Actor/comedian Bob Saget has passed at 65. The cause is unknown. Saget appeared in "Half Baked" and had a sativa named for him, even though he wasn't a toker. We dug up some of Saget's best drug bits and his cocaine controversy.
Longtime hemp activist Steve Levine has passed away. Levine was former president of the Hemp Industries Association and a board member of Vote Hemp.
Tired of nasty hit articles about cannabis? So are we. The website Eat This, Not That kicked off the year with a a diatribe titled, "What Smoking Marijuana Every Day Does to You," by Heather Newgen, quoting Dr. Joseph Haraszti. Dr. Mary Clifton responds.
If you live as long as Betty White, it's a good chance you'll have a cannabis strain named after you. And the actress who passed away at 99 did.
While five blue states legalized adult use via legislation, red states pushed back against voter initiatives passed in 2020. Pot prisoners were released, events began going live again and Willie Nelson turned 88.
Jennifer Lawrence plays a stony astronomer in Adam McKay's "Don't Look Up," currently in theaters and on Netflix. Lawrence, who smokes a pot pipe in the movie, says she lit up before one of her scenes with Meryl Streep.
One of the key moments in drug-law-reform history happened on a day in December 1977 when then drug czar Dr. Peter Bourne snorted cocaine at a NORML party in Washington, DC. NORML founder Keith Stroup still rues that day.
The much-awaited "The Freak Brothers" animated series debuted on Tubi in November. Based on The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers comic strips and characters in the early '70s, the series features Woody Harrelson, Pete Davidson, John Goodman, Tiffany Haddish and more.
DMX, Charlie Watts, Don Everly, Lloyd Price, Phil Spector, Mary Wilson, Bunny Wailer, Mike Nesmith, B.J. Thomas, Jay Black, Biz Markie, Shock G, Chick Corea, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Nanci Griffith, Sarah Dash, Commander Cody Dusty Hill and U-Roy are among the music-industry people who've passed away in 2021.
Eleven celebs were arrested on drug charge so far this year: Fetty Wap, Chico DeBarge, Alex Caruso, Lil Baby, Yella Beezy, Jon Oliva, Nigel Bradham, Nines, NLE Choppa, Jesus Camargo-Corrales and Aryan Khan.
