The death of Peter Yarrow at 86 has sparked renewed questions about whether his song, "Puff the Magic Dragon," written with Leonard Lipton in 1959 and recorded by Peter, Paul & Mary in 1962, was an ode to marijuana. It peaked at No. 2 in 1963.
Tommy Chong's spiritual take on the battle between Hamas and Israel: "The more horrific the event, the more lessons we learn."
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.
If Attorney General Eric Holder really wants to overhaul drug sentencing laws, he should encourage Congress to pass mandatory maximum punishments and eliminate minimums.
Want more proof that Rep. Earl Blumenauer is the coolest guy in Congress? Well, he attended Willamette Week's Cultivation Classic judging contest in Portland on Apr. 30 and handed out the awards.
While notorious pot seed salesman and cannabis activist Marc Emery awaits the final phase of his release from U.S. prison and deportation to Canada, his wife Jodie is hoping to get the Liberal Party's nod to run for Parliament.
The vitriol against Miley Cyrus has reached a fever pitch. So we asked blogger Beth Mann to explain what's really behind the "slut-shaming" of former Hannah Montana.
