Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson spent millions trying to defeat medical-marijuana initiatives in Florida in 2014 and 2016 and recreational legalization in Nevada in 2016. He passed away on January 11.
New York's Mount Sinai Hospital has been quietly conducting MDMA research in association with MAPS for the last several years. Now, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has launched the Center for Psychedelic Psychotherapy and Trauma Research.
One of the top albums of 2020, "Future Nostalgia" by Dua Lipa, contains the dance track, "Hallucinate." "Wrap me around your fingertips," the British singer entices. "Damn, I need another hit."
With the two Senate races in Georgia going to Democrats (one race has yet to be officially decided), that leaves the Senate with a 50/50 split between Dems and Republicans. Marijuana advocates are hoping legalization can now pass the Senate.
Willie Nelson posed for this photo in his tour bus holding a large cannabis stogie. He added some words about "drinking a little whiskey or smoking whatever works for us."
Harborside Health Center co-founder Steve DeAngelo announced his departure from the company he co-founded in 2006 in a statement on January 4.
Viola Extracts has announced that Grammy-winning rapper T.I. is their new "Social Justice and Reform Ambassador."
Singers Little Richard, Bill Withers, Kenny Rogers, Helen Reddy, Toots Hibbert, John Prine, Mac Davis, Charlie Daniels, Trini Lopez, Charlie Pride, Betty Wright and Annie Ross; guitarists Eddie Van Halen and Leslie West; drummer Neil Peart; and pianist McCoy Tyner are among the more than 180 musicians who passed away in 2020.
