Twenty years later, Bill Clinton has regrets. One of them is backing the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. “I signed a bill that made the problem worse,” the ex-prez stated at the NAACP convention in Philadelphia.
In his second brazen escape, notorious Mexican cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman burrowed out of maximum security prison on July 11. There have long been allegations of shady, behind-the-scenes cooperation between Guzman’s Sinaola cartel and U.S. law enforcement agencies, with the DEA using his underlings as informants.
In Bill Pohlad's "Love & Mercy" - the summer’s hot biopic about the love, genius and madness of Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson - Paul Dano and John Cusack share the role of a lifetime.
Former Yankee Joe Pepitone reminisces about the time he turned his '60s teammate Mickey Mantle on to pot.
Twenty years ago, Slightly Stoopid was born out of the ashes of Sublime shortly before frontman Brad Nowell died of a drug overdose in 1996. "The Prophet," a song Nowell worked on with Stoopid's Miles Doughty, has popped up on their new album. Watch the video.
Fare Thee Well - the boisterous three-day celebration of all things Grateful Dead held in Chicago this past weekend - apparently went well for weed smokers. Only one arrest was made and two other tickets were written for possessing less than 15 grams of pot.
On Kacey Musgraves' sophomore disc, "Pageant Material," the country crooner continues to deliver her message of self-acceptance. Among the things she accepts is marijuana; pot references are sprinkled throughout the album like dab hits.
While hardcore Deadheads massed in Chicago for the supposed final Grateful Dead shows at Soldier Field this past weekend, the rest of us were home taking in the concerts via simulcast and Sirius radio. A Deadhead is a Deadhead, no matter where you are.
