CANNABIS CULTURE - Watch Cannabis Culture News LIVE for the latest news and views on pot politics and the marijuana community. On today's show: Canada's Official Opposition Party, the NDP, is going toe-to-toe with the governing Conservatives with the adoption of a new drug resolution at the NDP National Convention. Nicole Seguin of End Prohibition joins the show in-studio to talk about the politics of the Canadian Drug War.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Cannabis-inspired comedy legend Tommy Chong appeared on CNN yesterday to discuss a new marijuana bill introduced in the US Congress by Ron Paul and Barney Frank. In a jaw-dropping piece of television, Chong tells a lying Drug Warrior to "shut-up" and also talks about the man on his t-shirt, imprisoned marijuana activist Marc Emery.
The images are gruesome and unedited: a dead man in a sports jersey with his face covered in dried red blood and grey sand; a woman hanging from a rope above a busy urban over-pass and naked bodies lined up on the ground displaying clear, uncensored, signs of torture.
CANNABIS CULTURE – Zach Galifianakis smokes so much pot, sometimes he forgets to smoke it. At least that's what he told the audience of Saturday Night Live last weekend during his opening monologue.
A new and hilarious episode of The Simpsons stars an animated version of stoner icons Cheech and Chong, and is loaded with more reefer references than ... well ... a Cheech and Chong album.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Roseannearchy: In her new book, comedian Roseanne Barr admits smoking marijuana kept her "balanced enough to become successful and rich".
CANNABIS CULTURE - Green Hornet star Cameron Diaz tells late-night host George Lopez she "had to have" bought pot from rapper Snoop Dogg in high school.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Hollywood herb head Seth Rogen was the very first guest to appear on Conan O'Brien's new late night show Conan, and the stoney star used the opportunity to discuss Proposition 19 and medical marijuana in California.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California said Monday that he is glad Proposition 19, which would have legalized recreational marijuana use in his state, was defeated - even though "no one cares if you smoke a joint or not."