23 May 2013 - Last Monday seventeen year old rapper Chief Keef was arrested. According to a police report obtained by TMZ, Chief Keef, whose real name is Keith Cozart, was taken into custody for allegedly smoking marijuana at an upscale Atlanta hotel.
Chief Keef became a sensation in 2012 after catching the attention of fellow rapper and producer Kanye West. His debut studio album features guest appearances of 50 Cent and Wiz Khalifa and has sold over 152,000 copies in the U.S.
Initially mr Cozart, was arrested for disorderly conduct, but a police report later specified that marijuana was involved. This isn’t Chief Keef's first run in with the law, the rapper has been arrested at least twice before - in January of 2011 for heroin manufacture distribution, which landed him on house arrest, and again in December of that year for aggravated assault with a weapon.
After his release on Monday, Cozart wrote on Twitter "Jus Got Out Of Dekalb County jail In Atlanta Mad As f**k." The "I Don't Like" rapper didn't appear to be shocked by the addition to his record - on Tuesday he joked with Twitter followers about how quickly his booking photo made rounds online.
16 May 2013 - Tommy Chong who was diagnosed with stage one prostate cancer last June told CelebStoner he has beaten his cancer thanks in large part to a hash oil treatment he received from a Canadian doctor.
On his CelebStoner blog Mr Chong tells about the Canadian Dr. McKinnon in Victoria, BC who made him change his diet and put him on supplements. He also treated the condition with hemp oil (hash oil). After the diet, the supplements and the hash oil, plus a session with a world-renowned healer, the Grammy Award-winning comedian says he’s cured of cancer and he feels the best he felt in years.
Next to the beneficial aspects of Marijuana Tommy Chong also thinks it could give a great boost to the U.S. economy. In a recent interview with CBS News, Chong talked about how legalizing marijuana could solve the country's fiscal problems.
"Look at the situation we're in now. Sequesters. Cuts. Everything cut across the board. Now, the government is tapped into the biggest cash crop in the world," Chong said. "There's little manufacturing cost. You don't have to do anything except watch it grow and get a couple of hippies to cut it and then put it in a bag."
Tommy Chong isn't the only one who sees marijuana as a solution for America's budget problems. Carl Davis, senior analyst at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy recently told The Huffington Post that legalization may affect supply and demand in unknown ways, but increased revenue for the government is virtually guaranteed.
7 April 2013 - Yesterday Miley Cyrus was photographed smoking a suspicious-looking cigarette as she relaxed on the balcony of her Miami hotel with friends. According to the tabloids the 20-year-old singer held a brown paper coated item, puffing smoke into the air as she sat outside at her accommodation chatted to friends, looking as though she had just woken up.
The pictures show the former Hannah Montana star taking deep drags of the joint and laughing to herself as she peered down at the action below her. After she noticed the paparazzi taking photo's of her, she went 'incognito', wearing a black beanie hat and covering her eyes with huge dark sunglasses.
Last Wednesday Miley and Snoop Lion released their new collaborative track Ashtrays And Heartbreaks. The singer/actress said the song reflects on friends who have passed in a reggae melody. The collaboration, which will feature on Snoop's new album Reincarnated, is the first of many expected from the former Disney star as she prepares to release her new album.
The reggae track is infused with references to smoking cannabis. The song kicks off by Snoop who raps: 'Tonight there's gonna be a whole lot of smoke in the air, blow it high for the ones who ain't here.' Miley provides the song's hook alluding to the fact the smoke is not coming from normal cigarettes, but the she does not specifically mention marijuana. 'Now my buzz is gone, and I need to re-up on reality,' Miley sings.
23 February 2013 - Last tuesday, a photo of what appears to be Miley Cyrus covered in smoke accompanied by the caption "High as f**k" was posted by a user called "Mileyxxcyrus" on photo-sharing website Instagram. The image which is black and white, shows a woman with very short platinum blonde hair covered in a thick cloud of smoke puffing on what appears to be a joint.
A tattoo of an equal sign similar to that which Miley has on her ring finger can be seen in the image. But the 20 year old singer and actress has denied she posted the photo, writing on Twitter: 'I don't have an Instagram.' Earlier she responded to the picture going viral by tweeting 'Why is everybody trippin. My timeline is blowing up. Everything's all good in my life just in a creative space right now.'
Back in 2010, a video was leaked in which Miley was seen inhaling from a bong at her 18th birthday party. A representative for the former Hannah Montana star later claimed that she was smoking the herb salvia. At her 19th birthday party later that year she poked fun at the scandal when her friends presented her with a Bob Marley cake, saying: 'You know you're a stoner when your friends make you a Bob Marley cake,'
16 February 2013 - Thursday evening Grammy-nominated rapper 2 Chainz was arrested on drug charges. The rapper was on his way to perform at the University of Maryland when the Maryland State Police stopped his van of for speeding. Police said they smelled a strong odor of marijuana and therfore searched the van. They found a backpack, which 2 Chainz claimed possesion off, with a grinder and trace amounts of cannabis.
2 Chainz, whose real name is Tauheed Epps was cited for having drug paraphernalia and marijuana and was released. The citation carries up to a year in jail and up to a $1,000 fine.
After the incident the 35 year old rapper, tweeted a photo of himself standing with two unidentified police officers. "Locked me up and then Wanted pictures smh," he wrote, using the abbreviation for shaking my head. Adding, "We to jail for a grinder??? REALLY???" His website later tweeted a photo from the stage and wrote the "show must go on."
Maryland State Police could not confirm the authenticity of the photograph but is investigating. See the picture of 2 Chainz with state troopers.
