8 November - When Lady Gaga attends a Halloween party, an event where most guests will be sporting costumes that she'd have in her daily wardrobe, she has to go a little further to one-up the crowed. She arrived at a Halloween bash in the guise of a topless marijuana queen.
Tweeting about the night out, Gaga said: "So i was weed for Halloween. BEST COSTUME EVER ITS SO FUN. Princess High the Cannabis Queen."
Was this a nicely timed statement in support of the pro-legalization ballots in the US States of Oregon, Washington and Colorado? Or just another opportunity for Gaga to dress on the edge of controversial?
This is not the first time that Lady Gaga has been loud and proud regarding her love for cannabis sativa. She recently lit up a joint on stage whilst performing in Amsterdam.
During a recent performance in Amsterdam, ever-controversial superstar Lady Gaga lit a joint onstage, pleasing fans and marijuana advocates worldwide. The "Paparazzi" singer was thrown a torrent of pre-rolled joints at her show in the Ziggo Dome, which is in the cannabis capital. This prompted Gaga to open up to the audiences about her views on pot:
“I want you to know it has totally changed my life and I’ve really cut down on drinking. It has been a totally spiritual experience for me with my music. It’s like saying everybody needs to take a breath and it’s going to be OK,” Lady Gaga stated.
The singer also mentioned that she would be bring up the issue of medical marijuana with Barack Obama, in aid of bringing common sense laws to her own country.
3 August 2012 - Former Misfits frontman Michale Graves have been arrested for cannabis possession.
According to Blabbermouth, the touring singer was driving through a border checkpoint in Texas on Monday (July 23), when border officers discovered six grams of marijuana in his vehicle. The Kingsville Sheriff's Dept. and charged with a misdemeanor. Fans at Lips Lounge in El Paso, Texas were disappointed to find out that he was being held overnight whilst he was scheduled to be performing at the venue. The frontman was released late Tuesday afternoon on a $750 bond, and is to return to Texas as soon as possible to answer the charges.
Graves and his band, currently on their War on Information tour, reportedly drove for over twenty hours through the night in order to make it on time for their next show and the Silverdome in Lukachukai, Arizona.
28 May 2012 - TV actor Paul Michael Glaser, famous for playing Detective David Starsky on the popular 1970's series Starsky & Hutch, was arrested for cannabis and paraphernalia possession at the Bowling Green Hilton Garden hotel earlier this month.
He stayed in Kentucky to promote his children's fantasy book, Chrystallia and the Source of Light (under the name of P.M. Glaser).
According to the Bowling Green Daily News, the 69 year old actor who has Califonian medical marijuana license was arrested by local law enforcement May 11, just hours after reading to a group of children. Sources say a guest of the hotel called police several times after spotting Glaser smoking near an elevator, and reported “a smell” in the hallway.
The state of Kentucky does not have medical marijuana laws nore does it recognize prescriptions from states that do.
