"There has been an entire strata of restaurants created by chefs to feed other chefs. These are restaurants created specially for the tastes of the slightly stoned, slightly drunk chef after work." —Anthony Bourdain to the Times [image via]

Has the war on drugs failed? Well, drugs still exist, so, yes! U.S. Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske agrees: "In the grand scheme, [the war on drugs] has not been successful." So, maybe we can stop shooting people's dogs now? [AP]

A SWAT team raided Jonathan Whitworth's house in Februrary looking for a "large amount of marijuana." They shot his two dogs, killing one. All they found was a pipe, a grinder, and a "small amount" of weed. Now there's video.

Who finds pot, and throws it away? Airport security screeners, that's who. Two Newark Airport screeners are in trouble after being caught tossing a baggie they found on the floor. I feel like they sort of deserve it. [Newark Star-Ledger]

In spite of a high-profile federal crackdown, Reed College's annual hippie drug fest, Renn Fayre, came and went without a single arrest. Surprise side effect: the Feds now say they can prosecute tacitly drug-friendly colleges for being crack houses.

Residents of the District are getting excited about today's vote on legalizing medical marijuana. One man hopes to eventually open a café called "Wakey Bakey." To get the story, The Washington Post went looking for, and found, lots of weed.

Jenna Bush says her mom is a "secret Rastafarian" because she loves Bob Marley. "We sit around and we talk and we laugh and we do puzzles and we get in bed by 9:00," says Jenna. Sounds "Rastafarian" to us.

Three things you should not do when fleeing the police: Hide in a pool of liquid manure, hide in the greenhouse where you grow your pot, or stop for a bathroom break. Guess who's got some dumb criminal stories...

It's April 20. Because the stoner lexicon refers to reefer as "420," the date's become synonymous with celebrating the high life. Instead of posting a list of stars who already smoke up, here are a bunch of people who should.

Today, April 20th, is an unofficial holiday for the cannabis cabal. Some celebrate privately, some join together to smoke en masse, but ceremonies usually culminate right around that magic minute, 4:20.

[The International Cannabis and Hemp Expo at San Francisco's Cow Palace came to a close today, after two days of medical marijuana users bonding over technologies in bongs, vaporizers, edibles and late-night Cartoon Network programming. Image via Getty]

If you've been on the Internet this week, you probably saw the (later revealed to be staged) video of some elementary school kids reenacting the climactic scene from Scarface. Tonight—coincidentally—South Park did it (and better). Video inside.

Shaun White, who took home his second Olympic gold last night for an amazing half pipe performance, has been careful to publicly distance himself from the stoner stereotype of his sport, though his past interviews have left some wondering.

California researchers spent $8.7 million on this: "Four [studies] showed that cannabis can significantly relieve neuropathic pain and one found that vaporizers are an effective way to use marijuana." We'll conservatively estimate $8.6 million as weed expenses. [LAT]

Ever wondered what someone would look like if they smoked pot all-day, everyday for 70+ years? The guy in this video claims he is the oldest pot-smoker in America.

On last night's Colbert Report, Stephen interviewed Rep. Mike Quigley, from Illinois' 5th District. During the course of their interview, Congressman Quigley let slip that he had smoked marijuana in high school and Stephen was all over it:

executive director of NORML, on the $700 pot smoking device called the Volcano Vaporizer that's shown up in Weeds and Bored to Death, to The Daily Beast. Apples still cost around 25 cents.

After a shining moment as one big weed spot, the L.A. City Council has voted to cut the number of medical marijuana dispensaries there by more than 90%. The government, dude. This is quite an inconvenience for smokin' commuters. [AP]

The co-founder of the Marijuana Policy Project (not pictured) has resigned, for sleeping with a subordinate and for his record of "predatory" behavior towards women in his office. Related: you have to watch these videos. Our favorite is probably "Grandmother."

It isn't just conservative lawmakers who are worried about New Jersey's new medical marijuana law, which gives people with debilitating diseases the right to purchase up to two ounces of marijuana each month. Pot dealers are concerned, too! "It's going to cut a lot of the bridge-and-tunnel customers," one dealer tells the Daily News, adding that if he tried to compete with the legal stuff based on price, he'd lose "hundreds of thousands of dollars a year." If you're out of work and were thinking about dealing a bit on the side to pay the bills—not such a bad idea, at least up until now!—you make want to think about some other way to make quick cash. [NYDN]