marijuana
Flotsam & Jetsam
Marijuana: The Recession Resilient Weed
11:40AM Andrew Belonsky | Man! The US economy totally sucks. There are no jobs. There’s no money. There’s no hope. But, wait! There’s always weed! More »
People
Brad Pitt On Joint Rolling, Gay Marriage And Impolite Nature
5:15AM Foster Kamer | Brad Pitt went on a U.S. talk show last night for one of his most candid interviews yet. Bill Maher grilled him on his weed smokin’ techniques, his PR invincibility, his stances on gay marriage, and life at home. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
How To Not Go To Jail For Weed
7:10AM Hamilton Nolan | Possession of a small amount of weed in New York is only punishable by a ticket and a small fine. So why do cops bring so many people to jails for the same violation? They use tricknology. More »
People
Pot Behind PC World Editor’s Slaying, Accomplice Confirms
4:11AM Ryan Tate | Courtroom testimony appears to have solved the riddle of why tech journalist Rex Farrance was killed in a seemingly bizarre 2007 slaying: The thieves knew about all the pot stashed in his San Francisco Bay Area home. More »
How to Derail a Junket: Ask Robert Downey Jr. Who He’d Like To ‘Smoke a Blunt With’
2:40AM Defamer Hollywood | Can’t a little movie like Tropic Thunder catch a break? The Ben Stiller comedy has thus far managed to survive racism, ratings, “retards,” and American Idol — and that’s before it’s even come out (Wednesday, August 13!). Still, all that was child’s play compared to the newest Tropic trouble, instigated by an overzealous radio DJ who crashed the film’s junket to ask Robert Downey Jr. some of the most inane questions Iron Man has ever had to face. Listen in horror as the notoriously rehabbed actor is asked which costar he’d like to “drink a brew and smoke a blunt with” (only the first of many, many stupid questions) — we’ve even provided a helpful assortment of what we can only imagine were Jack Black and Ben Stiller’s reaction shots. Enjoy! More »
A Thousand Stoned Stars Align For Pot Cinema’s Finest Hour
10:00AM STV | Seth Rogen’s recent mellow-harshing bust notwithstanding, there has arguably never been a better time to be a pot aficionado in the movies. Or at the movies. Or returning to the movies — or to the road, anyway, as evinced by new reports of Cheech and Chong’s cannabis comeback. Basically anyone who can approximate stoner bliss is ready for prime time these days, from the principals of Harold and Kumar to Pineapple Express to Smiley Face (to say nothing of Hall of Famers The Big Lebowski and Up in Smoke), notes a pot-film scholar who miraculously focused long enough to taxonomize and rate them: More »
New Strain of Medical Marijuana Totally Harshing Tom Cruise’s Buzz
3:29AM Defamer Hollywood | Tom Cruise has personally —personally— helped hundreds of people get off drugs. And now he will indirectly —indirectly— get you stoned out of your mind! Yes, there’s a new strain of medical marijuana hitting the cannabis clubs called Tom Cruise Purple. The vial it comes in has a picture of Cruise laughing hysterically, and the weed is reportedly so powerful that it makes you hallucinate to the point of seeing Overlord Xenu. More »
