Cannabis didn’t win Trump over with a single argument. It wore him down. For more than a year, executives, advocates, pollsters and old friends circled one of the most famously sober presidents in modern history, pushing a narrow idea again and again: marijuana doesn’t belong in the same federal category as heroin. By the time
President Donald Trump has directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to move quickly on finalizing marijuana’s potential reclassification under federal law, following an executive order signed earlier this month. According to The Marijuana Herald, which cited two sources close to the president, Trump privately instructed Bondi to complete the rescheduling process by the end of January.
In 2025, cannabis is everywhere and nowhere at the same time. Everywhere in the sense that you can buy it legally in glittery storefronts, order it for delivery like pizza, see it advertised on billboards, hear politicians brag about the tax revenue, and watch corporate executives talk about “innovation” with the same straight face Big
For more than a decade, “Adventures with Santa” has appeared in magazines around the world: a fictional series blending holiday magic with cannabis culture, compassion, and plant wisdom. Each year, Santa drops in on real figures from the cannabis community for a little medicine, a little conversation, and a reminder of why this plant matters.
For more than a decade, “Adventures with Santa” has appeared in magazines around the world: a fictional series blending holiday magic with cannabis culture, compassion, and plant wisdom. Each year, Santa drops in on real figures from the cannabis community for a little medicine, a little conversation, and a reminder of why this plant matters.
The ink was barely dry on President Trump’s cannabis rescheduling order when the same question started bouncing around boardrooms, Discords, and trader timelines: Does this mean cannabis can finally uplist to the NYSE or Nasdaq? Short answer: no. Longer answer: also no, and maybe stop treating Wall Street like it’s the finish line. Schedule III
How a nationwide DEA dragnet in 1989 turned garden shops into crime scenes, and taught the War on Drugs to police an idea. The first light of dawn had barely bled over the strip mall when the shutters screeched open. A dozen black-clad agents spilled out of unmarked vans. They smashed glass, padlocked doors, and
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has reached a level of everyday intimacy where it’s starting to feel like a friend. We argue over dinner recipes, plan trips, ask how to fix things around the house, and sometimes even bring our personal dilemmas to it (an intimacy that, as we’re learning, doesn’t always come without risks). This is
Editor’s Note: High Times has long supported the removal of cannabis from Schedule I and ultimately federal descheduling. The following guest column reflects the legal analysis of the author and examines what current rescheduling efforts do (and do not) mean for today’s cannabis operators. By Jason W. Klimek, partner and cannabis industry team co-leader at
A federal number changed. Prohibition did not. This is a nothing burger. For a moment, it sounded historic. Cannabis was “rescheduled.” A president signed an executive order. Headlines declared a federal shift. Markets reacted. Politicians took victory laps. Then the dust settled. What remains looks a lot like what people used to call a nothing
