Ten Things to Do on 7/10/23, a.k.a. National Dab Day
7/10 is the minor cannabis holiday known among aficionados as "Dab Day." There are a few events and plenty of discounts on concentrates and oil products across the country.
7/10 is the minor cannabis holiday known among aficionados as "Dab Day." There are a few events and plenty of discounts on concentrates and oil products across the country.
As a Bronx, NY resident I'm happy to report the borough now has one legal adult-use cannabis store – Statis – located at 817 E. Tremont Ave. It opened on July 6 with speeches and media attention.
"Bob Marley: One Love," the biopic about the reggae legend's life starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, will hit theaters on Feb. 14. Watch the trailer.
Democratic Presidential nomination challenger Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is known for environmental activism, his opposition to Covid vaccines and other conspiracy theories. A hippie in his teens, he was arrested several times for drugs.
These days, paraquat – a chemical pesticide – is best known as a cause of Parkinson's disease. But in the late '70s, the spraying of paraquat on marijuana grown in Mexico was a hot-button issue.
Singer Bebe Rexha sustained a cut above her eye after being nailed with a flying cell phone while performing in New York on June 18. She required three stitches. Rexha recently collaborated with Snoop Dogg on the high tune, "Satellite."
Just nine games into the Phoenix Mercury's 2023 season, Brittney Griner went down with a hip injury. The team now has a 2-8 record. Griner, who's averaging 20 points per game, was also recently harassed in an airport.
It's been a tough couple of years for the cannabis industry as new regulated markets fight it out with legacy sellers in urban areas like New York. Celebrity brands are feeling the effect as well, with the fewest company launches since the trend was kicked off by Willie Nelson, Snoop Dogg and the Marley Family in 2015.
"Spinning Gold" tells the story of Neil Bogart, a music industry honcho in the '70s and '80s who worked his way up from a humble beginning in Brooklyn to become the coke-snorting executive who signed Kiss and Donna Summer.
In Ep. 4 of "Platonic," the new series starring Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne on Apple TV+, Sylvia (Byrne) organizes a divorce party for Will (Rogen) during which - spoiler alert - she snorts a combo of cocaine and ketamine called CK.