Potus & Flotus busting moves

-Angeleno voters passed the Safer Sex in the Adult Film Industry Act, the measure that will require porn stars to wear condoms while filming sex scenes in Los Angeles. [KTLA] More»

L.A. potheads, you dodged a big bullet this month, and hopefully you learned a lesson from it. With the looming specter of a total dispensary ban in Los Angeles coming down to the wire, "patients" of the medicinal system came damn close to losing their medicine. While you didn't quite go over the edge this time around, maybe you've gained a newfound appreciation for the wacky world of weed that makes California so wonderfully unique. Let's test that theory with a brand new WeedDown, our monthly (whenever we remember to do it) breakdown of the strangest, funniest, and most important marijuana related news from L.A. and beyond. More»

As anyone who's lived in L.A. for any amount of time can tell you, between traffic, pollution and snooty restaurants that withhold shrimp on you, this town can stress you out. Luckily, as anyone who's lived in L.A. for any amount of time can also tell you, this town has a pretty fail-safe way of dealing with stress. Join us as we break down the good, bad and ugly of weed news emerging from our borders this month, including the ongoing fight in L.A. City Council to close our beloved dispensaries, Oliver Stone's theory on why California has the best weed in the world, and, of course, a special appearance by Snoop Dogg. It's The WeedDown! More»

• Teenage mother Catalina Clouser of Phoenix, AZ was so stoned from a night of smoking weed that she drove of off from a friend's house after a quick sesh with her five-week-old baby asleep in his car seat on the roof of her vehicle. [KTLA]
• Drew Barrymore and Will Kopelman got hitched in a wedding her Montecito home over the weekend after a five month engagement. [HuffPo] More»

• Now that the slightly over $2 billion purchase of the L.A. Dodgers from Frank McCourt by the Guggenheim Group, which includes Magic Johnson, Stan Kasten and Mark Walter, is finalized, the new owners will hold a press conference this morning to discuss their intentions for the franchise. [KABC]
• For the second time in a span of just 10 days, Wiz Khalifa—whose surprise appearance on stage with Snoop included sharing a blunt while performing at both Coachella weekends—is ticketed for marijuana possession after cops find 11.39 grams of herb on his tour bus in North Carolina last night. [TMZ] More»

• Eureka!: Dr. Adam Ostrzenski claims he has located that long sought after, mythical area of the female body known as the almighty G spot, the special place said to trigger the lady O-face, despite the medical community's skepticism in his findings. [LATimes]
• Jack White is now an official member of the Evil Empire AKA The Mouse AKA Disney as he has agreed to write, produce and perform the score of the studio's upcoming film The Lone Ranger starring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer. [E!] More»

Happy 4/20, everyone! No, we're not talking about Hitler's birthday, or even the creation of Wisconsin; today's the day that stoners everywhere do what they'd probably be doing anyway– smoke weed all day. Here in L.A., where it's probably more acceptable in certain social circles to light up a gigantic, Purple-Haze-filled blunt than to, say, talk about your support of Mitt Romney, you could see April 20th as just another day. But where's the fun in that? In that spirit, we present a special 4/20 edition of The WeedDown, our monthly feature collecting the latest stories, news and humorous items related to the sticky icky icky. More»

• Deadmau5 fully calls out Madonna saying,
  

  "thats [sic] your big message to ultra attendies [sic]? hipsterspeak for looking for drugs? fuck off you fucking IDIOT,"

  after she turns to drugs in a very desperate attempt to be hip and relevant by asking the audience if they've seen molly when introducing Avicii on stage at Ultra yesterday. [HuffPo]

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Hola, amigos! Hopefully you're getting through the week without too much stress, but let's be honest, working for a living (if you are, in fact, among those in this town who do so) is stressful. It's the kind of thing that can really make the old glaucoma/sleep apnea/chronic back pain/migraines act up, and there's only one cure for that, as prescribed by the doctor you met on the third-floor of a Venice Beach walk-up off the boardwalk. But before you indulge your quasi-legal right to burn one down, educate yourself about the latest ganja news and happenings in L.A. weed culture with The WeedDown, our new monthly feature collecting the latest stories, news and humorous items related to your second-favorite extracurricular activity. More»

• A man wakes up to find a four-foot-long California Kingsnake in the toilet of his Staten Island apartment and truly horrifying man vs. snake battle ensues to give me a rich source of material for my nightmares and snake phobias for many, many years... Gonna go throw up now. [KTLA]
• Whitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina may or may not be engaged to her adopted brother Nick Gordon following their decision to go public with their relationship after a video of the two making out surfaced this week. [TMZ]

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• If In Touch is to be believed, Kate Middleton is about six weeks pregnant with Prince William's baby and is preparing three royal nurseries. [InTouch]
• 17 tons of sticky green are seized after authorities discover a major drug tunnel the length of four football fields from San Diego to Tijuana, as well as a large grow house operation. 17 tons of weed, people. [LATimes]

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