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Oct 19, 2023, 1:30 pm By Steve BloomU.S. marijuana arrests increased by 4% in 2022 to 227,108. The arrests have declined 75% since 2009 when a record-high 858,408 were recorded.Netflix Turns Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher' Into Opioids Series
Oct 18, 2023, 7:00 am By Steve BloomThis new interpretation of the "House of Usher" story has a throughly modern theme: Roderick Usher is a Big Pharma tycoon based on the Sackler family story already mined by "Dopesick" and "PainKiller." He presides over the Fortunato empire known best for their…Despite State Injunction, Terp Bros Opens Legal Pot Shop in Queens
10:30am By Steve BloomThe second legal adult-use cannabis store in Queens, NY opens today. Terp Bros is located at 36-10 Ditmas Blvd. in the hip Astoria neighborhood.Tommy Chong Weighs in on Israel-Hamas War
Oct 12, 2023, 11:00 am By Steve BloomTommy Chong's spiritual take on the battle between Hamas and Israel: "The more horrific the event, the more lessons we learn."CBoD: Sports Great Jackson's Promise Nutraceuticals Partners with Massage Heights
Oct 6, 2023, 12:00 pm By Steve BloomIn 2021, former MLB and NFL star Bo Jackson founded the CBD company Promise Nutraceuticals. Now his tincture is being used by the franchise Massage Heights.Real Cannabis Entrepreneur Conference
Oct 4, 2023, 8:05 pm By Steve BloomThe Real Cannabis Entrepreneur Conference, hosted by the irrepressible Gary George is back in Newark, NJ on October 5-6.Ed Sherran on Getting High with Snoop Dogg, Russell Crowe and, Inadvertently, Burna Boy
Oct 3, 2023, 9:00 am By Steve BloomBritish pop singer Ed Sherran dishes on his favorite celebrity stoners on the latest episode of "Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend." His attitude is "When in Rome..."Amy Sedaris Christens New Union Square Travel Agency Cannabis Store
Sep 27, 2023, 9:00 am By Steve BloomA line extended around the block on Tuesday night drawn by the new Union Square Travel Agency location, and a chance to shop and meet actress and comedian Amy Sedaris.'Hurt' Julia Louis-Dreyfus Needs Weed to Relax in Light Comedy
Sep 24, 2023, 11:00 am By Steve BloomNicole Holofcener's "You Hurt My Feelings" can't be more topical. The lead character's son works at an unlicensed pot shop in Manhattan. His mom is played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus.Review & Photos: Outlaw Music Festival 2023 Starring Willie Nelson and Bobby Weir
Sep 18, 2023, 1:00 pm By Steve BloomThe folks at Blackbird Presents and Willie Nelson's team had a great idea for this year's Outlaw Music Festival: add some jam bands, foremost among them Bobby Weir &Wolf Bros, who are on the current leg of the tour which stopped last night in Queens, NY.Bill Maher Raked Over Coals for Breaking from Writers Guild Strike
Sep 14, 2023, 4:00 pm By Steve BloomPeople are lashing out at Bill Maher who's decided to go back to work at his HBO show, Real Time, despite the months-long writers strike.Why I Don't Hate Nickelback
Sep 12, 2023, 10:00 am By Steve BloomIn the 1990s and 2000s, when I was an editor of High Times, we featured numerous bands and artists who embraced cannabis. Straight outta Vancouver, one of them was Nickelback.Jimmy Buffett's 'The Gummies Just Kicked In' Features Paul McCartney, Inspired by Macca's Wife
Sep 12, 2023, 9:00 am By Steve BloomTwo summers ago, Jimmy Buffett, Paul McCartney and their wives Jane and Nancy and friends had dinner at the McCartney's house. At one point, Nancy stumbled and then blurted out, "The gummies just kicked in." Buffett decided to write a song about it, featuring…Canadian Takeover of High Times Puts Company in the Hands of Discredited CEO
Sep 8, 2023, 2:00 pm By Steve BloomHigh Times has hit a new low with the sale of the company to Victoria, BC-based psychedelics firm Lucy Scientific Discovery (for LSD) helmed by disgraced Hollywood executive Richard Nanula.'Smoke & Screen' Events with Weedmaps and 'The Freak Brothers' Start Sept. 13
Sep 8, 2023, 1:00 pm By Steve BloomWeedmaps is teaming up with Season 2B of The Freak Brothers animated series on Tubi. To promote Weedmaps involvement and the second half of the season, eight "Smoke & Screen" events will take place from Sept. 13-21. CelebStoner readers are invited to attend.Little Richard on Drugs: 'They Shoulda Called Me Little Cocaine'
Sep 5, 2023, 7:00 pm By Steve BloomIn the back-to-back Little Richard documentaries – "Little Richard: The King and Queen of Rock & Roll" and Lisa "Little Richard: I Am Everything" (2023) – not much is said about the rock & roll pioneer's prodigious drug use.Review: San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time on MGM+
Sep 4, 2023, 1:00 pm By Steve BloomMost people think of music that came out the San Francisco Bay Area in the late '60s-early '70s was strictly psychedelic, but the two-part MGM + series "San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time" expands on that subject considerably.Jimmy Buffett's 1975 Smuggling Song: 'A Pirate Looks at 40"
Sep 2, 2023, 4:00 pm By Steve Bloom"I've done a bit of smugglin' and I've run my share of grass," Jimmy Buffett warbled on "A Pirate Looks at 40" in 1975. It was a minor hit song for the singer who passed away on September 1 at 76.The Pros and Cons of Moving Cannabis to Schedule 3 - 16 Different Expert Opinions
Aug 31, 2023, 6:00 pm By Steve BloomWhile many approve of the government edging closer to cannabis legalization via federal drug rescheduling, others think this HHS recommendation, if approved by the DEA, will benefit Big Pharma the most.Nothing from Nothing Leaves 'Bupkis': On Pete Davidson's Trials and Tribulations
Aug 28, 2023, 5:00 pm By Steve BloomFresh from another stint in rehab, Pete Davidson mines those experiences in "Bupkis," Peacock's autobiographical series about the troubled actor/stand-up comic.
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