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Two Women To Co-Chair Congressional Cannabis Caucus
Marijuana Moment reports that Reps. Dina Titus (D-NV) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) will be co-chairing the Congressional Cannabis Caucus in the coming legislative session. The powerhouse pair of women will...
View ArticleNikki Glaser Lights Up The Golden Globes
Shimmering in a silver gown and an equally sparkling wit, comedienne Nikki Glaser opened her first-ever solo-female hosting of The Golden Globes with a drug joke. "Welcome to the Golden Globes," she...
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In "Thelma," June Squibb is "America's New Action Hero" at Age 94
Based on the experiences of writer/director Josh Margolin's 104-year-old grandmother, and marking June Squibb's first leading film role of her 70+ year career, "Thelma" has made Squibb "America's new...
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Peter Yarrow, "Puff, The Magic Dragon" and Marijuana?
Peter Yarrow, a member of the popular 1960s activist folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has just died, leading me to take another look at him and his song, "Puff, The Magic Dragon." Yarrow co-wrote what...
View ArticleWATCH: Jason Carter Mentions His Grandfather Jimmy's Support for Marijuana...
Emerging as a breakout star at President Jimmy Carter's state funeral is his grandson Jason Carter, whose eulogy has been praised as moving as well as humorous. The Irish Star said Carter "blew...
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"I'll See You in My [Pipe] Dreams"
WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERSRhea Perlman and Blythe Danner in I'll See You in My DreamsIn I'll See You in My Dreams (2015), Blythe Danner plays Carol, a retired schoolteacher whose husband Bill, a...
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Presidential Medal of Freedom Winner George Soros (and Me)
George SorosWell, now I can say I've met, and worked for, a Presidential Medal of Freedom winner. Among those bestowed last week with this "highest" civilian honor in the land was George Soros, the...
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Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas Hallucinates with Mandrax in "Maria"
Angelina Jolie is winning acclaim and award nominations for her portrayal of O.G. opera diva Maria Callas in the movie Maria, which follows Callas through the last seven days of her life, with fuzzy...
View ArticleMarianne Faithfull: She Walked in Beauty
Marianne Faithfull, the honorary Rolling Stone who was central to the drug-fueled rock music scene in 1960s England, has died at age 78. Faithfull had a hit singing the Mick Jagger/Keith Richards...
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Bob Dylan Biopic "No Direction Home" Misses the Politics -- And the Pot
For a moment, I loved it. Watching Timothée Chalamet step off a bus in Greenwich Village on a quest to find Woody Guthrie, wearing that classic Dutch boy cap and looking for all the world like a young...
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RIP Tom Robbins: Our Boomer Petway
Robbins in 1981I'm not ashamed to say I was pretty much in love with Tom Robbins, who died yesterday at the age of 92. The only personal ad I ever wrote said, "Ellen Cherry Charles seeks Boomer...
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As U.S. Schoolteacher Marc Fogel Is Released from Russian Prison for Pot,...
After spending 3 1/2 years in a Russian prison for bringing a small amount of medical marijuana into Russia, Pennsylvania-born international schoolteacher Marc Fogel landed on US soil this week and was...
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Trump Names Former Drug Prisoner Anne Marie Johnson As ‘Pardon Czar’ While...
Johnson at a celebration of the First Step Act in 2019 During a press event marking Black History Month held even as his administration worked to dismantle DEI, President Trump announced that Alice...
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Peter Bensinger, DEA Chief Who Profited from Drug Testing, Dies at 88
Cartoon: John Trever for the Albuquerque JournalIf you've ever lost a job or a job opportunity because you failed a marijuana piss test, one of the people you can "thank" is Peter Bensinger, who has...
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Mothers Using Medical Cannabis Report Positive Parenting Outcomes
A new study from New Zealand, Motherhood and medicinal cannabis, found that mothers using medicinal marijuana found it helped make them better parents, by relieving their pain or other symptoms,...
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Women's History Month 2025: Women Educating & Inspiring Generations
The theme for Women's History Month 2025 is “Moving Forward Together! Women Educating & Inspiring Generations.” In honor of women educators, here are some from this blog who deserve mention this...
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Jasmine Crockett and Cannabis
While most Democrats are wringing their hands over the Trump/Musk takeover of our democracy, Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas has been telling it like it is. PBS's Evan Smith introduced her as someone...
View ArticleSidney Bechet: Viper Mad
Watching "Finian's Rainbow" for St. Patrick's Day, I was reminded that Don Francks, who played Woody in that movie, was a Canadian Native American who gave up alcohol at the age of 21 and liked to sing...
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Sidney Bechet and the Steppenwolf
In 1926, novelist Herman Hesse attended performances of the Revue Nègre featuring Josephine Baker and Sidney Bechet. Steven C. Tracy, professor of Afro-American Studies at the University of...
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The Great Gatsby at 100
Let's raise a glass--and a J--to the 100th anniversary of The Great Gatsby, the jazz-age classic from F. Scott Fitzgerald that may be the first novel about a drug dealer. Fitzgerald had a distant...
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