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Was The Band's "The Weight" Written For a Female Drug Dealer?
Cathy Smith, Inspiration for "The Weight"? This week for International Women's Day I had to endure the usual pap of posts that supposedly honored women in cannabis: mostly re-hashed lists of famous...
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RIP "Sister Bobbie" Nelson
Bobbie Nelson, Willie's older sister who played keyboards in his band for nearly 50 years, passed away on March 10 at the age of 91. "When it came to pot smoking, I could never match Willie—literally...
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"Garcia Hand Picked" Pot from Carolyn and Jerry's Daughters Goes on the Road
The daughters of cannabis queen Carolyn "Mountain Girl" Garcia and their progeny are traveling by trailer around the country with their brand, named "Garcia Hand Picked," featuring images of their...
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Top Quotes and Moments from the Oscars
1. "President Biden, bring Brittney Griner home."- Ben Proudfoot, director of The Queen of Basketball, holding up his Oscar for best short documentary film. 2. "I'm the only sober one up here. Some...
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Yes, Women Can Be "Hysterical" (In a Good Way)
With so much emphasis on comedy and comedians in the wake of the Chris Rock and Louis C.K. flaps, I decided to watch the HBO documentary Hysterical, following a group young female stand-up comedians,...
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"Weed's Come a Long Way, Baby" Campaign to Premiere on 4/20
"Flower by Edie Parker" is launching an ad campaign on 4/20 based on the famous "You've Come a Long Way, Baby" ads for Virginia Slims cigarettes in the late 1960s and '70s. The ads are going up in Los...
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75 Years Ago: When Simone de Beauvoir Tried Marijuana in New York City
We are approaching the 75th anniversary the day when French author and feminist icon Simone de Beauvoir was taken to a party in New York City, at her request, to experience smoking marijuana....
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Woody Harrelson Does Right By Cannabis Farmers in California
Activist Cara Cordoni with Harrelson. Today in Los Angeles, the Emerald Cup Awards will be held, recognizing the fine cannabis grown by small outdoor farmers of California. One of the judges of the...
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Backed by "Pothead Second Lady" Gisele, John Fetterman Wins Pennsylvania...
John and Gisele Fetterman Pennsylvania's pro-pot Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman has won the Democratic primary for a Senate seat by a resounding 59% of the vote against Conor Lamb, whose...
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George Carlin's American Dream Featured Marijuana
The new Judd Apatow/Michael Bonfiglio documentary series "George Carlin's American Dream" on HBO tells us much about the comedian, including his love for marijuana. Carlin's mother Mary fled his...
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Biden Administration Prefers Fatigued Truck Drivers Carrying Baby Formula to...
Media outlets like High Times and Reason magazines are picking up on something I've been noticing: that the trucker shortage and all the supply chain problems it is causing happened just after the US...
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Families Continue to Be "Torn Apart" By Parents' Marijuana Use
"The child welfare system operates surprisingly like its criminal counterpart. It is a $10 billion apparatus that monitors, controls and punishes families in the same Black communities systematically...
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James Joyce's "Ulysses" at 100: Was Leopold Bloom a Stoner?
Joyce's sketch of Leopold Bloom, wth the line from Homer, "Tell me, Muse, of that manyminded man, who wandered far and wide."This year is the 100th anniversary of the publication of James Joyce's epic...
View ArticleMurdoch Media Blames Marijuana for Mass Shootings
Terrible news today. When will politicians find courage to ban automatic weapons? As in Oz after similar tragedy.— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) December 15, 2012In 2012 after the Sandy Hook school...
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The Tonys Take a Toke
The (somewhat) gender-reversed Broadway revival of “Company” (shown) has won the 2022 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. Marianne Elliott also won for directing the show, and Patti LuPone and...
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Monterey Pop, Michelle Phillips, and Marijuana
Phillips performing at Monterey Pop.This is the 55th Anniversary of the Monterey Pop festival, which preceded Woodstock by two years as an epic rock and roll and counterculture event. Marking the first...
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"Elvis" and Marijuana
The new Baz Lurman movie “Elvis” gives inklings into what the star might have become without the influence of his manipulative manager “Colonel Tom Parker” (not his real name or rank), and the forces...
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Gene Krupa, Sal Mineo and "The Green Girl"
Dorissa (Susan Oliver) turns on Gene (Sal Mineo) in "The Gene Krupa Story." Having just seen the new "Elvis" biopic, I decided it was time to watch "The Gene Krupa Story" (1959) starring Sal Mineo in a...
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"Broads Behind Bars,""The Spinach Song," and Mrs. Hunter Biden Shops for Pot...
The things you find on a Saturday. It began by looking up the actress /strongwoman Hope Emerson—best known for lifting Spencer Tracy off the ground in court in the 1949 movie Adam's Rib—after I watched...
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The things you find noodling around the internet. It began by looking up the actress /strongwoman Hope Emerson—best known for lifting Spencer Tracy off the ground in court in the 1949 movie Adam's...
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