The Global Cannabis Renaissance: A Long Strange 18 Year Trip Across the World’s Green Frontiers
“Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world…” Cannabis isn’t just a plant: it’s a passport. A language without borders. A seed that connects continents, cultures, and generations. It’s the smell on your clothes after a night in a dive bar in Amsterdam. It’s the sticky hash a Moroccan farmer […]
Puff Puff Passover: How Tokin’ Jew Mixes Faith and Cannabis
When Will Cohen and Ben Kraim first started Tokin’ Jew, they were not trying to launch a business. They were two friends exploring the overlap between Judaism, cannabis, and community, laughing their way into something bigger. Today, the Brooklyn-based brand is part meme page, part kosher edible company, part community builder, and part reimagining of […]
Flying High: Inside NYC’s New Cannabis Carrier Pigeon Project
New York’s got to be one of the most iconic cities on the planet, with countless symbols associated with its identity. The Big Apple this, the Empire State that, Lady Liberty waving from the harbor… But beyond its skyline, NYC also has a rather special relationship with its wildlife: even the city’s rats and pigeons […]
High Times Editor-in-Chief Nominated for His Second ‘Cannabis Journalist of the Year’ Award: Here’s How to Vote
Our editor-in-chief, Javier Hasse, is officially in the running for Cannabis Journalist of the Year at the 2025 Emjays Awards. Again. Javier already won the honor last year, and this new nomination puts him back in the spotlight alongside some of the best writers in the game. The Emjays are where cannabis media, marketing, and […]
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[Exclusive] Margaret Qualley & Talia Ryder’s Alter Egos Smoke Up NYC in Surreal New Music Video
“We infamously met at the 1992 Republican National Convention in Houston, Texas,” says Lace Manhattan, with a straight face. That’s her version of how she and Dixie Normus first connected. And it only gets more serendipitous from there. They also crossed paths “many years later at Chautauqua’s institute for the performing arts” while studying ballet. […]
Could Weed Gummies Send a Basketball Star to Death Row in Indonesia? This is What We Know So Far
US born basketball player Jarred Shaw, a standout in Indonesia’s professional league, was arrested in May for importing 132 THC-infused gummies to treat his Crohn’s disease. In a country known for some of the world’s harshest drug laws, his case sparks an uncomfortable debate: medicine for some, a crime for others. The case, in context […]
Kentucky Cultivator Harvests State’s First Medical Marijuana Crop As Governor Predicts Farmers Will ‘Grow A Whole Lot More’
A Kentucky medical marijuana cultivation facility has harvested its first yield of cannabis, and patients could gain access to it by next month, a top regulator says. Meanwhile, the governor says licensed businesses are about to “grow a whole lot more” as the program gets underway. Cannon Armstrong, executive director of the Office of Medical […]
Building Artists Into Brands: A Conversation with Sophie Steele on Music, Business and Cannabis Culture
The music industry has never been an easy place to navigate. For every breakout story, there are dozens of young artists left wondering why their streaming checks don’t cover the rent or why the viral moment they dreamed of fizzled after a few weeks. That reality is exactly why Sophie Steele, founder of Kopius Media, […]
From Prison to Purpose: Deshaun Durham’s Fight for Cannabis Justice
Eight months ago, Deshaun Durham walked out of a Kansas prison two weeks before Christmas. He had been sentenced to serve eight years for cannabis possession, two pounds that in a legal state might barely raise an eyebrow. In Kansas, it was enough to brand him a felon, strip away his freedom, and nearly derail […]
The Rise of Mixed-Light Cannabis: Indoor Quality, Outdoor Prices
Lights on. Nuggs as rocks. Thumb-sized. No larger than that, or they will not fit in the packaging. Inside the grinder? They smash like cheese puffs. Coated in glandular crystals, ground, they look like a worm; you can see movement in waves of that glued plant material. Impossible to distinguish whether or not these flowers […]