Several countries around the world have death penalties for illegal drug possession, including Singapore, where Omar Bamadhaj will soon be hung for smuggling two pounds of pot from Malaysia. Meanwhile, in the UAE, a British man is facing a 25-year sentence for possessing CBD oil.
Sasha Perelman and Elizabeth Santana had a great idea: To create an immersive cannabis exhibit in New York. Running through at least November, "The Stone Age" is one of the city's hottest new tourist attractions.
The drug war continues unabated with shootouts like the one in Arizona on October 4 that left two people dead - one a DEA agent - over several pounds of pot.
"Cannabis culture today is by and large a shell of what it used to be in the '90s and before that in terms of characters and the fun in it and the people who were really devoted to the cause," says Double Blind co-founder Madison Margolin. "Now, it just feels like another consumer product."
Born in Canada, which legalized cannabis in 2016, pop star Justin Bieber has joined fellow musicians Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z, Method Man, Willie Nelson and Melissa Etheridge in the cannabiz with his new Peaches brand.
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.
Arrested in 2006 for driving under the influence of heroin and Oxycontin, Phish frontman Trey Anastasio has been sober for 14 years. Now, he's giving back to others suffering from opioid abuse.
While some think celebrities have a leg up on other cannabis brands, singer Melissa Etheridge, who launched Etheridge Botanicals in 2020, says it's not so easy. "We don't sell anymore than anyone else," she tells CelebStoner. "We're still in the dark."
