High Times Medical Cannabis Cup Puerto Rico 2026: Farruko, Jon Z, Fab 5 Freddy
Ten years into its medical program, the island moves close to $200 million a year in legal cannabis sales. On December 5, it hosts its first High Times Medical Cannabis Cup in Old San Juan, with Farruko, Jon Z, Fab 5 Freddy and Cimafunk. Ask most people to name the biggest legal cannabis market in […]
Uruguay Legalized Cannabis First. Its Biggest Cannabis Fair Returns in December
Uruguay legalized cannabis before anyone else. Its biggest cannabis fair, now in its 13th year, returns to Montevideo December 5 and 6 with CBD neuroscience, a hempcrete workshop and a session on getting cannabis clubs’ paperwork in order. What’s on the program so far Details In 2013, Uruguay became the first country to legalize cannabis […]
High Times Medical Cannabis Cup Argentina 2026: All the Winners
From award-winning flower and concentrates to live glassblowing, a sold-out celebration in Buenos Aires marked two major milestones for High Times in Latin America. Here are all the winners. Argentina has its first High Times Cannabis Cup champions. On Friday, October 23, a sold-out crowd packed Güid Club in Olivos, just outside Buenos Aires, for […]
Brazil Has 1 Million Medical Cannabis Patients. Its Biggest Cannabis Fair Is Thinking Bigger
Brazil just passed one million medical cannabis patients. Latin America’s biggest cannabis fair lands in São Paulo November 20 to 22, and this year the conversation is about hemp, agriculture and industry, not just medicine. Brazil doesn’t have adult-use cannabis. It doesn’t even have a full domestic cultivation market yet. What it does have, as […]
Trump Calls Bill Maher a ‘Major Pothead’ and Says Weed Is ‘Very Bad’ for His Health
Just days after praising their latest White House dinner, Trump turned on the comedian over his cannabis use, adding another twist to his complicated relationship with marijuana. Donald Trump has a message for Bill Maher: put down the weed. In an unusually lengthy Truth Social post on Sunday, October 25, the U.S. president launched into […]
Cannabis Could End Up Looking Like Big Pharma If Federal Rescheduling Leaves Social Equity Operators Behind (Op-Ed)
“Rescheduling should not become another step toward building a lucrative market that leaves that promise behind.” By Sasha Nutgent, Housing Works Cannabis Co Federal cannabis policy is beginning to change, but the benefits are not reaching every cannabis operator equally. In April, the federal government moved qualifying state-licensed medical cannabis from Schedule I of the […]
Talarico wants to work with Trump on cannabis (Newsletter: October 26, 2026)
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Doubling The Amount Of THC In Marijuana Doesn’t Get You Twice As High, New Study Shows (Op-Ed)
“The high rises quickly at low doses, but extra THC soon adds less and less, which backs the advice to start low and go slow.” By Isabella Goodwin, Australian Catholic University and Amir Englund, King’s College London via The Conversation Cannabis products are getting more potent and easier to buy around the world. Yet little […]
The Underground MDMA Analogue Made From Clove Oil
An off-grid chemist swapped sassafras for clove oil. What came out is being used in ceremonies in British Columbia, and nobody has run a toxicology study on it. This article originally appeared in High Times’ Spring/Summer 2026 print edition. Get yours here. Kelly Dragonfly has spent her life working at the edges of birth, death and altered […]
Missouri Doesn’t Need More Marijuana Business Licenses, State Study Says, But Questions Remain About Ownership Concentration
“Ownership-based analyses would provide a more comprehensive assessment of market structure by evaluating concentration across common ownership groups.” By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent Missouri regulators say the state doesn’t need to issue more licenses to grow, manufacture or sell marijuana because the legal cannabis market is meeting consumer demand. But the statewide study behind that conclusion couldn’t […]