23 July 2010 - New Zealand basketball player Corey Webster will miss next month's world championships after being banned for two months for marijuana use. Corey was tested positive in May resulting in a provisional suspension since June the 23rd. The New Zealand men 's basketball coach, Nenad Vucinic, says while Webster's suspension for cannabis use has cost him a chance of going to the World championships it won't end his international career.
The Sport's Tribunal has suspended Webster until August the 23rd.
12 July 2010 - Former TV talk-show host and sometime Hollywood actor Montel Williams suffers from Multiple Sclerosis and told CNN that he smoked before he came to the interview. But he claims he does not do it to get high. He is a card carrying member of 2 of the 14 states in which weed is legal.
He medicates himself every morning, evening, and throughout the day just how any other person does while taking prescription medication.
2 March 2010 - Famous stoner rapstar Lil’ Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Carter, is due to be sentenced today to a year in jail after previously pleading guilty to a weapons possession charge. His plea agreement calls for him to be incarcerated in NYC’s finest jails rather than in a state prison. Now the trick is to treat him like a common inmate.
“It’s a challenge,” said former New York City jails head Martin Horn. “It’s not about setting a celebrity on a bed of roses, but it is about an obligation to every inmate to keep him safe.”
