The International Cannabis Business Conference took place last weekend in San Francisco. Speakers included Rick Steves, Ethan Nadelmann, Dr. Carl Hart, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, Troy Dayton, Ricardo Baca, Debby Goldsberry and Dale Sky Jones.
Since Gil Kerlikowske left his position as Drug Czar, the nation’s War on Drugs has been left in the hands of a gay recovering alcoholic whose main focus is sobriety and treatment. Meet Michael Botticelli.
The article in question begins by insulting High Times and The Cannabist, then precedes to make numerous mistakes in its guide to getting high.
Our NorCal buds, Mendo Dope, went South for the L.A. area Cannabis Cup in San Bernardino on Feb. 7-8. This video includes hip-hop performances by B-Real, Real-One and Mendo Dope themselves.
Cameroonian singers Adolf Fayaman and Lion Boy team up on the reggae track, "Good Feelings." The smokey video was shot in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Cypress Hill's frontman B-Real won a dispensary lottery in Santa Ana on Feb. 5, 2015 and three days later took second- and third-place honors at the High Times Medical Cup in San Bernardino.
The nominees for the 57th Grammy Awards included Top CelebStoners Miley Cyrus, Sarah Silverman, Rihanna and Jack Black. The latter two took home trophies, Rihanna with Eminem and Black for Tenacious D.
It's been 20 years since "Mad Izm" rose up the pop charts to No. 54. This catchy track by Channel Live, featuring KRS-One, is considered one of the blunted hip-hop classics of the '90s. Watch the 20th anniversary trailer and the original video.
While broadcasting an Oregon-Washington college basketball game, NBA Hall of Famer Bill Walton criticized the NCAA for "punishing people for things that are illegal." He was referring Huskies center Robert Upshaw, who was booted from the team for violating rules.
Pres. Obama's new Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, appears to support the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes. "My position is we have to see what the science tells us about the efficacy of marijuana," he says.
