Police video shows rapper Kodak Black in the backseat of a police vehicle after being arrested for drug trafficking in Fort Lauderdale on July 15. As he waits, Black worries they might kill him and dump his body.
Fresh off his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz announced his new company Papi Cannabis and product Sweet Sluggers blunts. Sales begin at Massachusetts shops on July 29.
WNBA star Brittney Griner was hauled into a Russian court again on July 26 for her fourth appearance on a cannabis possession charge. Griner's defense made it clear her use is strictly medical.
Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia was born on August 1, 1942 and died on August 9, 1995. The nine-day period between Garcia's birth and death is now known as, in Deadhead circles, The Days Between. Here are more than 25 events celebrating Garcia's 80th year.
It took five years for "Cannabis: A Viper Vaudeville!" to get from workshop to New York's La Mama theater stage, and was well worth the wait. The musical, starring Baba Israel and Grace Galu, runs through July.
Five Democratic Senators introduced the long-awaited Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act on July 21. The bill would legalize marijuana federally. Read the press release and the official summary.
The Cookies cannabis brand, co-founded by rapper Berner, is expanding at a rapid pace. There are now 53 stores under the Cookies, Lemonnade and Berner's names from San Francisco to Tel Aviv.
In a new interview, Ricky Williams (a.k.a. Errick Miron) outs an NFL Hall of Famer who passed him a blunt in 1999 and predicts the league will soon be dispensing cannabis to players instead of pharmaceuticals.
