600 Immigrants Deported For Cannabis In 2025, While Legal Weed Hits $45 Billion
In the U.S., the legal cannabis industry rakes in billions of dollars a year, expected to hit $45 billion by 2025. Meanwhile, the plant is already legal for adult use in 24 states and for medical use in 40. For many, that means booming businesses, shiny dispensaries, and a culture gone mainstream. For others, though, […]
The Psychedelic Puppets: Jason Silva And Brad Necyk Map The Inner Trip
Jason Silva has spent years putting feeling and language to states that are hard to name. His Shots of Awe films mix philosophy, science and poetry in a burst of energy that feels like watching someone dream out loud. Brad Necyk, a Canadian artist and researcher, has explored where mental health, psychedelics and storytelling meet. […]
Grateful Dead 60th Anniversary: A Long, Strange Celebration In Golden Gate Park
The Grateful Dead’s 60th anniversary celebration at Polo Fields in Golden Gate Park was less a concert and more a cosmic convergence. Dead and Company were joined by Billy Strings, Sturgill Simpson, and Trey Anastasio from Phish, each bringing their own magic to the party. For me, it was one of those rare moments where […]
[Video Podcast] The Humboldt Outlaw Grower Who Turned Moonlight Into A Cultivation Empire
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. For Nik, cannabis has always been part of the backdrop. His […]
How The War On Drugs Shaped A Cannabis Entrepreneur
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 […]