It’s no secret: weed, whether medicinal or recreational, is wonderful. It’s good for a great number of things, and it makes you feel good. But you know what they say about ‘too much of a good thing’: problematic cannabis use does exist, though it can be overcome with effort and perseverance. The latest celebrity to
A TV spits out cathode rays. Weed smoke permeates every inch of the room. We ought to light a candle to The Simpsons -and to South Park and Family Guy, too. Credit where credit’s due: they smuggled in a blend of satirical, zesty, provocative themes. At this point, it’s nothing new, but cartoons are no
Original publication: November 2004. 30 YEARS OF HIGH TIMES Joint Communiqué In the early 1970s, before the advent of High Times, I was living on a horse farm in Maine, supporting my writing habit by smuggling pot, when Rolling Stone assigned me to do a story on Rochdale College in Toronto. Rochdale had been conceived
The era of noisy IPOs, debt-fueled expansion and corporate promises of dominance appears to be behind us. A quieter cannabis era is taking shape, defined by grounded projects and a return to the plant. In this High Times exclusive, we reveal one of them: a collective built around breeder recognition, born from late-night concerts and
The year 2025 marks a somber milestone: the centenary of international cannabis prohibition. What began in Geneva in 1925, when global powers agreed to classify “Indian hemp” as a narcotic under the International Opium Convention, has since shaped a century of misguided policy, criminalization, and cultural stigma. “This is not a moment for celebration,” says
There is a political and cultural tension running through the U.S. While dispensaries flourish on the streets and the word “rescheduling” appears in every headline, Congress has decided to step in. On Friday, a group of Democratic lawmakers reintroduced what many describe as the most sweeping bill yet to remove cannabis from the list of
The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) has selected Changemark Research + Evaluation as the contract research organization for its long-awaited Phase 2 trial of smoked cannabis for the treatment of PTSD in U.S. veterans. The women-owned and women-led firm will guide site selection and recruitment, with projections pointing to the first participant beginning treatment
At a time when prices on just about everything seem to be rising, luckily, that isn’t the case for weed smokers in most U.S. markets. If you keep up with cannabis news, you’re likely to read about declining prices and their impact on the regulated weed industry. Lower prices put pressure on the bottom lines
Original publication: September 2004. HOW TO NOT GET ARRESTED NYCLU.ORG Everyone has the right to engage in peaceful protest activity on public sidewalks, in public parks and on public streets in New York City. This includes the right to distribute handbills or leaflets; the right to hold press conferences, demonstrations and rallies; and the right
There’s something sacred about soil. It’s where life begins and where it returns; the quiet alchemist that transforms death into sustenance, seed into medicine, hope into harvest. On this earth, cannabis takes root like any other healing plant, drawing minerals and mystery from depths we barely understand. But it’s also the hands that tend it,
