Picture this: a rugby pitch, sweat in the air, bodies colliding with that mix of grace and chaos only rugby can deliver. On the sideline, instead of the usual beer logos and corporate banners, you see RAW Rolling Papers. Instead of Budweiser, there’s Beneleaves. Instead of a cooler stacked with light beer, there are capsules
Hands down, one of the drugs that has received the worst press in the decades marked by the War on Drugs has been LSD. All sorts of things have been said about this molecule: that it drives you crazy, or suicidal, that it remains stored in your body forever, that it irreparably damages the brain…
High Times is back in your ears. Episode one of the new High Times With Josh Kesselman Podcast is here. RAW Rolling Papers founder and High Times publisher Josh Kesselman sits down with Jacob Karp, the mind behind Arizona’s first licensed solventless company, The Inventing Room. What follows is a trip through raids, risks and
You know those tequila shops in Mexico? The tourist traps in every major resort town that try to pass off random blends of grain spirits as the real-deal Holyfield blue agave tequila? Yes, this may come as a shock to our audience, but if you have even the slightest sense of what defines a quality
TL;DR: Cannabis is meant to be enjoyable for adults. But when products start looking like candy or cartoons, the line gets blurry. Tobacco’s history shows that even the appearance of marketing to kids can trigger harsh regulations. If cannabis wants a sustainable future, it has to prove it can draw that line for itself. Cannabis
Capitalism doesn’t just create material inequality: it also inflicts pain and lays the groundwork for drugs to become a form of escape. “People whose lives have been wrecked by capitalism end up turning to drugs,” says activist Vince Tao, as quoted by Morbo. In Vancouver, Canada, that equation comes to life in neighborhoods like the
Carmelo Anthony just made basketball history. The ten-time NBA All-Star was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this September, a moment that cements his place among the game’s greats. Now, the New York legend is marking that milestone in a very different way: with weed. Anthony’s STAYME7O Cannabis is teaming up with
Water is an essential part of a cannabis plant’s life; however, as a beginner grower, it can be challenging to know just how much water to give them. We have all been there as first-time growers, wondering what the right amount to provide them with is. In this article, I will cover everything you need
Times Square has always been a billboard for America. Broadway musicals, candy brands, soda giants, sneakers, all glowing for the world to see. Now, cannabis is part of that light show. The Daily Green, a licensed New York dispensary, recently lit up a towering vertical sign spelling out CANNABIS across from the TKTS red stairs.
From an outside perspective, the American cannabis industry has always been a contradiction. It combines deep cultural roots and commercial brilliance, but under a fragmented legal framework that complicates even the basics. Changes come frustratingly slow, despite years of debate and efforts to improve the system to secure everything from medical research to safe banking.
