Category: Pop Culture

Cannabis pop culture covering marijuana in movies, TV, music, celebrities, entertainment, sports, business and cultural moments.

Every Marijuana Reference in Bob’s Burgers

Bob’s Burgers generally focuses on the Belcher family’s restaurant, financial struggles and strange adventures, but marijuana has occasionally appeared through pot farms, infused cookies, CBD jokes and brief references to smoking or selling cannabis. Unlike animated comedies such as South Park or Family Guy, Bob’s Burgers uses marijuana sparingly. However, the show has produced two …

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Every Marijuana Reference in Breaking Bad

Breaking Bad is remembered primarily for methamphetamine, cartels and Walter White’s transformation from chemistry teacher to drug kingpin, but marijuana also played a recurring and surprisingly important role throughout the series. Cannabis was initially used as Walt’s cover story for his secret relationship with Jesse Pinkman. It later appeared through Jesse’s personal use, Hank Schrader’s …

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Australia Bans Halloween: The Game Because Marijuana Gives Players a Gameplay Advantage

Australia has banned the upcoming video game Halloween: The Game from sale after regulators determined that a marijuana-related gameplay mechanic violates the country’s classification rules. The Australian Classification Board has given the game an RC, or Refused Classification, rating, preventing it from being sold, advertised, rented or legally imported in Australia. The board said the …

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Oakland Ballers Baseball Team to Become Oaksterdam Blazers for Marijuana-Themed Game on July 31

The Oakland Ballers will temporarily become the Oaksterdam Blazers during a marijuana-themed baseball game scheduled for July 31 at Raimondi Park. The independent professional baseball team is partnering with Oaksterdam University for the event, which will be held as part of Grateful Dead Night. The Ballers say it will mark the first time a professional …

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Every Marijuana Reference in Grand Theft Auto, From the Early Games to GTA V and Online

The Grand Theft Auto series has never been shy about drugs, crime or counterculture, but marijuana has not been equally present in every game. In the earliest entries, cannabis references were minimal or nonexistent, with the franchise focusing more broadly on crime, gangs and fictional drugs. Over time, however, marijuana became one of the series’ …

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Every Major Marijuana Reference in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia has featured almost every form of reckless behavior imaginable, but marijuana is not as central to the show as alcohol, cocaine, pills or the gang’s many self-destructive schemes. Still, the long-running FX/FXX comedy has included several memorable marijuana references, from Gail the Snail offering medical marijuana at a funeral to …

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Every Major Marijuana Reference in That ’70s Show

  Few mainstream sitcoms are as closely associated with marijuana as That ’70s Show. Even though the series rarely showed the drug directly or even said the word out loud, the show’s marijuana humor became one of its defining traits, while also reflecting the 1970s setting and the era’s youth counterculture. Below is a look …

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Every Marijuana Reference in American Dad!

American Dad! has never been a full-on stoner show, but marijuana has played a recurring role throughout the series, largely through Jeff Fischer, Hayley Smith and the show’s willingness to use cannabis as both a character trait and a plot device. Unlike shows that build entire seasons around marijuana, American Dad! tends to use it …

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10 Celebrities Who Created Cannabis Brands

Celebrity cannabis brands have become a major part of the legal industry, with actors, musicians, athletes and comedians turning longtime public associations with marijuana into formal business ventures. Some have launched flower and pre-roll lines. Others have built full lifestyle brands, dispensary partnerships, beverages, edibles or national licensing deals. While not every celebrity marijuana brand …

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Scary Movie Unveils Cannabis Dab Rig-Style Popcorn Buckets

The new Scary Movie is leaning into marijuana culture with one of the strangest theater collectibles yet: a popcorn bucket designed to look like a glass dab rig. The film’s official Instagram account posted a video of the collectible Wednesday, showing several glass-style pieces filled with popcorn and marked with the Scary Movie logo. The …

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