Top 25 Cannabis Nug Shots: High Times Community Photos
Switch to Dark Mode This article originally appeared in High Times’ Spring/Summer 2026 print edition. Get yours here. We put out a call to the people who know cannabis best, the ones who grow it, shoot it and stare at it under a loupe. Send us your best nug shots. What came back filled a print spread […]
The Weed I Smuggled in 1974 Kept Showing Up in High Times Centerfolds. It Took Me a Year to Figure Out Why.
This article originally appeared in High Times’ 50th Anniversary print issue. Get yours here. Cannabis movement pioneer Steve DeAngelo on the night the first High Times arrived at Yippie headquarters in 1974, the Colombian Gold and Thai sticks he was smuggling at the time and how the magazine kept publishing pictures of the loads he […]
Poker, Soccer, and High Times Go All In
The summer’s biggest cultural stories are not just about winning. They are about pressure, passion, and the strange magic that happens when underground energy meets the main stage. Some summers arrive with a clean storyline. Others show up holding a stack of chips, a half-burned matchbook, and a striker built like a cheat code. This […]
Afroman, Because I Got High and the Return of Weed’s Moral Panic
Rolling Stone just told the story of how Afroman turned a botched police raid into a viral hit and a First Amendment win. Here is the piece that did not fit in that story: why the song that made him famous a quarter century ago lands harder now than it did then. Rolling Stone just […]
Hottest Cannabis Strains Right Now 2026: High Times Picks
A running roundup of the hottest flower in legal America, pulled from recent High Times Strains of the Month and Terp Sherpa columns. Each pick is credited to the writer who made it and the month it ran. Listed alphabetically, not ranked. You don’t have to know a guy anymore. Between David Downs’ new Terp […]
Oliver Tree Deals Art: Remembering The Late Singer Through His 2020 High Times Interview
Editor’s note: We originally published this interview with Oliver Tree in 2020, around the release of his debut album “Ugly Is Beautiful.” Oliver Tree Nickell passed away on June 14, 2026, at 32, one of six people killed when two helicopters collided over Rio de Janeiro. He was traveling on his World’s First World Tour. […]
High Times Strains of the Month: June 2026
Award-winning cannabis journalist and best-selling author David Downs highlights the hottest flowers blazing up the charts in legal U.S. states for the start of summer. It’s his new monthly column, dubbed “Terp Sherpa,” out for the first of the month. You don’t have to know “a guy” anymore. America’s roughly 42 million or so active […]
From High School Musical to High Design: Zac Efron is Building a Hemp Home
Zac Efron is building an ambitious off-grid home in Australia that will incorporate hemp across everything from walls and insulation to mattresses, textiles, and interior components. The project, designed by environmental innovator Joost Bakker, reflects a growing interest in sustainable construction and explores how industrial hemp could play a larger role in the future of […]