5 Hemp-Derived Drinks To Pour This Summer
From a black currant sour to an espresso martini riff, here are five THC cocktails to pour this summer, plus the bottles worth keeping in the fridge. No hangover required. There is a moment at almost every summer party when the bar opens. The wines, the whiskeys, the canned cocktails, the cold beers. I am […]
Amber Senter, Architect of Oakland’s Cannabis Equity Program, Says Founders Should Skip the Dispensary
Amber Senter co-founded Supernova Women, the organization that helped shape America’s first cannabis social equity program. A decade later, she says the licenses meant to repair the War on Drugs sent Black founders into the industry’s most expensive, lowest-margin, hardest-to-survive corner. “You need $2 million to open a dispensary. If you have $50,000, you can […]
He Won A Jet On MrBeast. Now He’s Linked To A 577-Pound Marijuana Trafficking Case.
A story that once sounded like peak internet fantasy has taken a very real turn. From Viral Aviation Dream to Alleged Trafficking Case Who Owned the Plane? Jabari Brown, the young pilot who went viral after winning a private jet in a MrBeast challenge, was arrested in Paraguay after authorities said he was one of […]
How Many Times Was Paul McCartney Arrested for Weed?
We take a trip down memory lane tracing Paul McCartney’s multiple cannabis-related run-ins with the law, from minor fines to his nine-day detention in Japan in 1980. Paul McCartney, Weed, and His Encounters With the Law The relationship between music and weed surprises exactly no one. In particular, the connection between the plant and The […]
Inside Marengo: The Mob Trial No Lawyer Will Touch
For nearly a decade, the Netherlands has been trying to put Europe’s most dangerous drug lord behind bars. The cost has been lawyers in prison, journalists shot in the street, and a justice system that no longer feels safe defending its own rules. Key Takeaways The Marengo trial exposed a criminal network so deeply embedded […]
Marc Shepard Built NECANN for the Locals
The first NECANN show should have been a disaster. February in Boston. Seven feet of snow. A venue with frozen steps. A Patriots Super Bowl scheduling scramble. Marc Shepard was outside at 5 a.m., smashing ice off the entrance to a beer hall and wondering what the hell he had gotten himself into. Then the […]
Conan O’Brien Has Been Trying To Eat One Weed Gummy For Two Weeks. He’s Managed A Quarter.
Conan O’Brien, a self-described straight edge who “keeps cutting things out” of his life, is being gently talked into edibles by his own assistant. Two weeks in, he has managed to nibble a quarter of one gummy. The High Times connection goes back 20 years, to a bong he accepted on live TV. A few […]
High Times’ Javier Hasse Named International Journalist of the Year at the Business of Cannabis Awards in London
High Times Editor-in-Chief Javier Hasse took home “International Journalist of the Year” at the third annual Business of Cannabis Awards in London, edging out a field of nominees from publications across Europe and beyond. The recognition follows a year of expanded global coverage at the magazine. High Times Editor-in-Chief Javier Hasse was named International Journalist […]
Weed, Driving, and DUIs: What Happens If You Get Pulled Over
Driving under the influence of marijuana is illegal. Yet, with states having different criteria as to what constitutes driving under the influence of drugs (DUID), marijuana consumers need to be familiar with what “under the influence” really means. Unlike the nationally recognized standard for drunk driving (0.08% blood alcohol concentration, or BAC, in every state […]
Do Charcoal Joint Filters Actually Work? What The Science Says
Charcoal joint filters filter out terpenes, which are both tasty and beneficial. They barely reduce the tar. Here’s what nobody’s telling you: take the terpenes out, you get less high. So you smoke more to chase what you lost, and you end up with more tar, not less. Big Tobacco got caught running this same […]