Country singer-songwriter and activist Willie Nelson will not face jail time after being charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession a week after cops found pot on his tour bus, TMZ reported Friday. The music legend was busted (looking every bit his 77 years) at a Border Patrol checkpoint in Sierra Blanca, Texas on Friday, Nov. 25, [...]
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Willie Nelson Marijuana Arrest — Country Legend Charged With Pot Possession In Texas
November 27th, 2010 |
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Willie, you’re getting too old for this shit…. Black Friday’s gone up in smoke for guitar-strumming music icon Willie Nelson: The “On the Road Again” crooner was pinched early Friday after US Border Patrol agents in Sierra Blanca, Texas found six ounces of marijuana aboard Nelson’s tour bus. Are we talking about Willie Nelson or [...]
Corruption in sport: Pot (kettle) black
May 6th, 2010 |
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A scandal in snooker points to wider worries about match-fixing
WISE punters bet on simple outcomes of big matches. That is the lesson of the latest corruption scandal to hit international sport. On May 2nd the News of the World, a British Sunday tabloid, published an account of a sting operation in which John Higgins, the world’s top-ranked snooker player, and his agent Patrick Mooney, appeared to agree to accept bribes in return for losing specific frames in future contests. Mr Mooney has resigned from snooker’s governing body. It has suspended Mr Higgins, who denies wrongdoing and has vowed to clear his name.
Corruption in sport, like betting on it, dates back to ancient Greece. But technology and globalisation make it easier for the two to combine. Wealthy punters can place big bets on events involving ill-paid sportsmen in faraway places. Gangsters then find rich pickings in nobbling the participants. In November the European football authority, UEFA, launched a big inquiry involving 200 matches and teams from 11 countries. In February it banned a Bosnian referee for life and suspended two other officials. …
French get Les Bleus as pot luck deserts them
December 3rd, 2009 |
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France, World Cup winners in 1998 and finalists in 2006, yesterday missed out on a place in the eight top seeds for tomorrow’s draw for the 2010 edition. Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke said the decision had been based on the world rankings and had no connection with the controversy over
Daniel Radcliffe â€caught smoking pot†Home
November 13th, 2009 |
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Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe was caught smoking pot at a party recently.
The 20-year-old star was seen laughing uncontrollably in a get-together, thrown by a friend of his on-off actress girlfriend Laura O”Toole at Camden, North London.
Seemingly, the actor was on such a high that he let a girl scribble all over his face.
He also [...]
Pot luck
November 9th, 2009 |
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Which Europeans are most likely to have tried cannabis?
OVER a fifth of Europeans have taken cannabis at some point in their lives, according to new report on illegal drug use from the EMCDDA, the EU’s drug-monitoring arm. Over 30% of Danes, French and Italians aged between 15 and 64 have puffed on a joint. But perhaps for Danes it is just a phase: the Italians, Spanish, French and Czechs are most likely to have dabbled with cannabis in the recent past. Levels of cannabis use are still high but may be declining, says the report. Recent studies suggest that the drug’s popularity is waning among the younger generation.
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John Mayer defends pot smoking in new single
October 23rd, 2009 |
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American musician John Mayer has defended his decision to sing about smoking marijuana in his new single.
Mayer, 32, is releasing ‘Who Says’ as the first song from his new album ‘Battle Studies’, which boldly begins with the question, “Who says I can’t get stoned?â€
And he hopes his controversial lyrics will spark debate among listeners as [...]
Kevin Smith says smoking pot helped his creative side
October 6th, 2009 |
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American screenwriter Kevin Smith has revealed that smoking marijuana has really helped him in bringing out his creative side.
Smith, 39, who now sparks up at least three times a day, said that he was not really into smoking it until Canadian actor Seth Rogen talked him into it last summer.
Though it is not something that [...]
Sybil Adelman Sage: Did Jenny Craig Stir the Pot About Dr. Regina Benjamin’s Weight?
July 24th, 2009 |
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It’s my suspicion that the controversy about President Obama’s nominee for Surgeon General may have been instigated by Jenny Craig with the hope of attracting…
Youth Radio — Youth Media International: Oakland Passes “Respectability Tax” for Pot Clubs (VIDEO)
July 23rd, 2009 |
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Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By: Orlando Campbell You’d think youth in Oakland, California would be…