Celebrities don't get arrested for marijuana like they used to. These days celeb weed busts mostly happen in states that have yet to legalize cannabis for adult or medical use. Case in point: Texas and Dallas Cowboys' defensive lineman Sam Williams.
Mike Tyson is launching the so-called "Weed Boxing Championship" on August 27 in Koh Samui, Thailand's second largest island. However, the former heavyweight champ will not be participating in the competition.
Only in the bizarro world we now live in would women back Johnny Depp in his defamation suit against Amber Heard. It's a major focus of the three-part series "Depp v. Heard" now streaming on Netflix.
Jon Singleton was out of major league baseball following two lengthy drug suspensions. But he persevered and rejoined the Astros five years after they released him, hitting two home runs in his first game back in Houston.
"National Lampoon's Animal House" was released on July 28, 1978. Many in the cast of mostly unknown actors (except for John Belushi and Donald Sutherland) went on to have brilliant careers like Karen Allen and Tom Hulce. Forty-five years later, where are they now?
Not every musician is a pot smoker. Look no further than Joan Baez, whose doctored photo of her hitting a bong in the company of Jimi Hendrix is making another viral run through social media. Baez has said about pot: "I didn't smoke – zero."
Less than two years ago, "Dopesick" began streaming on Hulu. The series focuses on Purdue Pharma, OxyContin and the opioid crisis in America. It received 14 Emmy nominations. Fast forward to 2023 and the same story has been repackaged by Netflix into a six-part series called "PainKiller."
The legendary weed mag High Times played a major role in connecting the hip-hop community to the cannabis legalization movement. We look back at the the magazine's contribution with 14 potent rap-star covers.
It's the 10th anniversary of Dr. Sanjay Gupta's "Weed" specials on CNN. No. 7, "A Senior Moment," focuses on the elderly, many of whom are smoking more cannabis and taking fewer pills.
Seth Rogen and his wife Lauren Miller Rogen discuss Hilarity for Charity, their fundraising organization that focuses on Alzheimer's, with Bill Gates on his new podcast. But the conversation gets really interesting when Gates asks the Rogens about weed.
