Melissa Etheridge
Fiery singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge became a medical-marijuana proponent after she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004.
Ellen Komp
Emerald Cup Grows in Santa Rosa
California's largest cannabis competition and celebration was held last weekend at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa. An estimated 10,000 people attended the Emerald Cup.
Billy Crystal's High Times on Marijuana and Mescaline
In his autobiography, Billy Crystal says he was “just an occasional pot smoker” around the time he and his brother Rip did some “organic mescaline” and flipped out.
Whoopi Goldberg
Comedian, actress and TV host Whoopi Goldberg has become one of the most mainstream voices for pot legalization. A glaucoma sufferer, she swears by her vape pen and says, "I know the good things about marijuana."
Stoned in Seattle: Hempfest Highlights
What was once a "protestival" is now a full-blown celebration in Seattle. Ellen Komp reports from the 23rd Hempfest.
Marijuana Maturity: AARP Coming Out of the Pot Closet
For the third time this year, AARP Magazine has highlighted a Top CelebStoner in its pages. In January, Susan Sarandon spoke about weed, and now Willie Nelson and Jeff Bridges are featured in the latest issue.
Book Review: Tom Robbins' 'Tibetan Peach Pie'
You can have your Kesey, your Wolfe, your Thompson. I’ll take a Tom Robbins book any day. The beloved counterculture author's latest work, "Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life," is emphatically not an autobiography or even a memoir.
British Celebs Petition Cameron Over Drug Policy
An open letter to UK Prime Minister David Cameron signed by 64 prominent Brits and endorsed by 27 organizations calls on the government to move toward an approach that reduces the “harms caused by drugs and current drug policies.”