Special Pre-Order: Cheech and Chong's: Hey Watch This! (live tour DVD) Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:43:00 +0000 The Cheech & Chong: Light Up America and Canada tour, where Cheech and Chong performed together for the first time in over 25 years, is now on DVD. The pop culture duo performed for more than 100 audiences and quickly became one of the most sought after shows of 2008-2009.
Their performances in San Antonio, Texas were filmed by the Weinstein Company. This DVD contains the entire performance, as well as behind the scenes and other funny features.
Cheech & Chong Part of Haiti Fundraiser Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:22:00 +0000 This Thursday, George Lopez will be holding a benefit for CARE's charity efforts for Haiti. George Lopez is headlining. Also appearing will be Cedric the Entertainer, Kobe Bryant, Larry David, Magic Johnson, Slash, Ray Romano, Vanessa Hudgens, Don Cheadle and more.
When: February 4th. Where: Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles. Cost: Tickets are $75 and $50
Police chief Scott Kirkland debates marijuana advocates Eugene
Schoenfeld and Richard Lee over the costs and benefits of legalization.
Kirkland argues that the tax revenue it generates will be offset by the
increased public health costs, while Schoenfeld and Lee counter that
keeping marijuana illegal insures unreasonably high crime rates
associated with the drug.
Marijuana is by some estimates California's largest cash crop,
bringing in more than twice the revenue of vegetables, yet we don't tax
this green. Legalizing and taxing pot could provide $1.3 billion to
help our hemorrhaging economy, but it might also lead to additional
problems and undermine anti-drug efforts. Is this crop just cash
waiting to be reaped, or is it more complicated? Come hear advocates on
both sides argue the pros and cons of legalizing marijuana. -
Commonwealth Club of California
Scott Kirkland is the Chief of
the El Cerrito Police Department. He is also a member of the board of
directors of the California Police Chiefs Association.
Dr.
Eugene Schoenfeld practices psychiatry, with a specialty in
psychopharmacology. His work in psychopharmacology includes the study,
diagnosis, and treatment of problems related to drug abuse and
addiction. Since 1983, he has served on the Advisory Board of the
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. Dr. Schoenfeld is a member of the
court-appointed psychiatrist panels for the Superior Courts of Alameda
County, Contra Costa County, Marin County, and San Francisco, CA. In
1997, the University of Miami School of Medicine selected him as a
Distinguished Alumnus.
Richard Lee has been working to end
cannabis prohibition for 17 years. In 1999, he opened the Bulldog
Coffeeshop, the second cannabis outlet in "Oaksterdam". In 2003 Lee
founded the Oakland Civil Liberties Alliance, the PAC that passed
Oakland's Measure Z making private sales, cultivation, and possession
of cannabis the lowest law enforcement priority and mandating that
Oakland tax and regulate cannabis as soon as possible under state law.
In 2007, he founded the first cannabis college in the United States,
Oaksterdam University. Since 2005, Lee has been serving on the City of
Oakland Cannabis Regulation and Revenue Ordinance Commission, which was
created after Measure Z passed with 65% of the vote 2004. He manages
several other Oaksterdam companies, including the Oaksterdam Gift Shop
and Nursery.
