In a video produced to show his support for Bernie Sanders, Tommy Chong calls the Vermont Senator and presidential candidate the "Commander in Kush," and encourages voters to "light up for progress and change."
The longtime leader of High Times, Michael Kennedy, succumbed to cancer in New York on Jan. 25. A large crowd attended his memorial service on Jan. 28. Kennedy was 78 years old.
Celebrities keep jumping on the legal weed bandwagon. The latest is former NBA All-Star Cliff Robinson, who's says he's opening a store called Uncle Spliffy in Portland, where he began his career as a Blazer.
Conservative pro-pot pundit Andrew Sullivan is among the stellar cast of speakers scheduled for the International Cannabis Business Conference in San Francisco on Feb. 13-14. In advance of his keynote, Sullivan offers some strong opinions about Donald Trump.
Chelsea Handler is now on Netflix. Four episodes are available, including "Chelsea Does Drugs," in which she smokes pot with Willie Nelson and experiments with ayahuasca in Peru.
When NORML ISU used the school's cardinal mascot Cy on their t-shirts in 2014, officials at Iowa State said no can do. Several students sued the school and, on Jan. 6, a judge ruled that ISU had violated the chapter's First and Fourteenth Amendment rights.
Add Wu Tang Clan's Ghostface Killah to the growing list of celebrities looking to cash in on legal weed. He's hawking three flavors of "Wu Goo." "You don't gotta roll up no more," the rapper hypes. "This is about to kick the blunt's ass."
At last night's Democratic candidates' debate, Bernie Sanders made the only reference to marijuana, and it was a powerful one.
Sean Penn, who played Jeff Spicoli in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," decided to portray another character recently: a journalist. In this role, he scored a major coup by interviewing the notorious Mexican drug lord, "El Chapo" Guzman, shortly before his latest capture.
Tommy Chong is feelin' the Bern, so much so that he's now backing the Vermont Senator for the Democratic presidential nomination. "He's the OG Kush that is at the top of the harvest," Chong says about Sanders.
