The opioid epidemic is Hollywood's new favorite dramatic subject. "Dopesick," a miniseries on Hulu, tells the story of Purdue Pharma's push to make Oxycontin America's No. 1 painkiller.
Now that more states are legalizing pot and medical use is becoming widespread across the U.S., PBS' NOVA series takes a closer, scientific look at cannabis in the latest episode.
In the six-part Hulu series, "McCartney 3, 2, 1," the Beatles living legend reflects on the music he made with the Fab Four, including druggy songs like "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and "With a Little Help from My Friends."
The Showtime documentary "The One and Only Dick Gregory" hints at the '60s comic's distain for cannabis. He once called pot worse than coke and heroin and said, "It will wipe out your memory bank."
Rapper and CelebStoner Wiz Khalifa has signed on to portray George Clinton in "Spinning Gold," a film about music-industry mogul Neil Bogart, who headed Casablanca Records when Clinton's band Parliament was on the label.
