So far in 2017, many well-known musicians have passed away, including Chuck Berry, Gregg Allman, Chris Cornell, J. Geils, Al Jarreau, Butch Trucks, Cuba Gooding, Joni Sledge, Prodigy, James Cotton, Larry Coryell, Col. Bruce Hampton and David Peel.
Appointed in May 2015 to replace Michele Leonhart as the DEA's Administrator, Chuck Rosenberg got off to a rough start when he challenged the "notion that marijuana is also medicinal." He repeated that sentiment on Thursday.
Peter Tosh's youngest son, Jawara McIntosh, is currently in a coma in a Boston hospital after he was brutally beaten in a New Jersey jail where he was serving a six-month sentence for marijuana possession.
The five shooting deaths at the BPM Festival in Playa del Carmen on Jan. 16 is once again calling into question how safe it is to travel in Mexico. According to the State Department, due to "organized criminal groups that engage in drug trafficking and other unlawful activities," 20 of Mexico's 32 states have travel advisories in effect.
