12 May 2012 - British children's show presenter, Johnny Ball revealed that Rick Jones and their colleague Lionel Morton went on air ‘stoned out of their minds’ after smoking cannabis.

74 year old Ball was one of the original hosts of infant education programme Play School at the start of BBC in 1964. The series ran from 21 April 1964 until 11 March 1988.

Play School co-presenter Rick Jones says in an interview that he mainly remembers the sex, drugs and drinking — but then he saw a very different side of Play School to the rest of Britain.

8 May 2012 - For the first time in front of a live audience, living legends John Sinclair (American political activist, poet & former manager of MC5) and Howard Marks (best-selling author, former international drug trafficker and all round roguish charmer) will be teaming up to share their fascinating and, at times, truly incredible stories with each other.

The two veteran raconteurs will delve into the haze of their era-shaping pasts, as Howard, a vigorous advocate for the legalisation of recreational drugs interviews John about his own lifelong activism and how he became a figurehead for counterculture the world over. From John's recent involvement with Meltdown festival curated by Massive Attack and the launch of the Music is Revolution Foundation, to reflecting upon his part in founding the revolutionary White Panther Party, managing the MC5 and sparking the legendary 1971 "John Sinclair Freedom Rally" you'll see why it's not just anybody who could have inspired John Lennon to write a song about him!

This unique opportunity to share the experiences of an outlaw icon who knows what it means to stand up for what you believe in will reveal just what life is like campaigning for social justice and speaking out against an oppressive establishment and the price at which that comes.

Breathin' Air with Howard Marks and John Sinclair will be a trip you won't forget!

30 April 2012 - While delivering his remarks at the 2012 White House Correspondents' Dinner, comedian Jimmy Kimmel addressed the issue of marijuana legalization.

"What is with the marijuana crackdown? Seriously, what is the concern? We will deplete the nation's Funyun supply?" Kimmel said. "Pot smokers vote too. Sometimes a week after the election, but they vote."

Kimmel then posed a challenge to the crowd, which was made up of celebrities like Kim Kardashian and George Clooney.

"I would like everyone in this room to raise your hand if you've never smoked pot," Kimmel said. 

27 April 2012 - Hip-hop and rap star Wiz Khalifa apparently landed himself in trouble with the police over the weekend, with TMZ reporting that the American got caught smoking weed by police.

Khalifa, who is no stranger when it comes to the herb – his third album was entitled 'Rolling Papers' and he is a known advocate for cannabis – was busy hot-boxing his hotel room in Nashville on Saturday (April 21st), when the police knocked on the door.

They then saw the star flick what was described as a 'marijuana cigarette' (a joint to you and me) out of the hotel window – but the smell was enough to give them away. The police reportedly managed to find the discarded roach, though Khalifa admitted possession of the controlled substance anyway, and kindly handed the star a citation instead of throwing him in the back of their patrol car.

He's not the first big name rap star to get into trouble because of cannabis this year record producer and Black Kapital records boss Suge Knight was arrested earlier this year after being pulled over by police in Las Vegas.