American Pain Society. Summary: The growing body of evidence that marijuana (cannabis) may be effective as a pain reliever has been expanded with publication of a new study in The Journal of Pain reporting that patients with nerve pain showed reduced pain intensity from smoking marijuana. Researchers examined whether marijuana produces analgesia for patients with neuropathic pain.
Ron O'Neal. Ron O'Neal. Ron O'Neal, who has died of pancreatic cancer aged 66, spent most of his professional life trying to live down his role of the bad-ass Youngblood Priest in Superfly (1972), one of the key blaxploitation movies of the decade.
Johnny Winter, blues guitarist, dies aged 70. Legendary blues guitarist Johnny Winter has died aged 70. The famed musician died in a hotel room in Zurich, Switzerland on Wednesday. The news was reported by Jenda Derringer, wife of former bandmate Rick Derringer, and confirmed by Winter's representative, Carla Parisi, on Thursday.