Visionary author, playwright and political activist Gore Vidal passed away yesterday. Millions around the world are remembering his life's work. If you don't know much about him, you can learn a lot just by reading the obituaries and commentaries that are emerging in the wake of his death.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Stoners everywhere are celebrating that one of their own, Michael Phelps, just won more Olympic medals than any other athlete, ever. For those who are counting, that number is 19, including 15 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze. He has three races yet to come in the London Olympic games.
Self-confessed ‘Stoner’ Miley Cyrus was spotted outside of a marijuana dispensary in Hollywood on Saturday (June 23) in yet another controversial move from the star.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Tommy Chong, legendary comedian and hero of the marijuana movement, told CNN in a recent interview that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will be treating his condition with cannabis oil.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Paul Michael Glaser, who played a TV cop on "Starky and Hutch" in the 1970s, has been arrested for possessing pot and paraphernalia while on a book tour in Kentucky.
CANNABIS CULTURE - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, which aired Saturday night on HBO, opened with Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner pronouncing, "I believe in the magic of rock and roll, the magic that can set you free." Yet the industry so inspired by marijuana doesn't mind that its fans who feel the same aren't so free.