special on Apr. 6,, Willman and Doug Benson perform tricks in an L.A. dispensary.
Tommy Chong lit up Hash Bash in Ann Arbor on Saturday. He addressed the throng on the University of Michigan campus, and called for decriminalizing and rescheduling marijuana.
The most consistently stony show on TV has to be the underrated "Workaholics." In the latest episode, Adam, Blake and Ders go on an amazing peyote trip.
According to Politico, the National Cannabis Industry Association decided against Tommy Chong's participation in their Capitol Hill Lobby Days, saying it would be a distraction. "I would be talking over their heads anyway," he tells CelebStoner.
In a send-up Matthew McConaughey's Lincoln ad, Tommy Chong takes a lonely drive, just him and a joint. Until that bull shows up on the road. It's a clever campaign to promote one of the pot-comic's latest endeavors: Tommy Chong's Smoke Swipes.
