High Times’ Outlaw Series is where the people who lived through the real cannabis underground tell their own stories. In this new episode, host Holly Crawford talks with second-generation Humboldt grower Nik Erickson, whose family has been in Northern California since the Gold Rush. https://youtube.com/watch?v=iQC9u_bTf78&feature=oembed For Nik, cannabis has always been part of the

Yesterday, we asked whether the rumors were true. And the answer came straight from the Resolute Desk. At a White House press conference on Monday morning, President Donald Trump said his administration is “looking at” moving marijuana from Schedule I, the same legal category as heroin, to the less restrictive Schedule III, and will “make

South Africa continues to move forward on the complex but promising road to marijuana regulation, facing adversities and legal gaps that involve private cannabis clubs, among others. Since the historic 2018 Constitutional Court ruling that decriminalized private cannabis use and cultivation, the country’s legal situation has been riddled with uncertainty, particularly for entrepreneurs and users.

Jeff Freeman’s earliest memory of cannabis isn’t one of smoking a joint or walking into a dispensary. It’s of walking in on his older cousins in his grandmother’s Seattle home, bagging up a quarter pound. “They were cool, had money, had girls, and Jordans to match every outfit,” he remembers. “It was strange because I

The cannabis rumor mill is buzzing: President Donald Trump is “looking at” moving marijuana from Schedule I, the same federal category as heroin, to the less restrictive Schedule III. Depending on who you ask, it’s a serious policy shift, a calculated political move, or just more Washington smoke and mirrors. So… is it real? The

The white ash conversation has been positively insufferable. Heady bois and cannabis connoisseurs from coast to coast have been posting videos of their ash on Instagram for what feels like years now, indicating that they’re smoking top-shelf product solely based on the color of the ash. As much as I hate to disappoint, not only

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Right now, the cannabis industry is standing at one of its most defining crossroads yet. The landscape we knew even a year or two ago is dissolving in real time. Brands that were once all over dispensary menus are vanishing entirely, casualties of oversaturation, brutal price wars, and a consumer base that has evolved faster

For people like me, the mild, somewhat psychedelic effects from cannabis are nothing compared to the side effects of pharmaceutical pills. When people suggest that medical cannabis shouldn’t be used because of its impact on our daily functions, or because it’s slightly psychedelic, it’s always good for a good laugh. I learned this through lived

Original publication: September 1999. AYAHUASCA CEREMONY IN THE AMAZON BY ALBERTO RUZ BUENFIL Presenting another installment in the continuing saga of the Rainbow Peace Caravan as it travels towards the tip of South America, meeting with tribal elders and sharing care monies with every community it encounters. Here, in the heart of the Amazon jungle,