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A collection of over 180 letters gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson wrote to a childhood friend will hit the auction block this week. The letters – which Thompson sent to Paul Semonin, a friend from their native Louisville, Kentucky – span from 1955, when Thompson was 17 years old, to …

Rhodes Technologies Inc. has been granted a patent for a new drug that could help treat opioid addiction. This sounds like good news at first — like someone’s actually doing something to fight the epidemic that’s destroying lives across the country at an alarming rate. It sounds like good news, …

States have been ending cannabis prohibition since 2012, but it’s only recently that states are tackling social justice in the same policy. More states and municipalities, like California, are passing legislation to expunge criminal records for those with prior cannabis possession convictions, reversing the reality those individuals face when applying …

Hollywood has been keeping the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office awfully busy this summer. According to the New York Daily News, local law enforcement has handed the DA’s sexual assault task force three new cases for review. Earlier this week, the Los Angeles Police Department forwarded the DA their …

Update: On October 17th, legal weed went into effect in Canada. With Donald Trump subverting America’s global standing – feuding with allies, palling around with dictators, snatching toddlers from migrant mothers – Justin Trudeau just may be the leader of the Free World. Starting this week, the prime minister’s youthful, …

At a moment when Broadway shows are set to the lives or music of Jimmy Buffett, Carole King and, very soon, Donna Summer, the just-announced musical based on the songs and story of Cher has everything one would expect in a jukebox musical. Set to open on Broadway in November …

John Boehner is now an unexpected ally in the fight for legal weed. The Republican, who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives between 2011 and 2015, joined the board of advisors for Acreage Holdings, a company that cultivates, processes and dispenses cannabis in 11 states. Seven years …

Stevie Wonder tapped a Barack and Michelle Obama, Paul McCartney, Meryl Streep, Bruce Springsteen and many more for an inspiring video to honor the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s death. Wonder opens the “Dream Still Lives” video with a simple, but powerful message: “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s …

It’s been over three months since the suicide of porn performer August Ames, and her husband, porn producer and director Kevin Moore, is bothered by what he feels is a lack of support from his colleagues. The tragedy of Ames’ death has been compounded by a tangled controversy involving online …

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Council Member Rafael Espinal have announced the appointment of Ariel Palitz as its first Senior Executive Director of the Office of Nightlife, also known as the city’s Nightlife Mayor. The former owner of the now-closed Sutra nightclub will serve as a liaison …