The shooting of two Danish police officers has led to the destruction of Pusher Street, a tourist attraction in Copenhagen's historic counterculture community, Christiania. The shooter sold drugs on the famous strip.
Two years ago, during a visit to Willie Nelson's bus, I asked the legendary singer if he'd back Hillary Clinton's 2016 run for president. "I'd support her in anything she does," he said at the time. But Nelson has yet to officially endorse Clinton.
The No. 9 college football team in the country may lose several players after five Notre Dame Fighting Irishmen were charged with marijuana possession during a traffic stop 45 miles south of South Bend on Aug. 19.
Olympic swimming hero Michael Phelps is moving on. Fresh off winning six more medals in Rio, he plans to retire form competitive swimming. "I'm ready for something different," Phelps says.
Four-time Olympian Michael Phelps won six more medals - five of them gold - at in Rio this week, upping his totals to 23 gold and 28 medals overall. Phelps says this is his last Olympics.
Hillary Clinton's campaign has criticized the DEA's decision to keep marijuana in Schedule I. "As president, Hillary will build on the important steps announced today by rescheduling marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule II substance," states her senior policy adviser Maya Harris.
When has a Republican President and White House been good for marijuana-law reform? Never.
Given a second chance to approve the state legislatures' decrim bill, this time Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner agreed to more restrictive language and signed the bill on July 29, making Illinois the 21st state to decriminalize marijuana..
