A Deer Park, Texas man died from an “unknown substance” while in jail for simple marijuana possession over the weekend.
Richard David Benefiel was arrested early Sunday morning after cops found in his his car with the hood up on a half-abandoned dirt road in League City, Texas. According to police, Benefiel was visibly intoxicated when they showed up. Cops say they couldn’t determine what he was so messed up on, but seem to imply it wasn’t just marijuana possibly could have been a really, really wicked alcohol detox.

In Mexico for the week, the Dalai Lama says that medical cannabis should be available to sick and needy medical patients. The comments make sense coming from a man that has devoted his entire life to compassion.
But the Tibetan Buddhist leader also cautioned against recreational use, saying that “if it’s just an issue of somebody [using cannabis for]a crazy mind, that’s not good.”

Less than a week after polling showed the majority of Texans would rather regulate and tax cannabis than keep it illegal, Texas Rep. Steve Stockman, a Republican from Friendswood, signed on as a cosponsor for a bill that would allow states to dictate their own marijuana legalization policies without the fear of federal intervention.