WNBA Drops Marijuana Ban, Adds Psychedelics In New CBA
Players Can Invest, With Strings Last To The Party The league pulled marijuana off its banned list in the new players’ agreement. In the same document, it banned psilocybin, DMT and ibogaine for the first time. The WNBA just stopped treating weed like a problem. It picked a new one in the same breath. Under […]
Connecticut Governor Signs Bill To Expand Psychedelics Pilot Program In Preparation For Federal FDA Approval
Connecticut’s governor has signed a bill to expand a pilot program that’s meant to explore the therapeutic potential of psychedelics such as psilocybin and MDMA. The legislation sponsored by the Joint Committee on Public Health cleared the House of Representatives in 122-27 vote last month after passing the Senate by a unanimous 35-0 vote in […]
Mobb Deep’s Havoc Is Opening A Dispensary In Queens. The Alchemist, Funk Flex And Kid Capri Are Coming Through.
The Mobb Deep co-founder and Queensbridge native opens The Bridge in Astoria this weekend, with The Alchemist, Funk Flex and Kid Capri on the bill. He calls it ownership, not an endorsement. Havoc has repped Queens for more than three decades. This weekend, he plants a flag in it. The Mobb Deep co-founder and Queensbridge […]
The Stony Awards Are Back: Meet the Class of 2026
This article originally appeared in High Times’ Spring/Summer 2026 print edition. Get yours here. High Times has always taken cannabis seriously. We just never believed serious had to mean stiff. From the jump, this magazine understood something that still gets lost in today’s panels, policy debates and profit forecasts: weed matters. But it’s also fun. […]
Amsterdam Drops Coffeeshop Tourist Ban In New Coalition Deal
The years-long push to lock foreign visitors out of the city’s coffeeshops just died in coalition talks. The new deal keeps the doors open and pushes the tourist tax to the highest in Europe. For years, it looked like Amsterdam might finally pull the welcome mat out from under its stoner tourists. As of this […]
2 In 3 Americans Who Use Marijuana Say It Helps Them Sleep Better, New Survey Shows
About 2 in 3 Americans who use marijuana say it improves their sleep, according to a new survey from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). The poll asked 2,007 American adults about their cannabis use and its sleep impacts. Overall, about 33 percent of respondents said marijuana makes their quality of sleep “significantly” or “slightly” […]
Kentucky Governor Expands Medical Marijuana For 15 New Qualifying Conditions, While Saying ‘It’s Time’ For Broader Decriminalization
The governor of Kentucky has signed an executive order to expand the list of health conditions that make patients eligible for medical marijuana—adding that he thinks “it’s time” for broader cannabis decriminalization. At a press conference on Tuesday, Gov. Andy Beshear (D) announced that he was taking executive action to “clarify” that the current law […]
Trump Is Being Sued For Rescheduling Marijuana By Doctors And A Pharmaceutical Company Who Are ‘Aggrieved’ By The Move
The Trump administration’s move to federally reschedule marijuana is being challenged with yet another lawsuit, and this one includes the president himself in the list of defendants. The latest litigation was filed by a coalition of anti-marijuana activists, substance misuse professionals, doctors and a cannabis-focused biopharmaceutical corporation. “The Final Order was issued without prior notice-and-comment […]
Louisiana Attorney General Withdraws From Lawsuit Against Trump Administration’s Marijuana Rescheduling Move
The attorney general of Louisiana has withdrawn from participation in a lawsuit she initially joined that seeks to challenge the federal cannabis rescheduling action announced by President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice in April. The case, brought last month by Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill (R) and the attorneys general of Indiana and Nebraska, claims […]
Marijuana Components Have ‘Consistent’ Anti-Tumor Effects In Glioblastoma And Other Cancers, Scientific Review Shows
Components of marijuana show “consistent and statistically significant anti-tumor effects” in certain types of cancer, including glioblastoma and breast cancer, according to a new scientific review that also found cannabinoids seem to “enhance chemotherapy efficacy.” The research, published in the journal Pharmaceuticals, involved a systematic meta-analysis of preclinical trial data investigating the relationship between cannabinoid […]